• Reds baseball player Joey Votto signed a three-year contract with the team and says he can’t imagine playing anywhere else. Thousands of Reds fans who know little about baseball economics cry.—-
• Lakota students are walking both ways to school uphill in the snow now that school busing has been cut for 6,400 students.
• Delta did pretty well in the 4th quarter of 2010: $19 million profit.
• A new bill introduced in Kentucky would require anyone receiving food stamps or Medicaid to pass random drug tests. Republicans across the land laugh out loud.
• Many Ohio driving suspensions are due to violations other than driving poorly. Problems such as this one don’t occur in places that are progressive and awesome have usable public transportation.
• A new study has determined that smoking damages DNA within minutes, instantly increasing the chance of lung cancer. Similar damage was found to be associated with a drinker’s first sip of Mad Dog 20/20.
• Facebook has disabled features that share users’ phone and address data with apps. Thanks for that.
• U.S. support for the war in Afghanistan is at its lowest point since Barack Obama became president. Would a new surge help or are we becoming bored with the fight altogether?
• Sarah Palin’s thoughts, beliefs and voice will not be affected by last week’s tragedy in Tucson. This story suggests that her presidential ambitions have gone bye bye during the last week, specifically citing her use of “lamestream” media as extremely lame.
• Life isn’t going to be so groovy for repeat DUI offenders in Huntington Beach, Calif., if the city goes ahead with plans to post their mug shots on Facebook. Uncool, bro.
• Scientists say they can recreate a wooly mammoth in four years via cloning. Please let them do it.
• Know how it’s been raining all day? On Thursday the water falling from the sky will freeze and turn into snow. Then this will happen:
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2011.