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PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 24: A protestor cries from tear gas fired on marchers by riot police during an unpermitted march against the G-20 Summit on September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Marchers gathered in neighborhoods several miles from Pittsburgh's downtown but were dispersed by police bearing tear gas and amplification machines. Dignitaries begin arriving for the G-20 Summit today while authorities vow to prevent expected protests from disrupting the meeting. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 24: A man carries his crying daughter away from a Boston Market fast food restaurant after anti-G-20 Summit protestors smashed its windows September 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The restaurant had customers in it at the time but was quickly closed and surrounded by police. Marchers gathered in neighborhoods several miles from Pittsburgh's downtown but were dispersed by police using tear gas and amplification machines. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 24: A group of Free Tibet protesters march through the streets near the site of the G-20 Summit on September 24, 2009 in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. World leaders will discuss promoting global economic growth as they gather for the two-day G-20 summit at Pittsburgh's convention center on September 24-25. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

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PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 23: A group of state troopers stand near a woman on a corner in downtown Pittsburgh the day before the G-20 Summit September 23, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Law enforcement officials vowed reportedly to scuttle plans by protesters to disrupt the G-20 summit with an unprecedented show of force in the normally-quiet western Pennsylvania riverfront city. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 10: A Pittsburgh Steelers fan holds up a sign for Troy Polamalu #43 before the start of the NFL season opener against the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field on September 10, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Boehm/Getty Images)

• Were you — like Glamour editor Cindi Leive wondering how Sarah Palin managed to spend so much money on her wardrobe? By the way, the suit she wore at the debate was Tahari, one of my favorite affordable suit makers. [New York Times]
• Well, it turns out that she might not have really ended up with all $150,000 of it, as some of the purchases included ripped T-shirts and clothing for a 2-year-old. [New York Times]
• She might have to claim the clothes as income for tax purposes, though, and a formal complaint has been filed with the FEC about the clothes. [Andrew Sullivan, Politico]
• Oh, and she got pissy with the SNL costume people because the matching suits they had her and Tina Fey in weren't in keeping with her "new" image. [Huffington Post]

• In actual news, the chairwoman of a New Mexico women's GOP group, Marcia Stirman, wrote an OpEd in which she called Obama a "Muslim Socialist" and declared all Muslims "our enemies." That's what the McCain camp needs right now, definitely. [Salon]
• Someone (or a group of someones) has been vandalizing the Minnesota homes of the entire Congressional delegation. [Pioneer Press]
• Air America's Mark Maron went to a Palin rally in Colorado springs, didn't find hate but did get a shiny copper penny from an old guy. [The Guardian]
• The Washington Post's Dana Milbank went in search of the Real Virginia and found that it's voting for Barack Obama. [Washington Post]
• The FDIC may start to insure your mortgages as well as your bank deposits in the hopes that lenders will stop foreclosing, but they probably won't because they're dicks and they all live in Delaware. [Washington Post]
• Like most Americans, Alan Greenspan is really sorry that he thought The Market was self-regulating. [New York Times]
• The McCains and the Obamas would save money under either candidate's tax plan, but the McCains would save $732,000 under his plan. Yowza. [Think Progress]
• And in awful news, a 20-year-old woman was mugged and then, when the mugger noticed her McCain bumper sticker, maimed. He carved a "B" in her face. Barack Obama's campaign (and everyone else in this country) wants the sick fuck brought to justice. Not in our names, dude. [WTAE, Politico]