Mount Rainier Ranger Memorial: Traffic will be impacted. (News Tribune)
Republican Presidential Nomination: Mitt Romney is expected to win New Hampshire, but there's lots of speculation about who will take second and gain momentum for the South Carolina primary. (CNN)
Giant Check: Washington state Health Care Authority receiving $17 million as a federal bonus payment for having enrolled children in subsidized health care coverage. (News Tribune)
L.A. Arson: Fifty-five "fires of concern" have broken out in the Los Angeles area since Friday. (CNN)
Washington State Redistricting Plan: The fallout. (News Tribune)
Republicans Rally In The 10th District: Stan Flemming and Dick Muri will do battle. (News Tribune)
Syria: Syrian security forces opened fire on protesters in a Damascus suburb today as Arab League monitors arrived. (CNN)
Iowa Slash And Burn: Six of the major Republican presidential candidates are barnstorming across the state today against a changing political landscape. (CNN)
Mr. Monti Money Man: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti calls for a "united response" to the eurozone debt crisis as he outlines plans to get Italy out of recession. (BBC)
The power of the enemy is growing. Sauron will use his puppet Saruman to destroy the people of Rohan. The Eye of Sauron now turns to the back of Harold of Akron.
New 10th Congressional District Map: It's unveiled today. (News Tribune)
Tougher DUI Fatal Terms: It's unveiled today. (News Tribune)
Olympia's Mistake By The Lake: Olympia officials are in the process of condemning the old county Department of Health Building at the base of the Fourth Avenue bridge. (The Olympian)
Survey: Top economists are less worried that the economy will slip back into a recession. (CNN)
Lava spews into the air, higher than the treetops, near the Kamoamoa fissures between Napau Crater and the Pu`u `O `o crater on Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, on March 7, 2011. Photo credit: USGS
Occupy Olympia: Many remain even after judge told them to scat. (News Tribune)
Race To The Top: Washington among nine states winning grants for Obama administration's cornerstone education initiative focusing on K-12 education. (News Tribune)
Burglaries: On the rise in Pierce County, University Pace and Edgewood according to reports. (News Tribune)
Intermission: What 7 billion people looks like. (Good Design)
Just Like The Movies: Washington State Patrol troopers and law enforcement officers from three counties chased two suspected burglars from Tumwater to DuPont early today but ended the pursuit after it got too dangerous. (News Tribune)
Oh So Special: The Legislature adjourned a 17-day special session after voting to close $480 million of the state's $2 billion budget gap. (News Tribune)
Encouraging: About 366,000 people applied for jobless benefits last week, the smallest number since May 2008. The news was better than analysts expected and sent stocks higher. (CNN)
Best Reality TV Series of 2011: Republican presidential debates. (CNN)
Ten weird holiday albums: Including Scott Weiland's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.(Flavorwire)
The Best Celebrity Tweets of 2011: Note: several are NSFW. (BuzzFeed)
Tacoma Budget Ax: Police and firefighters set to be laid off get reprieve. (News Tribune)
Tacoma City Manager Hunt: Tacoma Interim City Manager Rey Arellano, San Antonio Assistant City Manager T.C. Broadnax and Lakewood City Manager Andrew Neiditz have put their holiday end-of-the-year letters on hold. (News Tribune)
Pierce County Air Quality: It sucks even more. (News Tribune)
Freed: An Afghan woman whose plight gained international attention when she was imprisoned for adultery after a relative raped her has been freed. (CNN)
Music List: Pitchfork names its top 100 tracks of the year. (Pitchfork)
TV List: The 10 freakiest commercials of the year. (Warming Glow)
Why?: Hear 10 seconds from every hit song on the '80s. (WFMU)
Action Figures: MTV names the best of the year. (MTV)
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