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Doughnuts Take the Cake; Minnesota’s Obese May Be Barred From Suing Fast-Food Chains

• Have we finally, truly found a replacement for the indomitable cupcake? In NYC anyway, it seems to be doughnuts! [NYT]

• A bill passed by a House panel in Minnesota would prevent obese people from suing fast-food chains. Wait, you can do that? [CBS News]

• The author of I Love Corn is suing the author of I Love Bacon! for a too-similar title. But c’mon, those cookbooks must have totally different audiences! [NYDN]

• The protests in Libya have been fueled by rising food prices, according to this writer. [Christian Science Monitor]

• GMO crops, with qualities like herbicide tolerance, now cover 10 percent of the world’s farmland. [USAT]

Doughnuts Take the Cake; Minnesota’s Obese May Be Barred From Suing