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• Washington state spill covers 50 birds in used motor oil

  03-03-2015 23:36
  
  Washington state spill covers 50 birds in used motor oil
  
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• Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos named WCC player of the year

  03-03-2015 23:35
  
  Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos named WCC player of the year
  
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• Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters to play Walla Walla

  03-03-2015 23:35
  
  Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters to play Walla Walla
  
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• An Interview with Ryan Boudinot about His MFA Piece That Blew Up the Internet

  03-03-2015 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  In addition to irritating legions of lazy aspiring writers, Ryan Boudinot recently convinced the Sorrento Hotel to become the headquarters for Seattle City of Literature.
  The internet has been freaking out since the publication of "Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs Now that I No Longer Teach in One." We've gotten letters asking us to pull the article. What do you make of the response?
  I think it's great.
  People think you're as asshole for saying some people have more
  
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• Metal Is Inherently Absurd, but That Doesn't Mean It's a Joke—Just Ask Mutoid Man

  03-03-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Mutoid Man (formerly known as Narcoleptic Beagle).
  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 comedy duo deserve to win over luminaries like Motörhead, Mastodon, and Anthrax? Granted, most metal fans would conced
  
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• The Walking Dead Chitty Chat Club: Nice Sweater, Carol.

  03-03-2015 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey! Did you watch last night's episode of The Walking Dead? It was probably the most "normal" episode in quite some time, and yet? The most CREEEEEEPY. Particularly in regards to Carol's new sweater. Check out my full spoiler-filled recap after the jump, and weigh in with your own opinions on that sweater that I had bad dreams about all night. LET'S START CHITTY CHATTING!
  "Hi new neighbors! Oh, and did we mention we open carry?" COURTESY AMC
  Here's what I'm think
  
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• Slovenia Approves Marriage, Adoption Rights for Same-Sex Couples

  03-03-2015 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Freedom to Marry:
  Today, March 3, Slovenia voted in favor of the freedom to marry to the country, amending the country's Marriage & Family Relations Act to include relationships between same-sex couples... This vote means that Slovenia may become the 12th European country to have the freedom to marry, and the first Central European country. This vote also positions Slovenia to become the 19th country in the world with the freedom to marry nationwide. The other 18 countries
  
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• How not to text a cop: ‘I got an ounce’

  03-03-2015 22:45
  An East Wenatchee man is accused of arranging illicit marijuana sales after he accidentally texted the friend of a Chelan County sheriff’s deputy.
  
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• 2 accused in Seaside of using hammers to attack victim

  03-03-2015 22:45
  Police have accused two men of using hammers to beat a man in Seaside, Ore.
  
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• Jen Graves Has Been Nominated for an Award from the International Association of Art Critics

  03-03-2015 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Jen's writing is unbelievably good, as you already know.
  Jen Graves, who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism last year, is now in the running for another award, this one from the International Association of Art Critics.
  She's nominated in the "Best Art Reporting" category, along with Randy Kennedy of the New York Times, Phillip Kennicott of the Washington Post, Carol Kino of the Wall Street Journal, and Jillian Steinhauer of the site Hyperallergic. More info he
  
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• Doughnut wars: Seattle sweets vs. Portland pastries

  03-03-2015 22:27
  
  Confections at quietly adventurous Top Pot and off-the-wall Voodoo might just say a lot about their rival Northwest cities.
  
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• Hillary Clinton's Work–Life Balanceghazi

  03-03-2015 22:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Hilary Clinton, pictured here while receiving an email. Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com
  Yesterday, The New York Times broke a story that everyone agrees is the first real bump in the road for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. As you have undoubtedly heard by now, Clinton used a personal email account to conduct all her official business during her four years as Obama’s Secretary of State for unknown reasons. In fact, she never even set up a work email.
  
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• Why Even a Pro-Pot Vote in Congress Couldn't Save the Kettle Falls Five

  03-03-2015 22:11 via thestranger.com
  Larry Harvey visited D.C. last year to lobby lawmakers, including California Rep. Sam Farr, center, on a federal medical marijuana bill. But now his family is facing prosecution for growing pot and the bill can't help them. Courtesy of Americans for Safe Access
  Back in December, there was huge medical marijuana news out of Washington, D.C.: Congress had passed a federal spending bill that included a section barring the Department of Justice from spending any of the new money to
  
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• New crosswalk system designed to keep kids safe installed near Snohomish

  03-03-2015 20:44
  
  New crosswalk system designed to keep kids safe installed near Snohomish
  
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• The Architect Who Wants to Redesign Being Dead

  03-03-2015 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Architect Who Wants to Redesign Being Dead
  
  by Brendan Kiley
  
  
  
  If you happen to die in North America, this is probably what will happen next: Someone will pause for a moment in front of your corpse and then make a phone call. They'll call either a funeral home or a local government agency, depending on how much money you have. Some minutes later—I've never timed the interval, but in my experience it's al
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel's Awesome Vaccine PSA

  03-03-2015 18:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Almost four million views:
  
  This is fucking brilliant. Climate-change denialists, being-gay-is-a-choice morons, and supply-side-economics fuckwits should be mocked in the exact same way.
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• Sen. Cantwell to introduce bill on oil train safety standards

  03-03-2015 18:37
  
  Sen. Cantwell to introduce bill on oil train safety standards
  
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• High Voltage Music Store Puts Up “For Lease” Sign

  03-03-2015 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  High Voltage could be leaving Capitol Hill soon—perhaps for the ID. Dave Segal
  If you've strolled by High Voltage Music Store on Pike Street near Broadway recently, you may have noticed a FOR LEASE sign in its window. It went up about five days ago, according Chris Lomba, one of three High Voltage owners, along with Nathan Ellis Brown and Pat Gray. He was working on a red Fender guitar when I entered his store to ask about the sign. A copy of Umberto Eco’s Foucault&
  
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• What William Gibson's "New Rose Hotel" Got Wrong About the Future

  03-03-2015 18:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Christopher Walken in the film adaptation of William Gibson's short story "New Rose Hotel." Avalanche Home Entertainment
  
  What did the William Gibson get wrong in his other wise superb short story "New Rose Hotel," which was published in 1984 (the same year as his groundbreaking Neuromancer) and made into an equally superb but grossly unappreciated film in 1998? That in the future, corporations would not only dominate the world in the near absence of state power but have a
  
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• False Hate Crime Report Lights Up Twitter

  03-03-2015 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  I got a DM on Twitter late last night from a friend in Ohio. A friend of my friend—Adam Hoover, a young LGBT rights activist in Cincinnati—had been kidnapped. My friend and the rest of Adam's friends were desperately trying to get #FindAdamHoover trending on Twitter. Would I please help?
  Here's how Hoover's friends learned about the abduction:
  
  Hoover had also posted a status update to Facebook that included his home address and his parents' phone number. He begged
  
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• I Watched Season Three of House of Cards in One Weekend and All I Lost Was My Goddamn Mind

  03-03-2015 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  This is not the scene where Robin Wright mounts and aggressively rides Kevin Spacey while he sobs.
  I have never watched House of Cards in earnest. My ex, however, did so obsessively—the extent of my viewership, therefore, entailed passively watching him watch it, like a teen girl observing her male counterpart playing video games. For hours he’d lie prostrate on the couch, shrouded in near-darkness, entranced by the saga unfolding before him. I did not understand hi
  
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• DNA tool helping biologists find elusive or invasive species

  03-03-2015 17:14
  
  Whether it’s mudsnails in Bellevue, salamanders in Kentucky or great crested newts in the United Kingdom, biologists are using DNA to help look for reclusive or rare species and monitor unwanted creatures.
  
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• The Morning News: State Senate Kills Two-Thirds Majority Rule, and These Petitioning Third Graders Are the Best

  03-03-2015 16:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Tax-hating, initiative-loving Tim Eyman has led the charge to make state lawmakers get a two-thirds majority to pass any new taxes. Eli Sanders
  The State Legislature Just Got Rid of That Two-Thirds Rule for Tax Increases: To be precise, Lt. Governor Brad Owen, who presides over the senate, decided it was unenforceable because of a 2013 Washington State Supreme Court ruling that the rule is unconstitutional. A majority of senators could overturn Owen's decision, but, as Crosscut
  
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• ‘Silver Alert’ for mentally impaired adults clears major hurdle

  03-03-2015 15:31
  
  ‘Silver Alert’ for mentally impaired adults clears major hurdle
  
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• Lawyers Make Closing Arguments, Verdict Expected Soon in Eastern Washington Medical Marijuana Case

  03-03-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The three remaining defendants in the case of the Kettle Falls Five: Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, Rolland Gregg, and Michelle Gregg, all of whom had doctor's recommendations for medical marijuana. Courtesy of Americans for Safe Access
  After nearly four days of questioning witnesses and showing dozens of photos and videos, lawyers in the case of the so-called "Kettle Falls Five" made their closing arguments Monday afternoon. The government will get one more chance this morning to re
  
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• Senate OKs transportation package, boost in gas tax

  03-03-2015 09:16
  The state Senate approved a $15 billion transportation package Monday shortly after Lt. Gov. Brad Owen said he wouldn’t enforce a recent state Senate rule requiring a two-thirds majority vote on the tax provisions.
  
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• Sex offender who fled Canada arrested in Skyway rape

  03-03-2015 08:31
  
  Michael Stanley, a 49-year-old U.S. citizen, was charged Monday with first-degree burglary with sexual motivation and second-degree rape in connection with an attack on a 69-year-old woman for whom he had done landscaping work last year.
  
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• Sex, drugs and literature

  03-03-2015 08:31
  Husband and wife Claire Dederer and Bruce Barcott read (and drink) at Phinney Books.
  
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• Ruling on health-care subsidies unlikely to affect state for now

  03-03-2015 08:16
  Washington is one of the handful of states that established their own exchange marketplace, known as Washington Healthplanfinder, putting it outside the group of states targeted in the King v. Burwell case — those that use the federal exchange called HealthCare.gov.
  
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• Every street can’t handle every use, mayor says

  03-03-2015 08:16
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his comprehensive transit plan but said it’s time to stop trying to make every street work for every mode.
  
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• Bellevue chooses Texas man to be police chief

  03-03-2015 08:11
  
  Stephen Mylett, a veteran law-enforcement official from Texas, has been named Bellevue’s new police chief, subject to a site visit and background check. The 51-year-old is currently police chief in Southlake, Texas, a small, affluent suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
  
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• Protesters: Oklahoma not ‘OK’ for Seattle’s elephants

  03-03-2015 08:10
  
  Activists crowded City Council chambers Monday, along with some supporters of Woodland Park’s plan to ship its two elephants to Oklahoma City Zoo.
  
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• After mild winter, Skagit Valley flowers blooming early

  03-03-2015 08:09
  
  Tulip growers say their fields will likely be full of color before the end of the month — in advance of the monthlong tulip Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in April.
  
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• Seattle Prep edges Franklin in mock-trial competition

  03-03-2015 08:08
  Seattle Prep’s team barely came out on top in the King County YMCA High School Mock Trial Competition, in which high-school teams argued a hypothetical court case involving official misconduct and computer trespass.
  
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• Confidence is key for 24-year-old lawmaker

  03-03-2015 08:07
  
  Rep. Melanie Stambaugh, 24, who works as a self-esteem coach, is bent on leveraging her age and self-assured nature toward improving the state’s education system — and not letting her youth become a sideshow.
  
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• Snohomish County OKs plan for air terminal at Paine Field

  03-03-2015 08:02
  Commercial passenger flights from Paine Field took a big step forward Monday with a New York firm winning authority to start designing a regional terminal there.
  
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• Inslee signs Medal of Valor bill for Oso rescuers

  03-03-2015 07:16
  Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Monday that clears the way to give one of Washington’s highest honors to several communities for rescue efforts after last year’s deadly Oso landslide.
  
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• DNR blocks Navy bid to do electronic-warfare training

  03-03-2015 05:31
  Washington says no to U.S. Navy’s proposal to conduct electronic-warfare exercises on state land.
  
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• Ruling on health-care subsidies unlikely to affect state directly

  03-03-2015 03:30
  Washington is one of the handful of states that established their own exchange marketplace, known as Washington Healthplanfinder, putting it outside the group of states targeted in the King v. Burwell case — those that use the federal exchange called HealthCare.gov.
  
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• Report: P-I globe could soon be moved

  03-03-2015 03:01
  
  Report: P-I globe could soon be moved
  
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• City Seeks Emergency Suspension of Fusion Ultra Lounge's Liquor License

  03-03-2015 03:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Fusion Ultra Lounge: Friendly neighborhood bar. GB
  The Fusion Ultra Lounge sat closed Saturday night after Seattle city attorney Pete Holmes asked the Washington State Liquor Control Board on Friday to issue an emergency suspension of the troubled University District nightclub’s liquor license.
  The club has seen more than its share of violence over the last few months, including a shooting in early January and another one more recently that involved three victims, two of
  
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• A Stunning Overreach from the DEA Is Playing Out in Eastern Washington

  03-03-2015 02:25 via thestranger.com
  
  One August morning in 2012, armed state and federal officers knocked on Rhonda Firestack-Harvey's door, rifled through her house, and yanked plants from the ground. Now she and her family are facing the prospect of many years in prison. DANIEL FISHEL
  Before Rhonda Firestack-Harvey was part of a nationally watched court case that could change the course of the federal drug war, she lived quietly with her husband in their modest double-wide mobile home two hours northwest of Spok
  
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• Jokey Tweet Outrages Rightwing Christians Because Of Course It Does

  03-03-2015 02:17 via thestranger.com
  
  I slipped into a Catholic church in downtown San Francisco last Saturday afternoon to light a candle—which I did after dropping a dollar in the buy-a-candle bucket—and say a quick Hail Mary for my mom. I'm not a believer, I don't think Anyone heard my prayer, but I visit Catholic churches once in a while to remember my mom. (Here's a piece I did on lurking in Catholic churches for This American Life.) My mother was a good American Catholic—she was a believer (
  
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• Jokey Tweet Outrages Right-Wing Christians Because Of Course It Does

  03-03-2015 02:17 via thestranger.com
  
  I slipped into a Catholic church in downtown San Francisco on Saturday afternoon to light a candle—dropped a dollar in the buy-a-candle bucket first—and say a quick Hail Mary for my mom. I'm not a believer, I don't think Anyone heard my prayer, but I visit Catholic churches to remember my mom. (Here's a piece I did on lurking in Catholic churches for This American Life.) My mom was a good American Catholic—she was a believer (and pro-choice, pro-gay, and pro-o
  
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• In Sodo, There’s a Greek Restaurateur Who Sculpts Celebrities Out of Gyro Meat and Talks to Strangers for Hours

  03-03-2015 02:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Mr. D serenades his customers. He also swears with gusto. Tobias Coughlin Bogue
  Philoxenia Mr. D’s Restaurant and Bar sits on a rather forlorn corner across from Starbucks headquarters in Sodo. I’ve ridden my bicycle past it dozens of times on my way to and from work without giving it much thought beyond “They misspelled gyros.” (Their sign advertises the “best yeeros in town”—although I later learned it’s actually an Australian
  
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• Driver cut out of SUV after accident with semi

  03-03-2015 01:59
  
  Driver cut out of SUV after accident with semi
  
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• The Port of Seattle's Underbutt Brawlers! (Or, the Shell/Port Lawsuit Explained)

  03-03-2015 01:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Here are port commissioners Stephanie Bowman, Tom Albro, and John Creighton peeking out of some underbutt. The selection is random; there was not enough room to include fellow port commissioners Courtney Gregoire and Bill Bryant. Piotr Marcinski/Shutterstock; Port of Seattle
  UNDERBUTTS AHOY!* A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Port of Seattle over its plan to use one of its terminals to moor Shell's Arctic drilling fleet. Yes, Arctic drilling sucks. But no, the l
  
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• The Port of Seattle's Underbutt Brawlers! (Or, the Shell / Port Lawsuit Explained)

  03-03-2015 01:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Here are port commissioners Stephanie Bowman, Tom Albro, and John Creighton peeking out of some underbutt. The selection is random; there was not enough room to include fellow port commissioners Courtney Gregoire and Bill Bryant. Piotr Marcinski/Shutterstock; Port of Seattle
  UNDERBUTTS AHOY!* A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Port of Seattle over its plan to use one of its terminals to moor Shell's Arctic drilling fleet. Yes, Arctic drilling sucks. But no, the l
  
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• Senate OK’s transportation package

  03-03-2015 00:42
  The state Senate approved a $15 billion transportation package Monday shortly after Lt. Gov. Brad Owen said he wouldn’t enforce a recent state Senate rule requiring a two-thirds majority vote on the tax provisions.
  
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• How to get Mariners single game tickets without a service charge

  03-03-2015 00:29
  
  How to get Mariners single game tickets without a service charge
  
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