by Rebecca Tapscott

Freedom of surveillance: Federal appeals court gives the okay to the government to wiretap the international communications of certain Americans.

Airline preview: Tomorrow (7/08/07), Boeing unveils the 787 Dreamliner. Although the date has symbolic meaning, analysts remain unconvinced that the plane will fly.

The joke’s on France: Everyone is making fun of Sarkozy for jogging.

Casualties of war: Suicide bombings are still taking their toll in Iraq.

Victory for Venus: Venus Williams wins her fourth Wimbledon title.

Eyman measure: I-960 is likely to make the ballot in November; opposition groups are already at work.

“Noticias Noroeste”: KOMO takes advantage of Seattle’s growing Hispanic population to launch a Spanish language news show and cash in on commercials.

WASL disasters: Sunday is the last day for high school students in the class of 2008 to sign up for WASL retakes.

Shush: McDermott will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on his disclosure of an illegally taped telephone conversation involving house Republicans nearly a decade ago.

Suit about suits: Renton based attorney, Lee Rousso, sues the state for the right to play internet poker, calling the ban a direct infringement of the commerce clause.