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• SPD to launch YouTube channel to showcase police videos

  25-02-2015 23:59
  SPD will launch its new “BodyWornVideo” YouTube channel, where the public can review redacted dash- and body-camera video.
  
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• Seattle a champion city of boycotting

  25-02-2015 23:19
  
  When it comes to voting with our dollars, Seattleites rank among the top in the nation.
  
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• Seattle Fire chief nominee shows Russell Wilson-style leadership, council member says

  25-02-2015 23:10
  
  The city’s search committee wanted someone who would “bring out the best in others,” according to Councilmember Bruce Harrell, and Harold Scoggins, Mayor Ed Murray’s nominee to lead the Seattle Fire Department, fit that bill.
  
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• Recommended Events and Nearby Snacks for Stoners: Kim Gordon, THEESatisfaction, and Ooh, That Semele!

  25-02-2015 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The inexplicably satisfying art of Thomas Albdorf. COURTESY OF PLATFORM GALLERY
  'Semele'
  
  (OPERA) Through March 7, McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St)
  Lavish costumes! People painted blue! Sensual fabric everywhere! Greek mythology is so fucking awesome! In Handel's operatic version of events, Semele (the mother of Dionysus) is a human woman who has an affair with the god Jupiter. This is a terrible idea, because Jupiter's hot-tempered badass of a wife, Juno, will have her revenge...
  
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• Recommended Events and Nearby Snacks for Stoners: Kim Gordon, THEESat, and Ooh, That Semele!

  25-02-2015 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The inexplicably satisfying art of Thomas Albdorf. COURTESY OF PLATFORM GALLERY
  'Semele'
  (OPERA) Through March 7, McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St)
  Lavish costumes! People painted blue! Sensual fabric everywhere! Greek mythology is so fucking awesome! In Handel's operatic version of events, Semele (the mother of Dionysus) is a human woman who has an affair with the god Jupiter. This is a terrible idea, because Jupiter's hot-tempered badass of a wife, Juno, will have her revenge...
  
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• Cops Raid Maraschino Cherry Plant In Brooklyn

  25-02-2015 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Authorities in New York City raided a maraschino cherry plant in Brooklyn looking for environmental violations because illegal runoff from the factory—maraschino red syrup and waste—was turning bees in the area red. When they spotted a false wall in the plant... the owner excused himself, went to the bathroom, and blew his brains out. New York Daily News:
  “Take care of my kids!” Arthur Mondella, 57, screamed to his sister after locking himself in a bathr
  
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• Funky Drummer Plucks Heavenly Strings: Master Musician Don McGreevy's Aichmophobia

  25-02-2015 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Aichmophobia by Don McGreevy
  Perhaps only his closest associates saw this coming, but drummer/bassist Don McGreevy—best known for his drumming with Master Musicians of Bukkake and bass playing with Earth, respectively—just released one of the most moving and gorgeous guitar-based records out of Seattle in a long time. It's titled Aichmophobia, which means a morbid fear of sharp objects (more on that later). On and off for the last decade, McGreevy's been more of a s
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: An Update From "To Date Or Not To Date"

  25-02-2015 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  From listening to your podcast I know you appreciate feedback from the people you have given advice to, so here you have an update from the poor guy who (according to many comments to my letter) was being fooled by a pimp and a prostitute.
  To recap: I met an escort, we experienced what seemed to be a mutual attraction on the first fuck, and she then invited me to go see Fifty Shades of Grey with her. A date. I took your advice and took her to the movie... after spending the nig
  
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• Seattle Chefs and Restaurants Nominated for James Beard Awards

  25-02-2015 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  RockCreek's chef, Eric Donnelly, has been nominated for a James Beard award. Kelly O
  Yeah, we know we're a bit late on this, but we'd be remiss not to mention that the semifinalists for this year’s restaurant and chef awards were announced last week, and several locals are among the nominees. They include: Cafe Juanita’s Holly Smith (for outstanding chef), Canlis (for outstanding restaurant), Ethan Stowell (for outstanding restaurateur), Wild Ginger (for outstanding
  
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• University of Oregon to do mass vaccinations in deadly outbreak

  25-02-2015 22:08
  Health officials at Washington universities are watching closely as the University of Oregon launches a mass vaccination clinic after three illnesses and a death tied to meningococcal disease.
  
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• Massage therapist charged with rape, license suspended

  25-02-2015 21:56
  
  Massage therapist charged with rape, license suspended
  
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• Massage therapist chaged with rape, license suspended

  25-02-2015 21:56
  
  Massage therapist chaged with rape, license suspended
  
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• Massage terapist chaged with rape, license suspended

  25-02-2015 21:56
  
  Massage terapist chaged with rape, license suspended
  
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• Mayor names Harold Scoggins as new Seattle fire chief

  25-02-2015 21:13
  
  Mayor names Harold Scoggins as new Seattle fire chief
  
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• Officer recounts day police shot suspected cop-killer Monfort

  25-02-2015 20:59
  
  A Tukwila police officer testified Wednesday about the day suspected cop-killer Christopher Monfort was wounded by officers outside his apartment building.
  
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• Seattle shelter offering free spay/neutering, microchipping, vaccinations

  25-02-2015 20:46
  
  Seattle shelter offering free spay/neutering, microchipping, vaccinations
  
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• The Week in Review: Incriminated Villains, Fatally Diverted Lactation, and an Upsettingly Situated Clown Statue

  25-02-2015 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  HELLO CHILDREN I AM A NONTHREATENING CLOWN would you like a hug? SHUTTERSTOCK
  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 This week of incriminated villains, fatally diverted lactation, and a missing clown statue found in an exceedingly creepy place kicked off in that unquantifiable miasma of tradition, ideals, aesthetic preference, diversion, and defense mechanisms known as popular culture, which in recent weeks has been dominated by Fifty Shades of Grey, the zillion-selling series of softcore porn n
  
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• What causes slow police response times?

  25-02-2015 19:47
  
  What causes slow police response times?
  
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• Hundreds of students walk out for protests

  25-02-2015 18:57
  
  Hundreds of students walk out for protests
  
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• SPD creates squad targeting downtown core street crime

  25-02-2015 18:01
  
  SPD creates squad targeting downtown core street crime
  
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• Are These Really Frank Gehry's Sketches for Facebook's Seattle HQ?

  25-02-2015 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  THE "LIKE" BUILDING
  It's a thumbs-up. Pretty self-explanatory. Hope you "like" it...
  
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• The Morning News: Bertha Workers Allege Drunkenness on the Job, Washington's New Shark

  25-02-2015 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Any Grey Goose down there? KING 5 has the scoop on Bertha workers alleging on-the-job drunkenness. Washington State Department of Transportation
  Seattle Tunnel Partners Employees Accused of Being Drunk: This looks bad, bad, bad for Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP), the Washington State Department of Transportation's contractor on the deep-bore tunnel replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct. KING 5 got hold of a letter one STP worker sent to WSDOT in January, alleging that a supervisor a
  
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• Greece's Marxist Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Not a Fan of Thomas Piketty

  25-02-2015 17:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Yanis Varoufakis is certainly the most handsome finance minister in the world. Kostas Koutsaftikis/Shutterstock
  Before the economist Yanis Varoufakis became the Finance Minister of Greece, he taught economics at The University of Texas at Austin. And three months before his party, Coalition of the Radical Left, won the historic election that opened the door to that powerful position, powerful because Wall Street and Berlin are paying very close attention to it, Varoufakis po
  
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• Shitty People In Shitty Places Working to Make Shitty Places Shittier

  25-02-2015 16:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Arkansas:
  Monday was the deadline for Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson to veto SB 202, the anti-anti-discrimination bill that seeks to prevent cities and counties from protecting the civil rights of gay people. The bill passed the legislature 10 days ago. Hutchinson said he would allow it to become law. During the past week, pressure had been mounting on the governor to change his mind.... But none of that, not even the voice of Cher, could change the governor’s mind. Today,
  
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• Crime-fighting social media site gaining popularity

  25-02-2015 16:15
  
  Crime-fighting social media site gaining popularity
  
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• The Chicago Police Department's "Black Site"

  25-02-2015 16:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Not a photo of the actual chain link fence at Homan Square. eduard ionescu/Shutterstock
  One of the many arguments made by critics of America's post-9/11 security tendencies (drone strikes, mass surveillance, the militarization of police, the short-circuiting of justice standards like due process) is that the tools and habits we develop for use against foreign targets will eventually come home. Once we figure out how to do it to them, we'll do it—or some version of it̵
  
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• Mayor to announce ballot measure to fix Tacoma’s pothole problem

  25-02-2015 15:18
  
  Mayor to announce ballot measure to fix Tacoma’s pothole problem
  
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• Video: Seattle Police Officer Called Young Muslim Man Offering Hugs "Racist"

  25-02-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  "You're a racist," asserted Officer Thomas Christenson. Nathan Summers
  On Sunday, according to witnesses, two young men stood at Pike Place Market and challenged people to give them hugs by blindfolding themselves and holding a sign that read: "I'm a Muslim. People Label Me A Terrorist. If You trust Me, Give Me a Hug." One witness alleged that the men were "harassed" and "threatened" by a Seattle police officer. Now, a second witness has come forward making the same claim—
  
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• Woman able to text for help during driveway attack

  25-02-2015 14:13
  
  Woman able to text for help during driveway attack
  
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• Seattle home destroyed in 2nd fire in two weeks

  25-02-2015 13:56
  
  Seattle home destroyed in 2nd fire in two weeks
  
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• THEE History: A Photographic Timeline of How THEESatisfaction Came to Be

  25-02-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  THEE History: A Photographic Timeline of How THEESatisfaction Came to Be
  
  by Charles Mudede
  
  
  
  If you have no idea who THEESatisfaction are, then you must be very new to this town. But even if you are a recent inhabitant of the 206, Stasia "Stas" Irons and Catherine "Cat" Harris-White are by no means obscure or underground. They are, after all, signed to Seattle's most internationally recognized label, Sub Pop, are
  
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• Maps to the Stars: Fading Glamour, Maternal Monstrosities, and Tabloid-Worthy Sordidness

  25-02-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Maps to the Stars: Fading Glamour, Maternal Monstrosities, and Tabloid-Worthy Sordidness
  
  by Courtney Ferguson
  
  
  
  We will all agree, after watching David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, that Julianne Moore is the best. Yes, we already hold this truth to be self-evident (and her brand-new best actress Oscar for Still Alice only bolsters this known fact), but it’s always delightful to see her in action. And the
  
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• Southwest grounds 128 of its 737s over missed inspections

  25-02-2015 10:01
  Southwest Airlines says 128 Boeing 737s — about a fifth of its fleet — have been grounded because inspections of backup hydraulic systems were missed.
  
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• Police union seeks to block Seattle chief’s hiring of outsiders

  25-02-2015 08:16
  In an unfair-labor-practice complaint, the Seattle Police Management Association contends the city was required to bargain before it repealed a 1978 ordinance that required assistant and deputy police chiefs to be hired from within the Seattle Police Department.
  
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• Seattle missionary abducted in Nigeria is courageous, friends say

  25-02-2015 05:45
  
  The Free Methodist Church said in a statement on its website that it received a report Monday morning that the Rev. Phyllis Sortor, of Seattle, had been kidnapped from the Hope Academy compound in Nigeria.
  
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• Bike-riding suspect leads cops to chop shop in South Park

  25-02-2015 05:29
  Police say a man who tried to flee the scene of a burglary on an orange bike inadvertently led police to a chop shop for stolen cars in South Park.
  
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• Seattle’s new seawall also a highway for fish

  25-02-2015 05:22
  
  Seattle’s getting a new Elliott Bay seawall, and a very small part of this very big job is to give migrating juvenile salmon a safer route to the sea.
  
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• Belltown ticket trap turns drivers into ‘sitting ducks’

  25-02-2015 05:13
  
  One of Seattle’s efforts in slowing things down and getting everyone to share a street with cars has turned into a ticket trap.
  
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• Artist to repair vandalized Native American murals

  25-02-2015 05:04
  The artist of Native American murals in North Seattle says he will begin restoration Wednesday, and he invited people to stop by and help.
  
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• Virginia Mason’s ‘superbug’ protocol could be a model elsewhere

  25-02-2015 05:00
  After a “superbug” outbreak, Virginia Mason’s new protocol to stop the dangerous bacteria from spreading on medical scopes may be an option for other hospitals, a CDC official said.
  
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• 50 birds stolen from sanctuary in Carnation; search launched

  25-02-2015 04:33
  
  The loss of birds was estimated at $10,000 and authorities had few clues to help their investigation. Meanwhile, volunteers were scouring online sites for any sign of someone trying to sell the birds.
  
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• Oil trains running through tunnel under Seattle protested

  25-02-2015 04:32
  
  Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien was among the speakers urging people to contact their elected officials to block oil trains from entering Seattle.
  
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• Will Smith's Fall from Commercial Grace

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm the DJ, He's the Former Number-One Box-Office Star in the World: On Will Smith's Fall from Commercial Grace
  
  by Charles Mudede
  
  
  
  Will Smith. Not too many years ago, that was the biggest name in Hollywood. It sold nearly $6 billion in tickets worldwide, and domestically, it represented the only actor to have eight consecutive films that made more than $100 million at the box office. To add even more amazement t
  
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• THEE History

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  THEE History: A Photographic Timeline of How THEESatisfaction Came to Be
  
  by Charles Mudede
  
  
  
  If you have no idea who THEESatisfaction are, then you must be very new to this town. But even if you are a recent inhabitant of the 206, Stasia "Stas" Irons and Catherine "Cat" Harris-White are by no means obscure or underground. They are, after all, signed to Seattle's most internationally recognized label, Sub Pop, are
  
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• Metal Is Inherently Absurd

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Metal Is Inherently Absurd, but That Doesn't Mean It's a Joke—Just Ask Mutoid Man
  
  by Brian Cook
  
  
  
  While Beck was subjected to the most high-profile criticism regarding the legitimacy of 2015's Grammy winners, there was a large contingent of armchair Kanyes who were even more irate over the best metal performance award going to rock lampooners Tenacious D. Heavy metal is serious business, so why would a come
  
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• How to Order Wine When You Know Nothing About Wine

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  How to Order Wine When You Know Nothing About Wine
  
  by Angela Garbes
  
  
  
  When I first started working as a restaurant server, I didn't know much about wine. So once, during a slow shift, I decided to educate myself. I started paging through the three-ring binder we kept behind the bar, which was filled with wine information and tasting notes. A vocabulary of wine flavors and aromas included words such as "burned," "
  
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• How Seattle Agreed to Stash a Climate Bomb in Its Seaport

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  How Seattle Agreed to Stash a Climate Bomb in Its Seaport
  
  by Sydney Brownstone
  
  
  
  For months, secret negotiations with the Royal Dutch Shell oil company had been under way at the Port of Seattle, whose slogan is "Where a sustainable world is headed." The aim of these negotiations: find a winter home for the $234 billion company's Arctic drilling fleet. Then, on January 8, the Seattle Times broke the news: A two-ye
  
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• History on Ice in Red Army

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  History on Ice in Red Army—How the USSR Won Six Hockey Gold Medals but Lost Its Soul
  
  by Brendan Kiley
  
  
  
  On Gabe Polsky's last day of filming in Moscow, Viacheslav "Slava" Fetisov—a hockey legend and former minister of sports in Russia—finally agreed to an on-camera interview for the documentary Red Army. Polsky had been calling and calling, but the former captain of the Soviet national hockey te
  
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• "Fine, I'm Having a Midlife Crisis"

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  "Fine, I'm Having a Midlife Crisis." Caribou's Dan Snaith Comes to Terms with Being Accessible
  
  by Trent Moorman
  
  
  
  Caribou's plush, outré grooves push and pull with freak magnetism. Creator/conductor Dan Snaith is a drummer, and his songs are governed by that drummer mind, no matter how off-the-wall the compositions and sounds get. Tracks ringing with digital elements like "Mars" and "All I Ever Need" gravi
  
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• Exclusive! Frank Gehry's Sketches for Seattle's New Facebook Headquarters

  25-02-2015 03:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Are These Really Frank Gehry's Sketches for Facebook's Seattle HQ?
  
  
  
  
  
  THE "LIKE" BUILDING
  
  It's a thumbs-up. Pretty self-explanatory. Hope you "like" it.
  
  THE "LOL" BUILDING
  
  I'm not sure what LOL stands for, but I've seen it all over Facebook. Seems like a big part of your brand. Is it "lots of love"?
  
  
  "EMP 2"
  
  Just hear me out on this. A lot of people in Seattle loved the first EMP building but were afraid to say it out loud. What
  
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