Business

Diners wait in line at a Subway sandwich shop on September 15, 2015 in Chicago, Ill. Subway will serve antibiotic-free turkey and chicken by the end of 2016, but it may take nine years for its suppliers of beef and pork to go antibiotic-free as well.

Subway Joins The Fast-Food, Antibiotic-Free Meat Club

5:32pm October 20, 2015

by Dan Charles

The chain says it will shift to buying only meat from animals that weren't fed antibiotics. It's set to serve antibiotic-free poultry by the end of next year, but beef and pork may take until 2025.

The "castle room" was the first room opened by Maze Rooms in Los Angeles.

'Escape Rooms' Challenge Players To Solve Puzzles To Get Out

4:35pm October 20, 2015

by Noah Nelson

They're part-puzzle, part-team building exercise, part-fantasy — and they have friends paying to get trapped in a room together. They have been popping up in cities around the country.

National

In Virtual Reality, 'The New York Times' Will Help Viewers 'Bear Witness' To Stories

4:35pm October 20, 2015

The New York Times announced a new virtual reality initiative saying they will distribute more than a million "Google Cardboard" viewers, and start releasing 360-degree documentary virtual reality films. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jake Silverstein, editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, who is working on the effort, about what it means to do journalism in this new space.

More than half of working people in this country have saved less than $25,000 for retirement and many pay crippling investment fees that eat away at gains. Automated financial advisers called roboadvisers offer a low-fee alternative.

Economy

Would You Let A Robot Manage Your Retirement Savings?

1:56pm October 20, 2015

by Uri Berliner

Roboadvisers are online financial managers that are guided by an algorithm, not a broker. Increasingly, millennials are shunning the human touch in favor of these low-cost alternatives.

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Ellsworth Ashman lost his middle-skill job at Entenmann's on Long Island, N.Y., last year. Now he's working at a job that pays half of what he made at the bakery.

Despite Recovery, Middle-Wage Workers Are Being Squeezed Out

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Charles Lane

Most jobs added since the recession are going to workers either in the top third or the bottom third of income. Those in the middle are getting squeezed out — especially men.

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Denmark Targets Consumer Behavior In Campaign To Reduce Food Waste

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Sidsel Overgaard

In the last few years, Denmark has become the world champion in reducing the amount of food that lands in the garbage.

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Evan Fritz, head brewer at Manayunk Brewing Co., draws off some samples of Papal Pleasure, a beer concocted to mark Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia. It's brewed with water blessed by a local priest.

Philly Preps Blessed Beer And Other Edible Swag To Greet Pope Francis

6:16am October 20, 2015

Enterprising businesses will mark the pope's visit to Philadelphia next month with irreverent tchotchkes — including beers brewed with holy water and toasters that etch the pontiff's face on bread.

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EPA Says Volkswagen Dodged Clean Air Rules With Emissions Software

6:14am October 20, 2015

by Tracy Samilton

The Environmental Protection Agency is accusing Volkswagen of intentionally dodging clean air rules on nearly half a million vehicles in the U.S. The EPA says Volkswagen installed software called a "defeat device" that only runs full pollution controls during official emissions testing. Under normal driving conditions, the vehicles emit nitrogen oxides at up to 40 times allowable levels, according to the EPA.

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How The Desperate Norwegian Salmon Industry Created A Sushi Staple

6:14am October 20, 2015

by Jess Jiang

Salmon is a staple of sushi now, but it used to be unheard of in Japan to eat raw salmon. The story of how Norway convinced Japan to love salmon sushi.

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National

Awesome Tips, Dude: Denver May Allow Pot In Bars, Restaurants

6:14am October 20, 2015

by Ben Markus

Pot is legal in Colorado, but the capitol city has outlawed pot bars like those in Amsterdam, leaving tourists who flock to Denver to get high with no legal place to do so. But that may change soon.

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