Links of the week

McDonald's has dropped "pink slime," perhaps in part because of chef Jamie Oliver's protests (but maybe not), says the Huffington Post here.

The Daily Mail, meanwhile, illuminates us on the British teen who collapsed after (she says) eating nothing but chicken nuggets -- for 15 YEARS.
(MSNBC explains a little about salt and reducing it in a related story here.)

Wow. I might need a glass of wine after that. You, too? Learn a few vocabulary words to be more impressive while imbibing, here.