Week in Review, Feb. 21

An odor committee said Rock City Coffee Roasters coffee roasting was not objectionable (1). The town also had a smell problem with its sewers and the "almost unbearable stench" of a fish processing plant (2). A lobster boat meant to carry tourist was designed (3) and fishermen worked to protect piers from a tourist invasion (4). Lobster fought over bait bags (5) and kids sang over sandwiches (6).

Around Welsh sheep farms, teens were hanging themselves (7), Cuban farmers expected reforms (8), and the Chinese government gave farmers refrigerators (9). A curry crisis took hold in England (10) and Chinese food was expected to be in short supply in Israel (11). McDonald's was looted in Kosovo (12).

A woman abandoned a 10-lb turnip because she thought it looked like a bomb (13) and the TSA also worried about the dangers of too much baby food (14). Maine schools sat on discounted beef (14), Obama mocked McCain's attacks on pork barrel spending (15), and the Feds refused to say where bad beef was sold (16). Celebrity chef Mario Batali summed life up: “Brought it to a boil, often” (17).