Shadowy Racing

from The Drive Behind the Shadowy Billion-Dollar Payouts of F1, NASCAR, and IndyCar We take an in-depth look at who makes the money—and how much—in the world’s top-tier racing series. BY JERRY PEREZ GETTY / Scott Dixon is rumored to be the highest-paid IndyCar...

Happy Half-century to The Big Mac

from AP 50 years on, McDonald’s and fast-food evolve around Big Mac By CANDICE CHOI As with many of its popular and long-lasting menu items, the idea for the Big Mac came from a franchisee. In 1967, Michael James “Jim” Delligatti lobbied the company to let him test...

Art of the Car

from artnet Putting Art in the Back Seat, Kenny Schachter Goes to Venerate the Old Masters of the Racetrack at the Festival of Speed With a lull in the art calendar, our columnist went off to pursue his second all-consuming passion—classic cars—at a tony British...

Save The Clark Bar!

from CNN NECCO, the oldest American candy company, suddenly shuts its factory by Talib Visram The future of Sky Bars and Sweethearts is in limbo after the NECCO factory closed this week. The NECCO plant in Revere, Massachusetts, was shut suddenly Tuesday by its owner,...

Everything We Think We Know Is Wrong

from NPR 14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming by LINA ZELDOVICH When an archaeologist working on an excavation site in Jordan first swept up the tiny black particles scattered around an ancient fireplace, she had no idea they were...