• Tossed: “Zulu coconut lawsuit thrown out on appeal” [NOLA.com; earlier on this Mardi Gras tradition and the law Louisiana passed to protect it]
• Maryland: “Felony Charges for Recording a Plainclothes Officer” [Rittgers, Cato at Liberty]
• More on decline of local slaughterhouses under federal regulation [Zachary Adam Cohen, NYT “Room for Debate”; earlier]
• “Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right” [Times Online via Coyote]
• Three taxes that are a more immediate danger than a VAT [David Frum; my take, at National Journal blogger poll]
• “WorldNetDaily Sues White House Correspondents Association Over Dinner Tables” [MediaBistro, more]
• Department of Labor vs. internship programs: one target’s view [Terry Michael, Reason; earlier]
• Allegedly easy way bloggers can comply with FTC endorsement regs [Chris Pirillo]

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