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• State not interested in letting Navy use land for exercises

  02-03-2015 23:27
  Washington says no to U.S. Navy’s electronic warfare exercises on state land.
  
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• I, Anonymous: Wham-Bam-Thank-You... Mom?

  02-03-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  You started the conversation with the statement that your 3-year-old son already knows the biological difference between girls and boys. That led you to ask him what I am. He replied that he thought I was a girl. You told me that you corrected him as to my gender, and he replied, "He must have a really big penis!" We both laughed…
  
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• Is This Typical Seattle Passive-Aggressiveness...

  02-03-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  ...Or does the person who made this sticker that says "Best of luck with all your problems" indeed give two shits about me, and also every single one of my problems?
  Load and unload your problems? Or not really? Photo by Kelly O
  Also, does it matter if you say it twice? Photo by Kelly O
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• Costco strikes credit card deal with Citi, Visa

  02-03-2015 22:03
  
  Costco strikes credit card deal with Citi, Visa
  
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• "Fine, I'm Having a Midlife Crisis." Caribou's Dan Snaith Comes to Terms with Being Accessible

  02-03-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Dan Snaith in the tall grass.
  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" gravitate back to Snaith's hand-played touch. Our Love is Caribou's first album in four years. Snaith's cozy falsetto vocals report on emotional heartache an
  
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• Cop confronted by Monfort thought ‘I was going to die’

  02-03-2015 20:54
  A Seattle police officer testified Monday that Christopher Monfort pointed a handgun at him during a confrontation at Monfort’s apartment complex.
  
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• Reports Say the Man Killed by LAPD on Sunday Is African

  02-03-2015 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Yes, serve and protect people who own property. American Spirit/Shutterstock
  LA Times is reporting that the man killed by the LAPD yesterday was an immigrant from Cameroon, a West African country. He lived in a tent. Some say he was killed because of his tent, which was up at a time of the day when tents are supposed to be down (between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.). The dead man is said to have gone by the name "Juju" and "Africa." According to a resident in the area, he had recently
  
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• Anti-Gay Bigots Discover Surprising New Cure for Homosexuality

  02-03-2015 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Cubs tickets:
  [Jason and David] Benhams shared during their National Religious Broadcasters convention speech a specific interaction that they recently had with an unidentified gay man who vocally opposed their stance on homosexuality. “We had so many people from the gay community reaching out to us and one man in particular from the city of Chicago reached out — and he said things to me that made me lose my appetite,” David Benham told the crowd during a pane
  
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• Really Good Soul Food Is Hiding in Madison Valley

  02-03-2015 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Chicken wings: blissful. the stranger
  If you're mourning the loss of Catfish Corner and the Kingfish Cafe and you don't know about Simply Soulful, you are only hurting yourself. It's an African-American-owned soul food restaurant, it's affordable, and it stocks a variety of mind-blowing desserts. This probably sounds like the Promised Land to you, so why don't you know about it? Simply Soulful (2909 E Madison St #B, 474-9841) is unfortunately stashed away in a hidden parking lo
  
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• Washington Republican: Poor, "Colored" People Are More Likely to Commit Crimes

  02-03-2015 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Representative Jim Honeyford: "I said the poor are more likely to commit crimes, and, uh, colored most likely to be poor." Wa.gov
  During a committee hearing last Thursday, Republicans in the Washington State Senate had a really hard time wrapping their heads around a proposal that would require the state to carry out racial impact statements on legislation when requested by lawmakers.
  What's a racial impact statement? It's an assessment of whether something will a
  
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• Republican State Senator: Poor, "Colored" People Are More Likely to Commit Crimes

  02-03-2015 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  State senator Jim Honeyford: "I said the poor are more likely to commit crimes, and, uh, colored most likely to be poor." Wa.gov
  During a committee hearing last Thursday, Republicans in the Washington State Senate had a really hard time wrapping their heads around a proposal that would require the state to carry out racial impact statements on legislation when requested by lawmakers.http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5752&year=2015
  What's a racial im
  
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• Environmental Groups Will Sue Port of Seattle Over Shell Deal

  02-03-2015 18:02 via thestranger.com
  
  That fuzzy rig in the background? That's the "Noble Discoverer," one of the rigs in Shell's Arctic drilling fleet that could end up in the Seattle port. Jiri Rezac/Greenpeace
  Wowowowowowow. It appears that the environmental groups threatening to sue the Port of Seattle will make good on their word today.
  A press release from a coalition of well-respected environmental organizations—including Earthjustice, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, Sierra Club, Washington Environmental
  
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• The Morning News: Bellevue's New Police Chief, Pussy Riot on TV, and the Warmest February Ever

  02-03-2015 17:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle just had its warmest February ever. Catherine Durant
  We Just Set a Record for All-Time Warmest February "Since Official Measurements Began" The average temperature in Seattle last month was 48.8 degrees. We also had our warmest winter ever "by far!"
  More Than 20 Cities in the West Have Set Records This Year for Warm Winters: Including San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas. Meanwhile, hilariously, "February brought a snow record for Boston."
  We're Also in the Dea
  
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• UW prof Mark Smith says America is not a house divided

  02-03-2015 17:16
  
  Mark Smith, who teaches political science, comparative religion and communication at the University of Washington, will speak about our commonalities at One Day University in Seattle.
  
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• Tonight: Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble Performs Music for the Silent Sci-Fi Movie Metropolis

  02-03-2015 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  The future of the city in 1927. Still from Metropolis
  Tonight, the Degenerate Art Ensemble performs what will mostly likely be a brilliant original score for Fritz Lang’s sci-fi classic Metropolis. Degenerate Art Ensemble actually composed much of this score for the silent movie back in 1997, when it was The Young Composers Collective—DAE came into existence in 1999. This earlier performance happened at Gas Works Park and drew something like 10,000 people. During
  
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• Bellevue selects its next police chief

  02-03-2015 16:56
  
  Bellevue selects its next police chief
  
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• Seattle police looking for missing 12-year-old; baby found safe

  02-03-2015 16:34
  
  Seattle police looking for missing 12-year-old, baby
  
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• Seattle police looking for missing 12-year-old, baby

  02-03-2015 16:34
  
  Seattle police looking for missing 12-year-old, baby
  
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• Two badly hurt in Mount Baker rollover crash

  02-03-2015 15:48
  
  Two badly hurt in Mount Baker rollover crash
  
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• Residents near U-Place golf course may be banned from street parking during U.S. Open

  02-03-2015 15:16
  
  Residents near U-Place golf course may be banned from street parking
  
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• What Can Washington State Do to Make the Feds Move Faster on Oil Train Safety?

  02-03-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Washington Department of Ecology officials have already admitted that they wouldn't have enough resources to deal with a surprise tar sands crude-by-rail spill. Anan Kaewkhammul/Shutterstock
  On February 22, the Associated Press published a damning scoop on oil trains: A "previously unreported" study from the federal Department of Transportation predicts 15 oil train derailments in 2015 and an average of 10 annual derailments in this country over the next 20 years. The analysis
  
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• After massive delays, first of 6 First Hill street cars arrives

  02-03-2015 14:16
  
  After massive delays, first of 6 First Hill street cars arrives
  
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• Hazmat team blames powdered carpet cleaner for death of pets

  02-03-2015 13:45
  
  Hazmat team blames powdered carpet cleaner for death of pets
  
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• Retired Seattle fire chief in line for D.C. job, newspaper reports

  02-03-2015 09:01
  
  Former Seattle Fire Chief Gregory Dean will be named Monday to head Washington, D.C.’s Fire Department.
  
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• Telemedicine making sense for more doctors and patients

  02-03-2015 08:46
  
  To save time, help patients in off-hours and deliver care to remote areas or to patients who may have difficulty getting to medical facilities, more health-care providers are having some success with ‘telehealth’ consultations.
  
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• City revises awards, fines to get First Hill Streetcar line moving

  02-03-2015 08:16
  
  Seattle is offering the Czech company supplying the train cars new financial incentives and penalties to finally get the line running by summer.
  
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• Parents of girl with rare disease want Idaho to OK marijuana oil

  02-03-2015 08:01
  
  Idaho’s stringent marijuana laws do not allow for medicinal use. The family of a girl with a rare form of epilepsy began lobbying lawmakers to decriminalize the oil almost two years ago. Now, they’ve got some legislative backers and an upcoming hearing.
  
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• How gang kid re-created himself as a scholar, with guidance

  02-03-2015 07:01
  A future professor is rescued from a life of violent crime by books and people who saw his promise.
  
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• Flu season in state not over, most deadly in years

  02-03-2015 02:54
  While the deadliest flu season in Washington state in at least five years is winding down, more cases and deaths are likely, state health officials say.
  
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• Seattle Police Chief O’Toole aims to re-energize department

  02-03-2015 02:17
  
  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole has spent much of her first eight months seeing that federally mandated reforms are carried out while still balancing all the other duties the public expects of the department.
  
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