Local auto dealers are preparing for the federal cash for clunkers program, in which people can get up to $4,500 in trade-in value for their beat-up gas guzzlers.
The Buzz is no clairvoyant, but we still know what you’re thinking: “Dang, I shoulda hung on to that ’84 Dodge Omni instead of giving it to my worthless brother-in-law back in ’98!”
Karma’s a bummer: Once-almighty Microsoft isn’t riding so high these days. Its profit plunged whopping 29 percent in the second quarter.
Finally, finally: Payback for all those general protection faults and blue screens of death back in the 1990s.
Dogs, man unite: Snohomish County Fire District 1 commissioners have called for a ban on all fireworks in unincorporated areas of the county.
The county’s canine population, still groggy from the sedatives prescribed by veterinarians to help them cope with the loudest Fourth of July in recent memory, pledged their support of the proposed ban.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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