Not a single luxury — even “Meet the Press”: An upcoming reality show on Discovery takes two U.S. senators, one a conservative Republican, the other a liberal Democrat, and maroons them on a remote South Pacific island.
The senators say they hope the show inspires their colleagues to work together and get things done — which could happen, if Congress decides to devote itself to fashioning loincloths from palm fronds.
It’s a beautiful day, we’re giving this record away: Apple has released a tool that lets you remove the new U2 album that was sneakily inserted, spam-like, into about 500 million iTunes music libraries.
The Irish supergroup was widely criticized for the move, but the Association of Low-Cost Viagra Sellers plans to give them a special citation for outstanding achievement.
Too easy: A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed about 100 structures in the Northern California town of Weed.
You may insert your own “smoking Weed” joke here.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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