May 27, 2014

• Why US junk-food brands should stop targeting young people of color: disproportionate rates of diet-related disease.
• Non-whites are more likely to breathe foul air than whites, even after correcting for income, according to a recent study.
• A Syrian children's magazine publishes stories about "anger management, anxiety, sadness, cooperation and the grieving process."
• In Nepal, a thriving industry has grown around bogus orphanages that manipulate poor parents and rich foreigners alike.
• Malaysian government halal inspectors use DNA test to detect pork in Cadbury chocolate bars.
• How various flora and fauna are adapting to climate change—some are buying time against extinction.
• A 200-pound young black bear wandered through Ludlow, Mass., before the town's Memorial Day parade.
• White House inadvertently exposes the Afghanistan CIA chief's identity by including him on a list to news organizations.
• Major US insurers don't cover medical marijuana for patients because it's not approved by the FDA.
• Where you are most likely to get arrested for smoking marijuana.
• In the year after the shooting at Columbine, 800 gun bills were introduced around the country...Less than 10 percent passed.
• A life in driver's licenses.
• Cyclist in Britain out for a holiday ride with his helmet cam encounters an illegal rave.
• The number of heavy metal bands in a given country is associated with its wealth and affluence.
• When arranged in order, the McBain clips from the Simpsons form a coherent storyline.
• Writer José Luís Peixoto travels to North Korea.