greek chic
We spoon up so much yogurt at breakfast, lunch and dinner that we spent $7.3 billion on the tart stuff last year. Its creamy texture and good-for-your-gut benefits are draws. So are the varieties:...
View ArticleMich. farmer who grew 8,000 pot plants gets probation, not prison: ‘This man...
DETROIT — A southeastern Michigan farmer recovering from throat cancer was sentenced to probation instead of prison Tuesday for growing thousands of marijuana plants, due partly to many handwritten...
View ArticleValdes open to China or U.S. move June 24, 2013
Victor Valdes has suggested that he could move to China or the United States when he leaves Barcelona, saying that a search for an adventure rather than a wish for more money will guide his choice of...
View ArticleMagnificent 'Wild Horses" at the Palm Springs ShortFest
Sometimes that queasy feeling when you say "action" is just the reality of directing your first short film. Sometimes, as “Wild Horses” director Stephanie Martin found, it’s morning sickness. The...
View ArticleWedge says no more wiggle room
Eric Wedge is tired of talking about approach, swing mechanics, confidence and all of the things that go into hitting a baseball well. Since taking over as manager of one of the most offensively...
View ArticleButter up your July 4 holiday with these delicious recipes
No other food is more closely identified with the recently defrocked Ms. Deen than God's gift to dairy. And no one has enjoyed its creamy goodness with more abandon than the Savannah celebrity...
View ArticleWyckoff ends curbside grass pickup
- The township is asking residents to exercise sound environmental options after eliminating curbside pickup of grass clippings this spring. “The Solid Waste Management plan and the Township of ’s...
View ArticleModern Times Beer debuts
Tweet 0 Email Report Photo 1 of 6 With a refreshing flavor and low 4.7% alcohol content, Fortunate Islands is the perfect summer beer, and the best of their launch beers.Modern Times uses 20 pounds of...
View ArticleMillerCoors Golden brewery produces 341,000 gallons of beer but no waste
GOLDEN —Workers in the nation's largest brewery have transformed their operations and no longer send any garbage to dumps. After nearly two years of developing ways to divert 135 tons of trash each...
View ArticleThese Are 6 Dirty Jobs, But Somebody Has to Do Them
The cringe-worthy tasks that are all in a foul day’s work for a choice few Comment () Tweet The moment of truth: There is no such thing as a dream job. Some gigs might seem idyllic, but actually...
View ArticleL.A. Compost: Bike group turns restaurant waste into garden gold
Michael Martinez and Michelle Davilla of L.A. Compost make their rounds in West Covina once a week — he on a Cannondale hybrid, she on a single-speed. Both have cargo trailers attached to their bikes’...
View ArticleWhat’s in and what’s out under new school snack rules
The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make sure all foods sold in schools are healthful. The rule announced Thursday will apply to “a la carte” lines in school...
View ArticleMillerCoors Brewery Goes Waste Free; Golden Location Reuses Or Recycles...
Who goes through daily, yet doesn't get wasted? The MillerCoors factory in Golden, Colo., which now reuses or recycles every scrap of waste it produces, to the tune of 135 tons of trash each month....
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: US set to suspend Bangladesh trade privileges after garment...
WASHINGTON — The United States is expected to suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global...
View ArticleSKorea raises growth forecast on stimulus but strength of recovery still weak
SEJONG, South Korea — South Korea raised its growth forecast on Thursday to reflect the boost from government stimulus spending. The finance ministry said in a statement that South Korea’s economy...
View ArticleWash. farmer feeds pot to pigs - Boston.com
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) -- The white van with tinted windows pulled up to the driveway with its cargo - cardboard boxes full of marijuana. And the customers eagerly awaited it, grunting and...
View ArticleNY’s Lake George is ready for close-up: IBM, RPI use sensors to create...
BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. — An unprecedented project to turn New York’s Lake George into the “smartest lake in the world” is being launched and will monitor the lake from its sun-dappled shores to its dark...
View ArticleNYC becomes most populous place in US to require businesses to provide...
NEW YORK — New York City is becoming the most populous place in the United States to make businesses provide workers with paid sick time, after lawmakers overrode a mayoral veto early Thursday to pass...
View ArticleA kill to a view? On long-protected Palisades in NJ, battle rages over a...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — It’s one of the most beautiful, and surprising, views from New York City — sheer cliffs rising about 330 feet from the western banks of the broad Hudson River and lushly...
View Article2013: Space odyssey? PayPal looks to explore how payments will work in space
NEW YORK — PayPal wants to explore space — or at least begin to figure out how payments and commerce will work beyond Earth’s realm once space travel and tourism take off. PayPal, which is eBay Inc.’s...
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