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Daily News Digest

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

RVs' time on streets is short
A ban on parking RVs on city streets will go into effect by the end of the month, the Olympia City Council decided Tuesday night. However, churches and religious organizations will be allowed to park the vehicles on their properties, City Attorney Tom Morrill said.

Lacey tent city faces hearing
The battle over the city's controversial law regarding tent cities for the homeless has shifted from the courtroom to the hearing room.

2 lawyers file to run for empty judgeship
OLYMPIA -- Two attorneys - defense attorney Sam Meyer and assistant Attorney General Greg Rosen - have announced they will run for the Thurston County District Court judgeship that became vacant after C.L. "Kip" Stilz died last week.

Ceremony honors brigade
After a 14-month deployment to Iraq, a Stryker combat brigade earned its first campaign streamer Tuesday during a welcome-home ceremony attended by its 4,000 soldiers and their families.

Wildfires play part in local haze
Smoke from Northern California fires has combined with regionally generated air pollution and weather conditions to give South Sound a hazy look, air-quality officials said Tuesday.

Nation & World

Bush concedes tough month in Afghanistan
President Bush says it has been a "tough month" in Afghanistan with rising US casualties.

GOP senator: McCain roughed up Nicaraguan
One of John McCain's Republican colleagues says he saw the presumed GOP presidential nominee roughly grab an associate of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and lift him out of his chair during a diplomatic mission to the Central American nation in 1987.

Police say man may be Dallas-area roadway shooter
Police have arrested a man accused of opening fire at a Dallas-area restaurant and are investigating whether he was the gunman in six apparently random drive-by shootings on motorists.

Sports

Mariners' bats come alive in comeback win
SEATTLE - Jose Castro, the third Seattle batting coach of the year and a man who's been with the Mariners less than two weeks, can be forgiven for wondering if big-league hitters are a different species.

Seattle, Sonics to learn judge's decision today
Jubilation, anger or perhaps just a shoulder shrug.

Coughlin, Peirsol show Phelps how it's done
OMAHA, Neb. - Michael Phelps just missed setting another world record at the U.S. Olympic trials. Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol showed him how to do it.

Business

Indoor entertainment speeds up
Two South Sound couples are hoping to dispel the stereotypical image of a go-kart track as rinky-dink entertainment operated by a cigar-smoking owner.

Living

Fresh and cool gazpacho soup ideal for summer heat
I've been kissed by summer, and I am still swooning. It is important for me to soak in every molecule because my experience in Olympia tells me sunny summer days are fleeting. My heart is filled with joy watching the strawberries plump up and the trellised clematis reach for the stars. I even wore a sleeveless shirt.

Outdoors

Area attractions can offer quiet respite from fireworks
So, the thud and bang of exploding fireworks isn't your idea of fun. Maybe your dog hides in the bathroom when the aerial bombs squeal and detonate overhead -- and is a shivering wreck for days afterward. Maybe you just don't like the idea of an old-fashioned, let's-rock-the-neighborhood Fourth of July.

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