Because safety: A 14-year-old Texas boy named Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed by police and suspended from school for coming to class with a homemade clock that the grown-ups feared might be a bomb, apparently because it had wires and stuff, and also because his name is Ahmed Mohamed.
Budding scientist Ahmed just got schooled in an immutable law of nature, courtesy of officialdom in Irving, Texas: You can’t fix stupid.
Guaranteed two-day shipping on birdcage liner: Amazon Prime members now will receive six months of free online access to The Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
As part of the deal, the Post newspaper will be used as packing material for all Amazon Prime shipments.
Mr. Creosote will be first in line: Olive Garden is bringing back its never-ending pasta pass, in which folks shell out $100 for the right to shovel Olive Garden grub into their gobs for six months.
The pass covers noodles, bread sticks and soda. Not included are barf bags, diabetes screenings and elastic waistbands.
— Mark Carlson and Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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