These stories are keeping us so busy that our coffee is getting cold. Dig in and you’ll see what we mean:
- Authorities are investigating claims that animals were abused at a Pleasant Prairie farm. Police found the carcasses of 55 horses, 12 goats and two cows, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
- Salon.com offers a sobering tale of a woman abducted when she was 7 years old. The kidnapping story in Cleveland reminds this Canada-based writer of the “thin line between bravery and folly.”
- Coca-Cola Co. is on the defensive. Responding to gripes that its sugary beverages are contributing to obesity, the company says it will add calorie counts to the front of its packaging and stop marketing its products to children under 12. The Wall Street Journal reports.
- Great news for swine lovers. While some attribute physical longevity to diet and exercise, TIME.com has the fat on a perhaps more appealing key to the fountain of youth. BACON!! This is the best Morning Links news we’ve heard all week.
- The Gloved One is back in the news. A man who defended the late Michael Jackson in his sex abuse trial in 2005 in now changing his story. Why now?
