Skipping stoners

Pot’s not bad, m’kay: Instead of demonizing marijuana, Colorado’s new approach to marijuana education urges adults to use the weed safely. One public-service announcement points out that you can’t drive a car after smoking pot, but you can hop and skip.

Adults hopping and skipping while high? Sounds like a “Reefer Madness” sequel.

Nation has that new-car smell: A resurgent economy inspired Americans to visit their friendly local car dealer in December. Sales of new cars in 2014 were expected to hit their highest level since 2006.

Thanks in part to cheap gas, the top three selling vehicles were pickup trucks, especially the ones that are big enough to drive over Nissan Leafs.

Curves ahead: At this year’s International CES gadget show in Las Vegas, LG is introducing a smartphone with a curved screen.

LG says the curve makes the phones easier to hold and read, and also conforms to the contours of users’ backsides when they sit on phones tucked into back pockets.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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