• The Sun Times sold NorthShore Magazine, which covered news and restaurant openings in the north suburbs, to Make It Better.net. [Crain’s]
• The Supreme Court turned down Michigan’s plea to close a canal in Chicago to stop the spread of Asian carp. [HuffPost]
• Expensive new USDA meat-testing requirements could doom many small-scale farms. [Salon]
• The delicacy of wine grapes makes them a reliable barometer of the severity of global warming. [Slate]
• Two Las Vegas developers are attempting to revolutionize Shanghai nightlife with a new club called The Obama. [Reuters]
• Some prisons now allow inmates to order junk food, a move that advocates say raises money and keeps inmates happy. [WSJ]
• Goldman Sachs mortgage traders have an annual White Castle eating contest. [WSJ via Gawker]
• A new study finds that people who eat more chocolate are more likely to be depressed than those who don’t eat much. [WSJ]
• Dunkin’ Donuts will open the first of twenty planned Moscow stores this year, its first since retreating from Russia in 1999. [WSJ]
