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• Still Haven't Had Enough Comics Art? Try One Page, A Comics Show at Roq La Rue Through Sunday

  27-03-2015 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  “Void,” by Julian Callos—Acrylic and gouache on Rives BFK mounted on panel. 11.75 x 11.75″ $850
  You know the city's gone Comicon crazy when even the high-end galleries are talking in bubbles and panels. Roq La Rue joins the geek parade with One Page, A Comics Show, a three-day-only exhibit curated by Robbie Lowery. Lowery's idea came from seeing artists selling individual pages from their comics at conventions. He drew together a wide range of artists—some comics p
  
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• Italy's Highest Court: Amanda Knox Didn't Do It

  27-03-2015 23:27 via thestranger.com
  BREAKING: Amanda Knox 'tremendously relieved and grateful' after Italian court overturns conviction.
  — The Associated Press (@AP) March 27, 2015NYT:
  Italy’s highest court acquitted Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend of murder on Friday, throwing out all charges and ending a long-running courtroom drama over the killing of a British student in 2007. The ruling was a shock in Italy, where the convictions had been expected to be upheld in the death of the student, Meredith Ker
  
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• Amanda Cox Not Guilty

  27-03-2015 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  BREAKING: Amanda Knox 'tremendously relieved and grateful' after Italian court overturns conviction.— The Associated Press (@AP) March 27, 2015 [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• New Tourism Campaign for Hate State of Indiana

  27-03-2015 23:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Indiana's governor went ahead and signed an anti-gay "religious freedom" bill that essentially—effectively, expressly—legalizes discrimination against LGBT people in that state. There has been some fallout already. There will be more.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• If You Like Nudity, You'll Love This Interview... Uh, with the Singer/Guitarist of the Band Nudity

  27-03-2015 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  “So earthly and carnal that it wraps all the way around and becomes spiritual.”
  Nudity's "White Hot Gold" starts with dripping, scalded noise. A tape reel bends. Drums drop in and drive alongside guitar chords. Then the riff hits and you bust through a wall. You can't help it. Feel the power of your electric-orange V-8 Mustang as it accelerates off a ramp into the motherfucking sky. It's a primal pull. Main Nudist Dave Harvey crafts archetypal riffs that make you want to have sex, la
  
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• You're Getting a Super Troopers 2, Stoners

  27-03-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  In just two days, Broken Lizard has raised more than $2 million on Indiegogo, thus ensuring that they'll make Super Troopers 2. I was going to write "(hey, remember those guys?)" after "Broken Lizard" in that sentence, but clearly, people do remember Broken Lizard, because as of now—
  *clicks over to other tab*
  —they've got a little more than two and a half million. And counting.
  This is a weird one: Other than Jay Chandrasekhar, who's gone on to direct a bunch of great TV, the rest
  
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• First Hill streetcar almost ready; testing phase underway

  27-03-2015 21:44
  
  First Hill streetcar almost ready; testing phase underway
  
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• UW gets approval to perform face transplants

  27-03-2015 21:39
  The University of Washington Medical Center has been approved to start performing face transplants, hand transplants and more by the federal contractor that oversees organ donation in the U.S.
  
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• House Dems: Raise $1.5 billion with taxes, but drop Inslee polluter plan

  27-03-2015 20:32
  House Democrats propose to raise $1.5 billion in new revenue over the next two years to pay for education and social service spending. A capital-gains tax is included in their budget plan — but not the governor’s proposed tax on big carbon polluters.
  
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• Weekend viaduct inspection comes as documents reveal details of nearby settlement investigation

  27-03-2015 20:31
  
  Weekend viaduct inspection comes as documents reveal details of nearby settlement investigation
  
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• KCSO deputy admits to illegal steroid use, keeps job

  27-03-2015 19:58
  
  Disgraced KCSO deputy Darrion Holiwell supplied steroids to fellow deputy
  
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• Disgraced KCSO deputy Darrion Holiwell supplied steroids to fellow deputy

  27-03-2015 19:58
  
  Disgraced KCSO deputy Darrion Holiwell supplied steroids to fellow deputy
  
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• An Encomium (E-N-C-O-M-I-U-M) to Spelling Bees—The Last Place No One Can Get Mad at You for Loving Words

  27-03-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  "Can you use it in a sentence?"THINKSTOCK
  I used to know this chick on LiveJournal who went to a yearly charity spelling bee for adults at the Bridgeport, Connecticut, Holiday Inn. This sounded glorious to me: You got to showcase your superpower—which never happens with spellers because no one other than spellers gives a single shit about spelling—AND no one could get mad at you for showing off because it's for a good cause! I adored this lady's posts about how she and her husband ge
  
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• An Extremely Attractive Group of Greenpeace Activists is Stalking Shell Rigs Across the Pacific Ocean

  27-03-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Six Greenpeace activists on a recycled Russian firefighting vessel are following Shell's rigs as they cross the Pacific Ocean. Vincenzo Floramo/Greenpeace
  Port commission meetings tend to be pretty boring. Lately they've been getting more interesting—especially when, earlier this month, large groups of protesters began showing up and dominating public comment sessions. But I still never expected to see this pop up on Twitter:
  Seattle, together we can stand up to Shell, and say no to Arctic
  
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• An Extremely Attractive Group of Greenpeace Activists Is Stalking Shell Oil Rigs Across the Pacific Ocean

  27-03-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Six Greenpeace activists on a recycled Russian firefighting vessel are following Shell's rigs as they cross the Pacific Ocean. Vincenzo Floramo/Greenpeace
  Port commission meetings tend to be pretty boring. Lately they've been getting more interesting—especially when, earlier this month, large groups of protesters began showing up and dominating public comment sessions. But I still never expected to see this pop up on Twitter:
  Seattle, together we can stand up to Shell, and say no to Arctic
  
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• Watch Three City Council Members Admit What they Wouldn’t In 2013: Regulated Homeless Encampments Are a Good Thing

  27-03-2015 18:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Jean Godden, Tom Rasmussen, and Sally Clark have changed their minds on homeless encampments.
  Next week, the city council is going to vote on a bill to legalize three new homeless encampments in the city. There is still one big question lingering about whether they should be allowed in residential areas—more about the status of that effort right here—but everything seems to indicate that the basic bill allowing new encampments will pass. Maybe even unanimously.That’s great. But
  
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• Woman using walker hit, killed in downtown Seattle

  27-03-2015 18:46
  
  Woman using walker hit, killed in downtown Seattle
  
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• Suspects in passing of counterfeit $20, $50 bills identified

  27-03-2015 18:21
  
  Suspects in passing of counterfeit $20, $50 bills identified
  
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• Indie Rock, Superhero Comics, and Death Pave the Road to Lizard Boy, the Seattle Rep's New Musical-That's-Not-a-Musical

  27-03-2015 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lizard Boy director Brandon Ivie (left) and composer/star Justin Huertas (right) in rehearsal, making musical-that-isn’t-a-musical theater magic. brandon ivie
  Lizard Boy, the new musical-that's-not-a-musical at Seattle Repertory Theatre, begins humbly, as all epic fables must. Luke Skywalker was a farm boy, Bilbo Baggins was a homebody, Jesus Christ was the son of a carpenter, and Trevor—"the Lizard Boy of Point Defiance"—is a lonely gay kid with a skin condition, sitting in hi
  
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• Holy Smokes! A New Stranger Podcast About What the Hell Happened This Week

  27-03-2015 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Clocking Out, Episode 1. BrAt82/Shutterstock
  For now we're calling this new Friday podcast Clocking Out, and in our first episode we cover a lot of ground with the help of Knute Berger, Sydney Brownstone, Heidi Groover, Ansel Herz, and Charles Mudede, PLUS the music of Chastity Belt, which is playing tomorrow night at the Highline.
  Among the topics discussed: How to pronounce "Chuckchi Sea" (thanks, Sydney); Charles's plan for a Soviet-style film industry in Washington State; Knute's zen approac
  
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• Why We Must Learn to Love Potholes

  27-03-2015 16:51 via thestranger.com
  
  I hope this young pothole, which is near my house, will grow up to be big and strong.Charles Mudede
  In the age of the hyperobject we call global warming, we need a reevaluation of our values. A hyperobject, a term coined by the ecological philosopher Timothy Morton, is a process that is massively distributed over time and space, like the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Global warming is exceptional in that it is an anthropogenic hyperoject. And because we can only experience different an
  
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• The Morning News: Godden and O'Brien Kick off Council Campaigns, and the House Ponders the Fate of Light Rail

  27-03-2015 16:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Jean Godden is in—and Mayor Ed Murray is with her. Heidi Groover
  Did You Think City Council Member Jean Godden Was Going to Retire? Sorry, She Isn’t: Heidi Groover was at Godden's reelection campaign kickoff last night and reports the event was "held in a painfully beige room at The Mountaineers Program Center, where Godden told supporters, 'Those of us in our generation aren't done yet.' Under the new districts system, Godden is running in District 4, which covers northeastern Seatt
  
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• Pink chickens found running loose on Portland waterfront

  27-03-2015 16:11
  
  Pink chickens found running loose on Portland waterfront
  
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• Traveling replica of Vietnam memorial on display in Tacoma

  27-03-2015 14:55
  
  Traveling replica of Vietnam memorial on display in Tacoma
  
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• Gonzaga set to take on UCLA in NCAA Sweet 16 matchup

  27-03-2015 14:29
  
  Gonzaga set to take on UCLA in NCAA Sweet 16 matchup
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: The Man in the Red PT Cruiser

  27-03-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Callan BerryCallan Berry [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Seattle, Eastside road closures to slow weekend traffic

  27-03-2015 10:01
  
  Closures at Highway 99 and a westbound I-90 detour will cause congestion around the Seattle-Bellevue area.
  
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• Priced out: Has the King County diaspora begun?

  27-03-2015 07:46
  
  Guess where our residents are going ...
  
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• Unusual motel sting casts wide net on illicit activity

  27-03-2015 07:31
  
  A months-long undercover police operation came to a close Monday with the arrests of two unlikely suspects: the managers of the Orion Motel, who are accused of facilitating prostitution and drug activity and providing cover to the pimps and drug dealers who rent rooms there.
  
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• Senator invites state auditor Troy Kelley to testify

  27-03-2015 07:01
  
  Embattled state Auditor Troy Kelley has been invited to testify next week before the state Legislature about a federal investigation that an attorney says Kelley has been aware of since shortly after taking office.
  
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• Nurse suspended after death of boy with Down syndrome

  27-03-2015 06:31
  A King County licensed practical nurse has been suspended after a 3-year-old boy with Down syndrome died during his overnight care. According to charges, the nurse failed to properly connect a breathing machine, and muted or turned off the alarm.
  
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• Kirkland woman claims she caught ‘superbug’ at Harborview from tainted scope

  27-03-2015 06:31
  A Kirkland woman who says she developed a ‘superbug’ infection after a treatment at Harborview Medical Center is suing the maker of the scopes. Harborview officials say they have no record of infections tied to the devices.
  
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• Amazon security contractor settles sick-time claim with city

  27-03-2015 06:16
  Security Industry Specialists, which provides security staff at Amazon, agreed to reinstate and pay back wages to employees wrongly disciplined for taking sick time. The company, though, says it’s “unaware” of any such workers.
  
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• Jury to begin deliberating in Lake Stevens drive-by slaying

  27-03-2015 06:01
  
  Jurors on Thursday heard closing arguments in the trial of Erick Walker, who is charged with fatally shooting15-year-old Molly Conley in Lake Stevens two years ago, and will begin deliberationsFriday.
  
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• King Donuts co-owner says target of probe was customer

  27-03-2015 05:46
  Davie Hay, the daughter of two Rainier Beach doughnut-shop founders who were beaten during a January robbery, says she knows the man police are investigating in the incident.
  
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• Retirement farewell for a dogged worker

  27-03-2015 05:16
  
  Dennis, a Seattle Police Department bomb-sniffing dog, is retiring because of medical reasons.
  
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• Man charged in torture, killing of ex-girlfriend’s autistic son, 18

  27-03-2015 04:31
  A 42-year-old man is accused of torturing and viciously beating his former girlfriend’s two sons, leading to the death of one of them, a severely autistic 18-year-old, in April 2014. Their mother reported her son’s killing months later, after she was able to flee the relationship.
  
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• Kingdome debt to be retired 15 years after implosion

  27-03-2015 04:16
  
  On the 15th anniversary of the implosion of the Kingdome, a King County official said enough lodging-tax revenue has been collected to pay off debt of the former home of the Mariners and Seahawks.
  
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• Pipe transfers moved off 520 bridge after mishap with bus

  27-03-2015 04:01
  After a bus was hit by a highway sign knocked loose as a big pipe was unloaded from a truck on the 520 bridge, the contractor has found a new, safer place to unload pipes.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: A Complicated Threesome

  27-03-2015 02:06 via thestranger.com
  
  I hope I can get your opinion on my current situation.
  I'll try to be as concise as possible. I'm a 26-year-old woman. Three years ago I had a threeway with my 35-year-old fiancé and this nice girl he knew from high school. Let's call him "Bob" and her "Sally." The condom broke and Sally wound up pregnant despite using plan B. Sally gave birth to a girl. For the first two years of the baby's life, Sally would NOT allow Bob to see the baby or be involved in any way. (She's Christian and she
  
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• Man who stabbed ex-wife 72 times pleads guilty to murder

  27-03-2015 01:16
  A man who stabbed his ex-wife 72 times in her Bellevue home in 2013 while their son was at school has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
  
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• Van Halen's New Record AND American Tour

  27-03-2015 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  My, the "Blog-o-sphere™" sure has been buzzin' today with THE BEST NEWS EVER! Everyone's favorite roustabouts—Van Halen—are touring our United States this summer, and with none other than the first, and ONLY Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth. Dunno if y'all have been keeping up but Diamond Dave rejoined the band in 2006 and, in 2012, they released a studio LP, A Different Kind of Truth; I've listened to ADKoT a couple times and, considering the string of vocalist Van Halen set
  
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• Savage Love: Massive Cock Blocks

  27-03-2015 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Joe NewtonI found this in an online sex ad: "Straight guy with an addiction to massive cocks in my ass." This "straight guy" went on to mention his girlfriend. Can a person really identify as straight while wanting to be fucked by men? I understand that straight guys can like ass play too, but it's not like he wants to be pegged by his girlfriend or use a dildo on himself. He's straight-up (heh-heh) looking for hung dudes to fuck his ass.
  Jaded And Wondering, Dude's Really On Pussy?
  Can a perso
  
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