We Have Good News, We Have Bad News

The bad news first:

• A prank at the Parkland coffee shop where four police officers were killed has the Pierce County up in arms.
• A road rage incident in Puyallap has three in the hospital.
• Metro Transit is dropping its contract with the security firm that failed to intervene in the beating of a 15-year-old girl in a downtown bus tunnel.
• Strychnine was found in meatballs that poisoned two dogs in Spokane.
• A Seattle woman has been accused of promoting prostitution after a police investigation of her massage parlors.

And the good news:

• The number of farms in Washington State is growing.
• McGinn and legislators continue to seek changes to 520 bridge design.
• Proposed tax plans in Olympia will raise sales taxes to keep human services running.
• IPhone users, give yourself a golf clap: Seattle's AT&T 3G network is the fastest in the nation.