It’s Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil shares his big day Ayn Rand, Elaine Stritch, Stan Getz, Graham Nash, and Farrah Fawcett, all celebrating birthdays today. But, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.
A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS:
Gov. Chris Christie booed by Times Square crowd at Super Bowl event
POLITICAL CORNER:
Cecil Bohanon: Why national politics has become so nasty
IN COCONUT GROVE:
Out with old, in with new Miami park
West Grove to get its first police station
IN RUSSIA, BEARS ARM YOU:
Vodka blamed for Russia’s high death rate
FREE THE WEED!!!
Medical marijuana shops could open by summer
FREE THE TUMBLING TUBLEWEEDS!!!
‘Tumbleweed Invasion 2014’: Tumbleweeds bury New Mexico town
EXPOSING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LIES:
All About the Woman Whose Life Was Ruined by
Obamacare and Had No Choice but to Appear in a TV Ad
FROM OUTER SPACE:
Study Shows How Planets with Binary Stars, Like Tatooine, Form
CRACK MAYOR CORNER:
Rob Ford reportedly ticketed in Vancouver
for jaywalking; public intoxication
Mayor Rob Ford ’embarrassed’ by Vancouver jaywalking ticket
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