And take the Gremlins, too: The French government is demanding that a Seattle man hand over a 1919 Turcat-Mery touring car, once owed by an heir to the French throne, that it has declared a national treasure. The owner is agreeable but wants to be reimbursed the $927,000 he paid for it.
As part of the agreement, France must also repatriate every AMC Le Car still running in the U.S. — both of them.
Mush! Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Not Tina Fey, is refuting reports that her son-in-law-designate, Levi Johnston, is a high school dropout. Not true, Palin said; he’s taking a correspondence course.
The reason it appeared Johnston wasn’t currently enrolled in high school was that he was waiting for his textbooks to arrive by sled-dog team.
It was that cold: It might usually escape the notice of readers, but The Herald often runs a list of budget expenditures by local governments. We draw your attention to the $63.13 spent by the city of Snohomish recently for “galvanized nipples.”
The Buzz thinks Snohomish could have easily waited for the recent cold snap to do the job and save itself the $63.13.
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