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• Today in GAAAAHHH!!: A Horrific Scene from the Upcoming Outcast

  13-10-2015 23:55 via thestranger.com
  The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman has a new horror series set to debut on Cinemax in 2016, and its called Outcast. Based on the Skybound comic, it's about a young man who has demonic possession problems (been there, done that!) that may eventually bring down the downfall of the planet! If you like super gross-out horror, check out this scene from Outcast which debuted at New York Comic-Com. Maybe NSFW? I'd say turn out the lights, go full screen, and put your headphones on for the full creepy ef
  
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• Historic mural vandalized in North Seattle

  13-10-2015 23:51
  
  Historic Seattle mural vandalized
  
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• Protest Planned for Canadian Band Viet Cong’s Oct. 16 Show at Neumos

  13-10-2015 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  You weren't there, man... Is Viet Cong's name opening old wounds? David Waldman
  A group of Asian-American Pacific Islanders are planning to protest the Canadian post-punk band Viet Cong's appearance at Neumos at 6 pm on Friday, October 16, with the ultimate goal of persuading the venue to cancel the show.On the "Shut Down Viet Cong @ Neumos" Facebook page, the organizers condemn "the tone deaf racism of Canadian band Viet Cong – a band of four young white men – using the name of a po
  
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• New Jersey boy, 3, reported missing is found dead near home

  13-10-2015 23:35
  
  HADDON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy who was reported missing Tuesday was found dead three hours later in woods about a half-mile from his home, authorities said. A family member reported Brendan Link Creato missing at 6 a.m. from a small apartment building in Haddon Township, said Andy McNeil, spokesman with the Camden […]
  
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• Man charged in wife’s decapitation tells police about attack

  13-10-2015 23:35
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man charged with decapitating his wife this summer told investigators he was hearing voices when he attacked her and was trying to thwart evil when he later mutilated himself, including pulling out one of his eyes, according to recently released police reports that provide new detail of the gruesome case. […]
  
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• Serial killer sent to death row 3 times faces 4th sentencing

  13-10-2015 23:33
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three times Dayton Leroy Rogers has been sentenced to death, and three times his sentence has been overturned. Rogers, one of Oregon’s most prolific serial killers, returned to an Oregon City courtroom Tuesday to yet again face jurors who could send him to death row. Though that is an option, the […]
  
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• FBI operation targets sexually exploited children, adults in Washington state

  13-10-2015 23:22
  
  A weeklong FBI operation aimed at helping sexually exploited children recovered three juveniles in Washington state.
  
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• Planned Parenthood changes fetal-tissue reimbursement policy

  13-10-2015 23:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will cover the costs itself rather than accepting any reimbursement. Anti-abortion activists who recently released a series of covertly filmed videos have contended that […]
  
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• The Voting Party Is Back!

  13-10-2015 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger Election Control Board hosted our first "First Quadrennial Voting Party!" back in 2012.
  You see, kids, back in olden tymes, voters went to polling places on election days. We voted together in community centers, church basements, and gay bathhouses. We have mail-in ballots now and mail-in ballots are way better because they make voting easier for folks who had a hard time getting to polling places on election day: the elderly and sadly housebound, the young and forgetfully high, th
  
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• Shell retreats from the Arctic; two big drilling ships due back in Washington waters

  13-10-2015 22:48
  
  Two big drilling ships from Shell’s aborted Arctic oil exploration program, the Transocean Polar Pioneer and Noble Discoverer, are headed to Washington waters for what’s expected to be a brief stay. But the Polar Pioneer will not be returning to Seattle, where it was greeted last April by a seaborne protest of “kayactivists” including local politicians. The Shell-leased drilling ship Transocean Polar Pioneeer arrives in Port Angeles last April.  It is coming back fol
  
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• Firefighter who survived deadly blaze doing ‘really well’

  13-10-2015 22:48
  The 25-year-old firefighter who survived an August fire in Okanogan County that killed three comrades is doing “really well,” his doctor said Tuesday.
  
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• Firefighter who survived deadly blaze doing ‘quite well’

  13-10-2015 22:48
  
  The 25-year-old firefighter who survived an August fire in Okanogan County that killed three comrades is doing “quite well,” his doctor and his father said Tuesday.
  
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• Ahamefule Oluo on This American Life

  13-10-2015 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Ahamefule Oluo, Ijeoma Oluo, and Eze-Basil Chinwendu Oluo D'Oracle, who has just arrived from Nigeria.
  Ahamefule Oluo, the trumpeter for Industrial Revelation—a quartet that gave a sublime performance on Friday at the Frye Art Museum for the Genius / 21 Century / Seattle exhibit—was on This American Life on Saturday. If you missed it, you can listen to it here.The segment is called "The Wedding Crasher," and elaborates on a theme Oluo introduced in "My Father Is an African Immigrant
  
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• Catch It Before It Closes! Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge at the Seattle Repertory Theatre

  13-10-2015 22:18 via thestranger.com
  
  This play should have been called Incest Vibes. Let's just say that the tension between these two (Amy Danneker, Mark Zeisler) is very Greek. Alabastro Photography
  Even though A View from the Bridge is the most boring title for anything, you should throw on some business casual and go see the play before it closes this weekend.When you walk into the Seattle Rep Theatre, the curtain's already open on 1950s New York. Off-duty longshoreman, beer bottles in the streets, water towers, brick buildings
  
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• What Does a "Tom Douglas Restaurant" Mean If Tom Douglas Isn't Actually in the Kitchen?

  13-10-2015 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  If Ethan Stowell isn't behind the stove, what makes it an Ethan Stowell restaurant? Mike ForceFor the fall issue of our food magazine, The Sauce, I wrote a feature about the pros and cons of Seattle's chef-owned empires, including how well-known business owners like Tom Douglas and Ethan Stowell have more access to desirable locations because developers prefer them over first-time restaurateurs, as well as how high-profile chefs like Renee Erickson are setting a higher standard for employee wage
  
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• UW names Ana Mari Cauce as president

  13-10-2015 22:09
  
  UW names Ana Mari Cauce as president
  
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• Report: UW to name Ana Mari Cauce as president

  13-10-2015 22:09
  
  Report: UW to name Ana Mari Cauce as president
  
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• University of Washington picks Ana Mari Cauce to be president

  13-10-2015 21:50
  
   
  
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• Gov. Jay Inslee says climate change will make ‘Republicans vote for Democrats’ in 2016

  13-10-2015 21:39
  
  Forecasts that global warming would become a hot presidential campaign issue began in 1988 and get repeated every four years, but climate change always seems to be put in cold storage once election day approaches. Gov. Jay Inslee is absolutely convinced that 2016 will be the year, and said so from Walla Walla on an early morning call-in news conference Tuesday.  “I believe that this is a winning issue for the (2016) Democratic candidate because the people are with us,” said Insl
  
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• UW expected to name new president today

  13-10-2015 21:37
  
  The University of Washington’s Board of Regents will meet at 4 p.m. and then hold a news conference.
  
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• Ana Mari Cauce named new UW president

  13-10-2015 21:37
  
  The University of Washington’s Board of Regents has selected longtime UW professor and administrator Ana Mari Cauce as the university’s next president.
  
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• Whoa, Conde Nast Bought Pitchfork!

  13-10-2015 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Pitchfork can now write about the concept of selling out with real authority
  Please raise your hand if you ever imagined that Pitchfork and the New Yorker would ever be published by the same conglomerate.
  While I'm waiting to see a single hand, I'll mention that the NY Times reported a couple hours ago that the influential music website Pitchfork had been acquired by the Condé Nast media empire "for an undisclosed sum." In that article, CN's chief digital officer, Fred Santarpia, boasted
  
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• Who the Hell Are These Weirdos Debating Hillary and Bernie Tonight?

  13-10-2015 20:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't be nervous when this guy shows up on your TV screen. His name is Lincoln Chafee and he's totally allowed to be there.Official Portrait/State of Rhode Island
  Tonight CNN airs a very special infomercial for two exciting, long-in-development products: Hillary Clinton™ and Bernie Sanders™. Both toys come with lifelike rhetoric sounds, include cutting-edge revenue-generation technology, and feature real chopping action.But wait, there's more: tonight they'll be showing off their acc
  
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• Seattle City Council Votes to Acknowledge "Historical Traumas" of American Indian Boarding School Policy

  13-10-2015 19:58 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle city council may be the first non-tribal governing body in the United States to recognize the trauma and cultural genocide stemming from the federal government's American Indian boarding school policy.Clay Showalter/City of Seattle
  The Seattle city council is officially urging the federal government to examine its human rights record. On Monday, all nine council members voted unanimously to acknowledge "claimed acts of genocide" in the US government's American Indian boarding school
  
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• On Sale Now: SIFF 2016 Tickets

  13-10-2015 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle International Film Festival will return for its 42nd year on May 19, 2016, and tickets are on sale now.
  Films have yet to be announced (they're accepting submissions through January 4), but all of the information you need to buy tickets (and save money) is on our Things To Do calendar.
  
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• ACLU sues Spokane psychologists over CIA interrogation tactics

  13-10-2015 19:54
  The American Civil Liberties Union has sued two former Air Force psychologists who designed a CIA program that used harsh interrogation techniques to elicit intelligence from suspected terrorists. The suit was filed in federal court in Washington state.
  
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• KUOW Does a Segment Called "What Makes a Genius in Seattle?"

  13-10-2015 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Jim Woodring's work is on exhibit at the Frye until Sunday morning. 3D glasses provided. Courtesy of Frye Art Museum
  You can listen to the KUOW piece right here.
  It's timed to the show Genius / 21 Century / Seattle at the Frye Art Museum, a retrospective of the Stranger Genius Awards, with work by more than 60 artists across disciplines. (There are dozens of original talks and performances associated with the show. Pacific Northwest Ballet, Chris Jeffries, and Sarah Rudinoff perform this week. R
  
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• On trails around Corvallis, volunteers spray-paint dog poop

  13-10-2015 19:47
  
  They’re trying to get across this message: In the forest, pet waste is not “valuable fertilizer,” it’s potentially hazardous trash. And, “It’s gross.”
  
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• Man sentenced to 47 years for home-invasion robberies in Tacoma

  13-10-2015 19:32
  
  A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 47 years in prison for his part in a string of home-invasion robberies that targeted Tacoma's Asian community.
  
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• Show Us Your Fridge, Linda Derschang

  13-10-2015 19:14 via thestranger.com
  
  KELLY O
  Before pulling open the door of her faux-wood-paneled refrigerator, Linda Derschang sheepishly apologizes for how clean and organized it is inside. Just three weeks before, the chic restaurateur (Linda's Tavern, Smith, Oddfellows Cafe + Bar, Bait Shop, Tallulah's, King's Hardware) and her white terrier, Jack, moved from her Capitol Hill house, built in the 1930s, into a sleek, sparkling, brand-new downtown condo. She put a good chunk of her 31-piece taxidermy collection into storage and
  
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• Victim of South Seattle shooting identified

  13-10-2015 19:04
  
  The man who was fatally shot late Sunday night has been identified as Abubakar Abdi, 20. No one has been arrested.
  
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• The 26 Best Things To Do This Week: Oct 13-15

  13-10-2015 18:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Get your craft beer fix at Beers Made by Walking or the Fresh Hop Fest this week. Kjetil Kolbjornsrud/ Shutterstock
  This week, our arts critics have chosen the best events in every discipline—from a fresh hop fest to a Chvrches concert to a Norwegian film screening that includes hot pumpkin soup—for you. And, if 29 isn't enough for you, check out our complete Things To Do calendar, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
  TUESDAY
  FILM: SHRIEK: A Women of Horror Film & Discussion Seri
  
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• Justices hear arguments over life sentences for teenagers

  13-10-2015 18:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has heard arguments about whether hundreds of inmates imprisoned for life for murders they committed as teenagers should have a chance to seek their freedom. The justices on Tuesday used the case of Henry Montgomery to consider extending to older cases a three-year-old ruling that struck down automatic life […]
  
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• 800-pound Rhode Island man says he’s determined to slim down

  13-10-2015 18:45
  
  WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds says he’s determined to slim down and he dreams of becoming an actor one day. Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself now as a monster. He wants to eventually inspire others who struggle with their weight. The 33-year-old said he’s addicted […]
  
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• Bike Activists! I Have Seen the Future! You're Going To Hate It!

  13-10-2015 18:22 via thestranger.com
  
  I spent a week in Munich earlier this fall and Munich, like a lot of European cities, has a huge network of dedicated bike lanes. People bike everywhere! All kinds of people! Not just people in lycra bike fetish outfits and snippy-snappy bike shoes! No one wears helmets! Munich's dedicated bike lanes have their own little dedicated (and absolutely darling) bike traffic lights! The future local bike activists dream about already exists in places like Munich and Berlin and Copenhagen and Vienna a
  
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• 2 adults, 2 kids hurt in crash near Wapato

  13-10-2015 18:05
  
  Washington State Patrol says a driver failed to stop at a stop sign. A 73-year-old woman was badly hurt and taken to Harborview.
  
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• All of Interstate 95 now open after South Carolina flooding

  13-10-2015 18:00
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Interstate 95 is now completely open in South Carolina, nearly two weeks after historic flooding across much of the state. The South Carolina Department of Transportation said Tuesday morning that the northbound lanes of the highway in Clarendon County are now open. A 13-mile stretch of the road had been closed […]
  
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• The Morning News: Shell! A Shady Election Shakedown! Endorsements!

  13-10-2015 17:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Shell's not coming back to Seattle after its failed Arctic mission. HG
  Shell's Arctic Fleet Isn't Coming Back to Seattle: Last month, Shell made the surprising announcement that the company would be ending its multi-billion dollar quest to hunt for offshore oil in the Alaskan Arctic. Still, it's another surprise entirely that the Arctic drilling rigs returning from Alaska will now dock in Everett and Port Angeles instead of Seattle, according to KUOW. All legal challenges to Shell's presence at
  
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• Where to watch the first Democratic debate in Seattle

  13-10-2015 17:54
  
  Presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, will face off for the first time Tuesday on CNN. Here's a roundup of where you can watch the debate around Seattle.
  
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• Thousands of gallons of sewage foul Port Ludlow Bay

  13-10-2015 17:23
  
  Health officials are advising people to stay away after an electrical failure caused 25,000 gallons of sewage to pour into the bay.
  
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• 3 charged with killing tourist, hiker arrive in California

  13-10-2015 17:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three young transients charged in the shooting deaths of a Canadian backpacker in San Francisco and a yoga instructor in Marin County have been booked into a California jail and face arraignment later this week. The three arrived in California and were taken to Marin County jail in San Rafael Monday […]
  
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• Bush offers plan to repeal, replace federal health care law

  13-10-2015 17:10
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is proposing to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with one that would increase tax credits for individuals, allowing them to buy coverage protection against “high-cost medical events.” But the two-page proposal, which would give more power to states to regulate health insurance, contained […]
  
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• Small plane lands on Idaho interstate during rush hour

  13-10-2015 16:29
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A small aircraft with a single engine that stopped working made a belly landing on Interstate 84 in Boise, Idaho, right at the start of rush hour traffic Tuesday morning. Two law enforcement agencies say the small craft skidded onto the eastbound lanes at about 7 a.m., and that there are […]
  
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• Oregon man gets 18 days in jail for poisoning 9 cats

  13-10-2015 15:48
  
  Nine cats died earlier this year in Salem after eating meat that had been doused with antifreeze.
  
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• Arts Leaders and Restaurateurs for Burgess? Why Wouldn't They Be?

  13-10-2015 15:14 via thestranger.com
  
  The 29 "Arts, Music, Creative, and Small Business Leaders" with an urge for the Burge.
  In an open letter distributed last week, 29 "Arts, Music, Creative, and Small Business Leaders" endorsed Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess's candidacy for re-election. Among the signatories were high-up representatives of Sub Pop, STG, Vera Project, Capitol Hill Block Party, 5th Avenue Theatre, MOHAI, Culture PAC, Washington Filmworks, Seattle Opera, and Seattle Music Commission, plus the owners of se
  
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• Semi-truck dangles off I-5, tangling northbound traffic

  13-10-2015 14:55
  
  A tractor-trailer hit a guardrail Tuesday morning and hung over the roadway’s edge. WSDOT was predicting “pretty gnarly congestion.”
  
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• Parent group’s first conference pushes for better parent-school ties

  13-10-2015 14:03
  
  At daylong conference in Everett this weekend, participants discussed how best to improve and increase parents' role in schools.
  
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• The Politics and Cultishness of Hops

  13-10-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Politics and Cultishness of Seattle's Hop Sceneby Angela GarbesThere are four main ingredients in beer: water, malt, yeast, and hops. Each component plays an important role, but chances are you like beer because of hops. Hops lend beers their characteristic bitterness, and they also impart distinct floral, fruity, and resinous aromas and flavors that make individual beers unique.But for all the hop-heavy beers we throw back here in IPA- and pale ale–obsessed Seattle, most of us actuall
  
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• Six Cocktails Made Better With Beer

  13-10-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Six Cocktails Made Better with Beerby Tobias Coughlin-BoguePrior to the relatively recent cocktail renaissance, the closest beer and booze came to one another was in the classic working-stiff's combination of a beer and a shot. Now, however, the pressure to innovate has become so intense that what were once considered exotic additions to cocktails are barely worth a shrug. We are no longer moved by rare amari, syrah syrups, and sipping vinegars. So it's no surprise that beer has been elevated fr
  
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• Seattle's Other Coffee Culture

  13-10-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  In Ethiopian Coffee Ceremonies, Beans Are the Medium for Building Communityby Naomi TomkyMartha Ayele sits on a low stool in her Pinehurst restaurant, Jebena Cafe (1510 NE 117th St, 365-0757), to roast green coffee beans over a portable electric stove. Using a long, thin metal tool with a hooked end, she stirs the beans, letting them darken and scent the room, the aroma mingling with one coming from a nearby incense burner—another essential part of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony she has jus
  
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