A) First Circuit OKs video recording arrests in public. Producers of COPS breath sigh of relief. Wall Street Journal.
B) The US Justice Department will try to halt AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile. Verizon and Sprint high-five. Bloomberg.
C) Teen robs elderly man, gets 2-6 years, and will have “felon” on his permanent record. Probably not worth it for the seven cents the old man had on him. Yahoo! News.
D) Guess who’s being sued for driving a tank into someone’s home and killing the family’s dog. Wrong. It’s Steven Seagal. Forbes.
E) Judging by these photos, duct tape sales must have soared in the days leading up to Hurricane Irene. BuzzFeed.