Not Intent on Arriving

1) A Peddle in the Right Direction: A new grocery store in Portland has more parking spaces for bicyclists than motorists.

2) This is Real Government Intervention: The French government will get involved with the music purchases of its’ citizens. They will offer 50 euro gift cards for 25 euros, in an effort to combat music piracy. The French government expects 1 million cards to be sold annually.

3) College Athletes Do Worse Than Non-Athletes: So claims a new survey by the College Sports Project, which looked at grades from students from 84 Division III schools.

4) Walmart Plans To Expand Local Food Options: The chain plans to offer shoppers more food selections from local farms. On a limited basis. Grist will evaluate this plan over the next couple of months. This comes as McDonalds unveiled a new ad campaign in Washington State. The company claims in the ads that much of its food in Washington comes from local producers.

5) Hang Ten, In the Middle East: The Atlantic profiles surfers in an unusual location. Gaza.

6) Election Season is Coming: Must be time for a compilation of the best (and worst) of poltical ads of the year.  My favorite is below.

7) What a Strike:

1) When It Drops: This new website tracks movies, DVDs and CDs coming out each week.

2) Crackdown on Roma People, Amid Bad Press: France has openly sought to crack down on this “gypsy” people. Now, Italy appears to be f0llowing suit. The news comes amid news of 28 children being removed from a Roma child trafficking group in England.

3) A Morning Pick-Me-Up: What is the next breakfast food of champions? Donuts, according to one psychology study.

4) Climbing Into a Volcano: One group explored a volcano, by lowering a scientist into it. Check out the video here.

5) Need An Apartment?: This is one of the world’s smallest apartments. Available in Rome, right next to Berlusconi’s home.

6) Someone Finally Writes What We’re All Thinking: Brett Favre is a prima donna.

7) The Future of Political Polling: The Economist believes polling for American elections is increasingly suspect.

Nearly, 1 in 5 British kids think the Toy Story hero was the first person to walk on the moon.

1) Last Name Gets TV Host Into Trouble: New Zealand TV Host Paul Henry is in hot water following his mocking of chief Delhi minister Sheila Dikshit’s last name. Watch the clip below.

2) Brazil’s Nuts: Google announced StreetView was coming to the country last week. Then, reports surfaced that images of murder victims were among those posted of the country. Google has taken many of the images down.

3) Could Have Called This: Following the outcry on social media, Gap announced today that they would continue to use their old logo.

4) Quick, Cool Million: One billionaire made the vow that he would pay the first person to streak in front of Obama $1 million. Today, in Philadelphia, the prize was claimed. At the same rally, someone threw a book at Obama’s head. It gets weirder. The person was an Obama supporter and the book’s author.

5) Fire Away: Following a spat of negative press for his opponent, Democratic Senate candidate Joe Manchin released a new TV ad today. Let’s just say: it packs a lot of fire power.

6) Kangaroo On the Course:

7) Follow the Drugs: How do illegal drugs get from Mexico to the Washington DC area? The answer here.

The city plans to replace more than 250,000 signs located throughout the city. At a cost of $110 a sign, the project will cost more than $27 million. Apparently the old signs were hard to read for motorists. See the change below.