RANTS

A man in Bridgeport, Conn. tried to sell marijuana on Craigslist (before being busted by police).

With outbreaks in 11 states, flu season has definitely arrived. Wash your hands.

RAVES

NASA is sending the Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” to Polaris, the North Star, in honor of the space exploration agency’s 50th anniversary. It will take 431 years for it to reach its destination.

Pro-Western President Boris Tadic won a hard-fought re-election campaign in Serbia over rival Tomislav Nikolic, a former ally of deceased dictator Slobodan Milosevic.