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• Elon Musk Says "Maybe a Thousand" Seattleites Will Help Him Colonize Mars

  13-01-2015 23:53 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSA shot of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover, September 2013. Imagine having WiFi here!
  You though tech was newest Seattle job-grower. But you were wrong! It’s space. Mars, to be specific.
  In an interview with Bloomberg, rocket and PayPal entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed more about his plans for a satellite engineering office in Seattle. Commercial satellites built here, he said, will help him build a future colony on Mars.
  Last year, Musk and Google
  
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• Firefighters extinguish condo fire near Northgate Mall

  13-01-2015 23:31
  
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• New Supergroup SSDD and Mood Organ's "Heaven"ly Synth EP

  13-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
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  DON'T BE A STOOGE, CHECK OUT NEW SEATTLE SUPERGROUP SSDD
  New Seattle group alert! They're called SSDD (Same Shit Different Day, possibly) and their lineup hints at extraordinary things to come. SSDD feature guitarist Kimberly Morrison (Universe People, the Dutchess and the Duke), drummer Pete Capponi (Prancer & Dancer, the Intelligence), bassist Erika Mayfield (Le Cancer), and vocalist Kennedy Carda (Monogamy Party). So far, they have no music
  
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• Domestic violence charges against Hope Solo dismissed

  13-01-2015 23:02
  
  A Kirkland Municipal Court judge dismissed domestic violence charges against Seattle Reign goalie Hope Solo on Tuesday after her attorney successfully argued that the alleged victims had refused to be deposed by defense attorneys.
  
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• Calling All Galleries, Theaters, Bookstores, Jazz Venues, Etc.! Submit Your Spring Arts Events for Seattle Art and Performance!

  13-01-2015 23:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Art and Performance is Seattle's Only Arts Magazine™, and the next issue comes out on March 4.
  If you're an artist or performer or arts organization or bookstore or whatever that would like your spring event(s) listed in the next Seattle Art and Performance, info for events from March 4 to June 10 is due to us by end of day Friday, January 30, at [email protected]. Send it on over!
  If you didn't save a copy of the fall Seattle Art and Performance, they're
  
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• Calling All Galleries, Theaters, Bookstores, Jazz Venues, Etc.! Submit Your Fall Arts Events for Seattle Art and Performance!

  13-01-2015 23:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Art and Performance is Seattle's Only Arts Magazine™, and the next issue comes out on March 4.
  If you're an artist or performer or arts organization or bookstore or whatever that would like your summer event(s) listed in the next Seattle Art and Performance, info for events from March 4 to June 10 is due to us by end of day Friday, January 30, at [email protected]. Send it on over!
  If you didn't save a copy of the fall Seattle Art and Performance, they're
  
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• Calling All Galleries, Theaters, Bookstores, Jazz Venues, Etc.! Submit Your Fall Arts Events for A&P!

  13-01-2015 23:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  A+P: It stands for Art + Performance, it's Seattle's Only Arts Magazine™, and the next issue comes out on March 4.
  If you're an artist or performer or arts organization or bookstore or whatever that would like your summer event(s) listed in the next A+P, info for events from March 4 to June 10 is due to us by end of day Friday, January 30, at [email protected]. Send it on over!
  If you didn't save a copy of the fall A+P, they're still out in special boxes on the s
  
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• Seattle fire battling condo fire near Northgate Mall

  13-01-2015 22:59
  
  Seattle firefighters are battling a condo fire near Northgate Mall.
  
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• Jay Inslee says fund education, transportation, clean energy

  13-01-2015 22:38
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington has a moral obligation to address carbon pollution and used his State of the State address Tuesday to tout his recent proposal for a cap-and-trade program that requires the largest industrial polluters to pay for every ton of carbon they release.
  
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• Inslee says fund education, transportation, clean energy

  13-01-2015 22:29
  
  OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington state has a moral obligation to address carbon pollution and used his State of the State address Tuesday to tout his recent proposal for a cap-and-trade program that requires the largest industrial polluters to pay for every ton of carbon they release.
  
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• Tacoma man arrested for shining laser into patrol plane

  13-01-2015 22:23
  
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• Burgess Apologizes to SPD for Letting Council Meeting Get "Out of Hand"

  13-01-2015 22:12 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Council President Tim Burgess briefly adjourned yesterday's council briefing after interruptions from protesters in the audience.
  On Monday, as Seattle Police Department leaders defended their response to recent anti-police-brutality demonstrations and protesters shouted from the crowd, it was clear that Council President Tim Burgess had lost control. He struggled to try to quiet people down before, at one point, shutting the meeting down for a few minutes. Afterward, Burgess s
  
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• Kurt Cobain's Suicide Note: Now Available in Baseball Tee and Tank Top

  13-01-2015 22:06 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The seller of these baseball T-shirts with Kurt Cobain's handwritten suicide note printed on them originally sold a tank-top version on Etsy before getting shut down. The seller Nuchyk, apparently located in Thailand, is now selling the "Not Official T-Shirt" on eBay. The eBay page (which I'm not linking to), says supplies are limited, black sleeves are no longer available, and two shirts sold within the last hour. Fucking gross.
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• Chat rewind: Is the Seattle area changing for the better -- or worse?

  13-01-2015 22:03
  
  From 2012 to 2013, Seattle was America’s fastest-growing major city, a city walking the line between frenetic change and beloved authenticity. Columnist Jon Talton and Pacific NW writer Ron Judd were talking with readers about the tension between the old and the new in Seattle and surrounding
  
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• LCD company agrees to pay state $13M for price fixing

  13-01-2015 21:26
  
  A company that manufactures liquid crystal display, or LCD, panels has agreed to pay the state of Washington $13 million for its part in a price-fixing scheme.
  
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• The State of Our State Is _________ ?

  13-01-2015 21:09 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Office of Governor Jay InsleeGovernor Jay Inslee and staff recently, preparing for today's State of the State address.
  Huddle around the TVW, everyone! Governor Jay Inslee is about to address a joint session of the state legislature in the annual "State of the State" address.
  Most likely, he'll make the case for why our strapped-for-cash state needs the new revenue streams (aka taxes) that he outlines in his proposed 2015-17 budget.
  Notably, the governor is suggesting a carbo
  
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• Emerald City Comicon Founder Reassures Fans, Promises the Show Will "Continue to Be Run By the Same People"

  13-01-2015 21:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Last week, when rumors started to spread about Emerald City Comicon’s sale to international pop culture events organization ReedPop, the most common sentiment I heard from local comics professionals was surprise, followed by skepticism. Everyone seemed to think ECCC founder Jim Demonakos would never sell the convention, mostly because he seemed to love his job too much. Demonakos was way too proud of his convention, people protested, to sell it to some faceless entity. S
  
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• Man sought in heist at Lacey bank

  13-01-2015 20:59
  
  Man sought in heist at Lacey bank
  
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• Seattle-via-Mumbai Author Sonora Jha's Foreign Might Be the Best Novel You Can't Buy on Amazon

  13-01-2015 20:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Want to read her novel? You might just have to visit India to get a copy.
  Local author Sonora Jha made her name as a journalist in Mumbai and Bangalore before moving to the US, where she eventually became head of the communication department at Seattle University. Her debut novel, Foreign, was nominated for the Hindu Literary Prize last year; it was also long-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and a finalist for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. Jha is quickly
  
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• Macklemore Performed a "Thrift Shop" Parody with Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street Yesterday

  13-01-2015 20:49 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Oh boy. Macklemore, who recently announced that he and partner Tricia are expecting, is apparently trying to get some baby cred, stopping by Sesame Street to perform a "Thrift Shop" parody with the Grouches about popping some trash…
  "I'm shoppin' lookin' for some rubbish, this is gross and awesome."
  YouTube comment of the day goes to this person:
  
  Remember when the Spin Doctors were on Sesame Street in 1996?
  
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• Police hope you can ID Northgate bank robber

  13-01-2015 20:41
  
   
  
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• 2 charged in Georgetown knife attack that blinded victim

  13-01-2015 20:12
  
  Two men accused of blinding a 65-year-old Georgetown gas station attendant in a vicious robbery and stabbing on New Year's Day were charged Tuesday with first-degree assault and first-degree robbery, with each charge carrying a deadly-weapon enhancement, according to King County prosecutor
  
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• Emerald City Comicon Sold to National Pop Culture Event Chain ReedPop

  13-01-2015 20:12 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Rumors about this deal started spreading last week, and now it's been confirmed: on their landing page, Emerald City Comicon has published a statement announcing that their organization has been bought by ReedPop, the pop culture wing of Reed Exhibitions, an international events organizer. (Reed puts on events like Book Expo America, the annual publishing industry convention.) Here's the announcement:
  We are excited to announce that Emerald City Comicon and ReedPop are joining
  
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• Former Seattle high school basketball player jailed in murder

  13-01-2015 20:00
  
  Former Seattle high school basketball player jailed in murder
  
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• As Racist Republicans Survive Their Scandals, Congress Prepares to Go After President Obama's Immigration Reform

  13-01-2015 19:44 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.comOh, look. Yet another political connection between Rand Paul and a huge bigot. You don't think that means something, do you?
  Between Christmas and New Year's Day, Republicans rallied around Rep. Steven Scalise, the Louisiana congressman who spoke at a white supremacist rally in 2002. (He was elected majority whip last week.) Now, The Hill is reporting that six years before the white supremacist rally, Scalise "voted against a resolution ap
  
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• Man accused of 4 Idaho shootings remains in jail on suicide watch

  13-01-2015 19:34
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Men charged in stabbing that blinded gas station clerk

  13-01-2015 19:17
  
  Men charged in brutal stabbing that blinded Georgetown gas station clerk
  
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• Moses Lake school threat leads to expulsion of third-grader

  13-01-2015 19:03
  
  Columbia Basin Herald (TNS)
  
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• Idaho prosecutor: Arrest warrant for 9-year-old a mistake

  13-01-2015 18:54
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• ‘Twin Peaks’ to return to Washington — with Kyle MacLachlan

  13-01-2015 18:15
  
  Showtime Networks president revealed Monday that the promised return of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” TV show will include some filming in Washington state and Kyle MacLachlan in the cast.
  
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• Consumers can seek claims against Calif. grower tied to tainted caramel apples

  13-01-2015 17:36
  
  The Bakersfield, Calif., apple producer tied to an outbreak of listeria in caramel apples has launched a website for reporting claims against the company.
  
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• Morning News: Seattle Cop Shouted "You’re Gonna Get Your Ass Shot, Boy" at a Black Person

  13-01-2015 17:33 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Sydney BrownstoneYesterday, Black Lives Matter protesters temporarily shut down a city council briefing on the SPD's response to recent demonstrations. Also yesterday, troubling dashcam footage of a cop yelling at a black man in 2013 came to light.
  Seattle Cop's "You’re Gonna Get Your Ass Shot, Boy" Was Captured on Camera: The unidentified officer who said this got a 15-day suspension last year. An SPD internal investigation brought the damning dashboard camera footage,
  
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• Mudede Admits He Made a Mistake about Dogs and Public Transportation: The Story of Citizen Canine

  13-01-2015 17:08 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  CMThere is new evidence that not all dogs hate public transportation.
  Most of the readers of this blog will find not even a speck's worth of controversy in the claim that I'm almost never wrong when it comes to explaining the deeper workings of this world and its prime mover, an economy organized by the politically imposed principles of capitalist accumulation. Like a surgeon (forgive the "Weird" echo), I usually get to the lone heart of things (forgive the Yes echo), pull it
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: 12th Man flag celebrates Seahawks history

  13-01-2015 17:04
  
  RAVE To whomever chose Kenny Easley to raise the 12th Man flag. I remember how he used to miraculously make opponents cough up the ball for the Seahawks whenever necessary back in the ’80s. His autograph on my football has since faded but my memories of him have not. Thanks, Kenny!
  
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• Compost confusion? We'll answer your questions

  13-01-2015 16:25
  
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• House Democrats vote Derek Kilmer to appropriations committee

  13-01-2015 16:22
  
  WASHINGTON -- The shrunken House Democratic Caucus on Tuesday voted to give a spot on the House Appropriations Committee to  Rep. Derek Kilmer, a move that would give the sophomore lawmaker from Gig Harbor a more direct voice on federal spending decisions.
  
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• Spokane to tow cars of drivers who pick up prostitutes

  13-01-2015 15:52
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Pet wallaby missing near Arlington

  13-01-2015 15:11
  
  Pet wallaby missing near Arlington
  
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• Daily Rant&Rave: Space Needle 12th Man flag celebrates Seahawks history

  13-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To whomever chose Kenny Easley to raise the 12th Man flag on the Space Needle this year. I remember how he used to miraculously make opponents cough up the ball for the Seahawks whenever necessary back in the ’80s. His autograph on my football has since faded but my memories of him have n
  
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• What We Learned at Yesterday's City vs. State Fight Over Bertha's Rescue Pit

  13-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Sydney BrownstoneClose-up on the rescue pit of despair. The yellow bit is the part workers were stabilizing.
  Pit bad? No, pit good.
  That about sums up much of the two-hour Washington State Department of Transportation briefing in front of the city council yesterday, in which council members peppered the state with questions about a strongly-worded letter the Seattle Department of Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities fired off last week. In it, city officials expressed a
  
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• Study compares Seattle with Portland

  13-01-2015 14:54
  
  Study compares Seattle with Portland
  
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• Man burned trying to save dog from home fire in E. Washington

  13-01-2015 14:53
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Police seeking man in Roosevelt credit union robbery

  13-01-2015 14:32
  
  Police seeking man in robbery at Roosevelt credit union
  
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• Lizard pulled from fire that gutted Northgate home

  13-01-2015 14:14
  
  Lizard pulled from fire that gutted Northgate home
  
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• Fans who lined up for Seahawks tickets allowed to go home

  13-01-2015 13:54
  
  Fans who lined up for Seahawks tickets allowed to go home
  
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• 1,200 Seahawks tickets on sale at CenturyLink Field quickly sell out

  13-01-2015 13:54
  
  Fans who lined up for Seahawks tickets allowed to go home
  
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• 1,200 Seahawks tickets go on sale at CenturyLink Field

  13-01-2015 13:54
  
  Fans who lined up for Seahawks tickets allowed to go home
  
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• Man sentenced in beating, stabbing of Snohomish brothers

  13-01-2015 13:26
  
  Man sentenced in beating, stabbing of Snohomish brothers
  
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• Senate Republicans add big hurdle for new taxes

  13-01-2015 06:40
  
  State Senate Republicans passed a new rule Monday requiring a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate to approve any new types of taxes.
  
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• City to bankroll own study of tunnel stress on viaduct

  13-01-2015 06:27
  
  Seattle is conducting its own safety study of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, as relations fray between the city and the state’s Highway 99 tunnel-project team.
  
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