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Checking In with Downtown Tacoma Buildings: The Winthrop is in bankruptcy court, but it's not bankrupt. (News Tribune)

Idiot: A Sumner man suspected of snatching old ladies' purses is in jail. (News Tribune)

Fighting The Evil Department of Social and Health Services: Seattle's masked crime-fighter Phoenix Jones has lost his day job. (Seattle P-I)

Awesome: University of Puget Sound Ski Team is having their annual ski swap this weekend. (CBS Seattle)

There Big Fat Greek Meeting: Greek Prime Minister Papandreou and President Karolos Papoulias to meet. (CNN)

Nice: Built to Spill working on a new album. (Rolling Stone)

Cool: Neil Gaiman, his wife Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls, Moby and Steven Merritt performed a cover of "Science Fiction Double Feature" from Rocky Horror Picture Show on Craig Ferguson. (Topless Robot)

Trouble In The Kitchen: Why Top Chef is bad. (Time)

Today In Photographs: 20 Stormtrooper portraits. (Dvice)

Flying Orb Robot Will Kill Us All (Thanks Blogtown)

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Amended Moratorium: Tacoma City Council approves the Wal-Mart Supercenter planned for the Elks' property in Central Tacoma. (News Tribune)

Tacoma's Tentative Budget-Trimming Plan: About 130 Tacoma municipal employees might be out the door. (News Tribune)

Royce Of Reason: 59-year-old underwear-stealing, murder-plotting Long Beach man, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison, said "Now because of my weakness, my flaws, my infatuation, obsession with a person I'd fallen in love with years ago, I did not control my desires, and committed terrible transgressions." (News Tribune)

WikiSeeYa: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses a court battle to stay in the UK and will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning on sex charges. (CNN)

Cereal With Seinfeld: Jerry to guest host LIVE! With Kelly after Regis retires. (New York Post)

Occupy Capes: Photos of superheroes at Occupy Wall Street. (Wired)

Morrissey Alert: The Bandana Splits cover "Everyday Is Like Sunday." (Cover Me Songs)

What The Eff Is A Fyrkantig?: Ridiculous IKEA product names (and what they mean). (Flavorwire)

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Pay Raise Leap Frog: government largess continues even during the deepest economic distress in generations. (News Tribune)

Occupy Update: demonstrators to protest at financial offices. (CNN)

Video: Keith Richards and Johnny Depp jam. (NME)

Watch This: Redbox to raise its rates. (Hollywood Reporter)

Beetlejuice II: Yup. (Coming Soon)

If You're Into This Sort Of Thing: 50 scariest movies of all time. (Io9)

BINGO: It's a community drinking game. (Funny or Die)

Coldplay: The 10 best and worst songs. (Paste Magazine)

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The Importance of Being Earnest Money: University Place Town Center is back on (News Tribune)

Tacoma Vs. Spokane: News Tribune columnist Peter Callaghan sends Tacoma self-deprecating care package to a Spokesman-Review columnist. (The Spokesman-Review)

The Terrible Economy Hasn't Pummeled Everyone: Exxon Mobil rode higher oil and natural gas prices to a third-quarter profit of $10.3 billion - a surge of 41 percent from a year earlier. (CNNMoney)

Social Media Shitstorm: ChapStick chaps some hides. (Ad Week)

Will Ferrell Love Fest: Famous people salute the actor. (Vulture)

Happy 60th Birthday: Chattering teeth. (boing boing)

Worst Music Video Of All Time (according to I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution)

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Occupy Halloween Parties: Tacoma Halloween party picked up by The Association Press. (Montgomery Advertiser)

Third Quarter Monster Ball: Third quarter projects reveal show the City of Tacoma is in a world of hurt with a $26 million shortfall in its general fund budget. (News Tribune)

Go South Sumner!: The Pierce County Council gives the City of Sumner a thumbs up to extend the urban-growth boundary southward into an area of rich farmland. (News Tribune)

Occupy Pain: Authorities arrested Occupy Wall Street protesters in California and Georgia on Tuesday, with police in Oakland using tear gas on demonstrators. (CNN)

Absurdity Of Life: 92-year-old Andy Rooney hospitalized. (Wavy)

127 Seconds: James Franco recorded video of himself reading a short story in bed. (Flavorwire)

Meanies: Warner Bros. will yank all Harry Potter DVDs out of circulation before New Year's Eve. (Latino Review)

Wild Boy: Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon is chatty. (Village Voice)

It's Hump Day. Boy, could we use a dance battle.

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Farmers Can Do Anything They Want: Tacoma Farmers Market hosts a "Mini Market" today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the MultiCare Campus in the parking lot across from Wright Park. Ten local vendors will freshen up your life. (Facebook)

Lights On After School: Tacoma School District pilot project has grown from the vision of Tacoma 360, a partnership of local government agencies. (News Tribune)

We're Outta Here: The United States has pulled its ambassador out of Syria due to "credible threats against his personal safety." (CNN)

Feds Offer New Mortgage Help: President Obama will announce changes in the government's Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) today. (CNN)

Shocking: SNL cast member Darrell Hammond says he drank and did cocaine while with the show. (New York Post)

Yanked: Ben & Jerry's "Schweddy Balls" is being pulled from grocery store shelves. (Jezebel)

Edward Balloonhands: Tim Burton is creating a float for the Macy's Thanksgiving parade. (Hollywood Reporter)

Farting Fozzie Bear: That's just not right! (Hollywood Reporter)

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Well This Is Lovely: The City of Tacoma faces at least a $10 million general fund budget shortfall. (News Tribune)

Rocky Situation: Gravel mining could begin soon on a Thurston County tract once owned by the Port of Tacoma. (News Tribune)

Sen. White Dead: State Sen. Scott White (D-Seattle) was found dead in his hotel room Friday at the Suncadia Resort in Kittitas County. (Seattle Times)

It's On Like Donkey Kong!: Alaskan Way Viaduct demise begins. (Seattle Times)

Tacoma Shunned Again: "Best Restroom" title has been awarded. (Time)

Back To The Future: New DeLorean and hoverboards are on the way. (Hollywood Reporter)

Flour Is Flammable: Norwegian numbskull learned the hard way. (TruTV)

Being Rich Looks Awesome

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More Doughnuts (Never Gets Old): Pay raises are in the works for Tacoma's police and fire chiefs. (News Tribune)

Filling Space: Diane Hansen, Lance Kagey, Janette Ryan, Mary Rothlisberger, Lauren McCleary and others occupy Tacoma. (Spaceworks Tacoma)

Viadoom: Driving to Seattle will suck more. (News Tribune)

Can'twell: Campaign contributions to Sen. Maria Cantwell are off by 30 percent compared with the same point in her re-election campaign six years ago. (News Tribune)

218 Heart: Freed from Moammar Gadhafi's oppressive rule, Libyans face new challenges - building a new government and repairing the war-ravaged country. (CNN)

Got Five Minutes?: The Three Musketeers trailer. (trailers.apple.com)

Today In WTF?: MC Hammer is launching his own Internet search engine. (NME)

It Could Be Yours: Tony Stark's Iron Man 2 racing suit, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow catsuit and more. (Blastr)

La-la-la-la: Pee-wee Herman wants to be on Dancing with the Stars? (E)

LSD fail

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Well Isn't This Just Awesome: Subcontractor sues City of Tacoma over Cheney Stadium project. (News Tribune)

R.I.P. Ruby Gray: Tacoma activist died at age 74. (News Tribune)

Shaken Up: Beware terrorists with big hair and snow globes. (CNN)

Better Hide In An Igloo: Former Miss Iceland Anna Bjorndottir has been identified as the tipster who turned in infamous Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger. (CBS News)

Charlton Heston Is Rolling Over In His Beverly Hills Grave: Californians can no longer openly carry handguns in public. (Politico)

"At it's core, it is the most expensive and creative Film History 101 course of all time": Martin Scorsese's children's movie Hugo reviewed. (Hollywood Reporter)

Photos: Betty Draper Francis rocking a surprisingly frumpy house dress. (Huffington Post)

Occupy: Cars jumping rope. (YouTube)

These eight- to 10-year-olds rock Metallica

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Rainy Day Fund: Washington state legislators want it. (News Tribune)

Tacoma City Council Election: Hardy, Hill, Baker and ... Ibsen get the shaft from the News Tribune. (News Tribune)

Operation Fast & Furious: Here come the subpoenas. (CNN)

The Department of Homeland Security: It's going all Minority Report on your ass. (CBS news)

Better Than Walking Five Miles Barefoot In the Snow To School: World's oldest running car sells for more than $4 million. (Penn Live)

Saturday Night Live: Who vacuumed off Ben Stiller's face? (Videogum)

Tears For A Team: Witness a football fan as he rides a roller coaster of emotions. (TruTV)

Women Kick Ass: Five women who've been massively influential in traditionally male-dominated fields. (Flavorwire)