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• Two words missing from spelling bee: sudden death

  29-05-2015 23:38
  
  For the love of big winners and sacred principles, let’s give a boot to this troubling trend of co-champions.
  
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• Your voices: 15 ideas on how school discipline could work better

  29-05-2015 23:38
  
  Parents, teachers, students and community members who attended our recent public meeting on school discipline used postcards to write down their ideas at the end of the event.
  
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• Test of expensive Snohomish County dispatch system fails — again

  29-05-2015 22:42
  
  The launch of a multimillion-dollar emergency dispatch project in Snohomish County has been delayed again after it failed in tests simulating a large disaster.
  
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• Seafood-Focused, Latin American-Inspired Manolin Is Like the Best Kind of Beach Vacation

  29-05-2015 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The dishes are distinct and inspired, and the decor makes you want to stay awhile. JENNIFER RICHARD
  Manolin feels like a beach vacation—not the cheesy kind with blended drinks and fresh towels, but the kind of oasis you might discover at the end of a bumpy ride down a dusty road, where you take up residence in a palapa and subsist on fresh fruit, seafood, and warm tequila for weeks…
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Five Men Share Their Feelings

  29-05-2015 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
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• Let the Franzen Feeding Frenzy Frommence

  29-05-2015 22:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Purity: No one has read it, but everyone already has an opinion
  You really don’t have to be a big reader or overly concerned with state of the novel to have an opinion of Jonathan Franzen. For the past week, I have been carrying around an advance reader’s copy of Franzen’s new novel Purity, due for release in September. I haven't flaunted it. But Franzen's power to dominate what we charmingly call the cultural conversation “around” what we also call, perhaps less ch
  
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• This Is the Most Ridiculous Letter to the Editor We've Received All Day

  29-05-2015 22:17 via thestranger.com
  
  A Stranger reader who identifies himself as Neale Frothingham writes:Why does The Stranger continually, inaccurately, and misleadingly refer to the young men shot by police in Olympia, and other suspects without firearms, as "unarmed"?
  Frothingham is referring to this and this. His letter goes on to say:Definitions of deadly weapons from multiple sources are:"A deadly weapon is generally defined as a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purposes of inflicting death o
  
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• Man killed during confrontation with Snohomish County deputy ID’ed

  29-05-2015 22:06
  
  The man fatally shot during a confrontation with a Snohomish County sheriff's deputy has been identified as 62-year-old Millard Tallant III.
  
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• Defense: Monfort sought to end police brutality by killing cops

  29-05-2015 21:41
  The defense has begun its closing argument in Christopher Monfort’s trial in the 2009 fatal shooting of Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton.
  
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• The Healing Power of Soup at Hue Ky Mi Gia

  29-05-2015 21:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Noodle soup at Hue Ky Mi Gia: Brimming with fried shallots, scallions, chives, crackly pork skin, lettuce, chrysanthemum leaves, and Chinese celery.The Stranger
  I went to bed on Sunday looking forward to Memorial Day, not only because it was a day off from work, but because I had arranged to spend the entire day by myself, doing whatever I wanted, with zero commitments or plans. (These sorts of days are a rarity when you have an infant.) But I woke up on Monday morning with that horrible, back-o
  
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• Murder Victim Jordan Davis’s Father on the Life-Saving Potential of the Documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets

  29-05-2015 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Jordan Davis's mother, Lucia McBath.
  I’m on the phone with a man who is living my worst nightmare. What Ron Davis does, every day, in honor of his son Jordan Davis, is beautiful, painful, and—sadly—necessary. “Um… I’m just going to dive in,” I say nervously. He laughs kindly. How do you interview a man about his murdered son?
  On November 23, 2012, while sitting in a parked car with three friends, 17-year-old Jordan Davis was shot and killed by 45-year-ol
  
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• School blocks speech by valedictorian declaring he is gay

  29-05-2015 20:18
  
  LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado charter school refused to let a class valedictorian deliver a graduation speech in which he planned to come out as gay, prompting criticism from activists. Evan Young, 18, said he agreed to make some suggested changes to the speech he planned to deliver on May 16 at the commencement […]
  
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• Mayor Picks Obama Appointee to Enforce Minimum Wage, Goes Against Business and Labor Recommendations

  29-05-2015 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Mayor Ed Murray signed history-making minimum wage legislation last year. Now someone has to enforce that law. City of Seattle
  Mayor Ed Murray will announce this morning that he's appointing former US Department of Labor adviser and Seattle native Dylan Orr to head up the city's new Office of Labor Standards, which is tasked with enforcing the city's new minimum wage. The appointment does not require city council approval; the job pays $118,000 a year.
  According to the mayor's office, Orr spent
  
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• Fox News Panel Uses Logical Fallacy to Slam Seattle Kayaktivists

  29-05-2015 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  This is how Fox News's Greg Gutfeld laughs. YouTube
  On Fox News's imaginatively named The Five program, which airs weekdays at 5 p.m., a five-person panel took on Seattle's kayaktivists this week with the network's trademark wit and intelligence.Hide your children, then behold:"Kayaks swarmed an offshore oil rig in protest," says The Five's ringleader, Greg Gutfeld, in monologue. "The protesters, floating more on hypocrisy than water, likely forgot that the kayaks are often made with petroleum."
  
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• There Is No Justification for Hurting Black People in Order to Teach White People a Lesson, Says Shane McCrae

  29-05-2015 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Poet, professor, and inspiration for a petition to remove Vanessa Place from her position at AWP tells The Stranger in an interview, "You can't fight dehumanization by dehumanizing."Shane McCrae
  When Shane McCrae, poet and professor of Creative Writing at Oberlin College, saw Vanessa Place’s arguably racist Twitter feed, he decided to write a letter. He wrote to the head of the writing conference AWP, expressing his concerns about Vanessa Place’s position on a selection committee tha
  
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• Latest US proposal for ethanol could have political fallout

  29-05-2015 19:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s latest plan on ethanol, the corn-based renewable fuel, probably will not have a major effect on pump prices, but could have political reverberations in Iowa and other farm states in the 2016 presidential campaign. Under the proposed rule announced Friday, the amount of ethanol in the gasoline supply would […]
  
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• EPA proposes lowering requirements for ethanol in gas

  29-05-2015 19:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s gasoline supply likely will have more ethanol in coming years — but not as much as was required by federal law. The Obama administration’s proposed renewable fuel standard won’t have much of an impact on gas prices, but could become an issue in the 2016 presidential elections, especially in farm […]
  
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• Don't Miss Whim W’Him’s Dark, Dreamy, Damn Near Impossible Dance Show X-POSED This Weekend Only!

  29-05-2015 19:07 via thestranger.com
  
  X-POSED May 29-31, 8pm at Cornish Performing Arts Center. I know what you're thinking: That doesn't look so impossible. But what if I told you they hold that jump for 25 minutes? Bamberg Fine Arts
  Whim W’Him’s seven company dancers stand in a rough semi-circle, panting and staring up at French choreographer Manuel Vignoulle with raised eyebrows. “I need you to be able to do this three times without stopping!” he says. It won’t be easy—Vignoulle’s RIPple
  
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• White House vow to veto fishing law changes sparks fight

  29-05-2015 18:58
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A White House pledge to veto proposed changes to federal fishing laws has divided fishermen over whether the rule changes should be saved or scrapped. U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) has proposed a bill to change the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fishery managers with more flexibility in […]
  
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• Buckley officer’s leg broken during struggle with sex offender

  29-05-2015 18:58
  
  A Buckley police officer suffered a broken leg in a struggle with a sex offender early Friday morning.
  
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• Buckley officer hurt during struggle, suspect at large

  29-05-2015 17:47
  
  Buckley officer hurt during struggle, suspect at large
  
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• Gunman in downtown Roy shatters windows, no injuries

  29-05-2015 17:40
  
  Police are searching for a gunman that opened fire in Roy, a small town about 45 miles south of Seattle.
  
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• Lawmakers take action to cut down wait for inmate treatment

  29-05-2015 17:38
  
  The Legislature has responded to a federal judge's order to cut wait times for crime suspects' mental-health services to seven days or less.
  
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• The Morning News: Ban on Smoking in Parks Moves Forward, Olympia Heads Into Another Special Session

  29-05-2015 17:01 via thestranger.com
  
  One step closer to banned after last night's parks board meeting. Sabphoto/Shutterstock
  Parks Smoking Ban Likely to Take Effect In Early July: Heidi Groover reports: "The Board of Parks Commissioners voted last night in support of a ban on cigarette smoking in city parks, but the language of the ban they're supporting has undergone significant changes since an earlier proposal. After criticism from advocacy groups like Real Change and the ACLU about how the ban could disproportionately affect ho
  
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• Employees tackle purse thief they say returned to steal car

  29-05-2015 16:07
  
  Employees tackle purse thief they say returned to steal car
  
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• Animal carcass spill creates I-5 traffic backup

  29-05-2015 15:24
  
  The Washington State Patrol says a rendering truck carrying animal carcasses spilled its stinky load, creating a temporary traffic backup on southbound Interstate 5 in south Seattle.
  
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• Motorcyclist badly hurt by wrong-way driver remains in hospital

  29-05-2015 15:11
  
  Motorcyclist badly hurt by wrong-way driver remains in hospital
  
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• Anthrax shipments came from military site in Utah desert

  29-05-2015 14:58
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Army’s mistaken shipment of live anthrax samples to government and commercial laboratories occurred at a military post in a desolate stretch of the Utah desert that has been testing chemical weapons since it opened in 1942. Though military officials say they were not aware of previous problems with […]
  
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• Georgia Hooters waitress donates kidney to longtime regular

  29-05-2015 14:57
  
  ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — A waitress at a Hooters in Georgia will donate her kidney to a longtime regular customer of the restaurant. WXIA-TV (http://on.11alive.com/1Jbsi1j) reports Don Thomas is a frequent patron of the Hooters in Roswell who lost both of his kidneys to cancer. Waitress Mariana Villarreal recently offered to donate him one of […]
  
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• India’s heat wave tests water supply; death toll over 1,800

  29-05-2015 14:55
  
  HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Dizzying temperatures caused water shortages in thousands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll from a weekslong heat wave to at least 1,826, officials said Friday. Meteorological officials called the heat wave “severe” and warned that it would continue for at least […]
  
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• Officials eye river levels in Texas, with focus on Houston

  29-05-2015 14:55
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Officials are closely monitoring the levels of rivers in Texas engorged by the deluge of last weekend. The Colorado River in Wharton and the Brazos and San Jacinto Rivers near Houston were the focus of attention as floodwaters from North and Central Texas moved downstream toward the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the […]
  
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• Another round of rain brings more serious flooding in Texas

  29-05-2015 14:55
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Floodwaters submerged Texas highways and threatened more homes Friday after another round of heavy rain added to the damage inflicted by storms that have killed at least 20 people and left 14 missing. The line of thunderstorms that stalled over Dallas dropped as much as 7 more inches overnight. The rain seeped […]
  
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• 1st tropical storm of Pacific season strengthens off Mexico

  29-05-2015 14:54
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The first named tropical storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season is strengthening rapidly and expected to soon become a hurricane. Tropical Storm Andres formed Thursday far off the coast of Mexico, and strengthened through the day to reach maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center […]
  
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• Paul running hard on civil liberties after his Senate gambit

  29-05-2015 14:52
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — He infuriated his party leaders by almost single-handedly delaying the extension of the Patriot Act. Now, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is fighting to transform his recent Capitol Hill victory into momentum with the voters who will select the next president. Tangling with a complicated issue that divides the public, Paul does not […]
  
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• Blabbermouth: Our Week-in-Review Podcast Looks at a Police Shooting, the Woman Who Tied Herself to a Ship, & Rhubarb!

  29-05-2015 14:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Blabbermouth: Episode eight of our Stranger week-in-review podcast. (Now available on iTunes!) BrAt82/Shutterstock
  As an investigation into the shooting of two young, unarmed black men by an Olympia police officer continues, Charles Mudede and I talk about what he saw at a protest against the shooting, the unique way the Olympia police handled the demonstration, and the questions that remain.
  Chiara D'Angelo is also on the show this week. She's the young woman from Western Washington University
  
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• Strong earthquake strikes off Alaska coast

  29-05-2015 14:50
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A strong earthquake has struck in a remote region off the coast of Alaska and officials say there is no tsunami threat or immediate report of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.7 quake struck at 9 p.m. Thursday and was centered in the ocean about 35 miles beneath the […]
  
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• Magnitude-6.7 quake strikes remote area off Alaska coast

  29-05-2015 14:50
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A strong earthquake has struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but officials say there is no tsunami threat or immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.7 quake struck at 9 p.m. Thursday and was centered in the ocean about 35 miles beneath the seabed […]
  
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• New lab can create hurricane conditions on demand

  29-05-2015 14:49
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Researchers trying to figure out what makes some hurricanes strengthen into catastrophic monsters have a new lab that allows them to generate tropical storm conditions with the flip of a switch. The lab is at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. It’s known as the Surge-Structure-Atmosphere Interaction, […]
  
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• Cleanup of oily goo could allow California beaches to reopen

  29-05-2015 14:49
  
  MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 7-mile stretch of Southern California coastline that was closed to swimmers and surfers after globs of oily goo washed ashore could reopen Friday after a two-day cleanup effort. Officials were assessing the popular beaches on Santa Monica Bay and would make a decision by midday, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman […]
  
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• California beaches could reopen after cleanup of oily goo

  29-05-2015 14:49
  
  MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials hope to reopen a 7-mile stretch of Southern California coastline that was closed to swimmers and surfers after globs of oily goo washed ashore. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Michael Anderson says officials are assessing cleanup efforts on the popular beaches Friday morning and would make a decision by midday. […]
  
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• California beaches could be open again as mystery goo fades

  29-05-2015 14:49
  MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Seven miles of shutdown Southern California beaches, their surf made sticky by an oily goo of mysterious origin, could soon reopen if cleanup continues at the current clip. Crews scouring 7 miles of Southern California beaches had scooped up truckloads of mysterious oily goo Thursday and the area might be […]
  
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• Woman wins $100 million in transvaginal mesh case

  29-05-2015 14:47
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A Delaware jury has ordered a medical device manufacturer to pay $100 million to a woman who, despite two surgeries, still has pieces of transvaginal mesh embedded inside her. The News Journal of Wilmington (http://delonline.us/1FRdynr) reports the 51-year-old Newark woman was awarded damages Thursday following a two-week trial in Superior Court […]
  
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• Volcano erupts in southern Japan, spewing ash high into sky

  29-05-2015 14:44
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A volcano erupted in spectacular fashion on a small island in southern Japan on Friday, spewing out rocks and sending black clouds of ash 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) into the sky. Authorities told people on the island to evacuate. One person was reported to have suffered minor burns from falling debris after […]
  
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• 6.7 quake occurs near Alaska's Aleutian Islands

  29-05-2015 14:27
  
  Strong quake occurs near Alaska's Aleutian Islands
  
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• Man files lawsuit over attack by Lakewood police K-9

  29-05-2015 14:06
  
  Man files lawsuit over attack by Lakewood police K-9
  
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• Record-breaking donations will help Seattle University teach science in new ways

  29-05-2015 14:02
  
  Seattle University has received two major gifts totaling $42 million and will use one of them to build upon its new Center for Science and Innovation.
  
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• Himalayan natural dog chews recalled for possible contamination

  29-05-2015 13:33
  
  Himalayan natural dog chews recalled for possible contamination
  
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• Judge rules school suspending student for handing out religious pamphlets 'unconstitutional'

  29-05-2015 13:33
  
  Case of student preacher who sued school district goes to court
  
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• Case of student preacher who sued school district goes to court

  29-05-2015 13:33
  
  Case of student preacher who sued school district goes to court
  
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• Smoking banned in Seattle’s parks

  29-05-2015 06:13
  
  Smoking will no longer be permitted in Seattle’s parks, under any circumstances, following action by the city’s parks board Thursday night.
  
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