Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — There's no business like small business. Mix the high stakes of running a small business with a dash of family drama and throw in a camera crew and you get hit reality television shows such as "Pawn Stars," ''Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" and "Duck Dynasty." Turning small...

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Products Farmers' Market is opening for its sixth season at the state fairgrounds in Springfield. Beginning this week, the market will be held in the Commodities Pavilion every Thursday evening through Oct. 17, except during the Illinois State Fair and on...

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The king and queen of Sweden are headed to Harlem. The Swedish government says King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will have lunch at the popular New York City restaurant Red Rooster with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday morning the royal...

Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is seen as a possible presidential candidate for 2016, said Tuesday that he underwent a procedure in February to have a band implanted around his stomach in February in an effort to lose weight. A look at the procedure, his decision, and what it...

Alexandra Greeley

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

After many years behind others' kitchen doors, Alexandria native Barry Koslow has moved into his own niche: He is chef and co-owner of Dupont Circle's high-end, almost-kosher deli, DGS Delicatessen. That means Koslow has gathered all that he has learned after cooking in such restaurants as...

Scott Greenberg

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

As the old saying goes, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Well, on a recent business trip, the next best thing happened to me. I went to Portland, Ore., for work and fell in love -- again -- with the Willamette Valley. The Willamette Valley is...

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Legislature voted late Tuesday to legalize home brewing and end Alabama's distinction of being the only state that bans it. The Senate voted 18-7 to give final approval to the home brewing bill. The bill, which had passed the House by 58-33, and now goes to...

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama on Tuesday returned to the business of selling her first book, and she started by telling scores of people waiting in line at a popular bookstore to "buy away" because Mother's Day is coming. "It's a great gift," she said of "American Grown: The Story of the...

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A school district forced to apologize for serving children cold cheese sandwiches for lunch had planned to include meat and several side dishes, but the state Department of Education's chief nutritional officer said Tuesday even that meal would have been less than...

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

Picking up some fresh wines for summer is in the bag — or shopping cart, actually — as supermarkets get in touch with their inner sommeliers. Grocery store wine aisles that once yielded row after row of generic bottles now boast a wide selection of domestic and imported wines, and some...