January 25th, 2012
- Kentucky had the highest number in the US of background checks for firearm permits, according to a report from the FBI.
Kentucky requested 9,630,654 background checks from the FBI from Nov. 30. 1998- to Dec. 31, 2011. The next highest number of requests was from Illinois, with 5,107,408.
According to notes in the report, these statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. They do not represent the number of firearms sold. Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and a firearm sale.
- The Drive-Thru Gourmet, Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle, features hush puppies, the unsung hero of the seafarin side-dish industry, at Americas No. 1 fishmonger drive-through,#xA0;Long John Silvers.This is not health food: Who cares? Theyre greasy, they taste like fried corn muffins, theyre filling, they go great with fried fish hellip; and theyre#xA0;addictive, and are 60 calories per pup.
The restaurant chain that began in Lexington was recently sold by Yum Brands to LJS Partners.
- A factory in California that makes Hot Pockets for Nestle Foods is laying off 103 workers who make the product, reports the Los Angeles Times. Consumers are a little more frugal and competition is continuing to be very heated, Nestle spokeswoman Roz OHearn said to the Times. Its very unfortunate, but it is necessary to keep the business healthy and continuing. Hot Pockets are also made at a plant in Kentucky, but it has not had any layoffs.
- An exhibit of photography by Lexingtons Ralph Meatyard is on display in Sacramento, Calif., at the MH de Young Museum, in San Francisco. The art critic for the Sacramento Bee, Victoria Dalkey, said of Meatyard, one of the strangest and most original artists ever to pick up a camera. … Though Meatyards name is not as well known as Ansel Adams or Edward Westons, he has a firm place in the history of photography.