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• Fight heats up between solar-leasing companies, Legislature

  14-02-2015 23:46
  
  The Legislature is trying to craft a blueprint for expanding solar power in Washington. National solar-leasing companies are battling the bills, saying the changes would still leave them locked out of the state market.
  
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• You're Right About That!

  14-02-2015 23:15
  
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• Suspect booked after 2 fatally shot, 1 injured in Everett

  14-02-2015 23:04
  
  The man arrested Friday night in connection with the fatal shooting in Everett has been booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault with a weapon.
  
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• Fifty Terrible Lines from Fifty Shades of Grey

  14-02-2015 22:00
  
  It still shocks the crap out of me when I realize how many people are still unfamiliar with the sheer enormity of terribleness encased in E.L. James absolutely awful book. For those who neither have the time or inclination to crack it open, here are 50 of the most absurdly hilarious lines from Fifty Shades of Grey... but trust me, we're just scratching the surface! Go on, treat your "inner goddess!"
  1) "Suddenly, he sits up and tugs my panties off and throws them on the fl
  
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• Judge: For now, Burien woman needn’t reveal critics of Saudi official

  14-02-2015 21:38
  
  A King County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a women’s-rights activist can continue to protect the names of Saudi Arabian women from a Saudi assemblywoman.
  
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• Everett shooting suspect booked on suspicion of murder, assault

  14-02-2015 21:04
  
  The man arrested Friday night in connection with the fatal shooting in Everett has been booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault with a weapon.
  
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• Transportation, climate bill, Oso medals: your political week in review

  14-02-2015 20:25
  
  The big Olympia news this week was that Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate came together on the beginnings for an agreement on a statewide transportation package. That and other doings:
  
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• State board: More slot-like machines OK at tribal casinos

  14-02-2015 19:44
  
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• Same-sex couples account for 1 in 6 Washington weddings

  14-02-2015 16:06
  
  In a nod to Valentine's Day, I asked the Washington Department of Health if they'd share a rather romantic statistic with me: Their most up-to-date numbers on same-sex marriage.
  
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• Subpoenas arrive as Oregon governor announces departure

  14-02-2015 09:07
  
  Just hours after Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced he decision to resign, a subpoena arrived in a state office building confirming that federal agents are looking into the influence-peddling scandal that led to the abrupt end of a four-decade political career.
  
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• Update: 2 killed, 1 injured in Everett shooting

  14-02-2015 08:06
  
  Update at 11 p.m.: Police investigators have confirmed that people were killed and one was injured in Friday night's shooting in Everett.
  
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• Guess who else opposes forced flu shots

  14-02-2015 07:47
  
  Mandatory flu shots, as the state is forcing on foster parents, are surprisingly opposed by a group at the very center of the medical profession.
  
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• 2 reported hurt in Everett shooting; 1 arrested

  14-02-2015 06:52
  
  Update at 9:50 p.m.: One man was detained in connection with a reported shooting in Everett Friday night.
  
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• Hit ‘pause’ on police body-cam decision, panel says

  14-02-2015 06:46
  
  A plan to equip Seattle police officers with body cameras by early next year should be delayed until issues such as privacy are addressed and public comments can be heard, the city’s Community Police Commission says.
  
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• 2 reported hurt in Everett shooting

  14-02-2015 06:33
  
  Update at 8:05 p.m.: Officers are trying to contact a person in connection with a reported shooting in Everett, police said. Officers have located the man in Forest Park; roads around the park are closed. Residents are asked to avoid the area.
  
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• Quarantine follows measles diagnosis in Port Angeles

  14-02-2015 05:56
  
  Clallam County health officials are quarantining unvaccinated students at a private Christian school near Port Angeles after a 5-year-old kindergartner was diagnosed with measles and doctors feared it would spread.
  
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• Family files $25M claim in police killing of Pasco man

  14-02-2015 05:54
  
  Police confirm that rock-thrower Antonio Zambrano-Montes was not armed with a gun or knife and died from police gunshots to the torso; his family seeks $25 million, claiming his death was “unnecessary.”
  
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• Man arrested in Leschi shooting

  14-02-2015 05:50
  
  Update at 8:45 p.m.: Officers arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a shooting that injured a woman at a Leschi park, according to the Seattle Police Department.
  
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• Woman hospitalized after Leschi shooting

  14-02-2015 05:12
  
  Update at 7:10 p.m.: A 29-year-old female with a single gunshot wound was taken to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• Dead man found on Southwest Wash. river bank

  14-02-2015 05:04
  
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• Company accused of wooing military doctors settles case

  14-02-2015 05:00
  
  A hearing-device maker has agreed to pay $495,951 to the U.S. Army and Navy to settle claims it tried to improperly influence them to use its products.
  
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• Everett police responding to shooting

  14-02-2015 04:42
  
  Two people were reportedly injured in a shooting in Everett Friday evening.
  
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• Arrest in slaying of Tacoma man whose body was found in ravine

  14-02-2015 04:35
  
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• ‘Carousel’ spins to life again at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre

  14-02-2015 04:35
  
  A review of director Bill Berry’s staging of “Carousel,” starring Laura Griffith and Brandon O’Neill at the 5th Avenue Theatre.
  
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• Woman injured in Central District shooting; 1 arrested

  14-02-2015 04:30
  
  Woman injured in Central District shooting; 1 arrested
  
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• Bertha expected to overheat as it tries to drills into repair pit

  14-02-2015 04:27
  
  Bertha expected to overheat as it tries to drive into repair pit
  
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• Light-rail service interrupted after car hits train

  14-02-2015 04:05
  
  Central Link light-rail service has been temporarily interrupted while Sound Transit officials work to remove a car that hit a northbound train in South Seattle Friday evening.
  
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• Will groceries cost more when Haggen takes over stores?

  14-02-2015 03:59
  
  Will groceries cost more when Haggen takes over stores?
  
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• Judge: Burien woman needn’t reveal critics of Saudi official

  14-02-2015 03:50
  
  A King County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a women’s-rights activist can continue to protect the names of Saudi Arabian women from a Saudi assemblywoman.
  
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• 1 injured in Leschi shooting, suspects at large

  14-02-2015 03:40
  
  Police are responding to a reported shooting in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood.
  
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• Feds subpoena records pertaining to departing Oregon gov.

  14-02-2015 03:26
  
  Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed state records and electronic communications relating to departing Gov. John Kitzhaber, his fiancée Cylvia Hayes and 15 others in Kitzhaber's administration.
  
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• Affordable Care Act premiums out of reach for many in state

  14-02-2015 03:01
  
  There are a lot of reasons sign-ups for individual health insurance are falling below expectations as the deadline for 2015 strikes on Sunday. One big one may be that many people are finding they just can’t afford to pay for a policy, even if it means a potential penalty.
  
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• City of Pasco issues statement on fatal police shooting

  14-02-2015 02:51
  
  The Pasco City Council has released the following statement on Tuesday's shooting by police of Antonio Zambrano-Montes:
  
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• Bartender Crush: Farah at King's Hardware

  14-02-2015 02:11
  
  Brooklyn Benjestorf
  Name: Farah
  Where: King’s Hardware and the Showbox.
  Buy Her A Shot Of: Fernet. "I just started drinking it,” she says. “I’m behind the times. I love to drink ginger beer. My favorite ginger beer is by Timber City Brewery.”
  Ask Her To Make You A: Key Lime Pie shot. "They are popular with the 21 runs. I also like to make a couple of the drink on our King’s drink menu—the King’s Lemonade and the Fernet and Stormy
  
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• Senate passes bill to overhaul medical marijuana industry

  14-02-2015 01:13
  
  A measure seeking to reconcile Washington state's medical marijuana industry with its heavily taxed recreational sector passed the Washington state Senate on Friday.
  
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• Bertha to start spinning again sometime next week

  14-02-2015 01:11
  
  Tunnel-boring machine Bertha will restart sometime next weekand try to chew through 20 feet of concrete, into the daylight of a deep repair pit.
  
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• L7 Reunion? Meh. Gimme Babes In Toyland!!

  14-02-2015 01:04
  
  I know a lot of folks got all wiggly and nostalgic over the (possible?) upcoming L7 reunion, but me, I'm WAY more excited Babes In Toyland have already reunited!! They played Pappy & Harriet’s in Palm Springs this past Tuesday night, the Roxy in LA last night, and are set for a short UK tour in May. Check out BiT playing "Ariel" from Tuesday night's show; they're playing tight like they'd never split!
  
  
  There seems to be no US tour, not yet, or plans for recording a
  
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• Oregon governor resigns amid influence-peddling scandal

  14-02-2015 00:53
  
  Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned Friday, giving in to mounting pressure to abandon his office amid suspicions that his live-in fiancee used her relationship with him to land contracts for her green-energy consulting business.
  
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• Experimental-Ambient Music Fest Substrata 1.5 Is Slated for July 16-18

  14-02-2015 00:45
  
  Chapel Performance Space, the long-time, acoustically rich home of Substrata Festival.
  Substrata, one of the country's most compelling experimental music festivals, will take place for the fifth year in a row at Chapel Performance Space, on July 16-18. Organizer Rafael Anton Irisarri announced that 50 discounted pre-sale tickets are now available on the Substrata site. When those tickets are gone (he hopes by mid April), Irisarri, who now lives in Westchester County, New York,
  
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• Drunk of the Week: Which One of These Dudes Is the Drunk-est?

  14-02-2015 00:27
  
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• Poster of the Week: HISSSSSSS: A Tape Night

  14-02-2015 00:15
  The cassette tape was a deeply flawed music-delivery system (as anyone who ever spent many minutes winding one with their pinky after their boom box ate it will tell you), but the mixtape kicks the ass of the mix CD or the iTunes playlist any day of the week. Relive the magic!
  
  HISSSSSSS: A Tape Night
  Wed Feb 18 at Vermillion
  
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• Integrity restored, please return to not watching NBC news

  14-02-2015 00:14
  
  The Wrap by Ron Judd
  
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• Leviathan Is a Beautiful but Bleak Film

  14-02-2015 00:00
  They curse in Russian.
  There is a YouTube video I can never get enough of. It was uploaded in early 2008 and has more than 16 million views. The video is of Sesame Street's Count von Count doing his counting thing in his bat-infested castle. But in this edit, every time he says "count" or "counting," it is bleeped. And so we hear: "I really love to [bleep]... Sometimes I sit and [bleep] all day... Once I start to [bleep], it's very hard to stop..." The genius of this video is t
  
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