Urinalysis for everyone: The ACLU lawyer who wrote Washington’s recreational pot law has suggested that Spokane test its sewage for traces of THC.
The tests could provide a baseline measurement of weed use in the city, and also identify periods of peak consumption, like when the ultimate frisbee team at The Evergreen State College visits.
Hurry before he croaks out a song: Bob Dylan will be honored at the MusiCares foundation’s 25th anniversary tribute Feb. 6, 2015.
At the event, Dylan’s songs will be performed by fellow music legends including Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Crosby, Stills and Nash. If Dylan himself sings, specially trained voice interpreters will be standing by.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, published its first — and last — edition in Boston.
Colonial-era media pundits said the newspaper’s demise was inevitable as citizens migrated from news printed on paper to the more interactive medium of town criers.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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