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July3, 2008

	TOP STORY - Sonics settlement Sonics moving to Oklahoma City (Seattle Times) Seattle hoop dream: a new team (Seattle Times) Current, former Sonics upset by the team's exit (Seattle Times) Basketball now in WA lawmakers' court (AP/KIRO Radio/Seattle Times) SuperSonics fly off to Oklahoma City (AP/Everett Herald) The $45 million goodbye (The News Tribune) Sonics are Oklahoma City-bound (Seattle P-I) Basketball now in WA lawmakers' court (Olympian) Sonics employees off-limits to reporters (Seattle P-I) Sonics fans hope it's not the end of basketball in Seattle (Kitsap Sun) BLOG: Olympia cold towards Sonics' requests before (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Sonics settlement: All that remains is sadness (John Sleeper/Everett Herald) BLOG: Sonics leave today, another team possible by 2013 (Niki Sullivan/The News Tribune) COLUMN: Politicians pushed Sonics out the door (John Sleeper/Everett Herald) COLUMN: Rich history, cheap price (John Blanchette/Spokesman Review) COLUMN: In the end, little for the city, nothing for fans (Art Thiel/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Sonics fan: 'I feel like my dog got run over in front of me' (Jim Moore/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Settlement highlights local arena situations (Bill Virgin/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Turn out the lights: Sonics will play in Oklahoma City next season (Jerry Brewer/Seattle Times) COLUMN: Basketball still has a future in Seattle? Are you kidding? (Steve Kelley/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: OKC Sonics: It's a fair deal (Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Sonics deal leaves city in despair (Seattle Times) AGRICULTURE Hay season is here; Bring your sunscreen (The Chronicle) It's not just the food bill; it's the hay (Spokesman Review) Farms quit alfalfa for pricier crops (Spokesman Review) Washington wheat will feed hungry North Koreans (Spokesman Review) Beef recall hits Oregon, Washington (Oregonian) Beef recalled from Fred Meyer (Spokesman Review) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Housing market a drag on growth (Seattle P-I) Jobless lines growing longer (Seattle P-I) Department of Revenue closes Rib Eye in Olympia due to tax delinquency (The Chronicle) SEC will not take enforcement action against Westsound Bank (Kitsap Sun) New harbor crane arrives at Port of Longview (Longview Daily News) Large fire burns potato processing plant, puts 150 out of work (AP/Everett Herald) Loss of potato processing plant blow to Grandview's economy (Daily Sun News) Real estate agents protest sign removals (The News Tribune) Washington's controversial heat rules take effect July 5 (Puget Sound Business Journal) Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Struggling Starbucks faces a venti challenge (The News Tribune) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Emphasis patrols begin Friday (Wenatchee World) Diploma mill ringleader gets 3 years (Spokesman Review) Sex report stuns Clark County Jail into action (Oregonian) Task force targets metal theft as crimes grow more brazen (Longview Daily News) New law limiting cell-phone use doesn't address total problem (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) County's fuse will be short with illegal fireworks (Yakima Herald-Republic) Where are fireworks allowed? (Columbia Basin Herald) Suspect in Sunnyside restaurant shooting will argue self-defense (Yakima Herald-Republic) COLUMN: New laws just scratch the surface of driving distractions (Roland Nethaway/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Court rightly rules out executions for child rape (Yakima Herald-Republic -- Wednesday) EDITORIAL: Together, neighbors can put dent in crime (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Squeezing out street toughs (Seattle Times) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Wenatchee WASL results: Similar but too soon to tell (Wenatchee World) Edmonds to close Options alternative school to save money (Everett Herald) Two on short list to lead Bremerton Schools for a year (Kitsap Sun) Everett school superintendent to retire (Seattle Times) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Oakville to join flood group (The Chronicle) 700 acres burn near Othello (Columbia Basin Herald) Forest officials remind of firework ban (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) ENERGY & UTILITIES If you think gas costs hurt now, just wait (Everett Herald) Average price of gas in Washington $4.35, AAA reports (The News Tribune) Grandview man has four-legged solution to the rising cost of fuel (Daily Sun News) Avista warns of spike in gas rates (Spokesman Review) Utility, investors seek to sweeten the deal (Seattle P-I) Investors sweeten Puget Sound Energy sale for public (Seattle Times) Puget Sound Energy touts benefits of Canadian deal (Puget Sound Business Journal) BLOG: PSE defends proposed sale of company (David Seago/The News Tribune) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Okanogan fire scorches 1,500 acres; other NCW blazes continue to burn (Wenatchee World) Carbon River Road plans create a tug of war (The News Tribune) Maury Island mine gets go-ahead from feds (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Sunrise area to open Thursday (Jeff Mayor/The News Tribune) FAMILY ISSUES COLUMN: Successful marriages celebrated (Elizabeth Hovde/The Columbian) GUN RIGHTS Are city gun bans constitutional? (The Daily World) HEALTH CARE Mount Vernon VA clinic to open by summer 2009 (Bellingham Herald) Portland to tackle health insurance for children; how to pay for it is unclear (Oregonian) Insurance pool could cost some school districts more OPINION: Partisan fixes for health care will not heal the problems (Kathleen O'Connor, CodeBlueNow!/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Soaring insurance rates pose urgent call (Oregonian) HIGHER EDUCATION Peninsula College students create nuclear fusion (Peninsula Daily News) Tuition increases at EWU (Spokesman Review) EDITORIAL: Student loan program gets much-needed boost (Longview Daily News) HOUSING Housing slowdown hampers growth plans in Brush Prairie (The Columbian) LABOR Strike slows down construction projects (Seattle Times) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS The 100-year gamble to save our quality of life (Crosscut.com) Judge upholds county's critical areas ordinance (Kitsap Sun) Colf family proposes splitting Martin Island with Corps of Engineers (Longview Daily News) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Douglas PUD commissioners approve pay increase (Wenatchee World) Council member has city hall sticker shock (Kitsap Sun) Jefferson County clerk wins statewide honor (Peninsula Daily News) Cost of a new roof for courthouse skyrockets (The Daily World) Effort begins to fix landmark (Spokesman Review) County population hits 424,200 (The Columbian) Tri-Cities' population booming at above state average (Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Former sheriff candidate takes off pants at Tacoma City Council meeting (Jason Hagey/The News Tribune) COLUMN: Do the city council members wear purple crushed velvet, too? (Joni Balter/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Our money for speeches (Wenatchee World) MEDIA Rush Limbaugh gets $400 million deal (Washington Post/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: 'Chronicle Watch' needs to add thought into its automatic attack mode (The Chronicle) MILITARY EDITORIAL: Remembrance Wall (The Columbian)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Family fights for assisted-suicide vote (Seattle P-I) Death initiative is on its way (Olympian) Initiative 1000 supporters gain enough signatures for ballot (AP/The News Tribune) Aid-in-dying initiative appears headed for ballot (Yakima Herald) I-1000 backers file petitions (Spokesman Review) Death initiative petitions filed (Seattle Times) 320,000 signatures for right to die initiative (Everett Herald) BLOG: Physician-assisted anything-but-suicide (Patrick O'Callahan/The News Tribune) BLOG: I-1000 returns to Capitol (Adam Wilson/Olympian) OPINION: 'Death With Dignity' initiative deserves dignified consideration (Former Gov. Booth Gardner/Seattle Times) STATE Baird hears of access woes (Daily World) America needs to get past partisan potshots (Robert Jamieson, Jr./Seattle P-I) Dino Rossi refuses to release his federal tax returns; the governor hasn't decided (Crosscut.com) Dino Rossi campaign apologizes for sending e-mails to AquaSox fan list (Everett Herald) BLOG: Rossi taking heat over use of mailing list (Chris Mulick/Tri-City Herald) BLOG: An update on Darcy Burner (Niki Sullivan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Well one of you has to be right (Niki Sullivan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Republicans say Ladenburg lied about Kessler endorsement (David Wickert/The News Tribune) BLOG: His and her Dino-fact checking services available now (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) NATIONAL McCain shakes up campaign staff (Washington Post/Spokesman Review) How Obama is courting the new evangelicals (Seattle Times) McCain shakes up campaign staff (New York Times/Seattle Times)
	SALMON Columbia River teeming with sockeye salmon (The Columbian) STATE GOVERNMENT State Migrant Council picks new chief (AP/Seattle Times) OPINION: Did Gregoire represent state taxpayers? (Rep. Doug Ericksen/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: State Foster Care: Slow progress (Seattle P-I) TOBACCO State will fund remedies for quitting smoking (Spokesman Review) EDITORIAL: No ifs, ands or butts (Spokesman Review) TRANSPORTATION WSF wraps up reservation talks in South Kitsap (Kitsap Sun) Steptoe-Highway 240 roundabout has some detractors (Tri-City Herald) Transportation agency site tracks holiday traffic jams (AP/Everett Herald) Web site maps holiday highway congestion (The Chronicle) Federal Way council weighs in on light rail (The News Tribune) Lawmakers express optimism over border traffic (Bellingham Herald) WAR AGAINST TERROR U.S. weighs profiling for terror probes (AP/Seattle Times) President Bush pledges Afghanistan more troops (AP/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: The brutal pedigree of Guantanamo tactics (The News Tribune)

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