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That former JetBlue flight attendant who cussed out a passenger, grabbed a couple of brewskis and slid down an escape chute will undergo a mental health evaluation.

The Buzz predicts the evaluation's conclusion will be as follows: "righteously fed up."

Mmmm, no brains: The University of Baltimore (in-state tuition, about $3,675 a quarter) offers a class in which students watch zombie movies and read zombie comic books, then write a research paper on, yep, zombies.

The course curriculum also includes handy tips on how students can keep their parents from finding out they squandered tuition money on a class about zombies.

Still smokin': Despite the stigma of standing outside in the rain, despite having to pay eight bucks a pack, despite the fact that the habit can freaking kill you, one in five Americans still smokes cigarettes (Page A3).

Across the nation, some jittery public health officials reacted to the bad news by huffing and puffing to the nearest 7-Eleven for a pack of Camels.

-- Mark Carlson, Herald staff