News below the fold for Thanksgiving Eve:
Virginians anxious about the smoking ban soon to take effect in the Commonwealth should look to Illinois, where smokers and bar-owners flout the law and chip in to pay the fines together. Virginia’s fines, at only $25 per infraction, will make civil disobedience much less expensive.
New Haven firefighters finally get their promotions thanks to the Supreme Court’s reversal earlier this year of a decision that included then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor. In case you weren’t sure: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R, has declared tomorrow to be Thanksgiving day.
Catholics will soon be eligible to serve as British monarchs for the first time in centuries.
Canadian recall of swine flu vaccine after an abnormal number of patients suffer severe allergic reactions.
