Congressman Nero

Published 12:01 am Friday, July 29, 2011

House Speaker John Boehner called off a vote late Wednesday on his proposal to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling and cut spending because, despite a lot of arm-twisting, he couldn’t convince a number of people in his own party to vote for the measure — which in any event would have died in the Senate or been vetoed by the president (Page A3).

With default just a few days away and Congress gridlocked, The Buzz says just give ’em all togas and fiddles already.

I’ll take gimpy game show hosts for $500: “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek snapped his Achilles tendon Wednesday while chasing a woman who had allegedly burgled his San Francisco hotel room (Page A2).

The suspect was later arrested on investigation of felony burglary, receiving stolen property and failing to phrase statements to police in the form of a question.

This is sooo cooool: The Snohomish County Council has decided against imposing a moratorium on medical marijuana gardens (Page B1).

In a show of gratitude, area stoners planned to present Council Chairman Dave Somers with a commemorative burlap messenger bag stained with Cheetos dust.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff