It’s a gas, gas, gas: The Herald’s Street Smarts column checked the GasBuddy website and found that Costco and Fred Meyer typically offer the cheapest gas prices in the state. While the price of oil is keeping gas prices low, it’s also blamed for recent stock market losses.

Our advice: The next time you’re tempted to check your 401(k) balance, check GasBuddy instead.

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Feat. Pat Boone: Seattle-based rapper Macklemore’s new song, “White Privilege II,” addresses racism and how white artists such as himself have appropriated black culture without speaking out often enough in support of African Americans.

Interestingly, “White Privilege II” also is the name of a yacht on which a Grammy Awards after-party will be held this year.

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Sorry. Not sorry: The Denver Broncos defeated Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC title game a year after Brady was embroiled in controversy for using partially deflated footballs earlier that season.

We’d like to apologize on behalf of our industry for all the “Deflated!” headlines in newspapers this morning.

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