• If you plan on gambling away your money at the brand new Rivers Casino on Monday, at least you’ll have plenty of options for dinner; the casino in nearby Des Plaines will feature seven different eateries, including a high-end steak house. [Sun Times]
• Enjoy your Snickers while it lasts: Vending machines that sell fruit, soy milk, baked chips, and other “healthier” snacks, are cropping up everywhere. [NYDN]
• Universal theme park’s Harry Potter exhibit is now serving Butterbeer. It contains neither butter nor beer. [NYDN]
• Read all about the life-changing invention, and evolution, of the drinking straw. [Gizmodo]
• The rule about eight glasses of water a day might just be a bunch of hooey. [Gawker]
• The nightclub attached to Eva Longoria’s Beso Steakhouse in Las Vegas was forced to close amid financial issues. [CBS News]
