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• Leaked E-mail: Republican Senator Andy Hill Is Considering a Run for Governor

  12-03-2015 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  This guy as governor? Ewwwwww. WA.GOV
  Climate change-denying, reproductive-rights-denying Republican Senator Andy Hill is thinking about running for governor next year, according to a confidential e-mail message obtained by The Stranger.
  Hill narrowly defeated Democrat Matt Isenhower to hold onto his seat representing Bellevue last year, and currently chairs the senate budget committee. Shortly before the election, I wrote about allegations that Hill called Democr
  
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• Harvard Exit will show films again — as SIFF venue

  12-03-2015 23:01
  
  The Harvard Exit movie house on Capitol Hill still has seats and screens, and will get a temporary projection system.
  
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• They Are Time—Post-Punk Legends the Pop Group Still Agitating 35 Years Later

  12-03-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  The Pop Group: A mass of tangled hope and unfinished business. CHAIRA MEATTELLI & DOMINIC LEE
  Only the most blinkered curmudgeon would oppose all reunions, but let's be real: Some regroupings make more artistic sense than others... and some do serious damage to legacies. Was anyone clamoring for Gang of Four's Content or Pixies' Indie Cindy? Will fans develop lifelong relationships with the comeback albums the way they did to Entertainment! or Surfer Rosa? Doubtful. Which
  
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• Seattle Police Union President Faces Down Calls for His Resignation

  12-03-2015 21:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Ron Smith, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild. Ansel Herz
  The head of the Seattle police union that represents rank-and-file officers says he faced a backlash after he told his officers to get with the times or get out of Seattle.
  "If you don't like the politics here," Smith said to his fellow officers in a no-holds-barred interview with The Stranger on February 18, "then leave and go to a place that serves your worldview."
  Because that kind of critical talk is so
  
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• Man sentenced in weapons case tied to Palin lawyer plot

  12-03-2015 21:31
  A former Alaska chiropractor has been sentenced to three years in prison for concealing bankruptcy assets and possessing illegal weapons that he wanted a hit man to use to kill Sarah Palin’s lawyer.
  
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• Experimental-Music Fest Debacle to Happen May 28-30 at Black Mountain, Crocodile, Northwest Film Forum

  12-03-2015 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Get ready for an intense three-day binge of sonic exploration.
  The eight annual experimental-music event Debacle Fest will take place May 28-30 at the new all-ages Belltown entertainment complex Black Mountain, the Crocodile's Back Bar, and Northwest Film Forum. Debacle spotlights adventurous musicians from the Northwest and California whose work encompasses drone, electronic music, avant-garde composition, improv, out rock, and other styles. The full lineup will be announced s
  
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• Two New Kurt Cobain Docs: Montage of Heck vs Soaked in Bleach

  12-03-2015 20:31 via thestranger.com
  For me, it's gonna be really tough to beat listening to Kurt's own voice in About a Son, but I think I will definitely watch Montage of Heck because of the promise of never-seen-before home movies and family photographs. Directed by Brett Morgan for HBO, it doesn't premiere until May 4th, on HBO-teevee. The doc also promises an unheard "mind-blowing 12-minute acoustic track" written by Cobain.
  
  Soaked in Bleach seems more depressing...
  ... and is based on unendin
  
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• More Tunnel Workers Were Hurt While Bertha Was Stuck Than in the Previous Two Years Put Together

  12-03-2015 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Injuries on the tunnel project since 2012 have created $1 million of workers' compensation claims, the AP reports. Washington State Department of Transportation
  It appears the four workers who fell 25 feet after a wall collapsed at the north end of Seattle's deep bore tunnel project last month are part of a pattern. After reviewing records from state regulators, the Associated Press reports that more tunnel project workers were injured last year than in 2013 and 2012 put togeth
  
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• Former Seattle school coach returns from Canada to face charges of recording girls

  12-03-2015 19:59
  
  Former Seattle school coach returns from Canada to face charges of recording girls
  
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• Penny drop in gas prices, but pain at the pump persists

  12-03-2015 19:45
  
  Penny drop in gas prices, but pain at the pump persists
  
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• SIFF Will Revive the Harvard Exit For One Last Festival

  12-03-2015 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  One last SIFF for the Harvard Exit
  A happy, sad press release just arrived from our friends at the Seattle International Film Festival, declaring that audiences will have one last opportunity to enjoy the sumptuosity of the late, lamented Harvard Exit at this year's festival, which begins in May. (Already forgotten the grandeur of the Exit? Read this And this. And ok, maybe even this.) The details:
  SEATTLE — March 12, 2015 — The Seattle International F
  
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• Calling All Restaurants and Bars! It's Time to Submit Your Food Events and Update Your Listings for The Sauce!

  12-03-2015 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Is this font saucy enough? Should we make it saucier? God, what if it's too saucy?
  Next month we're launching a new food and drink publication called The Sauce. It's going to have a lot of great food writing in it, as well as listings of upcoming food events, and happy hour information, in the form of our world-famous, deeply-beloved, and wholly indispensable Cocktail Compass.
  If you're a reader and an eater and a drinker, that's a lot to look forward to, so mark your calendar
  
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• Why the "Blurred Lines" Decision Is Ultimately Good for Music: A Dissenting View

  12-03-2015 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Robin Thicke solicits donations to defray the $7.4m settlement. Debby Wong/Shutterstock.com
  Many pundits are decrying the March 10 verdict that determined Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams's 2013 single "Blurred Lines" too closely resembled Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" and the resultant $7.3 million fine levied against the alleged musical plagiarists. These prognosticators think that a tsunami of similar copyright infringement suits will hit musicians and compose
  
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• The Bachelor Season Finale: Chris is Engaged to Whitney, Not Thrilled About It

  12-03-2015 18:11 via thestranger.com
  
  He really, really doesn't want to do this.
  WE MADE IT THROUGH SEASON 19 OF THE BACHELOR! Will Chris Soules, the unremarkable farmer from Iowa, marry Whitney the chatty fertility nurse or Becca the snoozy virgin? It's a real head scratcher that Chris "could go either way with." Ah, romance.
  So how do the gals feel?
  Doesn't matter with who.
  Whitney is all in. She is SO IN. So so so in. She loves Chris and wants to move to Iowa, marry him, and start a family ASAMF
  
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• Man enters plea in fatal Bellevue Burger King stabbing

  12-03-2015 17:24
  
  Man enters plea in fatal Bellevue Burger King stabbing
  
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• Rainier Avenue ‘road diet’: Dieting’s never fun, but it’s necessary

  12-03-2015 17:01
  Rainier Avenue road diet is the right response to calm a wild traffic corridor.
  
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• Scientists Mark the Beginning of the Anthropocene to be 1610

  12-03-2015 16:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Earth photographed during its human period... NASA/ISS/Astronaut Ron Garan
  From the geological period identified as the Holocene, which followed the Pleistocene, emerges the Anthropocene—the age when humans, a very new animal indeed, have a geological and ecological impact that is planetary in scale. Researchers at the University College London, reports Science Daily, have marked the beginning of this period at around 1610. The reason for selecting this point near the
  
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• The Morning News: Is Your Dog Really a Medical Marijuana Patient?

  12-03-2015 16:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Ahhhhhh. That feels better. Mikkel Bigandt/Shutterstock
  The FDA Warns Washington Businesses that are Making Marijuana Medicine for Dogs: "In its letter to Seattle’s Canna-Pet, the FDA noted that the company promotes its product as especially beneficial for pets with 'nausea, chronic pain, cancer, seizures, among other maladies," reports the Seattle Times. Um, wait, is there any evidence that pets benefit from medical marijuana? "Patricia Talcott, professor and veterinary
  
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• Morning News: Marijuana for Dogs, Columbia Tower for Sale, and Tougher Penalties for Driving While Sexting

  12-03-2015 16:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Ahhhhhh. That feels better. Mikkel Bigandt/Shutterstock
  The FDA Warns Washington Businesses That Are Making Marijuana Meds for Dogs: "In its letter to Seattle’s Canna-Pet, the FDA noted that the company promotes its product as especially beneficial for pets with 'nausea, chronic pain, cancer, seizures, among other maladies,'" reports the Seattle Times. Um, wait, is there any evidence that pets benefit from medical marijuana? "Patricia Talcott, professor and veterinary dia
  
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• Personal belief vaccine exemption will remain; bill stalls

  12-03-2015 15:19
  
  Personal belief vaccine exemption will remain; bill stalls
  
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• Bill banning most vaccine exemptions fails

  12-03-2015 15:19
  
  Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Northwest
  
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• How to Fight the Rise in Hate Crimes on Capitol Hill

  12-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Officials say hate crimes are on the rise in Seattle. At a March 3 forum called by Council Member Kshama Sawant to discuss how to “end” this trend, Mayor Ed Murray’s solution was more diversity in the police force. Others are calling for an LGBTQ youth shelter. Alex Garland
  On February 13, performer Bret Fetzer was walking down 11th Avenue toward Pine Street after seeing a play at Annex Theatre, when a man began talking at him, following him to the bus stop, a
  
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• 83-year-old man with dementia missing in Bellevue

  12-03-2015 13:33
  
  83-year-old man with dementia missing in Bellevue
  
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• 83-year-old man with dementia found safe in Redmond

  12-03-2015 13:33
  
  83-year-old man with dementia missing in Bellevue
  
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• Rowing club feels at home on blue-collar Duwamish River

  12-03-2015 09:16
  
  The Duwamish River, a Superfund site with ongoing pollution cleanup, is increasingly being used for recreation, including rowing.
  
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• O’Toole presents new SPD team: 4 assistant chiefs, Amazon VP

  12-03-2015 08:16
  
  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole outlined the backgrounds of the four people she has chosen to be her assistant chiefs and announced the hiring of an Amazon.com vice president to handle technology.
  
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• ‘Road diet’ makes sense for Rainier Avenue

  12-03-2015 08:01
  Rainier Avenue road diet is the right response to calm a wild traffic corridor.
  
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• State sues Super Bowl broker that sold tickets it never had

  12-03-2015 07:46
  
  The suit accuses SBTickets.com of failing to deliver on 60 tickets it sold to Washington residents for a combined $149,000. It follows a class-action suit filed by Seattle law firm Keller Rohrback, alleging fraudulent and deceptive practices by the company.
  
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• Witness: McEnroe couldn’t defy girlfriend over Carnation slayings

  12-03-2015 07:31
  
  A defense expert testified Wednesday that Joseph McEnroe was too dependent, submissive and abused by his girlfriend, Michele Anderson, to leave her or to stop her from plotting to kill her family on Christmas Eve 2007.
  
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• Seahawks move to limit season-ticket sales by brokers

  12-03-2015 07:01
  
  The Seahawks moved this week to pull thousands of season tickets held by resale brokers and redistribute them amongst what they say will mostly be their fans.
  
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• Ex-chief of FBI’s Seattle office drops lawsuit without settling

  12-03-2015 06:46
  
  The former head of Seattle’s FBI office voluntarily dismisses her discrimination claim against the bureau and the Department of Justice without a settlement.
  
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• FDA warns Seattle-area firms selling cannabis pet products

  12-03-2015 06:16
  The federal Food and Drug Administration sent letters to companies selling CBD-laden health products — including some marketed for pets — telling them to stop making medical claims that weren’t proved.
  
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• Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Northwest

  12-03-2015 06:01
  Legislative efforts to put more pressure on parents to get their kids vaccinated have failed in Washington state and Oregon.
  
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• Fired Parks Department worker fined $3,000 for infractions

  12-03-2015 04:46
  
  A former city employee who worked at South Park Community Center was fined $3,000 for violating the Seattle Ethics Code.
  
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• Who Is Frankie Miller?

  12-03-2015 04:06 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm a little surprised I got an itch to write about Frankie Miller today. Tho' I've had his albums The Rock, Full House, and Falling In Love for years, beyond a few initial spins, I've rarely played them. Honestly, I thought he was a bit of an also-ran singer/songwriter with the '70s taste for the bluesy and rural sounds—there were SO many hopefuls, you know. But, picking through his songs TODAY, it seems he was able to interject a bit more of something like SOUL into to
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Sure You Don't.

  12-03-2015 03:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on January 30, 2013.
  I recently caught my boyfriend watching porn. We have talked about it before, and he said he didn't watch it while he was in a relationship. But when I caught him there with his dick in his hand, I lost it. I have never felt so hurt or betrayed. This is my first serious relationship. I can't get over how sick and sad I feel. It feels like he was cheating on me. Should I be as upset as I am? It was interactive porn—it was like he was
  
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• Free Will Astrology for the Week of March 11

  12-03-2015 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
  fESTA/ShutterstockARIES (March 21–April 19): In the old Superman comics, Mister Mxyzptlk was a fiendish imp whose home was in the fifth dimension. He sometimes sneaked over into our world to bedevil the Man of Steel with pranks. There was one sure way he could be instantly banished back to his own realm for a long time: If Superman fooled him into saying his own name backward. You might think it would be hard to trick a magic rascal into saying "Kltpzyxm" when he knew ve
  
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• Chief Kathleen O'Toole Brings "New Blood" to the Seattle Police Command

  12-03-2015 00:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet your new Seattle police assistant chiefs. From left: Lesley Cordnor, Perry Tarrant, Steve Wilske, and Bob Merner. At right, Chief Kathleen O'Toole and new Chief Information Officer Greg Russell. Alex Garland
  Times, they are a changin at the Seattle Police Department. Today, police chief Kathleen O'Toole announced a brand new cadre of commanders. Two were promoted from within the department; the other two were hired from Boston and Yakima. The leadership shakeup marks the e
  
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• Chief Kathleen O'Toole Brings "Fresh Blood" to the Seattle Police Command

  12-03-2015 00:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet your new Seattle police assistant chiefs. From left: Lesley Cordnor, Perry Tarrant, Steve Wilske, and Bob Merner. At right, Chief Kathleen O'Toole and new Chief Information Officer Greg Russell. Alex Garland
  Times, they are a changin at the Seattle Police Department. Today, police chief Kathleen O'Toole announced a brand new cadre of commanders. Two were promoted from within the department; the other two were hired from Boston and Yakima. The leadership shakeup marks the e
  
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• Make Your Text Messages Even More Cryptic—with Cindy Sherman Emojis!

  12-03-2015 00:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Earlier this week, I received a text message from an art-loving friend that caused me such delight, the only way I can express its brilliance is to simply reproduce it here:
  
  Do you see that? WHY, IT'S THE MANY FACES OF RENOWNED AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER CINDY SHERMAN. Inside your telephone. In emoji form. Just waiting to help you express your e-feelings. Forget flying cars (and also praying hands, creepy dancing twins, and tiny guns and cakes)—I have seen the future, and it
  
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• The Federal Government Wants Those Eastern Washington Medical Marijuana Growers in Jail Right Now

  12-03-2015 00:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, her son Rolland Gregg, and Rolland's wife Michelle faced federal drug trafficking charges for growing marijuana they say was for personal, medical use. They were found not guilty of four out of five charges last week. Courtesy of Americans for Safe Access
  In a federal courtroom last week, onlookers were silent as a court clerk read a verdict that almost entirely exonerated an Eastern Washington family—the "Kettle Falls Five"—that was facing
  
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• The High List: Bell Jar, Porter Ray, Ides of March Masquerade, and More

  12-03-2015 00:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Porter Ray: an effortlessly talented rapper whose fluid poetry narrates bleak themes with a chillness beyond his years.
  'Bell Jar'
  ART March 12–April 2, Ghost Gallery (504 E Denny Way)
  Thursday marks the opening of the first Bell Jar installment in an eight-month series curated by Ghost Gallery. It's a group show that will feature female-identifying artists creating works that incorporate the bell jar (as in, the "traditionally protective, sheltering vessel for objects co
  
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