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Not Good: There are 2,555 sex offenders registered to live in Pierce County, but only about 600 of them are in the e-mail notification database.

Open Space: Cascade Land Conservancy buys development rights to farms in first tests of Pierce program to preserve agricultural land.

Same As It Ever Was: Violence escalates in Afghanistan in run-up to Thursday’s election.

Troops Could Be Forced to Leave Early: Iraq may hold vote on U.S. withdrawal.

Yer Busted: Russia arrests eight on piracy charges in connection with missing tanker.

60 Members of Congress: “No Public Plan, No Conference.”

WTF: 90 percent of U.S. dollar bills have cocaine residue.

Rumble!