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• Domestic-violence call prompts North Bend standoff

  17-03-2015 23:01
  A SWAT team has surrounded a North Bend home where a domestic-violence suspect, possibly armed, is holed up with his wife.
  
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• Parts of Bertha Could Be Brought to Above-Ground Human Realm Tomorrow

  17-03-2015 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  This is the canopy that will cover Bertha's repair process. WSDOT
  Look what the hellmouth hath wrought! Seattle Tunnel Partners has told the Washington State Department of Transportation that it's prepared to lift out parts of Bertha's front end as early as Wednesday in order to repair it.
  So, here's what that entails: STP has to lift three pieces of Bertha's shield out by crane before it can lift the cutterhead and driving unit. The first piece it lifts will be
  
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• Parts of Bertha Could Be Brought to Above-Ground Human Realm Starting Tomorrow

  17-03-2015 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  This is the canopy that will cover Bertha's repair process. WSDOT
  Look what the hellmouth hath wrought! Seattle Tunnel Partners has told the Washington State Department of Transportation that it's prepared to lift out a part of Bertha's front end as early as Wednesday in order to repair it.
  So, here's what that entails: STP has to lift three pieces of Bertha's shield out by crane before it can lift the cutterhead and driving unit. The first piece it lifts will be
  
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• How Affordablity Activists and Developers Are Fighting Over the Future of Housing in Seattle

  17-03-2015 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  According to officials, the city needs to build 70,000 new housing units to keep up with growth—27,000 of those must be affordable for those making $50,000 or less. Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH/Shutterstock
  Seattle is in the midst of a housing crisis, with a shortage of units for low-income and working people, existing affordable housing stock being sold off to developers left and right, and fast-rising rents causing displacement from neighborhoods. Mayor Ed Murray's response
  
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• How Affordability Activists and Developers Are Fighting Over the Future of Housing in Seattle

  17-03-2015 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  According to officials, the city needs to build 70,000 new housing units to keep up with growth—27,000 of those must be affordable for those making $50,000 or less. Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH/Shutterstock
  Seattle is in the midst of a housing crisis, with a shortage of units for low-income and working people, existing affordable housing stock being sold off to developers left and right, and fast-rising rents causing displacement from neighborhoods. Mayor Ed Murray's response
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Fake Fur

  17-03-2015 21:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on June 6, 2012.
  Could you tell my boy to calm the heck down? Can't seem to get him to get the difference between bestiality, necrophilia, and screwin' a bearskin rug. Emphasizing my usual sexual interests—which involve rope bondage, floggin', and an e-stim unit—hasn't worked.
  I'm a gay man and a hunter; he's a gay boy and a vegan. But he likes how I look in my camo, holding a rifle, so it works. Last fall, I went to Idaho and shot a bear. A taxide
  
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• Premera Blue Cross says data breach could affect 11M people

  17-03-2015 21:26
  
  Premera Blue Cross says data breach could affect 11M people
  
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• Man, 22, wounded in Everett shooting

  17-03-2015 21:16
  A 22-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening wounds in a shooting in Everett on Monday night.
  
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• Ryan Boudinot Is in Talks with Fantagraphics Books to Launch a Literary Imprint

  17-03-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Boudinot's short story collection The Octopus Rises will be published by Fantagraphics this summer. Book design by Jacob Covey
  Ryan Boudinot, the Seattle fiction writer everyone suddenly has an opinion about, is in talks with Fantagraphics Books to launch a literary prose imprint. This is great news for Seattle, great news for Seattle writers, and great news for readers around the world.
  There's other Boudinot news, too, but first let's focus on the Fantagraphics deal.
  Fantagr
  
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• The Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club: Another One Bites the Dust!

  17-03-2015 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey, did you watch Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead? Looks like everything in Alexandria is fantastic, and... WAIT. Now everything's terrible. (That was quick!) Check out my spoiler-filled recap of the episode after the jump, and let's chitty-chat about it!
  Courtesy AMC"Don't worry, former SNL cast member and funny lady Kristen Wiig! I'VE GOT YOU!"
  MORE AFTER THE JUMP!
  Here's what I'm thinking about last night's episode, "Spend."
  1) VRRROOOM! VRROOOM! Daryl'
  
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• Affordable housing: Pressure mounts on Mayor Murray

  17-03-2015 17:34
  
  Business people and activists are pushing in opposite directions on several issues, including a proposed fee on developers and local rent control.
  
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• Breast biopsy results may not be accurate, UW study finds

  17-03-2015 17:20
  
  Pathologists across the U.S. being tested for accuracy got the same answers as an expert panel only 75 percent of the time, much higher for invasive breast cancer but far lower for cases of atypia, in which abnormal cells are detected.
  
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• Whole Foods spice products recalled due to salmonella risk

  17-03-2015 17:18
  The recall affects spices and mixes sold under the Simply Organic and Whole Foods brands, containing organic garlic powder made by Frontier Co-op.
  
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• Governor Inslee Talks (Briefly) About Seattle's Plan to Host Shell's Arctic Drilling Rigs

  17-03-2015 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  On Monday, as Governor Inslee listened to college student leadership share concerns about affordable tuition, The Stranger was waiting for him. SB
  When Governor Jay Inslee joined some Washington college student leaders yesterday afternoon to discuss state support for higher education at Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology, the conversation quickly rotated to climate change. Inslee has proposed taxing carbon emissions from this state's biggest polluters—along with a sm
  
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• Chase from Skyway to Sumner suspends train commute

  17-03-2015 17:09
  
  Chase from Skyway to Sumner suspends train commute
  
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• Seattle drive-by shooting victim dreamed of success, friends say

  17-03-2015 17:01
  
  Friends of Robert Robinson Jr., a 17-year-old boy who was the victim of a fatal drive-by shooting in Beacon Hill, say he was determined to be a success after graduating from high school.
  
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• The Morning News: Meth Pipes in the U-District, Jinkx Monsoon on the Big Screen, and the Death of a Falcon in Idaho

  17-03-2015 16:49 via thestranger.com
  
  These are the meth pipes they are handing out in the U District. Kelly O
  Brendan Kiley Broke the News Yesterday: The People's Harm Reduction Alliance is broadening their services to more users. They used to be just a needle exchange. When they started handing out crack pipes, their base went from being "very, very white" to being much more diverse. Now they're addressing methamphetamine users.
  Government Programs Can't Do Things Like Hand Out Crack and Meth Pipes: "You can imag
  
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• Missouri Lt. Governor Pretty Much Calls Obama and Holder Uppity Niggers

  17-03-2015 16:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Some real uppity going on in this picture. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
  An unarmed black male is killed, a predominately black suburb erupts, and it's eventually revealed by the Department of Justice that white police officers and judges were milking the poor and middle-class black citizens of this suburb with fines and fees. ("In 2013, the municipal court in Ferguson — a city of 21,135 people — issued 32,975 arrest warrants for nonviolent offenses,
  
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• Missouri Lieutenant Governor Pretty Much Calls Obama and Holder Uppity Niggers

  17-03-2015 16:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Some real uppity going on in this picture. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
  An unarmed black male is killed, a predominately black suburb erupts, and it's eventually revealed by the Department of Justice that white police officers and judges were aggressively, obsessively milking the poor and middle-class black citizens of this suburb with fines and fees. ("In 2013, the municipal court in Ferguson—a city of 21,135 people—issued 32,975 arrest warrants fo
  
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• Cost to move two elephants: $111,000

  17-03-2015 15:58
  The agreement between Woodland Park Zoo and the Oklahoma City Zoo shows no profit from the planned transfer of Asian elephants.
  
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• Zombies to roam state Capitol to boost state’s movie production

  17-03-2015 15:02
  
  Zombies to roam state capitol to boost state’s movie production
  
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• Zombies roam state Capitol to boost state’s movie production

  17-03-2015 15:02
  
  Zombies to roam state capitol to boost state’s movie production
  
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• South Park Bridge reopens after safety gate problem causes closure

  17-03-2015 14:08
  
  South Park Bridge stuck, closed to traffic for third time
  
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• Judge Expected to Rule Today on Effort to Halt Minimum Wage Rollout for Fast Food Workers

  17-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters gathered at the federal courthouse last week in support of Seattle's minimum wage law. Working Washington
  We are now just two and a half weeks away from the rollout of Seattle’s new minimum wage—the history making, big-fucking-deal highest minimum wage in the country—and there are still as many questions as there are answers.
  We’ll have more coverage in coming weeks, but right now everyone’s focus is on this federal lawsuit in which mega
  
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• Tunnel machine 'Brenda' to finish light rail leg to Roosevelt station

  17-03-2015 13:10
  
  Tunnel machine 'Brenda' to finish light rail leg to Roosevelt station
  
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• Tunnel machine 'Brenda' about to break through in Roosevelt

  17-03-2015 13:10
  
  Tunnel machine 'Brenda' to finish light rail leg to Roosevelt station
  
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• Discarded bottles used to mix meth on the rise in Bellingham

  17-03-2015 12:46
  
  Discarded bottles used to mix meth on the rise in Bellingham
  
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• Nurses without contracts to picket in Everett

  17-03-2015 12:43
  
  Nurses without contracts to picket in Everett
  
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• DNA-preservation bill clears House

  17-03-2015 06:46
  A bill that would mandate preservation of DNA evidence from serious crimes has passed the state House and is awaiting action in the Senate.
  
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• Highway 520 bridge carpenter never feared heights

  17-03-2015 06:31
  
  Joseph Arrants, who lost his life last week building the new Highway 520 bridge, enjoyed hard work and heights, his family says.
  
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• Whitman College president to be next Evergreen State College leader

  17-03-2015 05:46
  
  Whitman College President George Bridges will take the helm of The Evergreen State College after Les Purce retires at the end of the academic year.
  
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• Groups push Mayor Murray on affordable housing

  17-03-2015 05:16
  
  Business people and activists are pushing in opposite directions on several issues, including a proposed fee on developers and local rent control.
  
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• Turning the pages of inspiration at Seattle Arts & Lectures

  17-03-2015 04:16
  Local luminaries raise money by signing and donating their favorite literature.
  
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• Stunning surge in graduation rate as Rainier Beach gamble pays off

  17-03-2015 04:01
  When long-languishing Rainier Beach High School signed on with a rigorous college-track program to attract more students, skeptics across the district didn’t hide their doubts. Two years later, enrollment and graduation rates are at a 10-year high.
  
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• How much does it cost to move two elephants? $111,000

  17-03-2015 03:31
  The agreement between Woodland Park Zoo and the Oklahoma City Zoo shows no profit from the planned transfer of Asian elephants.
  
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• Clover Park school safety officer investigated for excessive force

  17-03-2015 03:13
  
  Clover Park school safety officer investigated for excessive force
  
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• Oregon jailer gets 4 years for having sex with inmate

  17-03-2015 02:46
  A former Oregon jail worker was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for having sex with an inmate in a supply closet.
  
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• Accused Killer: "You have the wrong person"

  17-03-2015 02:45
  
  Accused Killer: "You have the wrong person"
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: The Next Level

  17-03-2015 02:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on July 25, 2012.
  I am a 25-year-old straight woman. I recently started seeing a man. The first time I slept with him, he told me that he was interested in a relationship, and I told him that I wanted to keep things purely casual. Over the next month and a half of talking to him, hanging out, and having sex, I started to really like him. I was thinking about changing my mind and taking the relationship to the next level.
  The last time I saw him was a week ago.
  
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• Police: Wife shot by husband while cooking dinner

  17-03-2015 02:02
  
  Police: Wife shot by husband while cooking dinner
  
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• Are There Bands You Once Loved But You Can't Listen to Now?

  17-03-2015 01:50 via thestranger.com
  
  On Friday night, while waiting for the Flamin' Groovies to play, a friend asked everyone at my table a heavy question: "Are there any bands you loved when you were younger but can't stand to hear now?" WHOA! I still have, and listen to, most of the records I've owned since I started buying records, so I wanna THINK everything I liked when I was younger, I still like today; except for my grown-up acquired distaste for everyone's fave— Fugazi. Still, the question got me th
  
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• What was the all-time rainiest day in Seattle?

  17-03-2015 01:10
  
  What was the all-time rainiest day in Seattle?
  
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• Ultimate Mashup Alert—Metal Machine Music for Airports

  17-03-2015 00:37 via thestranger.com
  
  "This sounds like something Bangs would do. Lester, are you behind this travesty?" Mavrick/Shutterstock.com
  What happens when you merge Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music? You get the most cognitive-dissonant chillout soundtrack you’ve ever had mixed feelings about. (How MMMFA has been up on YouTube for over a year without me knowing about it is a deep, disturbing mystery.) Conceptually and linguistically, this is a ma
  
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• Ultimate Mash-Up Alert—Metal Machine Music for Airports

  17-03-2015 00:37 via thestranger.com
  
  "This sounds like something Bangs would do. Lester, are you behind this travesty?" Mavrick/Shutterstock.com
  What happens when you merge Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports and Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music? You get the most cognitive-dissonant chillout soundtrack you’ve ever had mixed feelings about. (How MMMFA has been up on YouTube for more than a year without me knowing about it is a deep, disturbing mystery.) Conceptually and linguistically, this is
  
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