The Filter: Is Obama Backtracking on Key Promise?

(March 5) -- With so many news aggregators out there, who can keep up? AOL News filters the filters to steer you to the headlines that really matter.

Skip Those, Read This: Everyone leads with news that President Barack Obama, against the advice of his own Justice Department, may try top terrorist suspects in military tribunals rather than civilian courts. Both The Slatest and The Daily Beast link to Washington Post coverage. Originally, Obama said he would try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11, in a New York City federal court, but he backtracked under bipartisan pressure from lawmakers concerned about the cost and security of such a high-profile trial. Now, the president's advisers are pushing him to try several suspected terrorists in military tribunals. But if Obama goes that route and "retreats to using the Bush military commissions, he deals a death blow to his own Justice Department, breaks a clear campaign promise to restore the rule of law and demonstrates that the promises to his constituents are all up for grabs," says the director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Time magazine provides a brief history of military tribunals in the U.S.

Pentagon Attack: Everyone's second story of the day is a lone gunman's attack on the Pentagon on Thursday. The shooter killed two officers before being shot and fatally wounded. The Slatest picks up the Washington Post's coverage -- for some reason The Daily Beast goes not with the hometown paper but the Los Angeles Times -- which indicates that the shooter was John Patrick Bedell. Meanwhile, Gawker fills out the background of the shooter and has YouTube videos of Bedell pontificating on "strange obsessions."

Catch of the Day: The Daily Beast picks up a British Guardian report on a "gay sex scandal" at the Vatican. Thanks to a police wiretap investigation, Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness (a ceremonial usher for the Vatican), was caught negotiating with a Vatican chorister, Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, over male prostitutes that he wanted brought to him. "The transcripts imply that over a period of around five months in 2008, Ehiem procured for Balducci at least 10 contacts with, among others, 'two black Cuban lads,' a former male model from Naples, and a rugby player from Rome," the Guardian reports. The revelations came as the police were investigating Balducci for corruption regarding public works contracts.

More Toyota Troubles: It keeps getting worse for the troubled car maker. The Huffington Post (and others) pick up an Associated Press story revealing that the car company "has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline 'black boxes' that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration." In the past few years, 52 people have been killed because of Toyota cars' sticky gas pedals, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In recent month, the company has recalled 8 million vehicles. Sales have dropped off significantly, as Toyota's once-sterling reputation for safety and reliability continues to crumble.

Going Gray: Most of us will have gray hair eventually, but according to a Chicago Tribune article (picked up by Pat's Papers), there are ways to slow down the process. Quitting smoking can help, as can getting more vitamin B. But only hair dye is guaranteed to work, unfortunately.