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Potato giant places bets on biotech tubers

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

By JOHN MILLER

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high...

Cocktail weather

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

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Fans traveling far and wide for music festivals

Updated: Apr 21, 2013 12:06am

By KAREN SCHWARTZ

Associated Press

GULF SHORES, Ala. — Karen Pery doesn’t consider herself a jazz fan. Yet for each of the past four years, she’s spent $3,000 and flown nearly 4,000...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>A Superman figure stands on the porch of the home where Jerry Siegel lived in Cleveland. Superman collaborators Siegel and Joe Shuster lived several blocks apart in the Glenville neighborhood that shaped their lives, dreams for the future and their imagery of the Man of Steel.</p>

Anniversary puts spotlight on icon’s roots

Updated: Apr 19, 2013 12:06am

By THOMAS J. SHEERAN

Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Superman’s 75th anniversary is giving his creators’ blue-collar hometown a renewed chance to claim the superhero as its own.

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<p>Associated Press</p><p>Jennifer Lawrence walks the red carpet at the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Prom season provides many girls a chance to have their moment in the spotlight. It’s likely that this year’s parade of fashions will include a few celebrity lookalikes.</p>

Prom fashion turns into red carpet moment

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 12:06am

By

SAMANTHA

CRITCHELL

Associated Press

EW YORK — You might as well roll out the red carpet in front of the school gymnasium or hotel ballroom and line it with parental...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Dr. Rod Block works with an elephant and checks its breathing at the Meadowbrook Animal Sanctuary and Haven in Perris, Calif. “You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with,” Dr. Block said.</p>

Chiropractors adjust animals

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 12:06am

By SUE MANNING

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Thirty years ago, Dr. Gene Giggleman was a veterinarian who thought chiropractors were quacks. Since then, he says he’s straightened out...

Hard work is not enough

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 12:06am

The single weightiest and greatest predictor of outcome is the starting point. That’s what all the social scientists say. And they are correct. Statistically and otherwise.

No; things are...

Salt wind can damage plants

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 12:06am

Aloha, Mr. Sakovich. First, let me thank you for all the assistance you provide to the gardeners here and for your classes at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

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One-pot chicken that is a blast of savory goodness

Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:06am

Associated Press

This one-pot chicken dinner by Kentucky chef Edward Lee blends a staple of Southern cooking — fried chicken — with two deliciously savory Asian ingredients, salty miso and a...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Shrimp fried rice is served with pickled radishes.</p>

A healthier take on take-out worthy fried rice

Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:06am

By SARA MOULTON

Associated Press

Starchy, crunchy and flavorful, fried rice is a deeply satisfying dish no matter what you add to it. And you can add just about any vegetable or...

Cedar planks dress up warm glazed brie

Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:06am

By ELIZABETH KARMEL

Associated Press

My trick to throwing a great party — and I love throwing a great party — is to keep my stress level as low as possible. Because an at-ease host...

Two-step method for ensuring moist roasted chicken

Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:06am

By ALISON LADMAN

Associated Press

The curse of roasted chicken — especially when you are working with parts rather than a whole bird — is how easily is dries out. A few too many...