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• Kirk Cameron Is the Reason for the Season

  25-12-2014 22:08 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  A savior is born! (What? Okay, fine.) Another savior is born!
  As you celebrate Christmas (or as you enjoy the blissfully Christian-free streets of Seattle today,) remember that you're only enjoying this holiday because Kirk Cameron saved it for you in this year's hit motion picture* Saving Christmas.
  And the only reason you know about Saving Christmas is David Schmader's brilliant review of Saving Christmas, which you should go read right now.
  Some people, Kirk Cameron tells us
  
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• Mail-theft suspect arrested after fleeing police in a kayak

  25-12-2014 21:36
  
  A suspected thief who was spotted riffling through mailboxes around a Lake Sammamish neighborhood Wednesday was arrested after he tried to flee first by foot and then by kayak.
  
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• Main-theft suspect arrested after fleeing police in a kayak

  25-12-2014 21:28
  
  A suspected thief who was spotted riffling through mailboxes around a Lake Sammamish neighborhood Wednesday was arrested after he tried to flee first by foot and then by kayak.
  
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• Going to the Movies Tonight? Here's What You Should Watch

  25-12-2014 21:06 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  It has become a Christmas tradition: after we get sick of our families on Christmas day, Americans of all faiths and non-faiths head to the movies. But the only thing worse than spending time with your racist uncle is skipping out on your racist uncle by accidentally going to a terrible movie. So here are a few Stranger-guaranteed good movies for you to check out.
  
  Of course you should go see It's a Wonderful Life at the Grand Illusion, which is a Seattle Christmastime institut
  
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• Report: Marshawn Lynch fined for crotch grab

  25-12-2014 20:14
  
  Report: Marshawn Lynch fined for crotch grab after 79-yard run
  
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• Baby Jesus stolen from Washington Capitol nativity

  25-12-2014 19:14
  
  State officials say baby Jesus is missing from the nativity scene outside the Washington state Capitol.
  
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• The Muppets' "Carol of the Bells" Is My Only, Lonely Hollerday Jam

  25-12-2014 19:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  I don't mind the winter solstice hollerdays: The lights can be pretty, but I DO have a deep, boiling hatred for the winter solstice hollerday's soundtrack! I guess it's fitting the darkest day of the year coincides with endless and inescapable plays of the worst country Christmas crap and scat-filled holiday songs like "Sippin in Seattle's Latte Land." Seriously, WHAT in the fucking FUCK?! Anyway, the only saving grace during this trying time of my shit-song-filled ears is, as
  
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• Casey Kasem's children to share medical records

  25-12-2014 18:57
  
  The children of radio legend Casey Kasem said Wednesday they will share all hospital records in their possession with his widow, who is suing a hospital in Washington state to learn more about the last weeks of his life.
  
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• Mudslide halts passenger train service

  25-12-2014 18:39
  
  Passenger train service between Everett and Seattle's King Street station will be halted for 48 hours because of a mudslide.
  
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• Washington ferries start winter schedule Sunday

  25-12-2014 18:34
  
  The winter sailing schedule for Washington state ferries goes into effect Sunday.
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: Double-rave Christmas

  25-12-2014 15:01
  
  RAVE To the kind Costco shopper who ensured our kids’ merry Christmas by turning in the expensive gaming console that had fallen out of my shopping cart in the parking lot. On arriving home I was sure it was a gone, but when I returned to the store I found that some extremely kind and honest s
  
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• Man stabbed on Metro bus in downtown Seattle; suspect at large

  25-12-2014 06:11
  
  Update at 9:10 p.m.: A man is in critical condition after he was stabbed on a Metro bus by another man who then fled the scene Wednesday evening, police said.
  
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• Looking back: Inequality woven through 2014

  25-12-2014 04:34
  
  Jerry Large reflects on two big stories of the year that involve movements aimed at reducing inequality.
  
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• Listeria-tainted ice cream sickens 2 King County men

  25-12-2014 04:17
  
  Two King County men were hospitalized after eating ice-cream products tied to a massive recall of Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream potentially tainted with listeria bacteria.
  
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• Man stabbed on Metro bus in downtown Seattle

  25-12-2014 04:14
  
  A man was stabbed on a Metro bus in downtown Seattle Wednesday evening.
  
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• Justices overturn sentences in 2009 Lakewood police killings

  25-12-2014 04:11
  
  The state Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the gun convictions of two people who helped Maurice Clemmons after he fatally shot four Lakewood police officers in 2009, and reversed exceptional sentences related to their criminal assistance.
  
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• Cantwell says she’ll play defense as ranking Dem on Senate energy panel

  25-12-2014 04:09
  
  U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is set to take over her party’s top seat on the Senate Energy Committee. But Cantwell’s pro-environment agenda likely will find little traction under Republican control of the Senate.
  
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• Helping families spring back from distress

  25-12-2014 03:46
  
  Fund For The Needy: Wellspring Family Services helps families build stability by providing wraparound services that address some of the root issues of distress, including mental-health problems, domestic violence and homelessness.
  
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• Caramel apple company issues recall after listeria outbreak

  25-12-2014 03:12
  
  From Seattle Times staff reporter JoNel Aleccia:
  
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• King County to spend $6 million on 6 housing projects in 2015

  25-12-2014 01:54
  
  King County officials will allocate more than $6.4 million for six local housing projects for construction in 2015, County Executive Dow Constantine said Wednesday.
  
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• Teacher, 40, charged after teen receives suggestive messages

  25-12-2014 01:45
  
  A 40-year-old elementary-school teacher is accused of sending sexually suggestive messages to a 16-year-old girl who volunteered in his second-grade classroom at Seattle’s View Ridge Elementary School.
  
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• Your Song of the Day Is Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas"

  25-12-2014 01:31 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Last week, Emily Nokes asked me what my favorite Christmas song was. I said I didn't have a favorite Christmas song. The truth is, Christmas carols drive me a little bit crazy. When it comes to music, I crave novelty; my idea of hell would be listening to a corporate classic rock station for all eternity. All of which is a long way around saying that Christmas music is probably my least favorite kind of music. (Yes, even "Fairytale of New York," which I used to love, has lost s
  
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• Free Will Astrology: For the Week of Dec 24

  25-12-2014 01:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
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  CAPRICORN (Dec 22–Jan 19): When he was 37 years old, actor Jack Nicholson found out that Ethel May, the woman he had always called his mother, was in fact his grandma. Furthermore, his "older sister" June was actually his mom, who had given birth to him when she was 17. His relatives had hidden the truth from him. I suspect that in 2015 you will uncover secrets and missing information that will rival Nicholson's experience. Although these revelations ma
  
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• Two Heartbreaking Stories About Being Gay in Iran

  25-12-2014 00:33 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Borna_Mirahmadian / Shutterstock.comThe Iranian flag flies over Tehran.
  It's not Christmas Eve everywhere. This Vocativ story by Sune Engel Rasmussen about what it's like to be gay in Iran is heartbreaking reading. The weirdest aspect of the story is how closely some of the scenes resemble gay life in America not so very long ago:
  Around dusk, Maseratis, BMWs and the occasional Porsche circle the park; you don’t have to wait long to spot one of them slow to a halt and pi
  
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