July 24, 2015

• Life sentence recommended for exec who caused deadly salmonella outbreak.
• As the threat of inquiry looms, State Dept. is overwhelmed with Clinton private email controversy.
• Autopsy of Sandra Bland concludes no foul play. Family to seek independent autopsy.
• Nearly six in 10 Americans, white and black, think race relations are bad.
• Good: US jobless claims at 42-year low. Bad: Proportion to workers or work-seekers at 38-year low.
• Recession resulted in lower US carbon emissions, which dropped 11% between 2007 and 2013.
• Number of honeybee colonies has actually risen since 2006, from 2.4 million to 2.7 million.
• A state-by-state look at who's ecologically responsible vs. those in debt.
• Scientists announce the discovery of Kepler 452B, the most Earth-like planet ever encountered.
• Gentrification reaches Sloane-10b, just 12 light years from the city.
• US Army's lusty robot warfare report ensures no peace, ever, in any lifetime.
• A computer that's programmed to "sing" number-one ballads from the '90s.
• After one year without a single polio case, Nigeria could receive polio-free status.