Nov 19 - By Associated Press
It's the hottest ticket in town. Just don't ask the White House who got them.
Nov 12 - By Associated Press
The Arkansas Farm Bureau says the price of a Thanksgiving dinner dipped slightly this year, thanks to a drop in dairy prices.
Oct 22 - By Associated Press
Transit police in Cleveland said a man waiting for a bus was attacked by four men who took money and his chicken dinner. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority police say the 64-year-old victim was treated for minor injuries following the incident earlier this month on the city's east side. Investigators are asking for tips that will lead them to suspects.

Sep 29 - By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer
And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration goes to ... India.
Sep 18 - By Mark Thiessen, STF
A true fan of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is paying $63,500 to have dinner with her.
Sep 4 - By Associated Press
Want to have dinner with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Plan on writing a big check.
Aug 21 - By Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
A nephew of Michael Jackson says his uncle joined a large family dinner a few weeks before he died, and talked openly about his creative plans beyond the 50-date concert stint in London.

May 10 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
There was one celebrity power couple in the room at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner May 9, and it wasn’t Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
May 5 - By Associated Press
Proceeds from the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday will help feed the hungry as well as funding journalism scholarships as the group has traditionally done, the press association announced.
May 3 - By Corey Williams, Associated Press Writer
The NAACP has fought for a century to bring equal and civil rights to blacks, but the Rev. Jesse Jackson believes the organization's current battle is to help the troubled U.S. economy and struggling domestic auto industry.

Apr 7 - By Jennifer Loven, AP White House Correspondent
One thing missing from President Barack Obama's whirlwind visit to the capital of Iraq? Dinner at the president's residence.

Mar 21 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama didn't have time to join a roast of prominent officials by the journalists who cover them, cracks Vice President Joe Biden, because Obama is getting ready for Easter. "He thinks it's about him," Biden says.

Mar 4 - By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
President Barack Obama said he wants Democrats and Republicans to realize they share many interests, an appeal for cooperation as congressional leaders sat down together to dine Wednesday evening at the White House.

Jan 19 - By Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer
President-elect Barack Obama is calling his former rival John McCain an American hero who set a standard of patriotism and bipartisanship for all to follow. Obama praised McCain at a Monday night dinner in Washington honoring the Republican senator from Arizona whom Obama defeated in the November election.

Jan 13 - By Associated Press
President-elect Barack Obama has broken bread with some of his critics in the news media.
Jan 13 - By Associated Press
Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry says it has perfected the recipe for Oliver Twist's most famous meal — workhouse gruel.
Dec 24 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Holidays derailing your diet? You're not alone. We asked our readers to tell us about the temptations they've given into — and those they've managed to resist — and got some confessions.

Nov 26 - By Deborah Baker, Associated Press Writer
Gov. Bill Richardson hosted a star-studded dinner party last weekend to thank moviemakers and celebrities, including George Clooney, Kevin Spacey and Paul Sorvino, for shooting films in the state.
Nov 14 - By Associated Press
Brother, can you spare a $300 bottle of wine?

Oct 16 - By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
John McCain and Barack Obama swapped self-deprecating jokes instead of campaign jabs Thursday night, the Republican saying he had replaced his team of senior advisers with "Joe the Plumber" while the Democrat claimed his own "greatest strength would be my humility."
Sep 17 - By Associated Press
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama have agreed to participate in what historian and author Theodore H. White once called "a ritual of American politics" — the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.
Sep 15 - By The Associated Press
Guest list for White House state dinner in honor of Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor, as provided by the White House.

Jun 24 - By Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer
Beneath towering arches in an old cathedral downtown, a 20-member choir welcomed guests at the BET Awards pre-party with a rousing gospel tune.
Apr 16 - By Associated Press
All five Roman Catholic justices on the Supreme Court were invited to Wednesday night's splashy White House dinner in honor of Pope Benedict XVI.

Jan 13 - By Anne Gearan, AP National Security Press Writer
President Bush followed up a mild lecture about expanding democracy among the Mideast's comfortable dynasties with an opulent picnic at the desert playground of one of the region's wealthy leaders.