Bloglander

HERE

Todd Mielke is dropping out of the competition to become the next Spokane County CEO. (Spokesman-Review)

There was a 10-acre brush fire at Spirit Lake that had firefighters anxious through Monday afternoon. (KREM)

A van exploded in a Shadle Walmart parking lot. (KHQ)

Summer in Washington is looking ripe for stink bugs. (Seattle Times)

THERE

South Carolina's Republican governor called for taking the Confederate flag off the state's capitol, a reaction to the recent church mass shooting in the state. (CNN)

Sean "Puffy/Diddy/P.Diddy/Puff Daddy" Combs beat down one of his kids' football coaches — at  UCLA, where his son is a junior in college and a player for the Bruins. (Washington Post)

President Obama went on Marc Maron's WTF podcast and some people are freaking out over his use of "the n-word." (Atlantic)

SORT OF HERE

Patsy Cline is going to become the first country artist and first female artist to return to the stage via hologram. Crazy. (BBC)