Mind if I play through: A couple getting married at a golf course in Hawaii were forced to relocate the ceremony because President Barack Obama planned to play golf there (Page A6).
The Associated Press was told that Obama was not aware of the wedding beforehand. Had he known about it, he could have offered to officiate: “I now pronounce you husband and wife. Now watch this drive.”
You’ve got no mail: China’s government has greatly curtailed access to Google’s Gmail system.
Chinese officials want to clamp down on subjects who use Google services to avoid government monitoring. Either that, or they just don’t get that odd Gmail interface and want to stick with Outlook.
A pair of dimes shift: The fuss and folderol over “The Interview” could wind up changing the way Hollywood does business, if movie moguls decide to make first-run films viewable at home on the Internet as well as at the multiplexes.
But without $12.50 soda-and-popcorn combos and kids fiddling with their phones, the average living room just isn’t going to feel like a movie theater.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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