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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Vanderbilt family, once synonymous with American wealth and power, has fallen into a full-blown public spat with the organiza...

WASHINGTON (AP) — You may not even know you are eating them, but trans fats will soon be mostly gone from your food. The Food and Drug Administration ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Colder-than-normal temperatures shortened the Northeast's maple sugaring season this year, but overall syrup production in the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to...

NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to spanning the generational divide among music fans, Adam Lambert may have figured it all out: write catchy, hook-laden...

Anybody can grill a hot dog, slap it on a bun and dump on the usual ketchup and mustard. So how about going a bit beyond the ordinary this July Fourth...

DENVER (AP) — From handmade ties to wooden cuff links, it's easy to find last-minute, hand-crafted gifts for Father's Day at small businesses, craft s...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — There's a puppetry museum in Utah. A vacuum museum in Oregon. A roller skating museum in Nebraska. So, why not a bobblehead hall of f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are a lot fewer trans fats in the nation's food than there were a decade ago, but the Obama administration is moving toward ge...

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran newspaperman Vincent Musetto , who wrote one of the industry's most famous headlines, died Tuesday at age 74. His family said ...

Summertime grilling is in full swing. And my feeling is that if you are going to crank up the grill anyway, you might as well leverage it and make as ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Through two decades of debate on whether America's gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, opponents of such unions depicted...

CORINTH (AP) — The Marquette grapevines clinging to a steep, rocky hillside in the southeastern Adirondacks are among a host of new grape varieties th...

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — Make no mistake, these women kick ax. Their T-shirts even say so. They fling their throwing axes 20 feet into bull's-eyes and rac...

ANGELICA — What’s the best way to get Allegany County residents and those in surrounding counties out and about in the Angelica area on a weekend? Ent...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam has teamed up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education t...

HAVANA (AP) — Travel experts and upscale magazines are urging travel to Cuba before it changes. But visitors envisioning salsa in the streets and glam...

Buddy is a New York City dog, accustomed to bedtime walks around the block on a leash. But on family vacations in rural Maine, I let her out the back ...