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• GOP PAC opens Spokane office to save McMorris Rodgers

  05-01-2018 23:52
  Ryan to the rescue:  The "SuperPAC" of House Speaker Paul Ryan is setting up a field office in Spokane, in the district of endangered Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The Democrats have fielded a formidable challenger in Lisa Brown, until recently chancellor of Washington State University-Spokane.
  
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• The David Bowie Book Club Appears to Be Going Well (Sorry, I Can't Think of a Song Title Pun)

  05-01-2018 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonYou have until February 1 to finish Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor if you want to be cool like David Bowie.
  If it weren't for Facebook's stupid "On This Day" feature, I probably wouldn't remember anything at all.Just yesterday, the nasty little notification reminded me that two years ago, I was blissfully immersed in the process of discovering the brilliance of David Bowie's Blackstar, and looking forward to its release, just a few days later, when the world would get the opportunity to
  
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• 'When he walks, Ingrid won't': Man sentenced for dismembering Renton nurse

  05-01-2018 23:02
  Charlton killed Lyne at her Renton home sometime after midnight April 9, 2016, after they went on a date at a Mariners game. He dismembered her body and left its parts in at least three locations in Seattle, using her car to transport them.
  
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• Mirrorgloss Serves Charisma and Confidence with Electro-Pop Flavor

  05-01-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sam ChapmanMirrorgloss is Del Brown and Najamoniq ToddAbby J. Kok
  I meet electro-pop outfit Mirrorgloss at 9lb Hammer. It’s the kind of rowdy dive bar that can only really exist in the still-gritty reaches of Georgetown, although signs of gentrification’s glacial crawl can be glimpsed at the massive cider bar down the way.The women of Mirrorgloss, Del Brown and Najamoniq Todd, have been in the music scene long enough to remember when this wasn’t the case. “This place u
  
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• Man sentenced to more than 27 years for killing, dismemberment of Renton nurse and mother

  05-01-2018 22:57
  After Ingrid Lyne went on a date with John Robert Charlton in April 2016, her body parts were found wrapped in garbage bags in three different locations in Seattle. Charlton was sentenced Friday to more than 27 years in prison for killing Lyne, a woman he’d met online.
  
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• Man sentenced to 27 years for killing, dismemberment of Renton nurse and mother

  05-01-2018 22:57
  After a date with John Robert Charlton in April 2016, Ingrid Lyne’s body parts were found wrapped in garbage bags in three different locations in Seattle. Charlton was sentenced Friday to more than 27 years in prison for killing Lyne, a woman he’d met online and dated.
  
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• The Fatal Attraction of a Murder of Crows

  05-01-2018 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudedebunhill/gettyimages.com
  We can not forgive the opening sentence of this almost interesting Seattle Times piece, "What’s with all the cawing? UW team eavesdrops on crows":"If a congregation of crows is called a murder, then the nightly gathering at North Creek Wetlands could be described as a massacre."Someone should have told the reporter to let go of that final word (which completes the idea of the sentence) after she too eagerly, too quickly, too joyously pounced on it.
  
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• I Want to Believe... That David Duchovny's New Album Title is a Reference to Shakespeare's The Tempest

  05-01-2018 22:35
  
  by Sean Nelson"Dear Mister Duchovny—" No, too formal."Dear Dave—" No, too familiar. "Do you mind if I call you Fox—" GOD I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!
  The non-stop torrent of good news that has kept this new year smelling fresh as a daisy continued to gush when a press release arrived announcing that the polymath David Duchovny (an actor, obviously, and now also singer/songwriter/recording artist, as well as a fiction writer) would be releasing his sophomore LP on February 9.Every Third T
  
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• Roy Moore Accuser's House Burns Down in Possible Arson

  05-01-2018 22:31
  
  by Katie HerzogFailed Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
  Tina Johnson, an Alabama woman who accused failed Senate candidate and alleged child diddler Roy Moore of grabbing her ass in 1991, lost her house in a fire in Gadsden, Alabama on Tuesday morning.AL.com reports that the Etowah County Arson Task Force is investigating the fire, and according to witnesses, "a young man who had a history of public intoxication [was seen] walki
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Justin Timberlake, Chick Quest, Mukqs, and More

  05-01-2018 22:20
  
  Our critic reviews 5 important new(ish) tracks by Justin Timberlake, Chick Quest, Mukqs, and more from his overflowing inbox.by Dave Segal"Haters gonna say it's fake," but "Filthy" is as real as the Justin Timberlake Super Bowl halftime performance I'm not going to watch.
  Justin Timberlake, "Filthy" (RCA). I'm not in the habit of spotlighting musicians whose Grammy awards number in the double digits, unless it's under duress, but, hey, it's a slow time of the year. Justin Timberlake—whom I
  
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• The Stranger Is Now Accepting Résumés for Stranger Things Season 3

  05-01-2018 22:10
  
  Jaydee would really like to be in season three.by Chase BurnsSydney Brownstone is definitely Eleven.And the award for cutest letter The Stranger has ever received goes to...Our Upside Down is sadly filled with NIMBYs and Dave Reichert.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• How Spoon Helped Me Find My Seattle Groove

  05-01-2018 21:50
  
  by Leilani Polk Zackery Michael
  Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was the album that made me like Spoon. But Seattle made me love the Austin indie-rock band. Which, without context, probably doesn't make much sense.
  Let me explain.
  I came to Seattle from the Tampa Bay area for a fresh start—for love and nature and music and legal weed, because I wanted to feel inspired and challenged, because I needed to live in a city among people I could actually relate to. But I misjudged just how hard it would be to leav
  
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• Sunriver, Oregon, police chief charged with harassment

  05-01-2018 21:43
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon police chief has been charged with harassment after a state Justice Department investigation found that he struck a fellow officer while both were on duty. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said in a statement that the altercation involving Sunriver Police Chief Marc Mills and a sergeant happened Dec. […]
  
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• Good News, Breeders: You Can Now Get a Year's Supply of Birth Control at Once

  05-01-2018 21:38
  
  Stock up before the Pence administration takes your contraceptives away.by Katie HerzogThese baby-preventing pills are now easier to get.Toeps/Getty Images
  If you are the kind of person who has sex that could result in (shudder) children, take note: As of January 1 this year, you are now able to buy a year's supply of birth control at once. This comes thanks to state Legislature, which passed a bill last spring mandating that any health insurance plan that includes birth control must allow patie
  
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• Oregon ethics watchdog agrees Kitzhaber fiance violated law

  05-01-2018 21:32
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An ethics watchdog on Friday formally approved a preliminary report released earlier this week that found Cylvia Hayes violated state ethics laws nearly two dozen times while her fiance, Gov. John Kitzhaber, was in office. The report completed for the Oregon Government Ethics Commission found that Hayes earned more than $200,000 […]
  
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• Court sides with Portland limit on fossil-fuel terminals

  05-01-2018 21:20
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals opened the door for Portland to reinstate its ban on the expansion of bulk fossil fuel terminals. The city passed the ban in 2016 after deciding not to make zoning changes to accommodate a $500 million terminal proposed by a Canadian energy company. The Land Use […]
  
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• Prosecutors in pot-friendly states will decide on crackdown

  05-01-2018 21:12
  DENVER (AP) — Whether to crack down on marijuana in states where it is legal is a decision that will now rest with those states’ top federal prosecutors, many of whom are deeply rooted in their communities and may be reluctant to pursue cannabis businesses or their customers. When he rescinded the Justice Department’s previous […]
  
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• The Biggest January Events

  05-01-2018 21:06 via thestranger.com
  115 Music, Arts, Food & Culture Events You Need To Know Aboutby Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you've made a New Year's resolution to stop watching so much Netflix and go out more instead, we've got you covered. We've rounded up 115 big food festivals, performances, art shows, concerts, and other good reasons to immerse yourself in Seattle's culture this month, no matter what the temperature is outside. Below, find everything from the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival to National Book Award winn
  
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• Your Complete Guide to January 2018 Events in Seattle

  05-01-2018 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffMark one year of the Trumpian regime with the Seattle Women's March 2.0 on January 20. Jessica Stein
  If you've made a New Year's resolution to stop watching so much Netflix and go out more instead, we've got you covered. We've rounded up 115 big food festivals, performances, art shows, concerts, and other good reasons to immerse yourself in Seattle's culture this month, no matter what the temperature is outside. Below, find everything from the Timbrrr! Winter Music
  
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• Week In Weed: Sessions Attacks Legal Weed Just as California Opens the Market for Recreational Pot, Snoop Dogg Helps Mike Tyson Sell Cannabis, and More!

  05-01-2018 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackWhat does Sessions have against such beauty? Getty
  It’s been a wild ride for weed this week, with the world’s largest market for legal weed opening just as our country’s top law enforcement officer opened the door for a wholesale shutdown of the entire pot industry. Is legal pot forever, or is its end in sight?Light up a joint of some relaxing purple bud, because it’s Friday, and check out your weed news for the week…Sessions Opens the Door to Federa
  
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• Connelly: AG reveals how big drug maker markets its opioids

  05-01-2018 20:29
  Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed its opioid drug Oxycontin in Washington state, doing business with suspect doctors and using phrases like "high value" target to identify those prescribing the drug, according to documents unsealed in a suit by Attorney General Bob Ferguson.The state seeks civil penalties, injunctive relief and damages -- lot of damages.  It wants Purdue Pharma to forfeit profits it makes in Washington "as a result of its illegal conduct," believed to be millions of dolla
  
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• Donald Trump Does Not Want You to Read Fire and Fury. Here's How to Get It.

  05-01-2018 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Hope you're into audiobooks.by Katie Herzog Not much of a reader.DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
  Both Seattle's locally owned and corporate bookstores have been inundated with requests for Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, the explosive new book by Michael Wolff detailing the drama inside of the Trump administration. After an excerpt from the book was published in New York magazine earlier this week, publisher Henry Holt and Co. decided to release it ahead of schedule today. And it's easy t
  
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• Federal agency proposes rare Oregon fish be taken off endangered list

  05-01-2018 20:04
  SALEM, Ore. — A tiny fish found only in waters in remote southern Oregon has been recommended to be removed from the federal endangered species list. The Capital Press reports the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed for the Foskett speckled dace to be delisted after more than a decade of work to […]
  
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• Agency proposes rare fish be taken off endangered list

  05-01-2018 20:04
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A tiny fish found only in remote waters in southern Oregon has been recommended to be removed from the federal endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed that the Foskett speckled dace to be delisted after more than a decade of work to restore the species’ […]
  
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• Time-lapse video shot over three years atop the Space Needle reveals Seattle’s astounding growth

  05-01-2018 19:50
  The 360-degree images were stitched together and presented in a video by Google Virtual Reality employee Ricardo Martin-Brualla. Here's one piece of feedback he's heard so far: "We must find a balanced way to grow Seattle."
  
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• FBI: Border Patrol agent duped teens into making nude photos

  05-01-2018 19:44
  A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of posing as a boy online to share nude photos and sexually explicit messages with teen girls now faces federal charges.
  
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• Coal Exporters File Federal Lawsuit Against Governor Inslee

  05-01-2018 19:22
  
  The Jolly Green Giant is getting sued.by Sydney BrownstoneThe Jolly Green Giant is getting sued. Jay Inslee/Flickr
  Lighthouse Resources Inc., a company trying to build one of the country's largest coal export facilities in Longview, Washington, this week filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Jay Inslee, Department of Ecology director Maia Bellon, and Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Hilary Franz.
  Utah-based Lighthouse is the parent company of Millennium Bulk Terminals, which, last
  
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• The Nina Simone of Kinshasa Has a Don't-Fuck-With-Me Face in Félicité

  05-01-2018 19:15
  
  by Kathy Fennessy Félicité
  Kinshasa bar singer Félicité (Véro Tshanda Beya) has an imposing don't-fuck-with-me face. In Félicité, Senegal's official Oscar entry for 2018, events conspire to fuck with her in a big way, but what starts out as a story about a self-sacrificing mother segues into one about a self-sufficient woman opening herself up to love. Times are already tough, but when Félicité’s son Samo (Gaetan Claudia) is in
  
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• Dave Reichert Is Wrong Again, this Time About Pot Legalization

  05-01-2018 19:01
  
  While pot can be dangerous for teens, legalization hasn't increased their use.by Heidi GrooverWrong again. ALEX WONG/GETTY
  While Democrats across Washington spent yesterday brandishing their #Resistance credentials in response to the Trump Administration’s war on legal weed, Republican Congressman Dave Reichert had this to say:“Rescinding the Cole memo directs all U.S. attorneys to follow well established principles on which cases to pursue,” said Reichert. “It's also an
  
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• Top 20 Television Shows of 2017

  05-01-2018 18:45
  
  by The Stranger
  Whichever precious metal you prefer to describe the age of television in which we are currently operating—gold, platinum, you name it—it's worth reflecting on the degree to which the quality of TV programming has caught up to its cultural magnitude.
  For a long time, TV didn't need to be good to dominate our leisure time. It just had to be there, and on. Scholars and sociologists wrote alarmist books about its malignant influence. Intellectual types scoffed at its obvi
  
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• Police: Human remains found in deep pit in Coeur d’Alene

  05-01-2018 17:46
  COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Coeur d’Alene police say officers found human remains inside a deep pit. The Spokesman-Review reports police announced Thursday that two children spotted the bones, a skull and articles of clothing while exploring a quarry near the police department. Police believe the remains were in the pit for two to three years. […]
  
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• The Morning News: Fires in Seattle and Fury About Off-Shore Drilling Nationwide

  05-01-2018 17:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Environmental degradation and the health of America's favorite gameshow host are cause for concern.by Nathalie GrahamIs it time to bring back kayaktivists? Alex Garland
  The reboot no one asked for: Trump is bringing back off-shore drilling to nearly all U.S. coastal waters. As if anyone doubted it, this pretty much confirms Trump doesn’t give two shits about the environment. The first hint was probably appointing absolute-fucking-idiot (official title) Scott Pruitt to the EPA, a climate ch
  
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• Southern California to finally get rain next week

  05-01-2018 16:16
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Months of withering weather could be coming to an end in Southern California. The National Weather Service says widespread rain is expected Monday into Wednesday, with possible downpours and debris flows in recent wildfire burn areas. Recent rain so far along the California coast has generally come no farther south than […]
  
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• Oregon Congressman Walden secretly settled disabled vet’s complaint

  05-01-2018 15:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records show Oregon Congressman Greg Walden paid $7,000 in a secret settlement with a staff member to resolve the man’s complaints that Walden unfairly cut his hours because of health-related problems. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday that Walden of Hood River settled with Cody Standiford in 2013. Standiford provided the newspaper with […]
  
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• Congressman Walden secretly settled disabled vet’s complaint

  05-01-2018 15:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records show Oregon Congressman Greg Walden paid $7,000 in a secret settlement with a staff member to resolve the man’s complaints that Walden unfairly cut his hours because of health-related problems. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday that Walden of Hood River settled with Cody Standiford in 2013. Standiford provided the newspaper with […]
  
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• Podcast: Senate Majority leader Sharon Nelson talks taxes, voting rights & public records

  05-01-2018 15:00
  How will Democrats use their newly won majorities in the Washington State Legislature? Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson gives her rundown on proposals for new taxes, carbon pricing and public records.
  
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• ‘It’s either fight or die’: Seattle woman fights off machete-wielding man on New Year’s Day

  05-01-2018 15:00
  When Lillian Germond walked into her Seattle apartment building early New Year’s Day, she didn’t know the man walking behind her was about to attack, armed with a machete. But it didn’t matter in the end. Her self-defense training — learned as a child at the behest of her father, a retired California cop — […]
  
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• Opposition and legal challenges don’t deter Washington’s new charter-school leader

  05-01-2018 14:00
  A longtime advocate for public education has taken the reins of the state’s charter-school association, weathering vigorous opposition and bitter legal challenges — all in his first seven months on the job.
  
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• Interior secretary’s plan would open up Washington and Oregon coastlines to drilling

  05-01-2018 14:00
  The plan announced by Ryan Zinke would include 47 potential lease sales including ones off the shorelines of Oregon and Washington. The proposal includes much of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, where any such exploration is prohibited.
  
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• Scientists seek US backcountry skiers to measure snowpack

  05-01-2018 10:14
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — America’s space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick. NASA’s earth science arm is funding research that recruits citizen scientists on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles to measure snow depth in backcountry locations of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Their measurements will be incorporated […]
  
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• Attention backcountry skiers: Scientists want your help

  05-01-2018 10:14
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — America’s space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick. NASA’s earth science arm is funding research that recruits citizen scientists on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles to measure the depth of snow in backcountry locations in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Their measurements will […]
  
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• Investigators think letter confirms ID of D.B. Cooper

  05-01-2018 04:15
  A 40-member cold-case team led by documentary filmmaker Tom Colbert and his wife, Dawna, believe they’ve cracked a code that reveals the bandit’s true identity. The FBI abandoned the case last year, citing a lack of credible leads.
  
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• Meth-dealing mom who bombed informant’s car: I can be a parent

  05-01-2018 03:39
  A Tacoma methamphetamine dealer who bombed a police informant's car to dodge a drug rap is likely headed to federal prison.
  
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• Washington state birth certificates will soon have nonbinary option

  05-01-2018 03:01
  Starting at the end of January, people born in Washington will have a new option when designating their sex on their birth certificates.
  
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• Connelly: AG wants Eyman held in contempt, fined $2,000 a day

  05-01-2018 02:39
  The state Attorney General's Office wants initiative promoter Tim Eyman cited for contempt, and fined $2,000 a day, for failing to produce documents related to "violations of state campaign finance laws."
  
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• PCC Community Markets is coming to Ballard

  05-01-2018 02:17
  The Ballard store will sit right across from a Trader Joe’s and be within walking distance of several other grocery stores in the neighborhood. The co-op also said it will revamp its Fremont store.
  
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