• Lawmakers in Virginia cross the aisle to support a restaurant smoking ban in that state. [Washington Post]
• Manhattan has been “plagued” by wafts of maple syrup smell for a few years now. Turns out it was coming from herbs used in a New Jersey plant that makes food flavors. [CNN]
• Restaurants are getting hit just like everybody else in this economy. Many are just trying to hang on for the next few months. [MSNBC]
• At least one person is dead and six wounded after two gunmen opened fire on a coffee shop in San Gabriel, Calif. [LA Times]
• And it looks like those tainted peanuts not only went to FEMA, they went to schools, too. Scary. [Washington Post]
