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• Fugitive bank robber sentenced to 12 years in prison

  18-05-2015 23:42
  
  Bradley Robinett, a car thief and bank robber who eluded capture for more than five years, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.
  
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• Fugitive bank robber sentenced to 12 year in prison

  18-05-2015 23:42
  
  Bradley Robinett, a car thief and bank robber who eluded capture for more than five years, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.
  
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• Family sues Yakima School District, alleges abuse on bus

  18-05-2015 23:22
  
  The father of an 8-year-old girl with Down syndrome is suing the Yakima School District, alleging his daughter was repeatedly molested by another student on a special needs school bus.
  
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• I, Anonymous: Dear Food-Court Mom, There Are Worse Things Than People Not Helping Clean Up Your Son's Vomit

  18-05-2015 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Dear Food-Court Vomitorium Mom: While I can appreciate the yuckiness of your experience at whatever consumer garbage disposal you were at with your son, I felt the urge to mention that your whines were published adjacent to a description of a woman who was raped by multiple predators while witnesses not only didn't help but actually recorded the violent act on their phones. I walk around every day knowing that I screamed for help while a man sat on me, pounding my head into the
  
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• Alcohol ads on local buses? It may happen

  18-05-2015 23:05
  
  Alcohol ads on local buses? It may happen
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Squirt Toys Incorporated

  18-05-2015 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on July 20, 2011.
  You probably get this question every day. I'm a man who loves it when my girlfriend fucks me with a strap-on. Another great thing: My girlfriend ejaculates frequently and plentifully when we have sex, and she has done so when she's pegging me. Which leads to my question: What are the possible issues from getting female ejaculate in your ass? I am thinking about modifying a toy in a way that might enable her to squirt up my ass. It probably won't work, but I am
  
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• Seattle Police Say Three Fourths of May Day Arrestees Were From Out of Town

  18-05-2015 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle police take aim at protesters with less-than-lethal crowd control devices on May Day 2015. Alex Garland
  Last week, I fact checked Mayor Ed Murray and the Seattle Police Department on some of what they'd said about what went down on May Day. Did police really show "great restraint?" The bruises on the bodies of journalists, legal observers, and protesters suggested otherwise. Was the dude carrying around the machete really a "rioter?" No—the guy was arrested alone, well before antic
  
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• State Says Dewatering At Least Partially Caused Ground Settlement Near Bertha's Rescue Pit; Drilling Restart Delayed

  18-05-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Who? What? Me? I did that? Washington State Department of Transportation
  After months of trying to determine whether dewatering Bertha's rescue pit caused ground settlement in Pioneer Square last year, the Washington State Department of Transportation finally has an answer: Yes. And not really. And well, maybe. Kinda.
  WSDOT published two reports this morning, one conducted by geotechnical firm Shannon & Wilson, and the other commissioned by Seattle Tunnel Partners (Bertha's contractor) and c
  
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• Professor marks 100th birthday at Brooklyn Law School

  18-05-2015 21:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Brooklyn Law School professors and alumni refer to an “institution,” they might very well be talking about Professor Joseph Crea. Colleagues and friends are gathering Monday to celebrate his 100th birthday at the school where he has taught for over six decades. Crea began working at the law school as […]
  
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• Seattle police respond to reported gunfire in South Park

  18-05-2015 21:14
  
  Seattle police are investigating reports of gunfire in the South Park neighborhood.
  
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• Police respond to 2 reports of gunfire in South Seattle

  18-05-2015 21:14
  
  Seattle police are investigating reports of gunfire in the South Park neighborhood.
  
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• Duke professor defends comments comparing blacks, Asians

  18-05-2015 20:58
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Duke University professor criticized for an online post comparing blacks and Asians said Monday that it’s not racist to discuss what he sees as differences in how the groups have performed in the U.S. over the past few decades. Political science professor Jerry Hough has been sharply criticized for a […]
  
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• Seattle Archdiocese to pay $1.2 million to settle sex abuse suit

  18-05-2015 20:57
  
  The Seattle Archdiocese admitted liability and negligence for the sex abuse a 63-year-old woman suffered as a child at the hands of a priest who had previously been diagnosed as a pedophile. The Sedro-Woolley woman reached a $1.2 million settlement late Sunday.
  
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• The 2015 Stranger Genius Award Nominees Were All Invited to a Secret Rooftop Taco Party Last Week

  18-05-2015 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  If you weren't in this taco line, you probably weren't nominated for a Stranger Genius Award this year.
  It was raining last Wednesday, but the rooftop of Mezcaleria Oaxaca has shelter and heaters, and the Sparkle Donkey tequila and Hilliard's tallboys were flowing. The 15 nominees for Stranger Genius Awards were all told a few weeks ago that they'd been nominated by Stranger critics for $5,000 prizes, but none of them knew who else was nominated. Until this party.Genius Awards nominees are notif
  
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• Lawsuit: Special needs girl sexually assaulted on school bus

  18-05-2015 20:41
  
  Lawsuit: Special needs girl sexually assaulted on school bus
  
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• 8 states get new drought aid for farms, ranches

  18-05-2015 20:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers and ranchers in the West’s worst-hit drought regions will receive an additional $21 million to help them save water and soil despite the long dry spell. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the aid Monday. The assistance will go to areas of the West that are rated in the highest categories […]
  
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• Bertha repair will take longer — there’s more damage

  18-05-2015 20:30
  
  Repair work on tunnel boring machine Bertha will take longer than expected because workers found more severe damage than they anticipated, state officials told Seattle City Council members Monday.
  
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• Snohomish County getting Lake Ketchum cleaned up

  18-05-2015 20:09
  
  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Lake Ketchum has undergone two treatments so far as part of a Snohomish County water quality project meant to clean up the 25-acre lake surrounded by houses, a parking area and a boat dock. The Daily Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1Hqg5qI ) that county officials estimate that the lake’s phosphorous levels, which are […]
  
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• Artbnb—Xenia Turns Condo Rental into an Installation

  18-05-2015 20:03 via thestranger.com
  
  At this one-bedroom condo in Eastlake, you don’t just live with art, you live in art. COURTESY ROB RHEE
  Checking into the condo I'd rented on Airbnb for the night of Friday, April 17, I noticed immediately that its big, beautiful living room had no couches or chairs. Instead, a white pedestal about six inches high covered most of the wood flooring.
  Atop the pedestal were objects that looked like furniture from an alternate universe. A tiny table, placed centrally, was just planks of wood a
  
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• Al Gore confident in global climate deal at Paris conference

  18-05-2015 19:50
  
  PARIS (AP) — Environmentalist and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is optimistic that world leaders will reach a crucial deal this year on fighting climate change. Gore met Monday with French President Francois Hollande, who will be hosting a major U.N. climate conference in Paris on Nov. 30-Dec. 11. After the meeting, Gore said, […]
  
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• City Council Challengers Get a Lift as Local Democratic Groups Roll Out Endorsements

  18-05-2015 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Citywide candidates met at a forum last week hosted by district Democratic groups—including the 37th District Democrats, who will vote on their endorsements tonight. HG
  Now that the Seattle City Council will be elected using districts—and, by the way, here's everyone who's running and what to expect in each race—it's time for a new spin on an old exercise: Democratic party groups around the city endorsing in council races that overlap with their legislative district!Over the we
  
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• Ta-Nehisi Coates, Speaking Hard Truths to the Biker Community

  18-05-2015 19:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Ya know how pundits get all worked up about the Woes of All the Black Folks when there's a shooting? Ta-Nehisi Coates has been flipping the script to hilarious effect on Twitter.
  Why won't America's biker gangs be more like Dr. Martin Luther King? #TheyTooHaveADream
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) May 18, 2015Seattle Arts & Lectures is bringing Coates to Town Hall October 29.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• SIFF 2015 Weekend in Review: There's More to Australia than Mad Max

  18-05-2015 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Cobie Smulders and Guy Pearce as Austin fitness trainers in Results. Magnolia Pictures
  I try not to pay too much attention to the non-festival films opening during SIFF, because it's hard to find time and money, but no one's been able to shut up about Mad Max: Fury Road, so I took a break on Saturday to get caught up, and I'm glad I did. Afterwards I noticed that SIFF, coincidentally or not, also happened to be very Australia-heavy this weekend. Lots of Australian films and Australian talentR
  
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• Man accused of setting estranged girlfriend’s house on fire to be in court

  18-05-2015 18:39
  
  Man accused of setting estranged girlfriend’s house on fire to be in court
  
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• The Morning News: McGinn Endorses Sawant, Mayor Murray Takes Some Heat, and Ongoing #YouShellNotPass Coverage

  18-05-2015 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters, cops, and cameras on the Spokane Street Bridge earlier this morning. That's Shell's oil rig the Polar Pioneer in the distance. Alex Garland
  The #YouShellNotPass Day of Mass Nonviolent Direct Action Is Underway: And The Stranger has swarmed the place with reporters and photographers down there."Affinity Groups Who Came Super Early to Shut Down the Port Were Met by a Huge Police Presence, Stopped, and Detained": Ansel Herz is reporting.
  The Facebook Page for #YouShellNotPass: Is right
  
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• Suicides rare in young children; rate edged up in black boys

  18-05-2015 17:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable except for a troubling increase among black boys, two decades of U.S. data show. From 1993 through 2012, there were 657 suicides among children aged 5 through 11. Most were 10 or 11. In the last decade, there […]
  
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• Future for warming U.S.: Not just the heat but the humanity

  18-05-2015 17:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in the number of Americans sweating through days that are extremely hot, a new study says. People are migrating into areas — especially in the South — where the heat is likely to increase […]
  
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• Climate change meets population shift: More people will be hotter

  18-05-2015 17:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in the number of Americans sweating through days that are extremely hot, a new study says. People are migrating into areas — especially in the South — where the heat is likely to increase […]
  
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• Discovery opens door for homemade morphine, painkillers

  18-05-2015 17:07
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists have figured out all the steps to make morphine and similar painkillers without growing opium poppies, raising the possibility of home-brewed drugs. While no one has yet reported making morphine in the laboratory from scratch, concerns are already being raised about potential abuse. A team led by researchers at the […]
  
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• Driver who fled crash on I-5 near SeaTac, hit by car

  18-05-2015 16:56
  
  The Washington State Patrol says a motorist who fled on foot after a collision on Interstate 5 was struck in the roadway by a car.
  
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• Driver flees I-5 crash near SeaTac, is hit by car

  18-05-2015 16:56
  
  The Washington State Patrol says a motorist who fled on foot after a collision on Interstate 5 was struck in the roadway by a car.
  
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• Polar-Pioneer-protests

  18-05-2015 16:30
  
  Shortly after 7 a.m., several hundred demonstrators had gathered near Terminal 5 on Harbor Island, preparing for what the group described as “the largest act of environmental civil disobedience Seattle has seen in recent years.” Police on foot and bicycles also were present at the site, where protestors say they plan to use civil disobedience […]
  
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• Oil rig protesters block entrances to Terminal 5

  18-05-2015 16:30
  
  Members of various protest groups have pledged to abide by a code of conduct, which includes being nonviolent, not destroying property and not carrying weapons.
  
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• Demonstrators gather to protest Polar Pioneer

  18-05-2015 16:30
  
  Members of various protest groupls have pledged to abide by a code of conduct, which includes being nonviolent, not destroying property and not carrying weapons.
  
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• Live Coverage of Today's Direct Action Against Shell Oil at the Port of Seattle

  18-05-2015 16:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters began arriving at a Port of Seattle entrance on Harbor Island around 7 a.m. this morning. Kelly O
  Activists promise that today will bring direct action to "shut down Shell" at the Port of Seattle. The oil company's mammoth drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, is now parked at the port's Terminal 5 and is being prepped for some for Obama-approved Arctic oil exploration this summer. (Read about the secret deal-making that brought the rig to Seattle right here.)
  As with Saturday's Paddle in
  
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• Crews rescue dog that fell down bluffs near Port Angeles

  18-05-2015 16:08
  
  Crews have rescued a partially blind dog that fell about 300 feet down a bluff near Port Angeles.
  
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• BNSF: Train kills person walking on railroad tracks

  18-05-2015 15:43
  
  Officials say a freight train struck and killed a person walking on the tracks near Stevenson.
  
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• 5 Washington men stripped of Montana hunting privileges

  18-05-2015 15:32
  
  Five Washington state men have been stripped of hunting privileges in Montana for five years and ordered to pay $41,000 in fines and restitution for illegally shooting elk.
  
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• Stem cell ‘Wild West’ takes root amid lack of U.S. regulation

  18-05-2015 15:01
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — More than 170 clinics across the country are selling experimental stem cell procedures for dozens of diseases and conditions — a mushrooming industry that has flourished despite little evidence of its safety or effectiveness. The rise of the U.S. stem cell industry illustrates how quickly fringe medicine can outpace government […]
  
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• Bellevue mother, toddler found safe after weeklong search

  18-05-2015 14:57
  
  A Bellevue mother and toddler have been found safe after being last seen on Mother's Day.
  
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• Bellevue mother, toddler found safe after week-long search

  18-05-2015 14:57
  
  A Bellevue mother and toddler have been found safe after being last seen on Mother's Day.
  
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• Flaws in state daycare oversight often leave parents in the dark about problems

  18-05-2015 14:57
  Flaws in state daycare oversight often leave parents in the dark about problems
  
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• Seattle pot shop selling THC-infused coffee

  18-05-2015 14:51
  
  Seattle pot shop selling THC-infused coffee
  
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• Thief in West Seattle goes to great lengths to steal bike

  18-05-2015 14:38
  
  Thief in West Seattle goes to great lengths to steal bike
  
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• Why I Teach: ‘I just like to see the intellects, the maturity clicking in’

  18-05-2015 14:02
  
  In Education Lab's continuing 'Why I Teach,' feature, we talk to Nathan Sun-Kleinberger, a language arts teacher at Kentridge High in the Kent School District.
  
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• Former Mayor Mike McGinn Endorses Kshama Sawant's Reelection Bid

  18-05-2015 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  "I like her better than the avowed Democrats in the race and... I say that as a Democrat," says former mayor Mike McGinn about socialist city council member Kshama Sawant. Kelly O
  Former mayor (and current kayaktivist/podcast mogul) Mike McGinn is endorsing city council member Kshama Sawant in her bid for reelection, McGinn tells The Stranger."She has earned reelection with what she’s accomplished so far," McGinn says, citing Sawant's work on the minimum wage and homeless encampments as we
  
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• Two tires blew out as Alaska Air flight landed at Sea-Tac

  18-05-2015 13:59
  
  Passengers say tires blew out as Alaska Air flight landed at Sea-Tac
  
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• Passengers say tires blew out as Alaska Air flight landed at Sea-Tac

  18-05-2015 13:59
  
  Passengers say tires blew out as Alaska Air flight landed at Sea-Tac
  
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• Protesters of Arctic drilling block entry to Seattle port

  18-05-2015 13:45
  
  Activists vow to disrupt Shell Oil with massive protest
  
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• Demonstrators protest at Terminal 5

  18-05-2015 13:45
  
  Activists vow to disrupt Shell Oil with massive protest
  
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