FYI: What's Happening Behind The Scenes?
• A salmonella outbreak has sickened 388 people across the United States, sending some to the hospital and leaving officials scratching their heads trying to find the source. Sound familiar?. [Reuters]
• An Alabama sheriff has been locked up in his own jail after he allegedly under-fed prisoners and pocketed the surplus food money, a move that may or may not have actually been legal. [AP/Yahoo]
• Are you getting enough vitamin D? If you asked that question of Quest Diagnostics, you'd better ask again. The nation's biggest medical lab seems to have given false results to thousands of patients whose vitamin levels it tested. [NY Times]
• Despite a recent dip, food prices ended the year overall of 7 percent higher than they began it. [Reuters]
• Washington, DC restaurants brace themselves for the onslaught of visitors expected on inauguration weekend, throwing parties, extending hours, and laying in supplies. [DC Examiner]
