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What do we eat? New food map will tell us

In this photo taken April 3, 2013, nutrition scholar Professor Barry Popkin, who heads the University of North Carolina Food Research Program, poses for a photo in his Chapel Hill, N.C., office. Popkin and researchers he leads are creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are purchasing in stores and eating, something he calls "mapping the food genome." "The country needs something like this, given all of the questions about our food supply," he says. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Tornadoes level homes in Okla., 1 dead

A tornado caused extensive damage along I-40 at the junction with US 177 on the west side of Shawnee, Okla., Sunday evening, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Rockets launch 3 home runs to drub Kilowatts

(Tribune photo by Rand Middleton) Raymond newcomer Calvin Kosminskas watches the flight of a line drive to deep center in the fourth inning that was misplayed, allowing him to reach first in a Cornbelt League game against Granite Falls Sunday in Raymond. The Rockets shortstop homered earlier in his first at bat. The Kilowatts catcher is Tyler Dammann.

Willmar, Minn., Schools to study facility needs in the fall

Large groups of children leave the school for their bus ride home Wednesday from Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar. Crowded elementary buildings are one issue leading the district to undertake a facility study this fall. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)
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