• A South Hadley man faces charges after allegedly stealing cartons of Red Bull from a Northampton supermarket and then leading police on a car chase through several towns. [Herald]
• In China, there’s an escalating debate: Are dogs better as pets … or food? [UPI]
• Speaking of China, the People’s Supreme Court issued a directive that food-safety violators, like some of their victims, ought to die. [CNN]
• Garbage in … Oddly enough, diet has never been regarded as an important thing in athletics, but that’s starting to change. [AZ Central]
• A massive E. coli outbreak in Europe has killed fourteen people so far, and many are blaming it all on Spanish vegetables. [LAT]
• Inflation has risen to 23 percent in Venezuela, and food prices are so high that many of the poorest citizens are spending nearly half their income to feed themselves. [Forbes]
