Weekend Read - 2/6 and 2/7/10

Lawyers can't find enough jurors for a product liability trial against cigarette makers.  "Lawyers excused a woman who said people have no right to sue over diseases that are listed on the warning label of a package."  (WV Record, h/t Overlawyered.com)

Someone on Yahoo Answers who hates snow asks "How do I convince my kids snow is dangerous?" (h/t Free-Range Kids blog)

Baltimore Sun article "Unplowed snow can bury a political career" on the politics of snow removal.  Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake was recently sworn in as Baltimore's mayor.  "Taking care of snow is something people can see immediately. If you can't handle that, they'll begin to doubt whether other city functions are being done well,"says Vincent J. Cannato, an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts.

A 9-year-old boy was "was nearly suspended after playing with LEGOs during his lunch period because one of the action figures was carrying a toy machine gun." (Pictured, right.  Staten Island News)

Yahoo UK has this story about a man who got a £60 fine and three points on his license for blowing his nose in the car - while parked!

I started reading Andrew Ross Sorkin's excellent book, Too Big to Fail.  He includes some fun facts about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, including that he used to wait tables at the South of the Border tourist stop off I-95.  Speaking of economists: