WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

"Ahhhh, Mom": Tacoma School District teachers are not on strike; summer break is over. (News Tribune)

Gas Man Update: U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled against BP's request for a temporary restraining. (News Tribune)

Oh My: At least 25 CEOs earned more than their companies paid in income taxes in 2010. (The Atlantic)

Don't Throw Rocks In San Diego: Toyota RAV4 owner nails boy with crossbow. (Sign On San Diego)

Feud Continues: Gawker claims Bill O'Reilly tried to get the cops to investigate his wife's boyfriend. (Slate)

Watch This: Don Cheadle saves our earth as Captain Planet. (Cinema Blend)

Totally: Jack White and Insan Clown Posse cover Mozart song. (Huffington Post)

Totally Again: Best wizard beards (Ugo)

WHAT WE FOUND TODAY >>>

Will They Have Pot Leaf Emblems On Their Chests?: Tacoma OKs medical pot panel. (News Tribune)

Will There Be Pop Up Ads?: Website shows DUI patrols in Pierce County. (Seattle Times)

Wednesday Bloody Wednesday: Rebel leader says 80 percent of Tripoli under their control (CNN)

Now They're Talking: The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, has agreed to consider a moratorium on nuclear weapons tests and production and to return to stalled six-party talks on the nation's nuclear program. (New York Times)

Nevermind Is 20 Years Old: Nirvana members open the vault on the making of the classic album (Rolling Stone)

Glassblowing Reality Show: Would you watch it? (Deadline)

Nauseating Video Of The Day

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

While You're Eating Pancakes This Weekend: Tacoma School District and its teachers union are huddled around a table. (News Tribune)

Billboard Battle: The City of Tacoma asks a judge to sign off the Clear Channel agreement. (News Tribune)

Why Trail Passes Are So Important: The two U.S. hikers detained in Iran on espionage charges have been sentenced to eight years in prison, state-run TV reported Saturday. (CNN)

Teeth Chat: Kirsten Dunst adores her "snaggle fangs." (The Superficial)

Ignoring The Fact That You're Making a Horror Remake: Four things horror movie remakes get wrong (Salon)

Your Prayers Have Been Answered: How to make fire from ice. (The Daily What)

And Last: Lady Gaga surfing in a bikini. (TMZ)

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Gas War: There's a high-stakes court between oil giant BP and a longtime Tacoma franchise owner going down and it could affect you. (News Tribune)

One Step Closer: Tacoma's Planning Commission is sending its recommendation for an overhaul of Tacoma shoreline rules to the Tacoma City Council. (News Tribune)

Stock Plunge: Turmoil returned to the U.S. stock market today. (CNN)

Tale Of Two Economies: In a national economy that is barely growing, Seattle may help the U.S. avoid another round of recession. Even here, though, the areas of opportunity are pretty limited. (Crosscut)

All Is Not Jolly In England: Two 20-somethings were sentenced to four years in prison for trying to organize riots through two Facebook events. (Guardian)

"The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie": Red Hot Chili Peppers go all "Where The Streets Have No Name" on their new video. (NME)

"I Love Furry Hot Water Bottles": Stevie Nicks lists "25 Things You Don't Know About Me." (US Magazine)

Yes, I'd Like A Skinny Bethuccino: How about a cup o' joe from a KISS-themed coffeehouse? (huffingtonpost)

LINK: Stuff At Night

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Tacoma Industry: Don't tread on me. (News Tribune)

Awful: A double bombing kills 75 people and leaves 250 wounded today in Iraq.(CNN)

Small-Town Populairty Contest: Michele Bachmann wins (Washington Post)

Daredevil Stunt: Gaytron the Imploder survives! (Spew)

Final Frontier: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson call the United States a black hole. (Disinformation)

Oh No Silver Screen: Disney has shut down production on Gore Verbinski's reboot of The Lone Ranger, which was set to star Johnny Depp as Tonto. (Deadline)

Probably A Bad Idea, Baby: Hyper-horny snaggletoothed secret agent Austin Powers is coming back. (Hit Fix)

Hoping For "Paranoid Android": Radiohead to open Saturday Night Live season (Inside TV)

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Scumbag Alert: Washington State Patrol released a sketch of a man suspected of shooting and injuring two teenagers during a road-rage incident earlier this week on state Route 167. (News Tribune)

Ban Like An Egyptian: British Prime Minister David Cameron may censor social networking sites due to their use in organizing the recent riots. (CNN)

Pissing Away Your Dreams: Drunk 18-year-old Robert "Sandy" Vietz peed on a bratty 11-year-old girl on a JetBlue flight yesterday. Vietze was on the U.S. Ski Team with hopes of attending the 2014 Winter Games in Russia. (NY Post)

Bad News?: Rudi Stein is running for Congress. (Huffington Post)

Tender Love Is Blind: Neko Case covers "Islands in the Stream." (YouTube)

Ho Ho Oh No!: Harold & Kumar deck the halls

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Tonight: Tacoma City Council set to vote on the proposal to 1) ban blightful digital billboards from the City of Tacoma, 2) require the removal of non-conforming static billboards by March 1, 2011 (Tacoma Urbanist)

High-ho, The Derry-o: Lakewood takes a stand on pot farms. (News Tribune)

Now What?: Time to buy gold and run for the hills. (Reuters)

Riots: This is really fucking up their Olympics image (New York Times)

Wow: Frances Bean Cobain is all grown up. (Stereogum)

Can't wait: On the set of Mad Men. (Inside TV)

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>>

Lemme Tell You Somethin': Pierce County Fire Marshal has thrown down a countywide burn ban prompted by long-range forecasts calling for continued dry weather. You can't light up until Friday, Sept. 30.

Did You Hear The Bell?: Washington State Education Secretary Arne Duncan will announce a new waiver system today to give schools a break from testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law. (News Tribune)

Slip Sliding Away: Stocks (CNN)

Poor Standard: Credit rating agencies sure are helpful as U.S. is downgraded for the first time in history. (New York Times)

Momentum: Weekend riots in London continue to wreak havoc. (Guardian)

Exciting: Animal Planet's Hillybilly Handfishin' teaches us how to noodle. (Discovery Channel)

Science: You are not really happy. (Cracked)

IT HAPPENED IN TACOMA THIS WEEK >>>

It's Friday afternoon, which means it's time for another installment of Zach Powers "Tacoma Week In Review" column. While you have been leaning against your office building with an aluminum reflector soaking in the rays, Powers has been holed up in a dark cave this morning pounding out this fodder so you may have talking points for your bridge game tonight.

This week, Powers touches on the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health's ban on e-cigarettes, Tacoma Police's bar blitz Saturday night and awesome East Tacomans. To read Powers' column, click here.

DUMB CRIMINALS DOING DUMB THINGS >>>

Puyallup is an interesting place. I heard a guy on the radio recently hypothesize that over 60 percent of the male population in Puyallup, on any given day, is wearing a sports jersey of some sort. He's probably not far off.

Despite its few drawbacks, Puyallup is also the type of place where real family love can blossom-the kind of relationships worthy of Hallmark cards, crocheted tapestry messages and Walton-style warm feelings in your heart.

Or something like that.

According to published reports on the News Tribune's Lights & Sirens blog, a man described as in his early 20s, was arrested recently after things went terribly wrong for him and the detached garage he lives in.

According to said reports, the man arrested lives (lived) in the detached garage of his grandmother's home in the 200 block of 19th Street NW in Puyallup. Surely, it takes a special kind of man, and a special kind of lasting relationship, for a grandson and grandma to cohabitate so lovingly.

To read this week's full Ragnet column click here.