Gay cities, gang tours, and chalupas

A blog post in the San Francisco Chronicle lists the "gayest" cities in America, based on the number of resident gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people. While San Francisco surprisingly did not make the top 15, Iowa City, Austin and Asheville, N.C., did. Teenage boys throughout the U.S. were surprised to find that the rival towns they often referred to as "gay" did not make the list.


Rhode Island sausage company has issued a recall of 1.2 million pounds of ready-to-eat pepper-coated salamis, sausages and other cured meats because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Iowa City, Austin and Asheville, N.C. have offered to take the unusable meat.


Glen Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died at age 86. The company did not release a cause of death, but instead reduced chalupas to half-price in his honor.


LA Gang Tours has officially launched and promises insight into the gang activities of South Central, LA. Risks of the tour include coming into contact with actual gang members and possibly hearing one of their demos.


Some Chinese manufacturers barred from using lead in children’s jewelry have been substituting a more dangerous metal — cadmium. Apparently there was a surplus left over from the unused baby formula.


Hundreds of subway riders in New York City, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle and even Mexico City participated in the 9th annual "No Pants Subway Ride" on Sunday. However, most people without pants in New York were unaware of the event.