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• Super Bowl QB Russell Wilson going to spring training again

  03-02-2015 23:58
  
  Super Bowl QB Russell Wilson going to spring training again
  
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• The Republican War on Public Health Continues: Congressman Blames Measles Outbreak on Immigrants, Not Anti-Vaxxers

  03-02-2015 23:28 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.comWhen informed that he said something intelligent, Carson apologized and vowed to be a better Republican in the future.
  BuzzFeed asked a number of presidential candidates how they feel about vaccinations. Most of them (purposefully?) left things unclear. Ben Carson, who has been the most erratic and uninformed candidate in the race so far, is one of the strongest supporters of vaccination, presumably because he is a brain surgeon who went
  
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• King County deputy accused of domestic violence told to surrender firearms

  03-02-2015 22:59
  
  A 34-year-old King County sheriff's deputy has been ordered to surrender his firearms after a judge found probable cause to detain him on investigation of domestic violence felony harassment.
  
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• Gallery: #CapHillPSA's Second Round of Agitprop Poster Art Premieres Today. See It Here First!

  03-02-2015 22:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Artist: Dax Edword
  Now that you've read Paul Constant's story about the contentious #CapHillPSA public art/commentary project—in which he teases the launch of the initiative's second round of posters, you may be wondering: What will these posters look like? Will they still have the old magic or is it the famous sophomore slump? Are rich people all jerks? Are "Friends" Electric? Well, wonder no more! You don't even have to go out in the rain. Here they all are, ripe for yo
  
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• 2 arrested after stolen truck careens through Battle Ground, crashes

  03-02-2015 22:17
  
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• How in the Hell Did Seattle Drone-Rockers Mamiffer Get Their Song Into a Prada Ad?

  03-02-2015 21:45 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Faith Coloccia/Aaron TurnerPrada loves Mamiffer's foreboding, majestic music.
  It's a strange sensation when an underground drone-rock group like Seattle duo Mamiffer can place their music in the spring/summer ad campaign by high-end fashion house Prada. But here we are. This Prada ad features Ethan Hawke looking very serious and an excerpt from the beautifully momentous "Flower of the Field" off Mamiffer's outstanding 2014 album, Statu Nascendi (produced by local studio wizard
  
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• The Top Things to Do in Seattle Today: Lloyd Cole, Comedy Womb, Spontaneous Rex and Queen of Kings, and More

  03-02-2015 21:35 via
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• AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $2.14

  03-02-2015 21:30
  
  The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $2.14.
  
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• Republican Senator Bravely Takes Stand Against Forcing Employees to Wash Their Hands

  03-02-2015 20:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com"...and furthermore, why do we waste money by painting those little yellow and white lines on roads? More government pork, I say!"
  The Republican War on Public Health is just getting started! Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said he preferred "freedom" to vaccinations. Today, the news came out that Paul was a longtime member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a group that promoted the (nonexistent
  
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• The Quaid-Quake Continues by Sexing Up Rupert Murdoch

  03-02-2015 20:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  YouTubeA still from the Quaids' most recent video, which YouTube has already taken down.
  Back in October of 2007, what would eventually become the years-long and transnational saga of Randy and Evi Quaid had just started right here in Seattle. It began at the 5th Avenue Theatre, to be exact, where Randy allegedly raised hell on and off stage during a production of Lone Star Love, a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. According to people at the theater, h
  
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• UW president to leave for Texas A&M

  03-02-2015 20:39
  
  Report: UW President expected to be sole finalist for Texas A&M
  
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• Report: UW President expected to be sole finalist for Texas A&M

  03-02-2015 20:39
  
  Report: UW President expected to be sole finalist for Texas A&M
  
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• Trans Woman Bashed in a Spokane Bakery

  03-02-2015 20:36 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Spokesman-Review:
  Spokane police are seeking help from the public to identify two men suspected of assaulting a transgender woman at Boots Bakery last week. The two men assaulted the woman around 10 p.m. on Jan. 30 and fled the scene on foot, police said in a news release. Police released photos of the suspects leaving a downtown business on the night of the assault. Both are described as white men wearing dark jackets and dark pants. One man was wearing glasses, and the o
  
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• Ma’Ono’s M. Chang Fu Chinatown Dinner Is An Unrelenting Assault of Goodness

  03-02-2015 20:30 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger Warning: This menu may induce both intense fervor and mild terror.
  Last September, chef Mark Fuller launched a new dining option at his West Seattle restaurant M’Ono Fried Chicken & Whisky: The M. Chang Fu Chinatown dinners. Named in honor of Fuller’s wife and business partner, Marjorie Chang Fuller, it’s composed of eight dishes, served family-style, and designed to feed ten to twelve people.
  A few weeks ago, I pulled together a group of ten
  
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• Corinthian students lured by job prospects get loan break

  03-02-2015 20:30
  
  A federal regulator says Corinthian College students will be forgiven a total of $480 million in loans because the for-profit school used "bogus" job prospects to persuade them to pay tuition with expensive private loans.
  
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• UW president Michael Young to move to Texas A&M?

  03-02-2015 20:30
  
  The Texas Tribune, citing sources, is reporting that University of Washington President Michael Young will be named the sole finalist for the president's job at Texas A&M University.  Texas A&M's Board of Regents is expected to make the announcement at 3:30 p.m. today, Pacific time
  
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• Meet the Republican Legislators Who Want to Take Away Teenagers’ Reproductive Rights

  03-02-2015 20:28 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Washington State LegislatureBoth State Senator Steve O'Ban (R-University Place), left, and Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley), right, support the teen parental involvement bill. They're also vice chair and chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, respectively.
  Washington is one of the few states that doesn’t have a law requiring parental notification of a daughter’s abortion. This is a good thing; a majority of minors already tell their parents about repr
  
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• Seattle robber stashes loot where sun don't shine

  03-02-2015 20:26
  
  Talk about cracking the case.
  
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• Police: Man stashed stolen cash between buttocks

  03-02-2015 20:15
  
  Police: Man stashed stolen cash between buttocks
  
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• The Sad Discount Pastry Case At the QFC

  03-02-2015 20:02 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  That "WooHoo!" seems a little tone deaf—but, hey, $5 for a whole chocolate football cake. It's a steal for anyone looking to eat their feelings in the wake of Cruddy Sunday.
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• Joan Didion on Franny and Zooey, 1961, or, WHY ARE MOMMY AND DADDY FIGHTING?

  03-02-2015 19:40 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Didion v. Salinger, 1961
  Longreads really is an incredible website. Why, just today, they published excerpts from a review of of J.D. Salinger's immortal Franny and Zooey, written by Joan Didion for William F. Buckley's National Review in 1961—before the book was immortal , when it was just a couple of New Yorker stories subject to being torn limb from limb by a young journalist who had yet to emerge as the finest nonfiction writer of the late 20th century. It isn't often
  
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• Crown Hill tavern, restaurant hit by gunfire

  03-02-2015 19:29
  
  Someone fired several gunshots into a Crown Hill tavern early Tuesday morning after apparently getting kicked out of the business, police said.
  
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• Bill would end daylight saving time in Washington

  03-02-2015 19:17
  
  Bill would end daylight saving time in Washington
  
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• Harper Lee to Publish To Kill a Mockingbird Sequel: What Do You Think?

  03-02-2015 19:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  This July, Harper Lee's second novel will be published. It's titled Go Set a Watchman, and it's kind of a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, although it was written before To Kill a Mockingbird. Watchman is about a grown-up Scout returning to a Maycomb divided by the civil rights movement to visit her father. A statement by Lee reports that Watchman originally featured flashback sequences that her editor convinced her to break out into their own novel, which would eventually beco
  
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• Recording of USS Stennis women in bathroom investigated

  03-02-2015 18:55
  
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• Family of teen killed in drunk driving crash says they forgive driver

  03-02-2015 18:48
  
  Driver in fatal Burien DUI crash expected to plead guilty
  
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• Driver in fatal Burien DUI crash pleads guilty

  03-02-2015 18:48
  
  Driver in fatal Burien DUI crash expected to plead guilty
  
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• Driver in fatal Burien DUI crash expected to plead guilty

  03-02-2015 18:48
  
  Driver in fatal Burien DUI crash expected to plead guilty
  
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• Transient accused of killing man in Parkland fight

  03-02-2015 18:47
  
  TACOMA — The Pierce County sheriff’s office says a transient killed a Parkland man with claw hammer or screwdriver in a fight over money.
  
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• Peak toll in I-405 express lane could be as much as $10

  03-02-2015 18:36
  
  The peak toll could be as much as $10 for a driver who wants to drive in the express lane after tolls are imposed on Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood.
  
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• Man petitions Seahawks front office for celebration rally

  03-02-2015 18:09
  
  Man petitions Seahawks’ front office for celebration rally
  
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• The Morning News: State Lawmakers Want to Make it Harder for Teens to Get Abortions, But Easier for People to Collect Revenge Porn Damages

  03-02-2015 17:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Washington State LegislatureMeet state Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley), chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, and sponsor of the teen abortion and revenge porn bills.
  Lawmakers Try to Rein in Teenage Uteruses: They're too free, some state senators say. In order to make it even more difficult for teens to access reproductive healthcare, Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley) and friends introduced a bill on Monday that would require parental notification for mino
  
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• The Morning News: State Lawmakers Want to Make it Harder for Teens to Get Abortions

  03-02-2015 17:43 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Washington State LegislatureMeet state Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley), chair of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, and sponsor of the teen abortion and revenge porn bills.
  Lawmakers Try to Rein in Teenage Uteruses: They're too free, some state senators say. In order to make it even more difficult for teens to access reproductive healthcare, Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley) and friends introduced a bill on Monday that would require parental notification for mino
  
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• How Ijeoma Oluo Dealt With a Racist Troll

  03-02-2015 17:35 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Ijeoma OluoIjeoma Oluo thinks Racists Getting Fired is just a distraction.
  Over here, you can read a Huffington Post interview of local writer and social justice activist Ijeoma Oluo (it concerns racist trolls). And on our website, you can read her wonderful, hilarious, and detailed review of Kevin Costner's new film Black or White. The key to Oluo's thinking is not, however, the deconstruction and deligitimation of popular forms of American racism, which is why she can handl
  
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• Mayor Murray's housing costs panel had difficulty making 'problem statement'

  03-02-2015 17:27
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory Committee has reached consensus on a two-sentence problem statement. But the panel’s members have a long way to go in accomplishing their mission.
  
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• SPD's Nick Metz confirmed as police chief in Colorado

  03-02-2015 16:52
  
  Assistant Seattle Police Chief Nick Metz has been confirmed as the next chief of police in Aurora, Colo.
  
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• Woman slams into Lacey apartment

  03-02-2015 16:50
  
  Woman slams into Lacey apartment
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing 2 horses in Walla Walla County

  03-02-2015 16:14
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Check Out This Powerful Live Footage of Bob Seger System Circa 1970

  03-02-2015 16:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Before Bob Seger became the bearded boss of AOR's killerest "Night Moves," he had been writing, producing, playing, and recording records for at least a decade. During the late '60s his two bands, the Last Heard ("Heavy Music") and the System (the System's "2+2=?," prolly rates as one of the most pointed anti-war jam ever recorded), recorded some seriously brutal long-hair jams. This clip, from 1970, was prolly recorded around the time the BSS LP, Mongrel, was released. It's so
  
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• Lawmakers consider 'lane splitting' for motorcyclists

  03-02-2015 15:42
  
  Lawmakers consider 'lane splitting' for motorcyclists
  
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• Foster parents required to get flu shots for young children

  03-02-2015 15:31
  
  Foster parents required to get flu shots for young children
  
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• Forecast: Heavy rains, mild temps across Washington

  03-02-2015 15:16
  
  It's February in the Northwest and we can expect heavy rains throughout the week, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
  
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• Disabled elderly woman rescued from burning Kennewick duplex

  03-02-2015 15:01
  
  Tri-City Herald  (TNS)
  
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• UW student stabbed 6 times defending woman

  03-02-2015 15:00
  
  UW student stabbed 6 times defending woman
  
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• Woman says she was mistakenly bitten by Spokane police dog

  03-02-2015 14:53
  
  The Associated Press
  
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• Pot vending machines make Seattle debut

  03-02-2015 14:41
  
  Pot vending machines make Seattle debut
  
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• New Eastside toll lanes would let drivers pay for faster commute

  03-02-2015 14:03
  
  New Eastside toll lanes would let drivers pay for faster commute
  
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• Multiple shots fired in Crown Hill neighborhood

  03-02-2015 13:20
  
  Dozens of shots fired in Crown Hill neighborhood
  
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• Revenge porn victim asks lawmakers for tougher penalties

  03-02-2015 07:53
  
  Revenge porn victim asks lawmakers for tougher penalities
  
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• Report: Advanced industries help power US economy

  03-02-2015 06:57
  
  San Jose, California, Seattle and Wichita, Kansas, led the way with the highest share of its workforce employed in the so-called advanced industries sector that helps drive the U.S. economy, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
  
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