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Oct. 05--Colonel Sanders' friendly face will likely grace city firehouses soon, but his presence will be limited to a month or so. In a 7-2 vote this afternoon, Buffalo lawmakers [...]

May 19--Jim Bolin doesn't smoke. However, many of his customers at President's do so Bolin was among the first liquor-serving establishments to take advantage of new city ordinances that allows [...]

Dec. 3--SANFORD -- Smoking in most bars and restaurants across the state is less than a month away from -- well, from going up in smoke. On Jan. 2, a [...]

Dec. 1--Smoking at the bar with friends equals freedom. Just ask one of the guys clutching their cigars at a steakhouse on the last night that puffing tobacco was allowed [...]

Nov. 4--Where there's smoke, there are heart attacks. That's the conclusion of a report released recently by the independent Institute of Medicine. Its experts studied the conclusions of many other [...]

Mar. 4--Three former top Krispy Kreme officials, including one-time chairman Scott Livengood, have been ordered to pay more than $783,000 for violating accounting laws and fraud in connection with their [...]

Feb. 19--RICHMOND -- A statewide smoking ban in many bars and restaurants was approved by the General Assembly today and is on its way Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Kaine supports [...]

Byline: Tony Gonzalez Jan. 26--A 31-year-old Waynesboro man faces four charges for allegedly using fake $50 bills at Waynesboro stores Sunday. Matt A. Colvin, 31, used a home scanner to […]

Jan. 25--A Tulsa County program that trains food handlers on how to keep restaurant patrons safe from food-borne disease may be jeopardized if proposed legislation becomes law, a county official [...]

Jan. 7--RICHMOND -- Gov. Tim Kaine will make another attempt to win support for a ban on smoking in restaurants, despite previous efforts by the House of Delegates to smother [...]

Oct. 2--Here's a quick quiz: When was the last time you read the nutritional information on the side of bag of Cheetos? Question 2, Parts A and B: Do you [...]

Jun. 18--Cheektowaga has written the next chapter in its doughnut war saga, with the Town Board approving restrictions on drive-through windows in the town. 'It builds a little bit more [...]

Apr. 25--Local restaurants without state liquor licenses have at various times accommodated their customers' desires for a bottle of wine or beer by allowing them to bring their own. But [...]

Apr. 2--Styrofoam containers could be banned from the restaurants at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard under an ordinance introduced Tuesday to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. The board won't [...]

Feb. 19--RICHMOND -- A House of Delegates committee endorsed legislation Monday that would allow concealed handguns in establishments that serve alcohol, but punish gun-carrying patrons who get caught drinking. Senate [...]

Byline: Julie N. Chang Jan. 2--MORGANTON -- With the inception of 2008, restaurants and bars with certain ABC licenses are now faced with a daunting new task: recycling. If glass, […]

Dec. 8--GRAHAM -- People have been drinking beer in Graham on Sundays for years, but they weren't supposed to. At least they weren't supposed to be able to get one [...]

Sep. 29--Most people are well aware that starting Monday you can't light up indoors anywhere within the state, even a bar. But in Olmsted County the laws on smoking will [...]

Aug. 22--Nightclub owners, concert promoters, residents and police officials met again last night to discuss a proposed law that Winston-Salem wants to use to deal with crime at nightclubs. About [...]

Mar. 27--A bill sent to the state House Committee on Transportation Friday would require a breathalyzer ignition system be installed in new cars sold within the state and retrofitted into [...]

Feb. 16--RICHMOND -- A Senate committee voted Thursday to approve a bill that stops short of requiring restaurants to ban smoking but is intended to put economic pressure on them [...]