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A Newton, Iowa, dairy has temporarily closed after a massive recall of its products due to the presence of listeria.
On Tuesday, Whole Foods announced that it was recalling Maytag Raw Milk Blue Cheese produced at Maytag Dairy Farm because, it said, it could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, though no illnesses had been reported.
Liz Burkhart, a spokeswoman for Whole Foods, who added that the recall was issued “out of an abundance of caution.” She told CNBC:

And now, an odd but cautionary tale. Having the hiccups is annoying, and it can also be embarrassing, especially if you’re a radio host. That’s the situation Philadelphia radio icon Big Daddy Graham found himself in about a week ago.
As he prepped for a 2 a.m. radio show at 610 WIP radio, he was struck with a bad case of the hiccups. But the show must go on, so Graham took to the airwaves, but it was impossible to cover up his condition.
Graham, who has been with the station for nearly 20 years, said of his early morning ailment:

It’s no wonder that Monsanto is trying to fight “rumors” that its pesticide products are causing serious health damage to unborn children and to people of all ages. Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, has been named the most widely used herbicide in history.

You’ve likely seen the MillerCoors ads of crystal clear waters running through the Rocky Mountains that act as a backdrop for Coors Light, marketed as being brewed exclusively in the mountain range of North America. But Coors Light drinkers are nonplussed by what they are calling ‘misleading advertising’ in a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade county against the brewers of one of America’s favorite beers.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia has recently passed away, an event that may actually make it a little harder for guilty corporations to get away with slimy tactics.
Now that the defender of Big Corporations who steal and lie their way through court is gone, what will companies like Dow Chemical do? Notorious for his defense of companies like Dow, Antonin Scalia’s death leaves a legacy of corporate chicanery in question.

The take-away from eating takeout with less sodium should be a no-brainer, but many people are unaware that one serving of General Tsao’s chicken can contain up to 2,325 mg of sodium – 25 mg more than the amount FDA recommends eating in an entire day. Perhaps this is why the city of Philadelphia decided to work with its Chinese food restaurants to reduce that amount by 10-15%.

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton, 1887

SAME café, short for So All May Eat, started 10 years ago in Denver, Colorado with a simple premise. The food served was to be mostly organic and locally-sourced, and if you couldn’t pay for it – well that didn’t matter so much. The café was more interested in presenting healthful culinary delights to all people (regardless of their ability to pay) than making tons of money. SAME, is in fact, the first non-profit restaurant in the city, and there are few like it across the country.

Following Virginia’s lead, all veterans who need a home in the state of Connecticut can now get one. This move makes the state the second in the US to end homelessness for those who have served their country.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it would place a “black box” warning on a controversial contraceptive device, but stopped short of banning it.
Essure, made by German drugmaker Bayer AG, is a permanent contraceptive device consisting of metal coils that are inserted into the fallopian tubes through the vagina. Once in the fallopian tubes, scar tissue forms around the coils to block a woman’s egg from becoming fertilized.