The New York Times says a small company is trying to market an apple that doesn’t bruise or brown when it’s cut. Called the Arctic Apple, it would be “one of the first genetically engineered versions of a fruit that people directly bite into.” But not if the apple industry has anything to say about it. They’re pushing back hard, saying the Arctic Apple is threatening the regular apple’s reputation as a healthy snack.

To nab a doctor suspected of improperly doling out pain meds, an undercover sheriff set up an appointment, and handed the doctor an x-ray “to accompany her tale of an injured back and neck.” But the x-ray included a different tail, says the LA Times—a dog’s. Even though the German Shepard’s name and animal hospital—and tail—were clearly printed on the x-ray, the doctor quickly prescribed the woman a powerful pain killer and a muscle relaxant. He was subsequently arrested.

The report of an FBI agent hired to investigate Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal prompts a strongly-worded editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this morning, suggesting that Penn State suspend its football program “until the university has sufficiently regained its perspective and reset its priorities.” The New York Daily News takes it a step further, saying the school should tear down a statue of coach Joe Paterno.

According to the New York Post, J-Lo, Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson are all on their way out. “American Idol” producers are now scrambling to find people to sit at the judge’s table and it’s still unclear who those people will be. There are whispers that Mariah Carey, Adam Lambert and Fergie have been approached. And some people are saying Charlie Sheen is in the running too.

Never shy in the face of excess, Americans have a new obsession, says the Wall Street Journal: binge viewing. In a world with DVRs, Hulu, and Netflix, it’s possible to watch an entire series from start to finish, in one sitting. And that ability is changing the economics of the entertainment industry, from one where the channel surfer reigned supreme. TV execs are both “gratified that people are gorging on their product, and frustrated because it’s a TV party that all-important advertisers aren’t invited to.”

“Man at Steel,” the latest Superman movie, just debuted at Comic-Con, which prompts the LA Times to wonder whether audiences will take to a superhero who’s so…good. In an age of bad boys—from Robert Downey Jr.‘s Tony Stark to Christian Bale’s Batman—“it may be harder to convince the Xbox generation that this icon of the Roosevelt era is still, in fact, great.”

Officials in Florida are puzzling over the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire, says the Sun Sentinel this morning. Witnesses say Guma Aguiar’s boat shot out of an inlet so fast it was skidding on the waves. Then, according to the boat’s GPS system, it slowed, made a bizarre turn and floated slowly back to shore—with no one on board. Police are now trying to figure out whether Aguiar is dead or alive…or faked his own disappearance.

Climbing on top of the two giant bronze lions that guard the Chicago Art Museum is a classic photo-op.  But it just got a little scarier, says the Tribune. To curb the practice, museum staff have installed a pre-recorded roar on the lions that goes off and threatens to call the cops when it senses someone on its back.