PARTING SHOTS: Stimulus for the dead, sludge in the Danube

The Upshot

Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment:

• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has shuttered a much-anticipated tunnel project connecting his state to New York, citing cost overruns. (The New York Times)

• Apparently, 72,000 dead people received stimulus checks. (AP)

• A Mississippi judge has jailed an attorney who didn't recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court. (AP/Yahoo! News)

• A federal judge in Michigan has upheld the individual mandate in the health care law. (Politico)

• The 33 trapped Chilean miners could finally be freed by Saturday. (BBC)

• Hungary's toxic sludge has reached the Danube, Europe's second-longest river (AP/Yahoo! News)

• U.S. regulators agree to waive health care rules for some "mini-med" plans. (The New York Times)