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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Business Council says those little farmers markets in the state have a big impact on the economy. Data compiled by the council's Agribusiness Division says the markets contributed more than $2.2 million to the state's economy in 2012. There were direct sales...

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country. The legislation, adopted on Friday, bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits...

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former NFL and University of Arizona kicker Max Zendejas has been indicted on damage and theft charges in connection with his recently closed Tucson restaurant. Pima County authorities say the indictment claims Zendejas "recklessly defaced or damaged property" belonging...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is appointing a lawyer to the ethics and lobbying board who works for the TV network which carries the cooking show hosted by the governor's girlfriend, Sandra Lee. Cuomo appointed lawyer David Arroyo to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics. JCOPE...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

MIAMI (AP) — When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition. The reaction has been far different. When he went to the Versailles restaurant, a...

Alexandra Greeley

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Every so often, some super-charged person crosses your path. You may stop and think, "Wow. Such energy." You may say "wow" three or four times when you meet Bryan Yealy, corporate chef of the Capital Restaurants Group that brings you Old Glory, Neyla, Paolo's and J. Paul's, plus a few more...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man who couldn't pay a Valentine's Day date restaurant bill as a teen has return to pay his debt — sixteen years later. KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1abvdSY) that Matt Sanchez repaid owner Claus Hjortkjaer this month after the owner recently reopened his French...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind. Last week, the European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said that restaurants should only be allowed to serve oil to customers in non-refillable bottles...

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Sometimes it takes the mind of an 8-year-old boy to come up with a brilliant idea. At least when it comes to ice cream. My son and I had just left a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop where I'd snarfed down a double-scoop cup of Americone Dream (vanilla with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and...