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See Bieber ‘Cone’; Chew Food More to Eat Less

• Watch Justin Bieber as he “cones” and pulls other pranks on fast-food drive-throughs. [Perez Hilton]

• The drought continues in the southwestern U.S., where many cattle ranchers are taking steer to auction early rather than struggling to feed and water them. [USAT]

• Turns out high sodium intake is a concern for many babies, who get salt overload from eating canned and jarred food. [Daily Mail UK]

• Defying its namesake decadent dessert, Cheesecake Factory will roll out a “SkinnyLicious” menu of fifteen entrees under 590 calories and twelve appetizers under 490 calories. [USAT]

• Chewing food up to 40 times might be an effective means of consuming fewer calories. Because you get tired of sitting there chewing? [Daily Mail UK]

• Down in Louisiana, SnoWizard snowballs is being sued by eight other makers of the frozen dessert that are fed up with SnoWizard’s owner trying to trademark sugar and water. [WSJ]

• Merchants Hospitality is having a good run; the company has opened four new restaurants in the last year, including Neely’s Barbecue Parlor. [Crain’s]

See Bieber ‘Cone’; Chew Food More to Eat Less