—From Pilot Knob, NY.   Nation: Joseph R. Biden III, the former attorney general of Delaware and the son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer at age 46, his family announced. Biden was a handsome and promising …

—From Charleston, WV.   Sound Recall!: With a shove from the Federal government, the Japanese airbag company Takata has doubled its recall to 34 million vehicles in the US for airbags that explode and spray shrapnel when they deploy. It’s …