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Published 7:55 pm Thursday, December 11, 2014

No. 6: Pantless Regis always funny: David Letterman’s people say the gap-toothed host’s final “Late Show” will air May 20.

The Buzz predicts that Dave’s “How to do my job” memo to replacement Stephen Colbert will consist of instructions on working a reference to Regis Philbin into nearly every joke.

Blowin’ in the wind: Snohomish County hunkered down Thursday evening as a strong windstorm slammed into the area. But the real weather action was in California, where heavy rains caused widespread flooding.

The rains will recharge the drought-stricken state’s depleted water supply, which means California lawns no longer will need to be |irrigated by tears shed by San Francisco 49ers fans after yet another loss to the Seahawks.

Your tax dollars at work: Two psychologists in Spokane were paid a whopping $81 million by the CIA to help design a torture program for captured terrorists.

The consultants provided the CIA with a list of tactics ranging from waterboarding to raps on the knuckles with one of those $800 Pentagon hammers.

—Mark Carlson, Herald staff