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• The Port Turned John Kerry Away from Seattle Because of Shell Protests

  19-05-2015 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  I mean, who wants to be near this guy (or gal, can't tell)? Right?Alex Garland
  Because of kayaktivist protests against Shell, the Port of Seattle turned Secretary of State John Kerry away from Seattle when he came to town to talk about trade.The Associated Press has the scoop:Port of Seattle spokesman Peter McGraw said State Department staffers had been looking at Seattle locations for Kerry to speak, including a downtown hotel. But McGraw said the Port advised the State Department to look elsew
  
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• State’s new discipline data allows district comparisons

  19-05-2015 23:01
  
  A lack of data has long hindered school-discipline improvements, particularly regarding treatment of students of different races. That’s about to change. Now everyone will be able to see which districts suspend or expel the most students.
  
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• New discipline data allows comparisons among districts

  19-05-2015 23:01
  
  A lack of data has long hindered school discipline improvements, particularly regarding students of different races. That’s about to change. Now everyone will be able to see which districts suspend or expel the most students.
  
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• Flasher reported outside West Seattle school

  19-05-2015 22:58
  
  A man reportedly exposed himself to children at Holy Rosary School in West Seattle.
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: You're Dating a Clown. Deal With It.

  19-05-2015 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on July 20, 2011.
  I'm a 24-year-old female living in London, where I have just finished a degree in circus arts. I'm in a relationship with a great guy. The problem is that while I have had long- and short-term relationships before, he hasn't, and he can be very emotionally needy. For example, he can't/won't sleep without me in the bed. We've been together for 10 months, and he often tells me that I'm everything in his life. I've told him that under no circumstances is this nor
  
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• Los Angeles Is Raising Its Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

  19-05-2015 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Who wouldn't want to live here? Los Angeles / Shutterstock
  We're getting word that the sprawling, water-starved, asphalt-covered hellhole known as Los Angeles is raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour.
  The Los Angeles City Council tentatively agreed Tuesday to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, joining a trend sweeping cities across the country as elected leaders seek to address stagnating pay for workers on the lowest rungs of the socio-economic ladder.
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• Car crashes into crib, but Bellevue baby unhurt

  19-05-2015 22:15
  
  Police say it's "nothing short of miraculous" that the 9-month-old was not hurt when a car, driven by a woman just learning to drive, crashed through a carport, over a curb and into his room.
  
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• Bellevue baby uninjured when car crashes into crib

  19-05-2015 22:15
  
  A Bellevue woman who was learning to drive crashed through a carport and into an apartment building where the car stopped just short of crushing a 9-month baby asleep in a crib.
  
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• Kitsap sheriff’s deputy shoots bear struck, injured by car

  19-05-2015 22:10
  
  POULSBO, Wash. (AP) — The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy shot and killed a young bear after it was struck by car near Poulsbo. Deputy Scott Wilson says a report came in at about 8:45 p.m. Monday that a white sport-utility vehicle had struck and wounded the animal, described as about 150 pounds. […]
  
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• In Writing News: Hemingway Punches Poet in the Face, Obama Takes a Jab at Bill Clinton Over Twitter

  19-05-2015 22:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Go ahead. Punch me. I'm a fucking bronze statue. 360b / Shutterstock.com
  • Did you know that Ernest Hemingway punched modernist poet Wallace Stevens in the face? The setting: Key West, 1936. At a party, Stevens makes Hemingway’s sister cry by calling Hemingway “a sap, no man.” Hemingway and Stevens step outside. Stevens swings, misses. Hemingway pops him in the jaw. Stevens throws a counterpunch and breaks his own hand. The two make up. Stevens tells his wife he fell down
  
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• Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured to invasive procedure

  19-05-2015 21:42
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two former students in a community college ultrasound program say they were punished for objecting to a policy that encouraged students to undergo an invasive vaginal procedure to become better technicians. The two unnamed female students filed a lawsuit last week against Valencia State College in Orlando. They say their civil […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured into procedure

  19-05-2015 21:42
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two former students in a Florida community college ultrasound program say they were punished for objecting to a policy that encouraged students to undergo an invasive vaginal procedure to become better technicians. The two unnamed female students filed a federal lawsuit last week against Valencia State College in Orlando, claiming the […]
  
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• FTC: Family raised $187M for cancer, spent it on themselves

  19-05-2015 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his family used much of the $187 million it collected for cancer patients to buy themselves cars, gym memberships and take luxury cruise vacations, pay for college tuition and employ family members with six-figure salaries, federal officials alleged Tuesday in one of the largest charity fraud cases ever, […]
  
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• Government releases fire plan to protect struggling bird

  19-05-2015 21:35
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal wildfire strategy released Tuesday aims to protect the West’s sagebrush country that is home to a struggling bird species and to help prevent the sage grouse from being classified as threatened or endangered later this year. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in Boise to announce the plan making greater […]
  
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• Government releases fire plan to protect sage grouse

  19-05-2015 21:35
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal wildfire strategy released Tuesday aims to protect the West’s sagebrush country that is home to a struggling bird species and to help prevent the sage grouse from being classified as threatened or endangered later this year. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in Boise to announce the plan making greater […]
  
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• Law journal publishes special issue examining ‘Breaking Bad’

  19-05-2015 21:34
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A University of New Mexico School of Law student journal has published a special issue analyzing legal issues related to the story line of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” — and what might have happened if the real-life legal system was imposed on the fictional characters. An edition of the New Mexico Law […]
  
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• A Ton of New Restaurants Are Opening in Seattle This Year

  19-05-2015 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Another Nate's Wings and Waffles: One of many Seattle restaurants opening later this year.Kelly O
  Seattle has a slew of new restaurants set to open in 2015. Here's a quick rundown of what to expect in the coming months.Coming Soon (May/June)
  • Pike Place Market's beloved Piroshky Piroshky is opening a new location in the Columbia Tower (and they're celebrating by holding a Free Piroshky Day in the new spot from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26).• In Madrona, Vendemmia, from chef
  
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• The Unnerve of It All—Colin Dawson's Spooky New Daisy Heroin Video

  19-05-2015 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Tenet: "a psychedelic experience erupting from the womb of the digital void."
  Stickers guitarist Colin Dawson returns in his Daisy Heroin audio/visual guise for a subliminally spooky trip into the hidden corners of your subconscious—on some questionable magic mushrooms. This Daisy Heroin clip goes for subtly unnerving rather than over-the-top fright, and the Nurse With Wound-like shudders and moans—which Dawson also creates under his T handle—induce a creeping paranoia. You can
  
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• John Kerry visits Boeing, defends controversial trade deal

  19-05-2015 20:56
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry used Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton Tuesday to forcefully defend a Pacific Rim trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration, arguing it will benefit American workers.
  
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• John Kerry defends TPP during controversial Boeing visit

  19-05-2015 20:56
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry used Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton Tuesday to forcefully defend a Pacific Rim trade deal being negotiated by the Obama administration, arguing it will benefit American workers.
  
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• Cuteness alert: New leopard cubs at Pt. Defiance Zoo

  19-05-2015 20:20
  
  Four clouded leopard cubs are healthy and growing at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.
  
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• Don't Worry, Kathleen, Drones Are Not Allowed in Seattle Parks. (I Found Out the Hard Way.)

  19-05-2015 20:19 via thestranger.com
  
  A drone above a "grassy field" in Seattle. Which is NOT ALLOWED if the grassy field is in a Seattle park. Amehime / Shutterstock.com
  Kathleen's understandably pissed that her glorious Sunday picnic in Magnuson Park was interrupted by drones. She's even walking around the office talking about wishing she'd had a gun to shoot that drone down. (Which puts her in the company of one Charles Krauthammer. Ah, when a Sunday picnic in the park brings right into communion with left. Beautiful!)
  Two things
  
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• Baby unhurt after SUV plows into room, hits crib

  19-05-2015 20:15
  
  Baby unhurt after SUV plows into room, hits crib
  
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• Top Kitsap public defender resigned after county violation

  19-05-2015 19:22
  
  Kitsap County's top public defender says he resigned in April after the county administrator said she wanted to fire him.
  
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• Woman, 70, with dementia missing in the Everett area

  19-05-2015 19:14
  
  A woman who suffers from dementia went missing Monday night in the Everett area.
  
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• Missing Everett woman found ‘safe and sound’

  19-05-2015 19:14
  
  The search for an Everett woman who suffers from dementia ended Tuesday when she was found with a relative.
  
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• Magnuson Park Picnic Interrupted by Loud, Motorized Mosquitos—Which Turned Out to Be Drones

  19-05-2015 19:08 via thestranger.com
  
  This looks like a really peaceful scene, right? KR
  Last Sunday was a beautifully glorious day in Seattle, and my boyfriend and I decided to enjoy it by having a picnic at Magnuson Park. We weren’t the only ones who had that idea. Soon, we were joined by families with kites, couples with dogs, Frisbee-throwers, and guitar-players. As we lay on the grass eating strawberries and looking out at the water, our serene scene was suddenly punctuated by what sounded like a loud, motorized mosquito.
  
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• 70-year-old woman with dementia missing in Everett

  19-05-2015 19:05
  
  70-year-old woman with dementia missing in Everett
  
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• 70-year-old woman with dementia found safe

  19-05-2015 19:05
  
  70-year-old woman with dementia missing in Everett
  
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• Boeing-built Air Force mystery space plane poised for Wed. launch

  19-05-2015 19:00
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mini military space plane is poised for liftoff Wednesday on another long orbital test flight. But as usual, the Air Force isn’t saying much about the unmanned mission. This will be the fourth flight of an X-37B space plane, a secretive, experimental program run by the Air Force. The […]
  
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• Air Force mystery space plane poised for Wed. launch

  19-05-2015 19:00
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mini military space plane is poised for liftoff Wednesday. But as usual, the Air Force isn’t saying much about the experimental unmanned flight. This will be the fourth flight of an X-37B space plane. The three previous missions also began with rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mystery […]
  
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• Ex-cop vs. rocker: Citywide council seat drawing most cash so far

  19-05-2015 18:54
  
  One at-large seat and one district position — both pitting strong challengers against current council members — have so far attracted the most money in Seattle’s nine active City Council races.
  
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• Survey finds sports stand out at EWU

  19-05-2015 18:23
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Winning football and basketball teams are giving Eastern Washington University a statewide reputation. A new survey found that athletics most often was cited when people were asked their impressions of the Cheney school. The quality of educational offerings was mentioned by some Spokane County respondents. But The Spokesman-Review says most statewide […]
  
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• ‘Sunshine State’ or not, Florida badly behind on solar power

  19-05-2015 17:44
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Residents of the Sunshine State are finding that harnessing Florida’s abundant solar power is no simple task. Industry experts rank Florida third in the nation in rooftop solar energy potential but 13th in the amount of solar energy generated. Renewable energy experts and the solar industry say Florida lags behind because […]
  
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• The Morning News: Today's Teacher Protests, Drones, and the City's Enforcement Action Against Shell

  19-05-2015 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian was pepper-sprayed by Seattle police after speaking at MLK Day earlier this year. Today, Garfield High School teachers will be striking over lack of public education funding from the state legislature.James Bible
  Striking Teachers March Downtown Today: Teachers from 57 school districts voted to go on one-day strikes to protest lack of funding for public education—specifically on issues of smaller class sizes and educator pay. Today, teachers and
  
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• District: Teacher shamed student she said was bully

  19-05-2015 17:38
  
  LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (AP) — A suspended Ohio fifth-grade school teacher is appealing to keep her job after district officials concluded she publicly shamed a student whom she deemed a bully. Nicole LeMire-Hecker was suspended by the Olentangy Local School District school board last week. District officials say LeMire-Hecker inappropriately disciplined a Glen Oak Elementary […]
  
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• Bank robber who eluded capture gets 12 years for escape

  19-05-2015 17:37
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A convicted bank robber who spent nearly five years on the run before his capture last summer has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a federal court in Seattle. Bradley Robinett was arrested last summer in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro. The 46-year-old pleaded guilty to escape and other charges […]
  
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• Obama signs bill creating nationwide alert system for police

  19-05-2015 17:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure to create a nationwide alert system to help catch anyone who hurts, kills or makes credible threats against police officers. The new system would be similar to the Amber Alerts used to find abducted children. The bill is named for New York City […]
  
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• Cost of traffic tickets going up $12 in July

  19-05-2015 17:18
  
  Effective July 1, the state Supreme Court is boosting the base fines for most traffic infractions by $12. It’s the first increase since 2007.
  
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• Woman accused of pouring oil, threatening mother with fire

  19-05-2015 17:11
  
  A California woman has been accused of ending a verbal argument by pouring cooking oil on her mother and then threatening to set her on fire.
  
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• Secretary of State Kerry speaking about trade in Renton

  19-05-2015 17:00
  
  Secretary of State Kerry speaking about trade in Renton
  
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• No school for thousands of kids as teachers hold 1-day walkout

  19-05-2015 16:29
  
  Teachers from Seattle, Issaquah and Mercer Island are staging one-day strikes Tuesday to protest what they say is too little funding for the state’s public schools. They also will hold a march through downtown Seattle.
  
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• Video shows substitute teacher using belt on students

  19-05-2015 16:09
  
  BRANDYWINE, Md. (AP) — A substitute teacher in Maryland has been removed from the classroom after a video surfaced showing him using a belt on students. WTTG-TV (http://bit.ly/1LfrQi7 ) reports the incident happened last Friday at Gwynn Park Middle School in Prince George’s County. Officials say in the video the teacher has what appears to […]
  
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• Men wanted in robbery at Parkland medical pot shop

  19-05-2015 15:59
  
  Men wanted in robbery at Parkland medical pot shop
  
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• Couple, 4 children hurt in Grays Harbor crash

  19-05-2015 15:33
  
  Couple, 4 children hurt in Grays Harbor crash
  
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• Sea lion stranded in Longview suffered gunshot wound

  19-05-2015 15:18
  
  Federal wildlife officials have launched an investigation into the death of a sea lion in Longview after a necropsy revealed it had been shot in the head.
  
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• SW Wash. Goodwill gets donation of training grenade

  19-05-2015 15:10
  
  Workers at a Goodwill store in the Vancouver, Wash., suburb of Orchards have found a realistic-looking training grenade in a box of donated goods.
  
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• Pierce County may only break even with U.S. Open

  19-05-2015 15:07
  
  Final open house before U.S. Open for those who live near Chambers Bay
  
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• Final open house before U.S. Open for those who live near Chambers Bay

  19-05-2015 15:07
  
  Final open house before U.S. Open for those who live near Chambers Bay
  
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• Guest Editorial: Don't Let Senate Republicans Pass a Budget That Undermines Our System of Justice

  19-05-2015 15:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Justices on the Washington State Supreme Court. Republicans in the state senate want to reduce funding for our high court—and the rest of our already underfunded court system—by $9.5 million over the next two years. Don't let them. Washington State Supreme Court
  For everyday citizens to have justice, we need courts that work.Courts, judges, police officers, prosecutors—our system of justice needs all those vital organs of the law to function properly.But because of cuts propose
  
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