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Rules Trumped: Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Friday refused to back down from his epic rant against rival Ben Carson the night before, in which he condemned Carson as “pathological,” mocked the retired neurosurgeon’s religious conversion, and derided Iowa voters as “stupid”.

It’s starting to look like The Donald’s candidacy could survive even if he ended his stump speeches by biting the head off a baby bunny.

Get a move on, Gramps THX1001, Release 3.45: One of Google’s self-driving cars was pulled over by police in Mountain View, California, on Thursday afternoon for driving too slowly — 24 mph in a 35 mph zone.

The robot driver was let off with a warning and continued to its destination, which was the Early Bird Special at the local Shari’s.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1851, the novel “Moby-Dick” was first published.

That was 164 years ago, which is also what the time spent reading “Moby-Dick” feels like to the average high school honors English student.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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