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Crackdown on outdoor sex Liberty Lake police officers have been patrolling Gateway Regional Park near Stateline to deter dudes from having sex in the bushes. They've arrested two guys in the last three weeks and seen several others cruising for action. (SR)

Cyclists vs. Apple Spokane's bike community has been battling City Councilman Bob Apple over the idea of striping bike lanes onto Second Avenue. (KXLY)

Piecing together the Creach-Hirzel timeline Detectives are listening to a recording of the radio traffic between Hirzel and dispatchers to determine what happened in the fatal encounter. (KXLY)

Rap dreams go bad Two police raids, a jeans robbery, a homemade rap video. We can't begin to explain this story in just one line. (KREM)

Acid attack An Idaho woman who moved to Vancouver, Washington only to have acid thrown in her face says she won't let it get her down. (Oregonian)

Bumbershoot basics The Seattle Times has the 101 on this weekend's Bumbershoot festival in Seattle.