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Seattle Post Intelligencer (Seattle PI) goes web only after printing last paper edition on Wednesday. The newspaper claims it will retain its former standards with a staff of 20, down from 150 for the print edition.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper decides to exercise its First Amendment right to publish public information. For no discernible reason — such as the public good — the newspaper publishes a database making it easy to find the names and addresses of concealed handgun permit holders.

Stephen Colbert offers his take on the situation in this segment titled “The Word – Locked and Loathed.”