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• Portland officer fatally wounds knife-wielding suspect

  23-03-2015 23:31
  A knife-wielding man killed by an officer this weekend was from out of state, and detectives are trying to pin down his connection to a neighborhood dispute that preceded the violence, the Portland Police Bureau said Monday.
  
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• Jurors to begin deliberations in Carnation murder trial

  23-03-2015 23:30
  After two months of testimony, a King County jury will soon weigh the fate of a man accused of killing six people in rural Carnation on Christmas Eve 2007.
  
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• Kennewick kids’ app takes them to White House

  23-03-2015 23:20
  Safe & Sound and the Kennewick, Wash., teens garnered national attention after the Verizon Innovative App Challenge awarded it Best in Nation.
  
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• The Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club: Rick Grimes, Goodwill Ambassador

  23-03-2015 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey, did you guys catch last night's episode of The Walking Dead? Ummmm... I don't think Obama's gonna nominate Rick for any ambassador posts anytime soon! Let's talk more about it, okay? My spoiler-filled recap follows the jump, and as always, I'd love to hear your opinion. Let's get chitty-chatting!
  Courtesy AMC"And now I'd like to perform the closing number from Sweeney Todd. And-a-one-a, and-a-two-a…"
  MORE AFTER THE JUMP!
  Here's what I'm thinking about
  
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• I, Anonymous: No, I Won't Call the Cops for You

  23-03-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  steven weissmanWhen you texted asking me to call the cops for you, I didn't call them—on purpose. I didn't do anything except bite my finger and listen to what was going on upstairs and feel like shit. You managed to call the police yourself. Nobody got hurt. They made your crazy, violent friend leave without arresting him. And then I had the satisfaction of hearing a cop turn and yell, "Why do you keep letting him back in?" That's what I want to know. This is the fourth
  
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• Bremerton police arrest taxi driver on false imprisonment charges

  23-03-2015 22:07
  
  Bremerton police arrest taxi driver on false imprisonment charges
  
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• What Is "Clickbait"?

  23-03-2015 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Walk me through it. I'm a fish, I see shiny object, I go for it... Fishhook/Shutterstock
  I don’t understand what "clickbait" is. I thought I understood but now everyone's using the word in so many different ways I don't understand anymore. I thought clickbait was "9 Foods that Looks Like Dark Vader—NUMBER 4 WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!" And then you click and nothing looks like Darth Vader. Click bait is “under-delivering on a misleading headline,” as Vox descri
  
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• Poster of the Week by M.r. Dellinger

  23-03-2015 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Vera Project continues to be a force to be reckoned with in the poster department. They, and a handful of other local venues, collaborate with up-and-coming designers and put out great work month after month. Here's the latest, from designer M.r. Dellinger.
  
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• A Reason Why a Young Somali American Might Join ISIS

  23-03-2015 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Young American, Abdi Nur, looking like a rock star in an unhappy part of the world. Charles Mudede
  One reason a young American might join ISIS, and a very important reason, is he/she might get on the cover of the New York Times! This would certainly have never happened to Abdi Nur if he had followed the narrow path, attended community college, got a job, paid his taxes and debts, raised a family, and maybe even bought some property in the Twin Cities. Mr. Nur shopped at Macy&
  
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• State Auditor Troy Kelley: ‘All of my actions ... have been lawful’

  23-03-2015 20:16
  State Auditor Troy Kelley returned to the office Monday and issued a statement saying all his actions have been lawful. It was his first public statement since it was revealed that his home had been searched by federal agents and a subpoena issued to his office.
  
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• Man mistakenly shot by police: ‘Sometimes they make mistakes’

  23-03-2015 20:01
  
  A Puyallup man who won a $5.5 million settlement after he was shot 16 times in his bed by officers serving an arrest warrant on another person says he bears no ill will to police in general or the officers who shot him. “Sometimes they make mistakes.”
  
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• Full Leaked Audio of Port Commissioner Bill Bryant Mocking Seattleites and Spilling Details About the Shell Deal

  23-03-2015 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Port commissioner Bill Bryant (left) made comments mocking Seattleites and The Stranger at a recent meeting of the Evergreen Republican Women's Club—and we now have the full audio of his remarks. Ann Anderson
  On Sunday, we posted excerpts from a leaked recording of port commissioner (and possible gubernatorial candidate) Bill Bryant making fun of Seattle public meetings to a room full of suburban Republicans. He also revealed when Shell's first Arctic drilling rig will ar
  
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• Official: 3 dead in scaffolding collapse in downtown Raleigh

  23-03-2015 18:20
  
  Official: 3 dead in scaffolding collapse in downtown Raleigh
  
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• The NCAA Tournament in Seattle: A Day-Two Rundown

  23-03-2015 18:19 via thestranger.com
  
  The state flag of Iowa, a place full of losers on Sunday. Iowa flag/Shutterstock
  I know very little about Iowa. I've driven through the state three times. I assume both the University of Iowa and Northern Iowa University are located there. I know the University of Iowa has an excellent writing program. Des Moines is a city in Iowa. I ate at a steakhouse there once. Omaha is a city near Iowa. I ate at a steakhouse there too. John Wayne was born in Iowa. So was Ashton Kutcher. Al
  
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• Washington auditor says he's cooperating with investigation

  23-03-2015 18:12
  
  Washington auditor says he's cooperating with investigation
  
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• Police: Jilted woman burglarized former boyfriend, ran from officers

  23-03-2015 17:51
  
  Police: Jilted woman burglarized former boyfriend, ran from officers
  
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• City Council Will Consider Letter Asking Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to Reject Arctic Drilling

  23-03-2015 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle city council will soon decide whether to sign a letter urging Jewell to "seriously consider the impacts to Seattle, the interconnected Pacific Ocean ecosystem, and the planet as you make decisions about oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean." Goldy
  City Council member Mike O'Brien will ask the full city council this morning to sign a letter calling on Secretary of the Interior (and former Seattleite) Sally Jewell to reject Shell's Arctic drilling plans.
  "It has c
  
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• Why Much of Poor Black Africa Is Already in the Future

  23-03-2015 16:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Kudzani Moswela in Pumzi, an important black African Afrofuturist work. Focus Features
  The bulk of what's interesting in the Guardian's post on the current wave of black African Afrofuturism (which must be distinguished from black American Afrofuturism) is found in its last two sections, which bring up the founder, William Gibson, of a movement of science fiction literature, cyberpunk, that has yet to be exhausted and some inchoate (or even echoic) thoughts about African urba
  
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• SDOT wants to change 2 lanes of traffic in SLU to streetcar only

  23-03-2015 16:20
  
  SDOT wants to designate 2 lanes of traffic in SLU for streetcars only
  
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• Several families displaced in Renton apartment fire

  23-03-2015 15:34
  
  Several families displaced in Renton apartment fire
  
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• The Morning News: Port Commissioner Mocks Seattleites in Leaked Audio, Starbucks to Stop #RaceTogether

  23-03-2015 15:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Baristas no longer have to push #RaceTogether. weedezign/Shutterstock.com
  Starbucks Baristas No Longer Have to Write “Race Together” on Cups: The company insists the end of the campaign has nothing to do with all the controversy. However, "Starbucks will still hold forum discussions, co-produce special sections in USA TODAY and put more stores in minority communities as part of the Race Together initiative, according to a company memo from CEO Howard Schultz." Maybe
  
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• WSDOT to formally roll out details of new I-405 toll lanes

  23-03-2015 14:52
  
  WSDOT to formally roll out details of new I-405 toll lanes
  
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• WSDOT rolls out details of new I-405 toll lanes

  23-03-2015 14:52
  
  WSDOT to formally roll out details of new I-405 toll lanes
  
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• To really help Central America, U.S. must do more than just send money

  23-03-2015 14:34
  Seattle International Foundation fights international poverty by promoting smarter aid involving hands-on partnership.
  
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• City council expected to approve $34M for Pike Place Market expansion

  23-03-2015 14:14
  
  City council expected to approve $34M for Pike Place Market expansion
  
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• City council approves $34M for Pike Place Market expansion

  23-03-2015 14:14
  
  City council expected to approve $34M for Pike Place Market expansion
  
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• James Keblas Is Running for an At-Large City Council Seat

  23-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  James Keblas: All in for citywide council position 9. Courtesy of James Keblas
  Last time I talked to self-proclaimed “punk rocker in a suit” James Keblas, he told me he was “strongly considering” a run for Seattle City Council. But we all knew that was bullshit, right? Those people always end up running for real. And indeed! Keblas—who cofounded the Vera Project and spent nine years at the city’s Office of Film + Music—will run for city
  
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• Hundreds gather Sunday in remembrance of Oso landslide one year ago

  23-03-2015 08:01
  
  Hundreds gathered on Highway 530 for a memorial ceremony Sunday morning marking the one-year anniversary of the Oso landslide.
  
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• Treasure hunting at rock show

  23-03-2015 04:18
  
  The North Seattle Lapidary and Mineral Club’s 61st annual Rock, Gem and Mineral Show was held at the Lake City Community Center this weekend.
  
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• Sammamish seeks Mars Hill Church site for college campus

  23-03-2015 03:22
  
  The City Council has authorized making a $6.1 million offer for the 22-acre-site that has drawn interest from three local colleges for a satellite campus. .
  
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• State’s harder GED exam draws far fewer takers

  23-03-2015 03:21
  
  Fewer than 3,000 high-school dropouts in Washington passed the competency test known as the GED last year, down from nearly 16,000 the year before. The test is harder now, plus more dropouts here are opting for a new program that awards high-school credit for life experience.
  
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• Dog protects woman, thwarts rape attempt

  23-03-2015 03:09
  
  A Level 2 sex offender accused of trying to rape a woman in Pacific was apparently thwarted by one of the woman’s dogs, who placed its body between the woman and her attacker and nipped at him until he left.
  
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• Outdoor palette mixes gloom with cheer at sculpture park

  23-03-2015 03:06
  
  A convoy of yellow bikes gliding past red chairs brightens the gloomy Puget Sound horizon at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle on Sunday.
  
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• Partnerships needed to stem pain across many borders

  23-03-2015 03:01
  Seattle International Foundation fights international poverty by promoting smarter aid involving hands-on partnership.
  
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• Hundreds gather Sunday in remembrance of Oso mudslide one year ago

  23-03-2015 02:37
  
  Hundreds gathered on Highway 530 for a memorial ceremony Sunday morning marking the one-year anniversary of the Oso mudslide.
  
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• Transit plan for South Lake Union: Drop 2 car lanes

  23-03-2015 02:12
  
  In the booming South Lake Union area, the city of Seattle is looking at changing two lanes of Westlake Avenue North into transit-only lanes.
  
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