Some stories to check out this weekend:
Jackie's Ghost: Roger Kahn and Jackie Robinson - Grantland. Excellent piece.
World's Best Bucking Bull About to Retire - Morning Edition. Bushwacker, who has only once been ridden for a full 8 seconds.
Daughter of the Dragon: Biking Bhutan with no shocks, no balls and a very gracious prince - SBNation
Greased Up at the State Fair of Texas: A night with the company that recycles the thousands and thousands of gallons of oil used during the fair - Texas Monthly
Idaho's sewer system is the Snake River: As Big Ag flourishes, this massive waterway suffers - High Country News. See also, Environmental Impacts of Exporting Dry Milk Powder - Big Picture Agriculture
Soldier Flies: The New Food for Farm Fish - Scientific American. More aquaculture news for you, Pete.
Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner's Record - New York Times. More cool video.
The man with the golden blood - Mosaic
TxDOT Ends Program That Converts Paved Roads to Gravel - Texas Tribune. Truck traffic from the fracking boom and an insufficient maintenance budget were the original drivers of the program. Politics is the driver of the termination of it.
Found in Pittsburgh: The Old Steel Industry, Frozen in Time - Wall Street Journal
Eye of the Storm: Ferguson Burger Bar & More - St. Louis Magazine
China's Rising Wages and the 'Made in USA' Revival - Businessweek
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