–According to the Wall Street Journal, a Dept. of Transportation analysis of sudden-acceleration incidents involving Toyota found that many of the accidents were the result of human error, not faulty engineering.
–The New York Times traces the NRA’s expanding platform.
–A Colorado community lays off its local police force to help bridge a budget shortfall.
–Meanwhile, a Centennial State gubernatorial candidate cops to plagiarism.
–Arguing that it had a chilling effect, a federal appeals court throws out an FCC policy against indecent speech.
—After pleading guilty to minor charges in the Bahamas, Colton Harris-Moore–the much-ballyhooed “Barefoot Bandit,” who amassed a large group of admirers during his two-year flight from justice–faces deportation back to the U.S., where he’ll face a slew of charges.
–And Salon parses the late George Steinbrenner’s politics.