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Rats! China Chews on New Food Safety Scandal

Source: Wall Street Journal

With memories of the global horse meat scandal finally fading, consumers in China are being served with a fresh round of controversy at the deli – this one involving rat meat being passed off as mutton, among other deceptio ...
Full article at: Wall Street Journal  More like this  May 3 2013, 4:49am CDT

Is Wikipedia Ghettoizing Female Writers?

Source: Freakonomics

I just noticed something strange on Wikipedia. It appears that gradually, over time, editors have begun the process of moving women, one by one, alphabetically, from the “American Novelists” category to the “American Women Novelists” subcateg ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 26 2013, 9:28am CDT

A 14-Year-Old McDonald's Burger and More News

Source: The Daily Meal

The Daily Meal brings you the biggest news from the food world. McDonald's From 1999: Here's a McDonald's burger from 1999 that looks fairly unchanged (and not moldy), with only the pickles actually disintegrating. [HuffPo] Kids May Not Always Like S ...
Full article at: The Daily Meal  More like this  Apr 24 2013, 10:27am CDT

Age Discrimination? Pay Your Birth-Year Rate

Source: Freakonomics

Canadian reader Lisa Sansom wrote to us about an interesting price promotion at Starwood hotels: We’re celebrating the year you were born. With this special offer for two or three night stays, you’ll receive rates equal ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 24 2013, 10:03am CDT

The Human Zoo

Source: Freakonomics

Have you ever noticed that whenever you rent a car, when they give you the keys to the vehicle, there are always two sets... Read More As Americans watch Europeans condemn the discovery of horsemeat in their Ikea meatballs, we can take ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 22 2013, 12:01pm CDT

Wine at the Opera

Source: Freakonomics

At the opera last night we pre-ordered a glass of wine for the first intermission. We paid before the opera and the glass was at the prearranged place after Act 1. We’ve done this many times in Germany and increasingly in the U.S ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 22 2013, 10:28am CDT

Discriminating Software

Source: Freakonomics

The Economist takes a look at the software that big companies are using to sort through job applicants. It finds that people who use Chrome and Firefox browsers are better employees, and people with criminal records are suited to work in call centers. On ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 19 2013, 11:32am CDT

Why Doesn’t the Government Fix Sporting Events?

Source: Freakonomics

This blog has clever readers. One of them, Corey Forbes, writes in to say: We know that point shaving, game throwing, match fixing, and referee scandals have existed in professional and college sports since as long ...
Full article at: Freakonomics  More like this  Apr 18 2013, 8:27am CDT

Ikea Meatballs Containing Horse Meat Might Be Put Back on Shelves

Source: Delish

The horse meat scandal continues on, but the latest news is about putting horse meat back on shelves, not taking it off. Apparently, IKEA wants to sell its remaining horse meat-tainted meatballs. According to the Agence France- ...
Full article at: Delish  More like this  Apr 18 2013, 7:26am CDT



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