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• Study: Tallest tree in Muir Woods is mere 777 years old

  01-06-2015 23:58
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An analysis found that the tallest redwood tree in Muir Woods in California is 777 years old — not the 1,500 years once assumed. The study out of Humboldt State University is the first determination of the age of trees in Muir Woods, north of San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle […]
  
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• Parents protest plan to put artificial turf on new fields

  01-06-2015 23:56
  
  The workers putting in new artificial fields at the former Woodway High School are facing a turf war with parents who say crumb rubber is linked to cancer.
  
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• Seattle woman pushes burglar out of house

  01-06-2015 23:54
  
  Police: Woman wakes to burglar in her home, throws him outside
  
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• Police: Woman wakes to burglar in her home, throws him outside

  01-06-2015 23:54
  
  Police: Woman wakes to burglar in her home, throws him outside
  
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• SIFF NOTES 2015: Ron Davis, Father of Murder Victim Jordan, Will Attend Screenings of 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets for Q&A

  01-06-2015 23:49 via thestranger.com
  
  “When people see this film in this country and around the world, it’s going to show them that these victims are not faceless. These victims have families. These victims are cared for... I hope that this film, in the name of my son Jordan, saves lives.” -Ron Davis
  In the event you haven't yet read Ijeoma Oluo's powerhouse interview with Ron Davis, the father of murder victim Jordan Davis, and subject of the documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, you should go read it now. Havi
  
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• Seattle police investigate 2 recent anti-gay attacks on Capitol Hill

  01-06-2015 23:42
  
  Seattle police are investigating two anti-gay attacks that occurred on Capitol Hill on Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Savage Love Letters of the Day: Ramping Back Up

  01-06-2015 23:28 via thestranger.com
  
  I have dilemma. I'm a married man, my wife and I have been together 20 years total, and our sex life is beginning to get kind of dull. Recently she told me she would like to have a FFM threesome. Our problem is finding another F. She said she would never do it with a friend—we don't think any of her friends would do it anyway—so I suggested dating sites since neither of us knows any bisexual women. My question to you is this: Would it be better if she made the profile on some dating
  
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• Police arrest man suspected of breaking Buckley officer’s leg

  01-06-2015 23:25
  
  A registered sex offender suspected of breaking the leg of a Buckley police officer was arrested just after noon on Monday.
  
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• I, Anonymous: Sorry Kid, but Your Mom Is the Worst

  01-06-2015 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Don't worry, I saw everything. I saw your mom give you a snack on the bus and then steal the cheese and the meat. She was going to steal the bread, but it got knocked onto the floor, so she told you to eat it off of the nasty bus floor. You refused. Good kid. I would have stood up for you, but I didn't have to. You were mad and threw the empty wrappers at her and swung your balloon at her…
  
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• Seattle journalist freed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

  01-06-2015 22:53
  
  Casey L. Coombs, one of several Americans believed to be held by the Houthis, was scheduled to undergo a medical evaluation before flying home to Seattle, his mother, Jill Marie Hammill, said in a telephone interview.
  
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• Drama! Pamela Banks Slams Kshama Sawant for Fundraising in New York Over the Weekend

  01-06-2015 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Urban League President Pamela Banks on Council Member Kshama Sawant: "She can talk a good game about equity, but you can’t make an impact for the people of Seattle when you’re raising money in Manhattan."
  Socialist City Council Member Kshama Sawant was in New York City this weekend asking people for money for her reelection campaign."Please bring your checkbook and consider donating generously!" read the Facebook page for a fundraiser organized by the New York City chapter of Sawant'
  
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• Snooze away: Adults need 7 hours of sleep a night, new guidelines say

  01-06-2015 22:29
  Adults need at least seven hours of a sleep each night — and maybe more, according to new evidence-based guidelines issued Monday by a panel of sleep experts.
  
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• Serious injury collision shuts South 320th in Federal Way

  01-06-2015 22:18
  
  A five-car collision in Federal Way near Interstate-5 on Monday morning sent two people to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and shut down a major road.
  
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• Nine Photos from Saturday's "Privilege Party" at the University of Washington

  01-06-2015 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  After some heated talk on Facebook, Saturday's "Check Your Privilege Party" on the University of Washington's frat row ended up being a very calm event. The only yelling I heard came from two or three cars as they drove by, and it was mostly unintelligible. There was a 40-ish percent show of hands when someone asked who was in the Greek system. There were a lot of students sitting on the steps of the Greek houses as well. At the high point there seemed to be around 250-300 people at the protest.
  
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• Nine Photos from Saturday's "Check Your Privilege Party" at the University of Washington

  01-06-2015 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  After some heated talk on Facebook, Saturday's "Check Your Privilege Party" on the University of Washington's frat row ended up being a very calm event. The only yelling I heard came from two or three cars as they drove by, and it was mostly unintelligible. There was a 40-ish percent show of hands when someone asked who was in the Greek system. There were a lot of students sitting on the steps of the Greek houses as well. At the high point there seemed to be around 250-300 people at the protest.
  
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• Democrats’ new budget trims spending, keeps capital-gains tax

  01-06-2015 22:07
  
  As time grows short for lawmakers to reach a budget agreement, Democrats Monday released a new budget plan that comes down in spending — and preserves a proposed capital-gains tax proposal.
  
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• Democrats’ budget: comes down in spending; keeps capital-gains tax

  01-06-2015 22:07
  
  As time grows short for lawmakers to reach a budget agreement, Democrats Monday released a new budget plan that comes down in spending — and preserves a proposed capital-gains tax proposal.
  
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• Man in hospital after attack at McDonald’s parking lot

  01-06-2015 21:46
  
  Man in hospital after attack at McDonald’s parking lot
  
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• Anti-Animal Testing Activist Chained to Top of Excavator at University of Washington

  01-06-2015 21:46 via thestranger.com
  
  One activist is locked to an excavator (with another activist in a support role) to protest the construction of a new animal research lab at UW. Michael Brady
  Anti-arctic drilling protesters aren't the only ones locking themselves to large pieces of equipment in Washington these days.
  As Heidi mentioned in the Morning News, two activists are on top of a large excavator at the University of Washington, protesting the construction of a new animal research lab.
  Amanda Schemekes, a law student at Se
  
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• Danish Politician Wants Voters to Know He Has Lovely Tits and a Huge Dick

  01-06-2015 21:38 via thestranger.com
  
  An object lesson for all male politicians everywhere worried about stray dick pics coming to light and upending their campaigns. The politician's twitter feed is here. His giant penis is here. Via BoingBoing.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Burglar gets bum’s rush after breaking into Roosevelt home

  01-06-2015 21:20
  
  Seattle police arrest suspected burglar after a woman chased him from her home early Sunday.
  
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• Burglar gets bum’s rush after breaking into Ravenna home

  01-06-2015 21:20
  
  Seattle police arrest suspected burglar after a woman chased him from her home early Sunday.
  
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• Can organic be profitable? If the price is right, study says

  01-06-2015 21:10
  
  A study by two Washington State University professors shows organic agriculture can be much more profitable — as long as growers charge enough.
  
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• Man severely beaten trying to stop attack on woman in Edmonds

  01-06-2015 21:08
  
  Edmonds police are asking for the public's help in identifying the people who attacked a man who tried to intervene in the assault of a woman early Sunday morning.
  
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• The Commenter Who Believes We're in a Conspiracy with Cherdonna Should Just Stop Reading The Stranger for a While

  01-06-2015 21:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Because we're not about to stop writing about her. Kelly O
  As I'm putting the finishing touches on next week's piece about what makes Cherdonna a genius—and why we've nominated her for a 2015 Stranger Genius Award—I keep thinking about that one hilarious anonymous commenter who's just sure, sure, that there's something untoward about how much coverage Cherdonna has gotten in The Stranger.I wrote this profile of Cherdonna last fall, and the commenter wrote:
  There's some insider thing
  
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• Ethan Murrow's Drawings Are Full of Mystifying Details From a Parallel Universe

  01-06-2015 20:46 via thestranger.com
  
  What is going on here? Courtesy of the artist and Winston Wächter Fine Art
  So many questions about Boston-based artist Ethan Murrow's drawings at Winston Wächter Fine Art this month. What are those men doing? Who do they work for? Why is there a painting underground? How big is that painting? What is the man inside the painting doing? What does the number 136 (just under the arch, to the right of the light shaft) refer to? Why is this drawing called Columbia River Beehive? Looking at i
  
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• Woman assaulted on cruise sues Holland America

  01-06-2015 20:17
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Michigan woman who was assaulted on a cruise ship has filed a federal lawsuit against Holland America claiming it fails to oversee its workers or provide adequate security. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where Holland America is based, claims the Oakland County, Mich., woman had gone to […]
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Debuts On the Cover of Vanity Fair

  01-06-2015 20:08 via thestranger.com
  
  From VF's press release...
  Speaking publicly for the first time since completing gender transition, Caitlyn Jenner compares her emotional two-day photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz for the July cover of Vanity Fair to winning the gold medal for decathlon at the 1976 Olympics. She tells Pulitzer Prize–winning V.F. contributing editor and author of Friday Night Lights Buzz Bissinger, “That was a good day, but the last couple of days were better.... This shoot was about my life and who I
  
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• Jurors begin deliberating in trial of accused cop-killer Monfort

  01-06-2015 20:06
  
  Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of Christopher Monfort, who is accused of killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton on Oct. 31, 2009.
  
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• The Title of Jessica Hopper's Music Criticism Collection Made Me Uncomfortable—I'm Glad I Read Past the Cover.

  01-06-2015 20:04 via thestranger.com
  
  The first author photo on the first collection of… DAVID SAMPSON
  Though many of my friends were in on the joke, at first I found the title of Jessica Hopper's new book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, uncomfortably arrogant. Given all the female music writers out there slogging through the trenches of male opinion, I was concerned that the wink of the title concealed the old, tired music-critic habit of making grandiose declarations as a means of bulldozin
  
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• White supremacists, counter-protesters clash in Olympia

  01-06-2015 19:22
  
  White supremacists, counter-protesters clash in Olympia
  
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• Records: Wife suspected war vet husband of killing relatives

  01-06-2015 18:57
  A Lewiston, Idaho, man has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide north of Spokane in which the victims were shot to death before their home was set on fire.
  
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• Records: Wife suspected war vet husband in triple homicide

  01-06-2015 18:57
  
  A Lewiston, Idaho, man has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide north of Spokane in which the victims were shot to death before their home was set on fire.
  
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• Iraq veteran arrested in Washington state triple homicide

  01-06-2015 18:57
  
  A Lewiston, Idaho, man has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide north of Spokane in which the victims were shot to death before their home was set on fire.
  
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• Idaho man arrested in Spokane area triple homicide

  01-06-2015 18:57
  
  A Lewiston, Idaho, man has been arrested in connection with a triple homicide north of Spokane in which the victims were shot to death before their home was set on fire.
  
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• In Music News: Kanye West Baby No. 2, Enrique Iglesias Bleeds For You, Kendrick Lamar Shames Salad CEO

  01-06-2015 18:51 via thestranger.com
  
  There's a bun in the oven. Electrolysis / Shutterstock.com
  • Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have spawned again. Brace yourselves, Planet Earth. The news broke last night after the mid-season finale (apparently one finale per season is not enough) of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In a teaser for the upcoming episode, the audience saw Kim announcing the news to her sister Khloé. Kim posted a picture from a recent photo shoot only an hour or so before the teaser aired, and she doesn't
  
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• Firefighters douse ‘challenging’ apartment fire in Redmond

  01-06-2015 18:40
  
  A fire that destroyed a two-residence garden apartment in the 9000 block of Redmond-Woodinville Road on Sunday was doused despite what fire crews called significant challenges.
  
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• Novel government cancer study will test precision medicine

  01-06-2015 18:27
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The federal government is launching a very different kind of cancer study that will assign patients drugs based on what genes drive their tumors rather than the type. The National Cancer Institute’s NCI-MATCH trial will be a massive precision medicine experiment at more than 2,400 sites around the country. Starting in July, […]
  
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• Government's Bulk Data Collection of Your Telephone Data Ended Last Night, Temporarily

  01-06-2015 18:20 via thestranger.com
  
  The NSA is not collecting and storing your metadata at the moment. Gil C / Shutterstock.com
  At midnight last night, as Wired explains, congress allowed Section 215 and two other parts of the Patriot Act to expire, temporarily, partly due to Rand Paul taking his time while getting super pissy on the floor. And, I know—Rand Paul. But Section 215 is the one that allows the NSA to collect and store your cellphone metadata. And recently, a report from the Justice Department found that the FBI w
  
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• Centralia man arrested in sledgehammer attack

  01-06-2015 17:51
  
  Centralia man arrested in sledgehammer attack
  
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• Surveillance powers lapse as Congress debates renewal

  01-06-2015 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency suspended its controversial collection of Americans’ phone records as Congress grappled Monday with how to restore expired surveillance laws the government has used to track terrorists and spies. No solution was likely before Tuesday at the earliest, and the Republican lawmaker who helped trigger the gridlock took credit […]
  
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• Senate takes up House bill but fails to avoid spying lapse

  01-06-2015 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, the Congress curtailed the National Security Agency’s authority to track suspected terrorists as lawmakers struggled to restore approval for mass collection of phone records and other surveillance methods. No solution was likely before Tuesday at the earliest, and the Republican lawmaker who triggered the […]
  
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• Case of accused cop killer goes to jury

  01-06-2015 17:15
  
  Case of accused cop killer expected to go to jury
  
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• Case of accused cop killer expected to go to jury

  01-06-2015 17:15
  
  Case of accused cop killer expected to go to jury
  
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• The Morning News: A Mark Driscoll Comeback, an Activist Locked to Construction Equipment, and a Government Shutdown Plan

  01-06-2015 17:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Mark Driscoll is "unrepentant," say former Mars Hill members who protested his appearance at a Mill Creek church on May 17. Mars Hill Church
  Is Mark Driscoll Trying to Make a Comeback? Former Mars Hill pastor and all-around asshole Mark Driscoll has been making a series of public appearances, including in Mill Creek, Washington, where some former Mars Hill members protested his appearance. Those former members say he's "unrepentant," writes Nina Shapiro in the Seattle Times, while a northern Cal
  
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• Activist chains self to excavator in protest of UW animal-testing lab

  01-06-2015 16:36
  
  Two activists are sitting on an excavator at the construction site of an animal-research lab at the University of Washington, one is chained to the machine.
  
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• Activist chains himself to excavator in protest of UW animal-testing lab

  01-06-2015 16:36
  
  Two activists are sitting on an excavator at the construction site of an animal-research lab at the University of Washington, one is chained to the machine.
  
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• US construction jumped 2.2 percent in April

  01-06-2015 16:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. construction spending climbed in April to the highest level in more than six years, fueled by healthy gains in housing, government spending and non-residential construction. Construction spending advanced 2.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1 trillion, the highest level since November 2008, the Commerce Department said […]
  
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• Sizeable earthquakes hit off Oregon coast

  01-06-2015 16:05
  
  Sizeable earthquakes hit off Oregon coast
  
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• Five earthquakes hit off Oregon coast in under day

  01-06-2015 16:05
  
  Sizeable earthquakes hit off Oregon coast
  
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