Friday AM Clickage

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Local
· Some residents of Florence-Firestone lobbying for a Wal-Mart [LAT]
· Despite tons of cutbacks, LAT still springs for Milan Fashion Week [Fashion Rules!]
· Christian Louboutin has dinner with shoe obsessives [LAT]
· Couple runs away to Oregon rather than try to live in Beverly Hills on under $100,000 [Metblogs]

National
· Surprise, there are a lot of J.Crew fan blogs out there [ShopDiary]
· Model Gisele Bundchen just married NFL player Tom Brady [Catwalk Queen]
· Americans slowly learning the dance that is haggling [Daily Beast]