New York Times
Cupcakes and other baked goods will be spared the chopping block at Massachusetts schools after Gov. Deval Patrick said he would sign a measure lifting a ban on the sale of the treats at bake sales during school hours. “Nobody is interested in banning ...
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Gizmodo
The team responsible for the work, who are based at the Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Frankfurt, Germany, found that polar bears "are older and much more genetically unique" than previously thought. In fact, brown and polar bears ...

KLAS-TV
More>> LAS VEGAS -- It's hard not to notice the brown skies in southern Nevada on Thursday morning and the county is monitoring the poor air quality resulting from the haze. The county's Department of Air Quality does not know an official cause, ...

msnbc.com
For example: At Lakeside, chef David Walzog's seafood-inspired restaurant, Ronnen said, "We came up with a vegan crab cake using hearts of palm braised in seaweed, then pulsed in a food processor to give the consistency of lump crab meat and a taste of ...

Watershed post
Here's some of the great stuff in fresh this week: local fresh-baked goods We're now getting in Flour Power staples (bread) and treats (tarts, danish, etc) every weekend, and this week brought us a fresh re-supply of giant vegan cookies from Down To ...