• Nick Giannis, the Boston Blackie’s owner who was arrested in a $1.8 million check kiting scheme, has been brought into custody in Cook County. [CBN]
• Paul Kahan and Mario Batali first became friends over a co-DJed Violent Femmes record. [S-T]
• India will make grenades out of bhut joloika (ghost chilis) to fight terrorism. [Discovery News]
• Orthorexia, an eating disorder in which sufferers are inordinately concerned with healthy food, is on the rise. [NYDN]
• The portions in paintings of the Last Supper have been steadily growing, say scientists. [NYP]