MORNING BRIEFING: Frank Straub and the Case of the Disappearing Interim Police Chief

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All the juicy details about the Mysterious Leave of former interim Spokane Police Chief Scott Stephens are beginning to come to light. (SR)

Does venison, like eggs, taste best poached? (CDAP)

Remember how we all thought it was unrealistic when Michael Scott drove into a pond on The Office? Well... (KREM)

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Hugo Chavez, despot of Venezuela, is dead. (The Atlantic)

Congress is still trying to do that budget thing. (NYT)

The Vatican has a mole! (Washington Post)

GRAB BAG

Carrie Fisher plans to don the cinamon-roll hair buns once again. (AV club)