CNN's use of slain Ambassador Christopher Stevens' journal has outraged his family and the U.S. State Department. A CNN correspondent found the journal in the wreckage of the U.S. embassy in Libya.

MinnPost News Editor Don Effenberger says the website is tightening its standards for commenters after repeated complaints about disruptive posts. The new rule is "We will reject inflammatory and highly provocative comments that seem likely to hijack the comment thread — by making the discussion more about the commenter's inflammatory view than about the story. We also will reject comments that are clearly off-topic." The website already has more rules than some, banning gratuitous insults, requiring commenters to use their real names and banning "the use of nicknames for people or groups that are meeant to denigrate or deride." For instance, MinnPost doesn't allow the use of "Democrat" as an adjective, and has banned several derogatory terms for the Tea Party.

Poynter has some of Stephen Colbert's best quips about the new USA Today logo and links to his 3-minute riff from Tuesday night's show: "Bravo, the USA Today, for your bold redesign where every logo in every section will be changed every day to reflect a different news story in circular form — until next week when we see the headline USA Today graphics department commits suicide.”

The Seattle Times editorial board is asking readers to join the paper's social media campaign to approve Referendum 74, to legalize same-sex marriage. The board has printed a sign supporting the ballot measure and asks people to take photos of themselves holding the sign, then share the pictures via social media.