• After an often contentious Senate race, Mark Kirk invited Alexi Giannoulias for a beer at the Billy Goat Tavern, which everyone is now calling the Billy Goat Summit. [Trib]
• After Obama’s joke about holding a “Slurpee summit,” 7-Eleven executives are working hard to make it actually happen. [USAT]
• One writer looks at what it’s like to go out to dinner in Afghanistan. [Salon]
• Whole Foods is raking it in this year. [WSJ/MarketWatch]
• This is really going to happen: The Daily News pens a piece about New York’s next First Lady, Sandra Lee. [NYDN]
• Can pregnant mothers give their children allergies? Honestly, nobody really seems to know. [Time]
