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Wall Street Journal: Cars have “black boxes” too, and perhaps they’ll be able to shed light on the sudden acceleration problems in Toyotas.

Mother Jones: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has stopped saying it represents more than 3 million businesses on its news releases.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Republican dogma holds that too many ‘frivolous’ malpractice cases already are filed by ‘greedy trial lawyers.’ The evidence says otherwise.”

Los Angeles Times: The recession is making it harder for working Californians to serve on juries for lengthy civil trials.

Los Angeles Times: In addition to facing possible liability suits for damages resulting from accidents involving their cars with known safety defects, Toyota could also face a class action over the loss of their vehicles’ value.

Huffington Post: A class action suit has been filed against the company that operates FreeCreditReports.com–and gets visitors to sign up for $14.95 a month credit reporting.

Fresno Bee: Residents of Kettelman City, California, are finally getting attention from federal officials for a rash of birth defects among children born just a few miles from a huge hazardous waste landfill.