Headline from the Vancouver Sun: "Woman Tasered in front of children for 'obstructing traffic'." The article opens, A woman driving a minivan containing her two children [a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old] was Tasered by a police officer in New York state when he pulled her over for driving while talking on a cellphone. The woman...told Deputy Sean Andrews that her cellphone would show her last call was two hours ago, before he changed his mind and told her she had been speeding. [S]he...asked to see the officer's radar reading. When he turned back towards his car, she stepped out of her vehicle....A minute later, the 5'4" part time school bus driver was yanked from the car by the 6'2" officer and Tasered twice, collapsing on the road as passers-by asked if she needed help.

Headline from the Charlotte Observer: "Turn on, tune in and drop out ... with hippies or Rippies. What is a Rippie?" The article explains, Right-wingers are the new hippies. They're Rippies. These days Rippies are the ones disrupting town-hall meetings and shouting down authority. They're the ones chanting for a revolution. They turn on (Fox News), tune in (to Rush) and drop out (of the taxpaying public). And clearly, some of them have found a stash of acid. There's no other way to explain the birthers. The article contains a cool reference to Ayn Rand.

Headline from the Wall Street Journal: "Tax Withholding Is Bad for Democracy." Charles Murray's essay argues that the tax burden for most Americans is far too high but they do not realize it fully because of tax withholding and the payroll tax hides the true burden they are forced to shoulder. He suggests ending those withholdings so people realize how much they are paying for government.

Headline from Oregon Live: "A night on the town almost ends with a felony record, thanks to possession of a fake ID." The article opens, Rachel Carpenito thought a fake ID was her passport to an exciting night on the town, instead it almost branded her as a convicted felon. If a judge hadn't given her a break last week, Carpenito would have had to tell prospective employers, landlords and college admissions that she had a criminal record -- all because of some bad choices she made seven months ago. A few days after getting her first fake ID, she went out for drinks at a strip club with a man she had met on MySpace, then to Rocky Butte to make out.

Headline from Breitbart: "Norwegian towns sue Citigroup over subprime loss." The article opens, Seven Norwegian towns, some clustered around the Arctic Circle, have sued US banking giant Citigroup for more than 200 million dollars of losses plus damages linked to the sub-prime mortgage crisis, their lawyer said Tuesday.