Ice cream and doughnuts

Irvine Robbins, a co-founder of Baskin-Robbins, has died. Assuming Mr. Robbins frequently enjoyed his company's products, one aspect of his passing is good news for us ice cream lovers: He lived to the age of 90.

Also from the Confectionery Dept.: If you crave doughnuts but fear deep fryers, we've got a recipe for baked doughnuts. You'll have to buy a special doughnut-shaped baking tin. Hmmm, doughnuts baked in tins … Wait a minute: Aren't those muffins?

For the first time since World War II, the government proposes to conserve precious metals and make coins out of steel instead of copper, zinc and nickel. Could victory gardens and salvage drives for scrap rubber be coming soon? Forget about it: Folks sacrificed during WWII. We're supposed to go shopping.

In Livermore, Calif., there's a light bulb that has burned continuously since 1901. In other news about things that never stop, across the United States there's a race for the Democratic presidential nomination that seems like it's been going on since 1901.