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ENCINITAS ---- They hung and glided, wobbled and swiveled, climbed and swung. Children frolicked at a new playground Friday at Las Verdes Park, something nearby resident Gretchen Wendel and her have wanted for nearly five years.

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POWAY ---- Calling its bright-red shade a "slap in the face," a small but vocal group has helped persuade the City Council to consider spending $3,000 to repaint Aubrey Park's snack shop dark green. 1 comment(s)

MURRIETA ---- We've all seen it before: Kids screaming in restaurants or running wild in grocery stores while their frazzled parents don't seem to have a clue how to control their little hellions. 2 comment(s)

WASHINGTON -- Two top Republicans cast aside President Bush's pleas for patience on Iraq Friday and proposed legislation demanding a new strategy by mid-October to restrict the mission of U.S. troops.

NORTH COUNTY ---- The North County chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America will accept donations for care packages to be sent to wounded soldiers in Iraq to encourage them as they begin their recovery, wait for new uniforms to arrive or are transferred to a new facility for further care. The care packages are sent three times a year.

WASHINGTON -- Too much bickering and not enough legislating.

WASHINGTON -- Police on Capitol Hill are baffled by an attempted robbery that began with a handgun put to the head of a 14-year-old girl and ended in a group hug.

NEW YORK -- The films of Pixar are radical in their advanced animation techniques and digital rendering. The studio has topped even itself in the shadowy Paris quays, the bright, bustling kitchens and the humanistic expressions of its furry star in its new "Ratatouille."

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows when his grand vision of video games for the masses has arrived.

ESCONDIDO -- With nearly half her brain destroyed, it's something of a medical miracle that Eveline Mboudjeka is alive at all. With the help of a therapist, Eveline, 33, is slowly, painfully relearning everyday living skills.

NEW YORK -- In the midst of writing his best-selling memoir, Pete Hamill reached out to siblings Tom and Kathleen, hoping for the answer to a lingering question from their Brooklyn childhood: In the local candy store, Foppiano's, what exactly was in the racks between the Life Savers and the Hershey Bars?

On the walls of Fresco Trattoria are hand-painted murals of Sperlonge, a small Italian fishing village 50 miles south of Rome where chef Giorgio Saturnino, 26, grew up, working in the family's trattoria.

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