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• Montreal will temporarily copy Victoria’s example and dump raw sewage into international waterway

  05-10-2015 23:21
  
  The city of Montreal, to allow for the rebuilding of a highway, plans to dump 8 billion liters of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River, following the example of Victoria by discharging untreated human waste into an international waterway. In Montreal’s case, contrasting to Victoria, the sewage dumping will take place for only a week to 10 days. The St. Lawrence River forms the boundary upstream between upstate New York and Ontario. The river is entirely in Canada where the sewa
  
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• Marijuana pesticide flap brings consumer lawsuit in Colorado

  05-10-2015 23:16
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit Monday against a pot business they said used an unhealthy pesticide to grow their weed — a case that lawyers say is the first product liability claim in the nation involving the legal marijuana industry. The case underscores disagreement over what chemicals should be […]
  
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• I Walked Out at Intermission! A Review of the First Half of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love at Book-It

  05-10-2015 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  The four characters in the title story. Not pictured: their emphatic, almost jovial delivery of dialogue and narration. John Ulman/Book-It Repertory Theatre
  First of all: I walk out of plays at intermission all the time, so save your outrage. I walked out of Grease at the 5th Avenue Theatre at intermission. I walked out of 99 Ways to Fuck a Swan at 12th Avenue Arts at intermission. (The friend who walked out of Grease with me was happy we left, but the friend I walked out of 99 Ways to Fuck a Sw
  
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• Witness tackles U-District robber, gets stabbed

  05-10-2015 22:53
  
  A man who tried to intervene in a U-District armed robbery was stabbed by the bandit, but helped the suspect's capture.
  
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• Cat set on fire in Bremerton; police investigating

  05-10-2015 22:43
  
  Police are looking for a person who set a cat on fire in Bremerton on Sunday night.
  
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• Injured Evergreen football player dies at Harborview

  05-10-2015 22:26
  
  A high-school senior who suffered a critical injury late in a Friday night football game has died.
  
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• How To Get a Rightwing Troll to Block You In Three Easy Tweets

  05-10-2015 21:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's how you do it...Three sexualized whatever the fuck responses to baiting tweets from a RWNJ/Christian/homophobe and he sends one last tweet calling me a pervert and then does me the favor of blocking me. That's how you do it.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Reports: Cat set on fire in Bremerton

  05-10-2015 21:43
  
  Bremerton police are looking for information on a cat that had been set on fire Sunday night.
  
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• Police Reports Illustratred: A Mellow Robbery Victim Shares a Story of "Mack 4 Beef"

  05-10-2015 21:38 via thestranger.com
  
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• A Majority of City Council Members Say They Won't Attend That Chamber of Commerce Retreat During Budget Season

  05-10-2015 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Can you guess who'll attend the Chamber of Commerce's retreat during budget season this year? City of Seattle
  Last year, five of Seattle's nine city council members excused themselves from handling the biggest piece of legislation they deal with every year—the city budget—to spend three days hanging out with the Chamber of Commerce at the Suncadia resort in Cle Elum. Council members who went each paid the Chamber $1,350 to attend, some using taxpayer dollars.
  Among the council member
  
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• The 28 Best Things To Do This Week: Oct 5-8

  05-10-2015 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Death Cab For Cutie finishes up their three-night run at The Paramount tonight. Christian Bertrand / Shutterstock
  This week, our arts critics have chosen the best events in every discipline—from a Hawaiian food festival to a Harry Belafonte talk to a women of horror film discussion series to a political forum on the arts—for you. And, if these 28 events aren't enough for you, check out our complete Things To Do calendar, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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  MUSIC: Death Cab fo
  
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• Hillary Clinton on SNL

  05-10-2015 21:18 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm neither a Hillary fan nor a Hillary hater. In 2008 I was for Barack or Hillary or both. But like Chris, our resident Hillary fan, I thought Hillary did a great job on SNL this weekend. She was so... human. I loved the gay marriage joke/dig—and, hey, Hillary does a good Donald Trump impression. And she can sing! Who knew? Hillary was so good on SNL that you can't help but wonder why she does this sort of thing so rarely. I'm not talking about how rarely she does skits on comedy shows,
  
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• Rare ferrets to find new home on former toxic site in Denver

  05-10-2015 21:00
  
  DENVER (AP) — Rare black-footed ferrets will be released Monday at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge — a milestone for the highly endangered animals and for the former toxic waste site on the industrial edge of Denver. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to turn 30 ferrets loose on the 25-square-mile refuge […]
  
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• Rare ferrets find new home on former toxic site in Denver

  05-10-2015 21:00
  
  DENVER (AP) — Rare black-footed ferrets chattered angrily before dashing out of pet carriers and ducking into burrows Monday at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge — a milestone for the highly endangered animals and for the former toxic waste site on the industrial edge of Denver. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released […]
  
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• Apparently Taking Advantage of Loophole, Seattle Chief Lessened Discipline for Cop Who Pepper Sprayed Jesse Hagopian

  05-10-2015 20:59 via thestranger.com
  
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  In early 2014, former Seattle police chief Harry Bailey sparked the first political crisis of Mayor Ed Murray's term when he quietly reversed misconduct findings in at least six cases. The decision was roundly condemned after it came to light, and under pressure, Bailey and Murray admitted it was a mistake.
  City Council Member Nick Licata said police discipline had entered the "twilight zone." Bailey took advantage of "the little loophole that gets Seattle cops
  
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• Orcas in Puget Sound Yesterday, as Seen from a Washington State Ferry

  05-10-2015 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Orca!!
  A video posted by Anthony Hecht (@ahecht) on Oct 4, 2015 at 5:15pm PDTYesterday at around 5:15 pm, The Stranger's chief technology officer Anthony Hecht and his family saw some orcas from a ferry from Bremerton. Which is totally unfair. How come I never see orcas when I take a ferry?
  Anthony says the ferry shut off its engines while they waited for the orcas to go by. Even though there are only one or two in the above video, "I'm sure we saw five separate whales," he says. No word on whet
  
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• Korean student files suit over ‘true horror’ of Ducks crash

  05-10-2015 20:21
  
  A Korean student who survived the deadly Aurora Bridge crash has sued two Ride the Ducks companies for their roles in not fixing a potentially defective axle on the amphibious excursion vehicle involved in the wreck.
  
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• Kshama Sawant vs. Pamela Banks: Grandiose designs vs. local grounding

  05-10-2015 20:17
  
  Cheers and whoops made Seattle U’s Piggott Auditorium  sound as if two football rivals were holding simultaneous pep rallies Sunday night, but this was a debate in the increasingly heated District 3 City Council race between incumbent Kshama Sawant and Seattle Urban League CEO Pamela Banks. On stage, the set-to featured a collision between the grandiose vision of the militant socialist Sawant — “We need a cultural transformation of our city” — and the locally g
  
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• Ducks crash victim was smart and studious — with a fun side, host mom recalls

  05-10-2015 20:08
  Ducks crash victim Runjie Song, 17, from China, was a reserved scholar when she arrived in Kentucky as a foreign-exchange student last year. There, the aspiring teacher discovered a love of fireflies, roller coasters and McDonald’s.
  
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• TODAY is the Last Day You Can Register Online to Vote in the November Election. Do It Now!

  05-10-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Follow this guy to register to vote. Eli Sanders
  Are you registered to vote?At your current address?
  Are you sure?
  Today is your last chanceto register online. You can do it right here.If you don't, you're going to be left staring at our endorsements for this totally bananas local election—they come out October 14!—unable to do a damn thing with them. And if you do register, you'll get to vote exactly as we tell you.
  Along with every! single! seat! on the Seattle City Council, the No
  
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• Bernie's Beating Hillary, and Also Hillary's Beating Bernie

  05-10-2015 19:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Please form an orderly line by the donation box over there. Juli Hansen / Shutterstock.com
  Depending on how you ask the question, Bernie Sanders is either cruising past Hillary to the presidency, or she's cruising past him. (Martin O'Malley, in case you were wondering, is polling at 0 percent. Ouch.)
  Here's the good news for Hillary fans: national polling shows her 18 points ahead of Sanders, 41 percent to 23 percent. This is fairly consistent with support last month as well.
  But! What about whe
  
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• Amtrak train to Washington, DC, derails in central Vermont

  05-10-2015 19:01
  
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — An Amtrak train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., on Monday hit rocks that had fallen onto the track from a ledge, spilling the locomotive and a passenger car down an embankment, derailing three other cars and injuring seven people, authorities said. The Vermonter train carrying 98 passengers and four crew […]
  
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• Amtrak train hits rocks on track, derails in central Vermont

  05-10-2015 19:01
  
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — An Amtrak train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., on Monday hit rocks that had fallen onto the track from a ledge, spilling the locomotive and a passenger car down an embankment, derailing three other cars and injuring seven people, authorities said. The Vermonter train, carrying 98 passengers and four crew […]
  
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• Amtrak train from Vermont to DC derails after hitting rocks

  05-10-2015 19:01
  
  NORTHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — An Amtrak train headed from Vermont to Washington, D.C., on Monday hit rocks that had fallen onto the track from a ledge, spilling the locomotive and a passenger car down an embankment, derailing three other cars and injuring seven people, authorities said. The Vermonter train carrying 98 passengers and four crew […]
  
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• Weakening Joaquin passes Bermuda after lashing it with rain

  05-10-2015 18:50
  
  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A weakening Hurricane Joaquin moved past Bermuda and farther out into the Atlantic on Monday after toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands in the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination. The tiny British territory’s L.F. Wade International Airport was set to reopen Monday afternoon while insurance companies and banks […]
  
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• U.S., states finalize settlement with BP over gulf oil spill

  05-10-2015 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and five states have finalized a settlement worth more than $20 billion arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials announced Monday. The deal resolves all civil claims against BP and ends five years of legal fighting over the nearly 134 million-gallon […]
  
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• US, states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill

  05-10-2015 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal, once approved by a judge, would resolve all civil claims against BP and end five years of legal fighting over the […]
  
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• Ex-ombudsman files claim against Snohomish County

  05-10-2015 18:38
  
  John Koster says he was humiliated after losing the job of ombudsman, and he thinks it was in retaliation for an anti-union letter he wrote.
  
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• Professor: Historic outhouses underappreciated in Southwest

  05-10-2015 18:37
  
  CORRALES, N.M. (AP) — At a time when life could be harsh in the American Southwest, outhouses served more than one important role. They provided structure, protected water resources and created important social norms, a New Mexico professor says. Many of the aging wooden structures still dot the landscape in the region and across the […]
  
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• US, Chile declare new marine reserves, fight overfishing

  05-10-2015 18:20
  
  VALPARAISO, Chile (AP) — President Barack Obama declared new marine sanctuaries in Lake Michigan and the tidal waters of Maryland on Monday, while Chile blocked off more than 200,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean near the world-famous Easter Island from commercial fishing and oil and gas exploration. The announcements came as top officials, including […]
  
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• NYU engineering school receives $100M gift

  05-10-2015 18:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York University’s School of Engineering has received a $100 million gift and will be renamed after its donors. NYU announced Monday that the donation from Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon will go toward faculty and new programming. It will be called NYU Tandon School of Engineering. NYU says it has agreed […]
  
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• Coast Guard: Missing ship sank, 1 body found, search ongoing

  05-10-2015 18:00
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday that a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people that has been missing since it encountered high winds and heavy seas from Hurricane Joaquin sank and one body was found, but planes and ships will continue searching for the missing crew. Capt. Mark Fedor said one large […]
  
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• Morning News: Gun Violence in Seattle, Homes Up in Flames in Auburn, and Hospitalized High School Football Players

  05-10-2015 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  But first: bankrupt! Susan Montgomery / Shutterstock.com
  The Place Where I Used to Get Butt Magazine and Overpriced, Undermade Underwear: Is filing for bankruptcy.On to Actually Important Matters, a Man Was Shot Near the QFC at Broadway and Harvard Yesterday: "Officers found a man shot in the foot, and a driver whose car was riddled with bullet holes from the shooting." Capitol Hill Seattle adds that two hours later "a fight near 23rd and Jackson ended with gunfire."There Were No Fatal Injuries
  
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• A multigenerational hit: Student debt traps parents and kids

  05-10-2015 17:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A college degree practically stamped Andres Aguirre’s ticket to the middle class. Yet at age 40, he’s still paying the price of admission. After a decade of repayments, Aguirre still diverts $512 a month to loans and owes $20,000. The expense requires his family to rent an apartment in Campbell, California, because […]
  
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• Washington State Ferries hosts its first-ever floating Seahawks pep rally

  05-10-2015 16:36
  
  The fan event takes place on Monday's 1:45 sailing of the Bremerton-to-Seattle ferry.
  
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• Missing Ellensburg hunter found with sore feet, no elk

  05-10-2015 16:22
  
  Bradley Haddon was in good condition after spending Saturday night outside around Magpie Gulch in Montana.
  
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• A spike in King County foreign-born populations

  05-10-2015 16:00
  
  Explore our interactive map of international communities.
  
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• Who Wore It Better? 12 Photos of Death Cab for Cutie and Tacocat at the Paramount Last Night

  05-10-2015 15:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Death Cab For Cutie
  Over the weekend (and concluding tonight) hometown heroes Death Cab For Cutie have taken up a sort-of residency at the Paramount, headlining three consecutive sold-out nights with a variety of local support (Unlikely Friends, Tacocat, and Cataldo). Some photos from their Sunday night show with Tacocat, below.DCFC: Ben Gibbard in one of many spotlights.
  DCFC:Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr
  DCFC: Jason McGerr
  DCFC: Dave Depper and Zac Rae ("the New Guys")
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  DCFC: Front Row Fans
  
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• South Carolina flood: Door-to-door searches, swamped roads

  05-10-2015 15:09
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday as emergency responders promised renewed door-to-door searches for anyone still trapped after a weekend deluge and hundreds of rescues. At least seven weather-related deaths have been blamed on the vast rainstorm. Heavy rain kept […]
  
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• 3 share Nobel medicine prize for new tools to kill parasites

  05-10-2015 14:48
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists from the U.S., Japan and China won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering drugs to fight malaria and other tropical diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people every year. Tu Youyou — the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate — was cited for discovering a drug that’s now […]
  
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• Statisticians wanted: The lesser-known, but also hot tech field

  05-10-2015 14:11
  
  Coding is cool, too, but someone has to make sense of the growing amount of data.
  
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• Four fires reported within an hour-and-a-half period in Auburn

  05-10-2015 09:00
  
  At least three people are displaced from their homes as fire authorities investigate four separate blazes in Auburn.
  
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• Four fires reported within an hour-and-a-half in Auburn

  05-10-2015 09:00
  
  At least three people are displaced from their homes as fire authorities investigate four separate blazes in Auburn.
  
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• Eye treatment may soon be first gene therapy approved in U.S.

  05-10-2015 06:57
  
  Spark Therapeutics said the treatment had allowed people with certain so-called inherited retinal dystrophies to more easily maneuver in dimmer light than they could before.
  
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• How to prepare for Mars? NASA consults Navy sub force

  05-10-2015 06:41
  
  GROTON, Conn. (AP) — As NASA contemplates a manned voyage to Mars and the effects that missions deeper into space could have on astronauts, it’s tapping research from another outfit with experience sending people to the deep: the U.S. Navy submarine force. The space agency is working with a military laboratory at the submarine base […]
  
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• Picturesque French Riviera hit by deadly flash floods

  05-10-2015 06:36
  
  ANTIBES, France (AP) — In a matter of minutes, torrential rains transformed the postcard-perfect French Riviera into a terrifying flood zone, leaving at least 16 dead, trapping hundreds of ailing pilgrims and halting car and train traffic Sunday along the mud-drenched Mediterranean coast. Victims were found dead in a retirement home, campsites, and cars submerged […]
  
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• More troubled students requesting four-legged roommates

  05-10-2015 05:54
  
  As students with psychiatric diagnoses are asking to reside on campus with their own animals, schools with no-pet housing policies are scrambling to address a surfeit of new problems.
  
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• Americans should look in mirror to stop gun violence

  05-10-2015 05:00
  
  Gun violence is common because Americans permit it, says columnist Jerry Large, and it’s past time to change that.
  
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• Rabbi pedals trappings of Sukkot

  05-10-2015 04:55
  
  Jewish holiday is celebrated by eating in temporary booths.
  
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• Volunteers bring TLC to Health for the Homeless event

  05-10-2015 04:35
  
  About 20 volunteers helped more than 80 people get chronic neck, shoulder, back and foot problems checked at an all-day Health for the Homeless event Saturday at the Union Gospel Mission’s men’s shelter in Pioneer Square.
  
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