Riding 'The Avengers' craze - Shawarma

Who knew the new “Avengers” movie would create a shawarma buzz? After one of the movie’s ferocious battle scenes, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) craves one of those Middle Eastern wraps, a street-vendor staple. “Have you ever tried shawarma?’ he asks Captain America. “There’s a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don’t know what it is, but I want to try it.” | 05/17/12 13:27:37 By - Jill Wendholt Silva

Idaho businessman defends himself against Obama campaign

President Barack Obama’s campaign says a wealthy Idaho businessman and major fundraiser for Mitt Romney is “a bitter foe of the gay rights movement,” pointing to his effort to get a documentary on how teachers deal with gay issues pulled from public television in 1999. | 05/17/12 13:20:11 By - By Sean Cockerham

Buffett buys newspapers from Media General

Newspapers in North Carolina's Hickory, Statesville and Concord will be sold to Berkshire Hathaway, controlled by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, in a deal announced Thursday by Media General. | 05/17/12 12:57:47 By - Mark Washburn

Alaska Peacemaker Militia leader called 'little Napoleon' during trial

Jurors at the trial of Schaeffer Cox heard from two men who had followed the young, charismatic militia leader in Fairbanks, one who came to reject him as a power-hungry "Napoleon" and another who still considers him to be his commander. | 05/17/12 06:49:45 By - Richard Mauer

ACLU alleges rights violations at Georgia immigration detention centers

Suspected illegal immigrants in Georgia are suffering from a "systemic violation ... of civil and human rights" during their confinement in "substandard" federal immigration detention facilities, including Stewart Detention Center, the largest of its kind in the nation, according to a new report by the state's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. | 05/17/12 06:31:55 By - Richard Fausset

UC regents warn of additional tuition hikes amid student protests

University of California regents warned Wednesday of more potential tuition increases, while student protesters again disrupted a meeting of the university's governing board. | 05/17/12 06:27:55 By - David Siders

Pedicure fish may harbor harmful bacteria

Back in 2008, a new pedicure trend swept the nation: tiny fish eating the dead skin off customers’ feet. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the so-called “doctor fish” may carry bacteria that could cause serious infections. | 05/16/12 17:52:24 By - By Meghann Myers

Law enforcement remember their fallen

Captain Jennifer Horton, of the Fresno County, Calif., Sheriff’s Department, stood erect in the near-shadow of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday. Her hand covered her heart. Her eyes were straight ahead. Her law enforcement brethren, some 20,000 strong, stood all around as bagpipes cried out. | 05/16/12 07:32:19 By - By Michael Doyle

Gay couples in N.C. continue 'We Do' protest against marriage amendment

Two women couples were denied requests for marriage licenses Tuesday in Charlotte as part of a statewide campaign to promote equal rights for same-sex couples. The futile requests – which the couples knew would be rejected – came one week after North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions. | 05/16/12 07:12:08 By - Celeste Smith

Reports of O.J. Simpson's 'stroke-like symptoms' in prison untrue, spokesman says

O.J. Simpson is alive, well and a model inmate. | 05/16/12 06:45:57 By - Diana Moskovitz

US 'national strategy' on Alzheimer's disease aims to halt it by 2025

Asserting "we are at an exceptional moment" in the hunt for an Alzheimer's disease treatment, National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins on Tuesday promised a raft of new research aimed at stopping and reversing the memory-robbing disorder by the year 2025. | 05/15/12 18:49:40 By - By MELISSA HEALY

Great white shark takes big bite out of kayak off California coast

It was a dramatic weekend for kayakers in waters off the California coast: A Paso Robles fisherman escaped an attack by a great white shark Saturday, although his kayak didn’t, and another Paso Robles kayaker was plucked from the 51-degree-water Sunday in time to save his life. | 05/15/12 13:41:08 By - Kathe Tanner

American Airlines welcomes pacts with 1 union as pilots continue case in court

American Airlines got some welcome news from part of its workforce Tuesday as the Transport Workers Union announced that five of seven bargaining units had accepted management’s latest contract offer. | 05/15/12 17:07:41 By - By Maria Recio

Miami firefighter demoted for Trayvon Martin Facebook posting

A Miami-Dade fire captain has been demoted down to firefighter as punishment for a rant, posted on his personal Facebook page, about the Trayvon Martin case, county officials said Monday. | 05/15/12 06:58:19 By - Diana Moskovitz

American Airlines pilots ask bankruptcy judge to keep contracts intact

American Airlines’ pilots union pressed its case Monday before the U.S. bankruptcy court, asking the judge not to abrogate its contract with the carrier and laying out its offers to cut costs that American had rebuffed leading up to the court hearing. | 05/15/12 01:02:19 By - By Maria Recio

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