From the WASHINGTON POST: Republican Mitt Romney reset the race for the presidency as a battle over the size and scope of the federal government Saturday, choosing as his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the architect of the GOP’s plans to slash spending and overhaul Medicare.

…From Bill Keisling’s report “Timeline Clery Act violations and failures to investigate by Tom Corbett and Penn State University” that on repeated occasions, first as attorney general and later as governor, it is clear: Corbett took steps to discourage the investigation of the criminal pedophilia of Jerry Sandusky;

From the FINANCIAL TIMES: The worst drought in the US in at least half a century has destroyed one-sixth of the country’s expected corn crop in a month threatening a surge in global food price inflation.

From the NEW YORK POST: Penn State’s board of trustees will meet this weekend to consider whether to ratify a consent decree with the NCAA that imposed penalties for how the university handled the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

From USA TODAY: …Cars have changed in ways that make rescues more complicated and dangerous for first responders — from new types of steel that are tougher to cut, to high-voltage cables in hybrid-electric cars. Firefighters and other first responders now face a host of unknowns at the scene of any serious auto accident.

DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE: Trenton—The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act reached will reach a major milestone tomorrow when the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services opens the patient registration process. Doctors who are treating qualifying patients will then be able to enter those patients into the patient registration system.

From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEW Op-Ed: By imposing sanctions against Penn State University, the NCAA has expanded beyond the scope of its mission. There was not a single violation of a football regulation. The alleged failures of Penn State listed by the NCAA are all nebulous failures concerning “institutional integrity,” “fundamental notions of individual integrity” and “appropriate and responsible conduct.”

From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETETE Editorial: …The cameras will be of assistance to law enforcement officers, who told the Post-Gazette’s Moriah Balingit they believe they will help in solving crimes, tracking down suspects, apprehending child abductors and fill in the gaps when eyewitnesses can provide only a partial license number.

… Based upon my half century of experience in development and management of residential and commercial real estate and years of study and reflection about downtown Lancaster’s problems and opportunities from the perch of NewsLanc.com, here is what I foresee happening over the next two decades…

DRUG WAR CHRONICLES: In a congressionally mandated annual report to the US Sentencing Commission on the operation of federal sentencing guidelines, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said continuing increases in the federal prison populations and spending are “unsustainable” and called on the commission to work with other stakeholders to reduce federal corrections costs.

From the BLOOMBERG: …NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said in an e-mail that “Penn State’s sanctions are not subject to review.” The basis of the family’s appeal would stem from the NCAA’s use of an independent report compiled by former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh, according to Sollers’ letter.