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This would be an excellent week to watch one of the year's better meteor showers, except for a pesky moon that will wash out much of the show, astronomers say.

A granola bar here, a cheese sandwich there - the lunches given to prisoners in Ontario courthouses don't provide nearly enough nutrition to allow them to properly defend themselves, some lawyers say.

"That's what she wore for St. Patrick's Day," said Barbara Baicich as she scooped up her cockapoo - half spaniel, half poodle - in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

The disease is causing worry for the hog industry because severe strains of the virus can wipe out a farm's entire supply of baby pigs.

Palm fronds and wooden crosses clutched in their hands, throngs of Christians have spent Holy Week retracing the last steps Jesus took before his death and resurrection in the ancient Old City of Jerusalem, while hundreds of thousands of Jews have made their own pilgrimages for the eight-day holiday of Passover.

Food prices at the grocery store are up, following an increase in production costs and wholesale prices.

Everett Drevs of Estherville, one of the few male quilters in Iowa, shows one of his favorite quilts, which was made from pieces of material taken from the clothes he and his late wife would wear to go dancing.

The Argus-Press of Owosso reports the plane crashed Saturday afternoon in Shiawassee County's Venice Township.

Jenkintown Mayor Ed Foley, in a gut-busting campaign to draw attention to the tiny borough's varied restaurant scene, set out to visit all 24 of them on Saturday, starting with a pre-dawn visit to IHOP.

A wounded Iraq war veteran has been given a specially outfitted SUV by Toyota, and he's gotten an honorary license plate for it from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Wal-Mart is promising to drive down the prices of organic food by bringing in a new company, WildOats, to deliver a whole range of additional products.

President Obama's weekly address leaves behind politics and focuses on the spirit of the season and the meaning of the holiday.

ORGANISERS of Oxfordshire's Wilderness festival have unveiled a programme of feasting and revelling for their expanded event, which they say will recapture the spirit of the raucous Wychwood Forest Fairs originally held on the site.

Gov. Jerry Brown is keeping with his tradition of offering pardons to convicted offenders on Christian holidays, announcing on Good Friday that he issued 63 pardons.

Miley Cyrus is postponing her U.S. tour while she recovers from an allergic reaction to antibiotics , but will resume her performances in August.

Two recent deaths have raised concerns about Colorado's recreational marijuana industry and the effects of the drug, especially since cookies, candy and other pot edibles can be exponentially more potent than a joint.

Pot-smokers have long celebrated on the date by lighting up for reasons not quite clear.

The family of a Marine who killed himself after a tour of duty in Iraq has won a bid to reinstate a lawsuit against the federal government over his treatment by two Veterans Affairs facilities in Kentucky.

Farms stricken with a deadly pig virus must report outbreaks as part of a new program to help monitor and possibly control the spread of the disease, the federal government announced Friday.

Chobani plans to expand beyond its Greek yogurt cups this summer as it faces intensifying competition in the fast growing category.