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• Macefield and More: Here's the Best Live Music This Weekend

  03-10-2015 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  You may as well surrender to the awesomeness of this year's lineup.
  It's the weekend, always the happiest of times for fans of live music, and this weekend in particular is packed to the gills with great artists. Let's take a look at the top of the crop.
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  Macefield
  It's day two of the absolutely vital Macefield Music Festival in Ballard. Mark Lanegan, Prom Queen, OC Notes... and about twenty other great bands.Cannibal OxVisionary New York rap duo will amaze you with their neck-snappingly ly
  
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• Amazon takes cowboy tactics to ‘wild, wild East’ of India

  03-10-2015 17:00
  
  Amazon says customers the world over want the same things: low prices, vast selection and fast delivery. But in pursuing what could become its second-largest market — India — Amazon has had to overhaul its playbook to deal with an overwhelmed infrastructure and constant gridlock.
  
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• Pasco Police: Teen shot while trying to steal pot plants

  03-10-2015 15:36
  
  PASCO, Wash. (AP) — A 16-year-old was shot while reportedly attempting to steal marijuana plants from a backyard in eastern Washington. Pasco police say the teen was shot in the wrist but did not say who fired the gun. The Tri-City Herald reports while investigating police found two marijuana patches in adjoining backyards. They are […]
  
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• Southbound I-5 at West Seattle Bridge closed due to multicar crash

  03-10-2015 07:32
  
  At least one person is trapped and four others have minor injuries from the crash, according to a tweet from the Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• Lane closures on Southbound I-5 at West Seattle Bridge Friday night due to multicar crash

  03-10-2015 07:32
  
  One person was taken to the hospital with serious or critical injuries, according to a spokeswoman for the Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• Protesters converge on UW, hoping to halt new animal lab

  03-10-2015 06:27
  
  The group No New Animal Lab is protesting the University of Washington’s construction of a $124 million animal research laboratory on the southwest side of campus. The group’s aim is to pressure the contractor, Skanska USA, to pull out of the project, stopping construction. The protest on Friday was also designed to disrupt Dawg Daze, […]
  
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• Anger over new UW lab

  03-10-2015 06:27
  
  The group No New Animal Lab is protesting the University of Washington’s construction of a $124 million animal research laboratory on the southwest side of campus. The group’s aim is to pressure the contractor, Skanska USA, to pull out of the project, stopping construction. The protest on Friday was also designed to disrupt Dawg Daze, […]
  
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• Meal-sharing hosts find it’s dicey trying to follow all codes

  03-10-2015 06:17
  
  Culinary entrepreneurs are providing meals out of their homes via a handful of sites, testing health-code and business licensing rules.
  
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• Seattle VA office lost records; veterans told benefits ending

  03-10-2015 06:07
  
  An inspection by the government showed that dozens of military veterans incorrectly received letters indicating they’d lose unemployment benefits after an overworked VA staff in Seattle lost track of records they had submitted.
  
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• For poor families, running out of diapers no joke

  03-10-2015 05:52
  
  Tens of thousands of low-income local families struggle to afford diapers, a little-known need not covered by federal assistance. With the help of donations, two local diaper banks provide 2 million diapers each year.
  
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• Diaper banks ease expenses, minds for thousands of Seattle-area parents

  03-10-2015 05:52
  
  Tens of thousands of low-income local families struggle to afford diapers, a little-known need not covered by federal assistance.
  
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• Diaper banks ease expenses, minds for thousands in Seattle area

  03-10-2015 05:52
  
  Tens of thousands of low-income local families struggle to afford diapers, a little-known need not covered by federal assistance. With the help of donations, two local diaper banks provide 2 million diapers each year.
  
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• Autumn’s bounty of color, food arrives

  03-10-2015 05:50
  
  The feast is on right now for urban wildlife in neighborhoods all over Seattle. Birds and squirrels are gorging themselves on a bigger-than-usual fall food supply.
  
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• Woman in nunchuck attack now accused of using sword

  03-10-2015 05:49
  
  A woman previously convicted of attacking people with a nunchuck is in jail for allegedly chasing a fellow Metro bus passenger with a sheathed sword.
  
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• Woman in nun-chuck attack now accused of using sword

  03-10-2015 05:49
  
  A woman previously convicted of attacking people with a nun-chuck is in jail for allegedly chasing a fellow Metro bus passenger with a sheathed sword.
  
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• Seattle plans to take over, expand underused Pronto bike-share network

  03-10-2015 05:19
  
  Seattle is working on a city takeover and expansion of the underused Pronto Cycle Share network, doubling the number of bicycles and adding bike stations in more neighborhoods. Mayor Ed Murray’s budget proposal calls for a $5 million city contribution.
  
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• Seattle plans to take over, expand Pronto bike-sharing network

  03-10-2015 05:19
  
  Seattle is working on a city takeover and expansion of the underused Pronto Cycle Share network, doubling the number of bicycles and adding bike stations in more neighborhoods. Mayor Ed Murray’s budget proposal calls for a $5 million city contribution.
  
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• Fallen Seattle firefighters remembered

  03-10-2015 05:14
  
  Memorial service held for firefighters.
  
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• Renowned BASE jumper killed after crash in Swiss Alps

  03-10-2015 05:00
  
  Johnny Strange became famous at 17, when he became the youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountains on seven continents, known as the “seven summits.”
  
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• Bid to unionize Uber, Lyft advances

  03-10-2015 04:30
  
  A proposal that would help independent-contractor drivers for app-based ride-service companies passed a Seattle City Council committee Friday with a 7-0 vote.
  
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• Donald Trump still tops GOP presidential poll; Jeb Bush falls to 4 percent

  03-10-2015 04:04
  
  Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is buffeted by controversy but still tops the Republican presidential field in a new national poll from the Pew Research Center. The survey’s punch-in-the-gut finding, however, is that ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has fallen to 4 percent.  The Bushes have been the gold standard in GOP politics, but Jeb Bush has made news only with gaffes — such as his remark, “Stuff Happens!” on the Umpqua Community College killings in Oregon. E
  
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• Donald Trump still tops GOP presidential poll, but Jeb Bush falls to 4 percent

  03-10-2015 04:04
  
  Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is buffeted by controversy, but still tops the Republican presidential field a new national poll from the Pew Research Center. The survey’s punch-in-the-gut finding, however, is that ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has fallen to 4 percent.  The Bushes have been the gold standard in GOP politics, but Jeb Bush has made news only with gaffes — such as his remark, “Stuff Happens!”, on the Umqua Community College killings in Oregon. Ex-
  
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• Seattle's opinions on the police

  03-10-2015 04:03
  
  Recent survey shows Seattle cops are making inroads on public opinion, but need work with minorities.
  
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• Jonathan Raban, a Brilliant Novelist and Nonfiction Writer, Reads at the Frye on Saturday at 3 pm

  03-10-2015 03:20 via thestranger.com
  
  And while you're at the Frye Art Museum, check out this huge charcoal drawing by Lead Pencil Studio that keeps haunting my dreams. Christopher Frizzelle
  I've said it before, I'll say it again: Jonathan Raban is a genius and if you've never read him, you have some catching up to do. Read this piece about what's going on in the minds of jihadists. Or pick up one of his books—my favorites are Passage to Juneau (about a sailing trip he took to Alaska and, well, I don't want to say anything els
  
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• Oregon sheriff, in charge of massacre probe, once posted a Sandy Hook conspiracy video

  03-10-2015 02:35
  
  Douglas County (Oregon) Sheriff John Hanlin, lead investigator of the Umpqua Community College mass shooting, posted a Facebook link to the YouTube conspiracy video, “The Sandy Hook Shooting: Fully Exposed,” about a month after the massacre of 20 first graders and six adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school. “This makes me wonder who can we trust any more,” Hanlin wrote in the January 2013 post.  “Watch, listen and keep an open mind.” The cons
  
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• Reports: Voyeur tried to record woman in Auburn bathroom

  03-10-2015 01:44
  
  A 37-year-old man was arrested at Green River Community College on Thursday after a woman reported being the subject of a video recording in a school bathroom stall.
  
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• Reports: Voyeur tried to record girl in Auburn bathroom

  03-10-2015 01:44
  
  A 37-year-old man was arrested at Green River Community College on Thursday after a woman reported being the subject of a video recording in a school bathroom stall.
  
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• Breathe Is Filled with Moments of Cinema Magic

  03-10-2015 01:06 via thestranger.com
  
  There are five main types of directors. One, the director with a background in film-buffery (Quentin Tarantino); two, the director with a background in acting (Ron Howard); three, the director with a background in film criticism (François Truffaut); four, the director with a theater background (Neil Labute); and, five, the director who has a background simply in directing (Steven Spielberg).France’s Mélanie Laurent is the second kind of director on my list. She is primarily
  
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• Last-Minute Weekend Plans: 11 Free and Easy Things To Do This Weekend

  03-10-2015 00:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Chromeo will play a free concert on Saturday. Christian Bertrand / Shutterstock
  It's not too late to have a fantastic weekend—a Chromeo concert, a women's rage salon with dance auteur Pat Graney, and two fish-related festivals are just some of the free things you can do this weekend. For even more events, check out our Things To Do calendar.
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  Seattle City of Literature Celebration
  Writer Ryan Boudinot assembled an anthology by Seattle writers about Seattle's literary richness called
  
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• Why #ShoutYourAbortion is a woman’s personal imperative

  03-10-2015 00:15
  Congressional threats to Planned Parenthood compel two Seattle women to create a national movement encouraging others to share their abortion stories.
  
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