11:00 a.m.- Is Flavored Water Good For You? (KARK Little Rock) In the heat of the summer, we all love to reach for a cold drink. And, there's an array of flavors and even promises of vitamins and energy -- which can be good since the experts recommend eight to ten glasses a day in the summer. But, all flavored waters are not created equal. [News Source]

Raising a global stink. Burgeoning efforts to curb global-warming pollution are taking aim at an unlikely new target: the placid, cud-chewing cow. [News Source]

Is highrise farming in Toronto’s future? It may sound like a flight of fancy, but highrise farming is drawing increased attention amid mounting worries about our food supply. Is a proposal for downtown Toronto a thrilling leap or 'wacko science'? [News Source]

Genetic farming can help solve food crisis. Over 850 mn people across the world will not be able to get a square meal by 2025 due to food shortage, but it can be tackled, at least partially, through genetic engineering, says American agricultural expert Bruce M. Chassy. [News Source]

Nano-foods: The next consumer scare?. Those consumers already worried about genetically engineered or cloned food reaching their tables may soon find something else in their grocery carts to furrow their brows over -- nano-foods. [News Source]

N. Korean food crisis spurs U.N to act. With shriveled harvests and a cutback in imports, North Korea has slipped back into a serious food shortage that is causing millions of people to go hungry, the United Nations announced Wednesday. [News Source]

Cyclone-hit Myanmar struggling to find its feet. Three months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into army-run Myanmar, people in the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta are still in dire need of food and clean water, hampering efforts to rebuild their lives, aid agencies say. [News Source]

Are The Enhanced Bottled Waters Worth It? (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma) Advertisers spent more than $200 million last year promoting bottled water and now there are many new enhanced waters that have everything from herbs to vitamins and even protein blended in. [News Source]

VINELAND: Afternoon police beat update includes stolen vitamin C (Daily Journal) Police on Wednesday arrested Alonzo Blackwell, 41, of Hendricks House on North West Boulevard, on a parole violation for testing positive for use of alcohol. [News Source]

11:00 a.m.: Is Flavored Water Good For You? (KARK Little Rock) In the heat of the summer, we all love to reach for a cold drink. And, there's an array of flavors and even promises of vitamins and energy -- which can be good since the experts recommend eight to ten glasses a day in the summer. But, all flavored waters are not created equal. [News Source]

Should You Be Getting More Vitamin D? (CBS News) Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and keep our bones strong. But "D" does much more than that and, as Dr. Emily Senay reports, many experts say it may be time to raise the recommended amount. [News Source]

Obagi Medical Products Presents In Vitro Data Showing Its Topical Vitamin C Serums Provide Greater Absorption and … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) CHICAGO----Obagi Medical Products, Inc. , a leader in topical aesthetic and therapeutic skin health systems, announced the results of an in vitro study of their Obagi Professional-C and Obagi-C Rx Serums today at the American Academy of Dermatology's Summer Academy Meeting in Chicago. [News Source]