It’s 4:20 up north

Watch out for stretch Hummers: Alaska on Tuesday became the third state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, but unlike Colorado and Washington, the Last Frontier celebrated in low-key fashion.

Backers of legal weed wanted to avoid raucous parties that might have sent a negative message about marijuana — especially after they were crashed by the Palin family.

Watch your wig: General Motors is recalling thousands of Cadillacs over a problem with the power sunroof controls.

GM says the sunroofs can close without warning, potentially entangling the front-seat occupants’ hairpieces.

Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: “Survivor,” the cockroach of reality TV shows, returns Wednesday for a 30th series. This time around, the contestants are divided by their occupations — White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar.

Spoiler alert: Every time the Blue Collar and No Collar teams assert themselves in the competition, the White Collar team angrily accuses them of playing the class warfare card.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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