After Thursday's mass phone book exodus--our citizenry opted out of nearly 60,000 phone books altogether--Dex filed a temporary restraining order against the ordinance making it possible, saying their first amendment rights were being violated. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart denied that request, saying that the injunction is not in the public interest (in fact, "privacy and waste reduction," according to court documents, are "competing public interests") and because the "Plaintiffs have failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of their First Amendment claim." more ›

• Joining us for the first time in our Round-Up is Lake City Live, with a request for more and better coffee in their area. It's true--we drove around in Lake City a few days ago and all we found were Jack In The Boxes and car dealerships. No Vivace branches to be found.
• Someone on Seattle Livejournal was summoned for jury duty to two different courts for dates within two weeks of each other. What to do, what to do? Seattlest will take one of those summons off your hands, as we've been wanting to serve for years now and have remained un-beckoned by the law.
• It's just about that time for an Amanda Knox post, and West Seattle Blog kindly obliges with an archived video of a King5 interview with Amanda's sisters.