MORNING BRIEFING: Debt ceiling, Biviano in politics, Armstrong doping and other old-new news.

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Former Spokane Valley state Rep. candidate Amy Biviano, and eight others, have applied to fill the vacant Spokane Valley council seat. (SR)

More snow a-coming this afternoon. (KREM)

Those spas that were raided probably had a pretty good idea the cops were onto them. (KXLY)

State prisons are reconsidering the use of solitary confinement. (Seattle Times)

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Get ready for the first big debt ceiling fight of 2013! (NYT)

Lance Armstrong discovers he's been doping all this time. (Washington Post)

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Every "But then..." on This American Life. (WNYC)

Being single can cost quite a bit of money in the long run. (The Atlantic)

Satire from 2010, "Lance Armstrong Wants To Tell Nation Something But Nation Has To Promise Not To Get Mad."  (The Onion)