According to a study, Oregon’s prescription requirement for cold medicine has little effect on meth. [HuffPo]

A 200-foot tractor-trailer passed through Lexington carrying a container thing for the chemical destruction plant and the paper wrote an entire story about it. [H-L]

If you’re a nerd, you should probably read this story about Supreme Court travel. It’s a pretty decent article that won’t melt your brain. [WaPo]

A new study suggests that Appalachia’s health disparities aren’t directly linked to coal mining. Well, duh? [WFPL]

Here comes another pig flu! Warn your meemaw and poppop ASAP! [HuffPo]

Andy Barr thinks he can create jobs in Kentucky (he probably can create at least as many as Ben Chandler, though, so let’s be fair) and is visiting the following counties: Bath, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Harrison, Menifee, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson and Wolfe. [Press Release]

Seems Christopher Hightower isn’t afraid to call it like he sees it in Frankfort. Check out the last paragraph of this article. [News Democrat Leader]

A few weeks ago, Greg Fischer lied to the press when he said he hadn’t already selected Steve Conrad to be chief of police. Turns out, yep, he had already selected Steve Conrad. [The 'Ville Voice]

Now you know how much CHPA has spent lobbying. That’s transparency. But how much money has UNITE spent and moved around on the state and federal taxpayer dollar front? You’ll never know because an actual itemization is not going to happen. Bob Stivers and his Hal Rogers pals can have a circle jerk all they want complaining about fear tactics and smear campaigns. But you’ve already seen how they react when they’re questioned. So take that with a pound or two of salt. [C-J/AKN]

Ron Paul dirties himself with Santorum so Mittens Romney doesn’t have to. [Wonkette]

It’s going to take more than raising the dropout age and recruiting a few celebrities to keep kids in school in Eastern Kentucky. [WKYT]

Louisville-area media have been freaking out over the possibility of a new Amazon distribution facility being built in Jeffersonville, Indiana. There’s still no confirmation. [FOX41]

The foreigns say America’s mortgage deal is unsettling. Is it a deserved penalty or an opportunistic shakedown? [The Economist]

The Kentucky Waterways Alliance will host the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour in Louisville on Saturday, March 3 from 8:30 to 11:00 P.M. at the Clifton Center. [KWA]