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Hot, Dry Weather Produces ‘Napalike’ Grapes in South Jersey; Gluten-Free Diets Go Mainstream

• For the third time since in 10 weeks, thousands of dead fish wash up on Jersey Shore beaches. [NBC 10]

• Delco nonprofit organization Greener Partners helps put people in touch with their food. [Inquirer]

• South Jersey winemakers say this summer’s hot, dry weather has produced “Napalike” grapes. [Inquirer]

• More and more Americans are exploring gluten-free diets, partly because of the influence of celebrities. [USA Today]

• The Food & Drug Administration will hold hearings on genetically modified salmon this week. [ABC]

• British animal rights activists are angry about the country’s increasing use of halal meat, which, they say, is slaughtered in a way that causes needless pain. [NYP]

• A judge ruled Friday that Kid Rock and his entourage must pay $40,000 in damages from a 2007 fight at Waffle House. [NYP]

• A Cincinnati high school recently added baby carrots to its vending machines. [NYDN]

• Josh Ozersky thinks Five Guys is the most overrated burger in America. [Esquire]

Hot, Dry Weather Produces ‘Napalike’ Grapes in South Jersey; Gluten-Free Diets