From the Wires

BBC: A study has found that learning a second language, even in adulthood, has positive effects on the brain.

NYT: Dish customers will be able to make manual payments in Bitcoin beginning in the third quarter.

WSJ: The prevalence of people overweight of obese jumped 27.5% for adults; 47.1% for kids from 1980 to 2013.

Reuters: Apple Inc. will acquire Beats for $3 billion.

CNN: A new study showed that cynical people have a higher likelihood of developing dementia.

TIME: Median CEO pay hit a record high of $10.5 million in 2013, an 8.8% rise over 2012.

CNN: A study funded by the American Beverage Association showed that individuals who drank diet soda lost more weight compared to their counterparts who just drank water.

CBS: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are examining how Yelp can be used to track incidences of food poisoning that is not reported.

CNN: Tennessee is the first state to make use of the electric chair mandatory when lethal injection drugs are unavailable.