MORNING SPEW: Tacoma tax exemption gone, journalists killed in Syria, 1990s in photos ...

By Volcano Staff on February 22, 2012

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

MultiCare And Franciscan Health Systems: Now taxed by the City of Tacoma. (News Tribune)

State House Democrats: Its proposed budget leaves the state's schools intact, avoids 24-day unpaid furlough for state workers and spares health care programs. (News Tribune)

Power To The People: Puyallup City Council paves the way for citizens to enact or repeal city ordinances. (News Tribune)

Two Western Journalists Killed In Syria: Marie Colvin of London's Sunday Times and French journalist Remi Olchik were killed Wednesday amid shelling from Syrian government forces in Homs. (CNN)

Corporate Tax Rate: President Obama will ask Congress to reduce top rate to 28 percent. (The New York Times)

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: A controversial anti-piracy agreement is to be referred to the European Union's highest court due to concerns surrounding Internet freedoms. (BBC)

Good Times: The 1990s in photos. (BuzzFeed)

Art: A condemned house explodes onto the streets of Austin. (This Is Colossal)

Ice To See You: Russian scientists resurrect a 30,000-year-old flower from the Ice Age. (Sky News)