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Arms Bazaar: Army bazooka, assault rifles, grenade launchers and other weapons you might find in Tacoma. (Daily Weekly)

Vanity Nightclub On South Tacoma Way: It's opened and shutdown many times. We guess it's back open because gunfire erupted outside it last night. (KOMO News)

Port Of Tacoma Commission: It has a new long-range strategic plan. (News Tribune)

Deplorable, Destabilizing And Dumbasses: The U.N. Security Council will meet Friday to discuss North Korea's botched missile launch. (CNN)

President Obama's Re-election: Running a positive campaign might be more difficult this time. (The New York Times)

Cultural Question: How did cats become bigger than Jesus? (Creative Loafing)

J.K. Rowling: She comes clean with the title and release date of her new book. (USA Today)

Francis Cobain: Twitter "should ban my mother." (USA Today)

Now We Know: Top 10 culturally significant banjo moments. (Pop Matters)

A Glutton's Delight: Burger King is testing the bacon sundae. (Time)

The Avengers: A bunch of behind-the-scenes footage. (Ain't It Cool News)

Tosh.o Dude: He's physically harassing unsuspecting women. (Jezebel)

Diet Coke: It has unveiled a new line of fashionable bottles, one of which draws inspiration from Madonna's infamous cone bra ensemble. (Billboard)

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Olympia Film Society: There's turmoil between its board and staff. (Weekly Volcano)

Tacoma Bike Rack Program: It's gaining speed with new bike corrals on the way. (Weekly Volcano)

Josh Powell's House: It's gone. (News Tribune)

New Community Health Care Center: A bunch of dignitaries broke ground on the first major commercials structure in the Hilltop Tacoma business district in more than a decade. (News Tribune)

Amazon The King: It may get to decide how much an e-book will cost. (The New York Times)

Boeing's Website: It was attacked by the hacking collective Anonymous. (Daily Weekly)

Sweet: BateFlix lets you search for nudity in Netflix. (Venture Beat)

Not A Shocker: Axl Rose will not attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Pitchfork)

Tired Of Her Yet?: Betty White signs up for Twitter? Maybe not. (iVillage) 

Hey All You Dieters: Check out the recap of one of Kraftwerk's MoMA shows. (Brooklyn Vegan)

Yippee!

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Washington State Legislature Wins In Double Overtime: The Legislature adjourned late last night after the Senate passed the budget measure on a 44-2 bipartisan vote and sent the bill to the governor for her signature. (News Tribune)

Stolen Tacoma City Hall Laptop Computers: The computers were taken from Tacoma City Council-member cubicles on the 12th floor of City Hall. (News Tribune)

It's Official: City of Biot, France, is Tacoma's new sister city. (Exit133)

Indonesian Island Of Sumatra: It was hit by a magnitude-8.6 earthquake. (CNN)

Jerks: The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit charging that Apple and others colluded to raise the price of e-books. (The New York Times)

When Unicorns Attack: The horror. (Huffington Post)

Color Analysis: 50 shades of grey. (The Hairpin)

Documentary: Kid's self-built cardboard arcade hits the big time. (Time)

Freaky: Elsa Schiaparelli's Skeleton Dress. (Who Killed Bambi)

True Geek: Battlestar Galactica wedding cake. (walyou)

Bob Ross Would Be Proud

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Washington State Lawmakers: Gov. Chris Gregoire and top lawmakers do not have a deal to close a roughly half-billion-dollar shortfall for the two-year budget cycle ending June 2013. Senate Republicans will not take up the budget until lawmakers approve a series of policy changes in state government. (News Tribune)

Gig Harbor Principal vs. Pesky Car: Ted Strong pleads not guilty to DUI, stating his car was acting aggressively, which caused him to rear-end another car. (News Tribune)

Behind The Fred Meyer Door: A woman is suing Fred Meyer claiming she was the victim of a videotaped sexual assault, racial discrimination, and "extremely vulgar and sexual comments" while employed at a warehouse in Fife. (Daily Weekly)

Tulsa Shooting Suspects Are No Longer Suspects: They confessed. (CNN)

Buffet Rule: President Obama will push his proposal to ensure the wealthiest Americans pay at least 30 percent of their income in federal taxes. (The New York Times)

Fish From Hell: It's terrorizing Maryland. (Time)

IKEA To Build Entire Neighborhood: Wouldn't want to put that together. (Neatorama)

Hell Yes We Found This: Greatest breakup songs of the 1980s. (Nerve)

The Hipster Games: Hunger Games video spoof goes viral. (Yahoo)

Hot Dog Stuffed Pizza Crust: f you're anything like us, you're equal parts appalled and intrigued. (grist)

Beatniks!

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Don't Want To Mess With The Duck: The University Place City Council voted down a $16,000 proposal involving tax dollars and donations to install a 50-foot flagpole at the public plaza fronting the building over concerns about the use of tax dollars and the possibility of it overshadowing the bronze duck sculpture. (News Tribune)

Tacoma Alcohol Impact Areas: The new liquor law will bring booze into Tacoma's two AIA areas. (News Tribune)

Nice Knowing Ya: North Korea has a long-range rocket on the launch pad, but says it's in the name of science. (Aljazeera)

Syria: Hope dims for pullout as bloodshed crosses border. (CNN)

Technology Arms Race: AOL strikes $1.1 billion patent deal with Microsoft. (The New York Times)

R.I.P: Mike Wallace. (USA Today)

Letters To Kurt: Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson talks about Kurt Cobain. (Rolling Stone)

Thrillsville: A This American Life segment spins off to become a new HBO series. (Screen Rant)

Today In Timelines About Attention: Kanye West. (Flavorwire)

Breakfast Meats TV: Bacon reality show. (New York Post)

What Life Might Become

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Big House On Campus: State House Democrats approved a $31.1 billion supplemental budget that avoids new cuts to K-12 schools or universities. The 54-43 vote went along party lines. (News Tribune)

Wacko From WACO: Robin Ann Chase, 44, was busted for stealing more than $73,000 from her former employer, the Olympia-based Washington Association of County Officials. (News Tribune)

State Supreme Court: It ruled warrantless searches violated Slippery Snapp's right to drive other people's identities around town under the state constitution. (News Tribune)

Washington State Lieutenant Governor Candidate Bill Finkbeiner: He wants Olympia lawmakers to ditch current seating practices and intermingle "We Are The World" style, if not alphabetical. (Daily Weekly)

Ghost Ship: No word if it was those pesky kids in the Mystery Machine van that tipped the U.S. Coast Guard, but a ghost ship set a sail during the Japanese tsunami was sunk due to the possible dangers that comes with unmanned ships floating around. (CNN)

U.S. Economy: The United States economy added a relatively weak 120,000 jobs in March, compared with 240,000 in February. (The New York Times)

Dating Advice From Charles Dickens: A "Manly Young Lady" and a "Poetical Young Gentleman" walk into a bar. (Brain Pickings)

Too Much?: Bacon taco shell. (Obvious Winner)

Walking Dead Mad Men: One awesome zombie ad agency mashup. (Huffington Post)

Some dogs Tryin' To Get Their Thuggish Ruggish Bones

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Occupy Tacoma: Where are they now? (Weekly Volcano)

Jeff Kingsbury: The Capital Playhouse founder has stirred things up. (Weekly Volcano)

McCarver Elementary: Creative collaboration continues fight for equality. (Weekly Volcano)

ASB Ass: Bonney Lake football coach quits after being busted for stealing from the school. (News Tribune)

Today In Dumbass Drivers: Dude cuts off Washington State tropper trying to get to HOV with his inflatable doll. (News Tribune)

Veterans Against Lariam: Lakewood man not shocked that the anti-malarial drug Lariam could be linked to the recent afghan massacre. (Daily Weekly)

Syian Government: It says it's pulling some troops out response to former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's peace plan. (CNN)

Peabody Awards: Congrats to TED, American Experience, The Colbert Report, StoryCorps, Portlandia and others ... (Peabody)

Not Good: Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Andy Samberg rumored to be leaving SNL. (My Daily News)

Why Can't This Happen To Us?: Man buys a Warhol for $5. (Spinner)

Just In Case The Force Is With You: Star Wars condoms. (Dvice)

Too Much Free Time: This family decorated 10,000 Easter eggs. (The Daily What)

Fashion: Your heartbeat changes it. (Animal New York)

Put A Little Skip In Your Step Today

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Tacoma Dome: It's being summitted. (News Tribune)

Lakewood City Council: It cares about its street. (Lakewood Patch)

School Improvement Grant Vs. Tacoma: Tacoma School District is doing better than most. (News Tribune)

White House Vs. F.D.A.: The Obama administration has often been more cautious on regulatory issues than the F.D.A. (The New York Times)

James Murdoch: Son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expected to step down as chairman of BSkyB. (CNN)

Romney Aims For Primary Hat-trick Win: Romney all but ignored his Republican rivals to attack Democratic President Obama, accusing him of "crushing dreams" with a "government-centered society." (BBC)

What Don Draper Could Have Seen: Photos of the Rolling Stones at Forest Hills Stadium in 1966. (Gothamist)

The Daily Show: It will report from the Democratic National Convention. (Deadline)

Jack White: He's released a new song ... via balloons. (Pitchfork)

Divorce Expo: New York was introduced to ii, married it and kicked it out of the house. (Time)

The World's Ugliest Buildings: Are you sure? (Telegraph)

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Let's Start Off With The Weather: High winds tonight! (Seattle Times)

Tacoma Cash Mob: The first one invaded Teaching Toys and Books yesterday. (Weekly Volcano)

City Of Olympia: You'll be able to Like It. (News Tribune)

Carrie Brownstein: She's going to write a book about her life in music, which centers around Olympia, Wash. (Rolling Stone)

Let's Hate Hackers: A data breach at a payments processing firm has potentially compromised up to 1.5 million credit and debit card numbers from all of the major card brands. (CNN)

Fatal Encounter Between Trayvon Martin And George Zimmerman: It has polarized the nation, shining an unforgiving light on issues such as race relations and gun control. (The New York Times)

Bin Ladens Bunch: Osama Bin Laden's three widows and two eldest daughters are charged and sentenced for living illegally in Pakistan, their lawyer confirms. (BBC)

Touring Bands' Vans: Let's take a look at them. (Paste Magazine)

Adam Sandler: He swept the Razzies. (Yahoo)

Dude Should Just Shut Up: Keith Olbermann to blabber on David Letterman's show. (The Hollywood Reporter)

We Didn't See This Coming: Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! is coming to Broadway. (Flavorwire)

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Professional Sports Team In Tacoma?: Unlikely for now. (King 5)

Washam Watch: Pierce County Assessor-Treasure Dale Washam cost the county $850,000. (News Tribune)

Tacoman In The House: Olympia School Board wants Dominic "Dick" Cvitanich as its superintendent. (News Tribune)

On The Docket: The Supreme Court is examining how much of the 2010 health care law might survive if the justices strike down the requirement that Americans buy insurance. (The New York Times)

Games Of Thrones Review: Let the war begin. (Hollywood Reporter)

Good One ... What?: The Daytime Emmy Awards might not be television. (TV Guide)

We Can Almost Remember Their Funny Faces: Aussie rockers Jet part ways after 11 years together. (NME)

Collectible Poster Would've Been Fine: An upcoming Flaming Lips release will contain blood from the band's collaborators. (Paste Magazine)

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