That ain’t nothin’

Published 10:32 pm Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Congress has reached an agreement on the stimulus legislation, intended to stave off a second Great Depression.

You think our leaders are grappling with problems of unprecedented gravity? Think again. On this day in 1999, the Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Workers at General Electric Co. who smoke cigarettes were paid up to $750 for kicking the filthy habit. The program is said to be working.

Apparently, the previous incentive for quitting — you won’t die prematurely — was ineffective.

Speaking of addictions, a scientist says romantic love works in our brain like drugs or alcohol.

Let’s explain the analogy this way: Those newly in love have pounded a fifth of Jack on an empty stomach, while old married couples can walk upright after a long evening of imbibing.

Nominations have been announced for the Academy of Country Music Awards .

So far, there have been no surprise disqualifications for failure to wear a white cowboy hat.

Mark Carlson, Herald staff