The Good Humor Ice Cream supply for summer is running low in some parts of the country, and the company doesn’t have a large enough stock to sell wholesale to ice cream trucks.
GOOD DAY FOR:
Virtual good deeds
After a video of an elderly bus monitor being bullied goes viral, a do-gooder sets up a fundraising campaign that has already raised more than $33,000 for her retirement funds. [Death & Taxes]
A new summer earworm
Pop music phenom Carly Rae Jepsen releases a new single that’s just as catchy as “Call Me Maybe.” [The Daily Dot]
The healing power of puppies
A new study finds that microbes found on dogs can help prevent childhood asthma. [TIME]
BAD DAY FOR:
Lawless librarians
A New York librarian gets busted for allegedly skimming $163,582 in late fees over a seven-year period. [Discovery News]
Beating the heat
Several ice cream trucks in the Northeast grapple with a shortage of chilly treats, thanks to early summer heat and the shutdown of a Good Humor plant. [Consumerist]
Subtlety
In Ann Curry’s first Today show since The New York Times reported that NBC wants to replace her, producers accidentally put a lower third below her face with the headline, “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.” [HyperVocal]