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• 8 people displaced after fire in Kirkland

  03-01-2015 23:59
  
  Eight people have been displaced after a blaze burned through a second-story unit of a Kirkland apartment building.
  
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• One teen’s transformation from gang member to role model

  03-01-2015 23:51
  
  Fund For The Needy: Youth Eastside Services was there when Placido Aguirre, troubled by alcohol, drugs, gangs and personal tragedy, needed to find a way out. Though he had to do the work himself, people who cared stood with him as he rebuilt his life.
  
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• Seattle doughnut-shop founders beaten, robbed

  03-01-2015 22:23
  
  The founders of King Donuts, the popular Rainier Beach restaurant and laundromat, were beaten and robbed Friday night outside the store.
  
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• All burn bans lifted for Western Washington

  03-01-2015 22:20
  
  The burn bans in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, including Darrington, have been lifted after the heightened concern of rising air pollution levels Thursday.
  
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• City council races compelling, but leave me out of it

  03-01-2015 22:11
  
  Should I run for City Council? Over the holiday vacation a political trial balloon was floated — and popped in record time.
  
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• So, Macklemore's going to be a father

  03-01-2015 21:12
  
  If his taste for thrift shops is any indication, Macklemore will look right at home in dad jeans.
  
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• 100 soldiers returning from West Africa held at joint base

  03-01-2015 20:08
  
  One hundred soldiers returning from West Africa landed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and will be held in isolation as part of a 21-day Ebola monitoring program.
  
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• A Cosby Sweater Regrets

  03-01-2015 20:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
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• Police arrest Rainier Valley drive-by shooting suspect

  03-01-2015 18:53
  
  A 20-year-old man thought to be involved in a drive-by shooting in Rainier Valley on Dec. 27 was arrested Friday night after a fight.
  
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• Gonorrhea cases on the rise in Washington

  03-01-2015 17:32
  
  The number of gonorrhea cases has been rising and is now at a 30-year high in Yakima County.
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: Neon monkeys brighten winter days

  03-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To the community groups who put monkeys made of neon lights in windows of businesses and on buildings on Phinney Avenue and Greenwood Avenue to brighten up the neighborhood during the short winter days.
  
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• Seattle family survives carbon monoxide poisoning, warns others

  03-01-2015 09:30
  
  Seattle family survives carbon monoxide poisioning, warns others
  
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• Penny the wayward vizsla is reunited with owners

  03-01-2015 08:17
  
  Penny the wayward vizsla is reunited with owners
  
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• Big rain is on the way: Freezing levels and rivers to rise

  03-01-2015 08:11
  
  A wet winter storm arriving Sunday is expected to dump as many as 7 inches of rain in the Cascades and more than an inch in Seattle, possibly leading to flooding and little snow in the ski areas.
  
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• Big rain on the way, snow chance low as freezing levels, rivers rise

  03-01-2015 06:49
  
  A wet winter storm arriving Sunday is expected to dump as many as 7 inches of rain in the Cascades and more than an inch in Seattle, possibly leading to flooding and little snow in the ski areas.
  
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• Judge unmoved by shooter; gives Bowman 29-year sentence

  03-01-2015 06:43
  
  A Superior Court judge on Friday sentenced Thomasdinh “Dinh” Bowman to 29 years in prison, saying Bowman showed an “extreme lack of empathy” in gunning down Yancy Noll at a North Seattle intersection in 2012.
  
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• Orca baby not traveling with mother, scientists believe

  03-01-2015 06:28
  
  After the celebrated sighting of a baby orca in the Salish Sea earlier this week, questions have emerged about the baby’s birth and the identity of its mother.
  
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• Training for home-care workers is better, but still work to do, audit says

  03-01-2015 05:23
  
  Progress is being made in Washington’s first-in-nation certification program for home-care workers. But the latest audit makes clear the state’s work on I-1163, which affects potentially 50,000 caregivers, is not done.
  
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• Pedestrian seriously injured after being stuck by car in Redmond

  03-01-2015 05:01
  
  A pedestrian was seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle in Redmond Friday evening, police said.
  
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• Bird flu found in backyard poultry flock in Southeast Washington

  03-01-2015 04:24
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Seattle family survives carbon monoxide poisioning, warns others

  03-01-2015 04:00
  
  Seattle family survives carbon monoxide poisioning, warns others
  
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• Stolen pickup pulled from Nisqually River; nobody inside

  03-01-2015 03:36
  
  The Olympian
  
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• More candidates, confusion for Seattle’s council elections

  03-01-2015 03:31
  
  More candidates, confusion for Seattle’s council elections
  
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• Snowmobilers see snout, free moose buried in avalanche

  03-01-2015 03:28
  
  A moose buried up to its snout in an avalanche was rescued by three snowmobilers who happened to pass by.
  
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• Daily Rant & Rave: Hey distracted drivers, pay attention

  03-01-2015 03:09
  
  RAVE To the customer in front of us at the Starbucks drive-thru who paid for the lattes my husband was picking up for me and my mother’s caregiver on the morning my mother died. What a treat to bring a smile to us!
  
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• What's being built there? Website has the answer

  03-01-2015 02:42
  
  What's being built there? App has the answer
  
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• What's being built there? App has the answer

  03-01-2015 02:42
  
  What's being built there? App has the answer
  
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• Wait. What? Mayor Murray Dreams of a Fourth Tunnel. (For Transit.)

  03-01-2015 02:42 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Sound TransitA worker inside the University Link Extension light rail tunnel, which will connect UW and Capitol Hill to downtown. After Bertha's done, Mayor Murray wants more transit tunnels like this one.
  On Thursday, Mayor Ed Murray made comments to KIRO 7 about "a tunnel," or "some other type of tunnel," or "maybe some other kind of arrangement" to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in case this whole Bertha thing doesn’t work out. Or in case it does. Or something. (We we
  
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• South Seattle drive-by shooting victim identified

  03-01-2015 02:39
  
  The man who was killed in a drive-by shooting in South Seattle on New Year’s Eve has been identified as Rahman Karriem, 22, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
  
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• Lawyers seek leniency for Islamic cleric who helped terrorists

  03-01-2015 02:29
  
  Attorneys for the Islamic cleric who plotted to open a terrorist-training camp in Oregon say he is too infirm to be sent to a federal prison in Colorado.
  
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• The Song of the Day Is Fifty Foot Hose's "Red the Sign Post"

  03-01-2015 02:23 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  There are some songs, which when heard them randomly and out of context, can still shock me silly. Well, "Red the Sign Post" was one of those songs that recently snuck up on me via an old mixtape. Uh, the mix was old—old enough that the sticker label had fallen off, so I had NO idea who I was hearing; for a second, I thought it was a stray Pain Teens track I'd forgotten. Anyway, it wasn't the Pain Teens, it was sike greats Fifty Foot Hose!!
  
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• Get a Sneak Preview of Synth Master Mood Organ's Outer Heaven EP

  03-01-2015 01:40 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Timm Mason’s one of the busiest musicians in Seattle—and one of the most highly skilled. When he’s not playing guitar and bass for two of the city’s most inventive psych-rock ensembles (Midday Veil and Master Musicians of Bukkake), he indulges in cosmic-disco excursions with TJ Max (his synth duo with Jayson Kochan) and explores the vast capabilities of his keyboard collection as Mood Organ. Under that latter name, Mason is issuing the Outer Heaven EP f
  
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• 2 killed in head-on crash on Highway 9 near Marysville

  03-01-2015 01:34
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Gunman sentenced to 29 years for killing wine steward in August 2012

  03-01-2015 01:23
  
  Thomasdinh "Dinh" Bowman was sentenced to 29 years and one month in prison on Friday for the shooting death of Yancy Noll, a popular wine steward who was killed in August 2012 at a North Seattle intersection.
  
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• Snohomish, Pierce counties burn bans downgraded to Stage 1

  03-01-2015 01:17
  
  The burn bans in Snohomish and Pierce counties have returned to a Stage 1 ban after being upgraded Thursday amid concern about rising pollution levels.
  
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• Sound the Cannons for Alex Pedersen, the Almost-Candidate from Council District 4

  03-01-2015 01:10 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The odds were not forever in his favor.
  Alex Pedersen—a former aide to Council President Tim Burgess, a Seattle Times advertiser, and a potential tribute from the 4th District—is out of this year’s council races.
  As Publicola reported earlier this week, Pedersen won’t run because he wants to spend more time with his kids and “stay focused on the complex issue of affordable housing.”
  Pedersen was coy when he left work in Burgess's council of
  
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• Snohomish, Pierce burn bans downgraded to Stage 1

  03-01-2015 00:56
  
  The burn bans in Snohomish and Pierce counties have returned to a Stage 1 ban after being upgraded Thursday amid concern about rising pollution levels.
  
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• January's Silent-Reading Party Is Canceled—Here's Why

  03-01-2015 00:46 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  You're going to have to read somewhere else on Wednesday.
  Sad news for fans of reading and silence and parties: Wednesday's silent-reading party is off. The Sorrento is under new management (although it's still owned by the same folks), and the new managers are doing a remodel, which will include a remodel of the Fireside Room. I am sad to say they're getting rid of that carpet. I love that carpet. I really wish they wouldn't get rid of it. But seasons change, carpets change
  
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• What I Regret About My Own Hiphop Coverage in 2014

  03-01-2015 00:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  I regret not writing more about Seattle hiphop artist Raz Simone this year.
  First off: I regret any time I might've taken off of the editorial staff's life with my chronic (so to speak) lateness.
  
  I regret that in Andrew Matson's and my food and hiphop article ("Eating Well with Seattle Hiphop," August 2014), when talking about chef Jerm's musical history, I referred to the 500 Years crew as "400 Years." My sincere apologies to Jerm, Asun, Rajnii, Kasi, Castro, and Gabriel Te
  
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• My Philosophy Regrets

  03-01-2015 00:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  RAZ SIMONE
  First off: I regret any time I might've taken off of the editorial staff's life with my chronic (so to speak) lateness.
  I regret that in Andrew Matson's and my food and hiphop article ("Eating Well with Seattle Hiphop," August 2014), when talking about chef Jerm's musical history, I referred to the 500 Years crew as "400 Years." My sincere apologies to Jerm, Asun, Rajnii, Kasi, Castro, and Gabriel Teodros. I hella hate getting shit wrong, especially about (local, hip
  
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• A Master Class in Screaming

  03-01-2015 00:05 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  One thing I miss from classic TV shows of the 1960s and '70s are the actors that just FUCKING GO FOR IT. Like Paul Lynde in Bewitched, Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show, and Jonathan Harris as the evil/pitiable/hilarious Dr. Smith in the 1960s sci-fi classic Lost in Space. Here's Harris in a supercut doing what he does best: SCREAMING HIS FOOL HEAD OFF at various monsters. You fucking GO FOR IT, sir! Salute!!
  
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• Gunman sentenced to 29 years for killing wine steward in Aug. 2012

  03-01-2015 00:02
  
  Thomasdinh "Dinh" Bowman was sentenced to 29 years and one month in prison on Friday for the shooting death of Yancy Noll, a popular wine steward who was killed in August 2012 at a North Seattle intersection.
  
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