Horror in the Central District: Man found beaten to death this morning at 26th and Jefferson.

The Execution of Troy Davis: "The decision to press ahead with the death sentence despite serious doubts over Davis's guilt drew accusations that this was the system at its most grotesque."

In Happier Capital Punishment News: White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed last night for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas.

'Operation Twist': The U.S. Federal Reserve's $400 billion plan aimed at kickstarting the US economy.

Going Down Like Your Chickenhead Cousin: The stock market.

The GOP's Problem with the Poor: Why do Republican presidential candidates refuse to address poverty? (Especially when "the 10 poorest states in the country are [among] the reddest in the nation"?)

'Occupy Wall Street' Goes West: With coordinated bank protests in Seattle, Cle Elum.

Math Is Hard: "The [WA State] Department of Social and Health Services said it has made a costly procedural mistake in the way it reduced payments to disabled people and will have to pay millions of dollars in unanticipated expenses."

Quit Faking: NFL memo warns teams about faking injuries.

Everyone's a Critic: And they all hate the redesigned Facebook.

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