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In Which Everyone Has Second Thoughts

• The jury is hopelessly deadlocked in the much-covered case of the Long Island samurai-sword murder. The defense’s version — that the victim’s wife, not the accused stepson, wielded the sword — has apparently raised enough reasonable doubt. [Newsday]
• The city’s phasing out five low-performing high schools, two in Manhattan and three in Brooklyn. Alumni, shed a tear for dear old Lafayette, Samuel Tilden, South Shore, Urban Peace Academy, and High School for the Physical City (um, huh?). [NYP]
• In ever odder education news, City College has named a student center after Assata Shakur — an erstwhile Black Liberation Army militant and convicted cop killer currently residing in Cuba. Some people are less than thrilled. [NYDN]
• Mayor Bloomberg is expected to make a “major speech” on sustainability today, which is a big deal in certain wonkish circles. Bloomie will be outlining the city’s land-use and traffic goals through the year 2030, when we’ll probably all be under water anyway. [Streetsblog]
• And remember how Taco Bell said green onions were the source of E. coli and very publicly removed them from the menu? Yeah, well, it was the white onions, mislabeled at the lab. And wait, there’s more — the strain of the bacteria found on those was not even the one that caused the local outbreak. Bon appetit. [NYT]

In Which Everyone Has Second Thoughts