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• The Winter Seattle Art and Performance Deadline is Approaching!

  15-10-2015 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Submissions are due by November 4.
  We know, it's not even Halloween yet and we're already talking about winter. But the winter issue of Seattle Art and Performance is fast approaching, and we need your help to complete it.
  If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you're putting on an event between December 8 and March 2, we need you to tell us about it. Anything goes: visual arts, readings, theater, dance, music, comedy, film, drag/cabaret, and anything in between. If you're planning an
  
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• Jigsaw Records Not Opening in the Josephine on October 17 After All

  15-10-2015 23:43 via thestranger.com
  
  No record store after all emerge/Shutterstock
  Bad news for Jigsaw Records: It will not be holding a grand opening October 17 as originally planned, according to proprietor Chris McFarlane, due to the building, which also houses the Josephine DIY performance space, not being zoned for retail. "Even though I had looked this up months ago, and found it on the King Country Assessors website zoned as retail, the city's office apparently tells a different story," McFarlane says. "Therefore, I cannot o
  
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• Why You Should Vote No on Initiative 1366 (And Why Tim Eyman Is a Skid Mark That Just Won't Fade)

  15-10-2015 23:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Tim Eyman is a skid mark that just won't fade in a state that can't afford new underwear because Tim Eyman bankrupted it. ES
  We repeat: Tim Eyman is a skid mark that just won't fade in a state that can't afford new underwear because Tim Eyman bankrupted it. And Initiative 1366 is Eyman's latest craptastic offering. Just knowing Eyman's name is behind this thing is probably enough for you to stop reading this endorsement right here and vote HELLLLLL FUCKING NO. But in case you're one of those ann
  
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• The 34th District GOP Explains Why They Endorsed Goodspaceguy

  15-10-2015 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Goodspaceguy explained why he opposes the minimum wage at a July 14 port commission meeting. Port of Seattle
  On Wednesday, the Seattlepi.com's Joel Connelly reported that the 34th District GOP—comprising West Seattle, White Center, Vashon, Burien, and Maury Island—had endorsed Goodspaceguy for port commissioner. This was surprising, even for the GOP.Goodspaceguy estimates that he's run for 15 local elections, and he has not won a single race.Chuck Rangel, chairman of the 34th Distric
  
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• Savage Love: Down There

  15-10-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I am a cis woman in my mid 20s. I get a pang or a spasm of pain in a place deep in my clit/urethra area. I can't pinpoint which part exactly. It takes me by surprise every time it happens, so I jerk around and press my crotch for a hot second—which doesn't help, but it's about the only thing I can do. This obviously does not look cool in public, and regardless of when it happens, the episode irritates me. Around four or five convulsions happen and then quickly it's over. There'
  
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• The City Librarian Wants to Spend Almost $2 Million on a Rebrand. Don’t Let That Happen.

  15-10-2015 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Should the Seattle Public Library rebrand itself as “Seattle Public Libraries”? KELLY O
  You may remember seeing a little survey from the Seattle Public Library last month. If you’re anything like me, you support the library automatically and unconditionally. Your respect and admiration for librarians might even exceed your respect for police officers. When asked, you can immediately summon up two or three fond memories (and perhaps a couple strange ones) of walking around the K
  
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• 12 Images from Wednesday's People's Climate March

  15-10-2015 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Hundreds of people came out to Wednesday's climate justice march to elevate the voices of communities hardest hit by climate change. SB
  On September 21, 2014, hundreds of thousands of people marched down Eighth Avenue in New York City ahead of the UN climate summit. The numbers were staggering. It was the first time the world had seen as many people taking to the streets over climate change.
  That may have come as a surprise to some, but not to the people marching. The hundreds of thousands who d
  
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• Authorities say Ohio man on electronic monitor raped teen

  15-10-2015 21:35
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio man on an electronic monitor in a pending criminal case had a 14-year-old girl dropped off at his home by taxi, held her captive for months and raped her. Officials say 20-year-old Cody Lee Jackson, of Norwood, was recently arrested in Utah, where he eventually fled after he […]
  
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• Obituary: Dick Taylor, 93, piloted, designed postwar planes at Boeing

  15-10-2015 21:33
  As a test pilot for the B-29 aerial-refueling tanker in the late 40s, Richard “Dick” Taylor became the world’s first boom operator. So it was only fitting that on Sept. 25, Mr. Taylor was at Paine Field to watch the first flight of the latest version, the KC-46.
  
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• Workers accused of day care ‘Fight Club’ seek probation

  15-10-2015 21:14
  ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey day care workers accused of urging young children to fight as part of what one compared to the movie “Fight Club” are seeking probation through a program that could result in their charges being dismissed. Erica Kenny, 22, and Chanese White, 28, are each seeking acceptance into a […]
  
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• 2015 Election Guide: Learn more about the candidates and initiatives on your ballot

  15-10-2015 20:58
  
  Explore this year’s races and ballot measures with our interactive tool.
  
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• Kirkland police officer fatally shoots man in business park

  15-10-2015 20:56
  
  Kirkland police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting involving an armed man just west of the Kirkland Police Department.
  
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• 7 Juanita players described summer camp hazing, police records reveal

  15-10-2015 20:45
  
  Newly released Kirkland police records describe a hazing culture in the Juanita High School football program and show school officials initially were uncooperative when police investigated the attempted sodomy of a student team manager in the locker-room showers.
  
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• 7 Juanita football players described hazing, police records reveal

  15-10-2015 20:45
  
  TIMES WATCHDOG: Newly released Kirkland police records describe a hazing culture in the Juanita High School football program and show school officials initially were uncooperative when police investigated the attempted sodomy of a student team manager in the locker-room showers.
  
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• Rand Paul's Jobs Plan: Fire the Queers

  15-10-2015 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Rand Paul: "Unleash the American Dream" by making it easier to fire people. Kobby Dagan / Shutterstock.com
  Rand Paul has a message for you icky homosexuals: keep it in the bedroom, pervs. Stop being all gay at work.
  Asked whether employers should be allowed to fire people for being gay, the honking twerp responded "I think, really, the things you do in your house, just leave those in your house and they wouldn't have to be a part of the workplace, to tell you the truth."
  Got that, gays? Just lea
  
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• Guest Editorial: The "Let’s Move Seattle" Levy Will Modernize Our City's Transportation System

  15-10-2015 20:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The authors, both state legislators from Seattle, argue that passing the "Let's Move Seattle" levy this fall will make you see traffic in pretty colors again. Trong Nguyen/Shutterstock
  Voters have an important choice this fall about transportation and how to best move Seattle forward and remain a sustainable, livable, and economically competitive city.
  The City’s nine-year Bridging the Gap levy expires at the end of this year. When that happens, we will lose roughly $43 million dollars ann
  
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• Don’t Let Eileen Myles’s Radical Badass Lesbian Reputation Overwhelm the Joy of Actually Reading Her Poems

  15-10-2015 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  It’s hard to think about Eileen Myles without being overwhelmed by her reputation as a badass. She lived on the Lower East Side in the 1970s, hung out in the Chelsea Hotel while working for Pulitzer Prize–winning poet James Schuyler, and has been a fixture of queer/underground/small press scenes ever since. She ran a write-in campaign for the presidency in 1992, and it wasn’t even stupid.
  Recently, she’s been getting some mainstream attention. She wrote poems for Jill So
  
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• UW homecoming 1965: Beavers give Huskies a scare

  15-10-2015 19:27
  
  Fifty years ago, Washington faced off with Oregon State during the homecoming football game. The Seattle Times’ Walt Parietti summarized the action: “Homecoming fans got their money’s worth yesterday. They sat spellbound for 59 minutes of excitement, punctuated by 15 minutes of horror.” The horror was the second quarter: Oregon State scored 21 points. But when UW’s […]
  
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• Welcome to the 1890s

  15-10-2015 19:15
  
  A Port Townsend couple is studying history in a most unusual way: by living it.
  
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• Why We Switched Our Endorsement to Tammy Morales In the Race for Seattle City Council District 2

  15-10-2015 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Tammy Morales Courtesy of Tammy Morales
  Yes, it's true, we endorsed incumbent Bruce Harrell in the primary. We fucked up. Back in August, Harrell challenger Tammy Morales clearly hadn't hit her stride, so we went with the guy who already held the office—even though the SECB had never endorsed Harrell before, and even though we were looking for some reason, any reason, to endorse Harrell's opponent. We were high? Probably. Also, we were worried about Morales's lack of specifics and told our
  
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• Person of Interest: John Wilson, Candidate for King County Tax Assessor

  15-10-2015 19:03 via thestranger.com
  
  John Wilson, photographed outside the Allen Institute for Brain Science in South Lake Union.KELLY O
  
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• ABC News doctor Jamie Zimmerman dies in Hawaiian accident

  15-10-2015 18:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Zimmerman, a doctor and reporter with ABC News’ medical unit, has drowned while on vacation in Hawaii. She was 31. Zimmerman apparently lost her footing while trying to cross the Lumahai River on Kauai’s north shore and was swept out to sea, ABC News President James Goldston said in a […]
  
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• Is Obama’s health overhaul losing steam?

  15-10-2015 18:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The health care law’s historic gains in coverage may be leveling off: The Obama administration announced Thursday it expects only a slight overall increase in enrollment next year. With the 2016 sign-up season two weeks away, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell set a target of 10 million people enrolled […]
  
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• The Morning News: Licata Endorses Jon Grant Over Tim Burgess, and Bertha's Alleged Restart Date Is Nearing

  15-10-2015 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  DGAF Nick Licata remains the best Nick Licata.
  Council Member Nick Licata Endorses Citywide Candidate Jon Grant Over Council President Tim Burgess: "Seattle City Council member Nick Licata has been noticeably quiet about the current city council races since he announced in January that he wouldn't be running for reelection," Heidi Groover reports. "Other than endorsing Lisa Herbold, his legislative aide who's running in West Seattle, and being cozy with Kshama Sawant, we're not really sure where
  
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• In Ethiopian Coffee Ceremonies, Beans Are the Medium for Building Community

  15-10-2015 17:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Almaz Gebritsadike‎ and Milen Gebreselassie roast beans at Kaffa Coffee & Wine Bar. JENNIFER RICHARD
  Martha 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
  
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• Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman arrested for investigation of hit, run

  15-10-2015 17:16
  Seahawks’ Derrick Coleman was arrested in Bellevue on investigation of vehicular assault and hit and run. Authorities say the vehicle he was driving struck a car and he walked away from the crash.
  
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• Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman arrested after hit and run

  15-10-2015 17:16
  
  Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has been arrested by Bellevue police on investigation of vehicular assault and hit and run.
  
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• Council Member Nick Licata Endorses Citywide Candidate Jon Grant

  15-10-2015 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Nick Licata doesn't give a fuck until he does. He's endorsing Tim Burgess's challenger, Jon Grant. City of Seattle
  Considering how chatty he's been about council drama and ALEC, Seattle City Council member Nick Licata has been noticeably quiet about the current city council races since he announced in January that he wouldn't be running for reelection.Other than endorsing Lisa Herbold, his legislative aide who's running in West Seattle, and being cozy with Kshama Sawant, we're not really sure wh
  
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• There's So Much Porn No One Watches It Anymore

  15-10-2015 16:47 via thestranger.com
  
  The NYT broke the big news about Playboy earlier this week:As part of a redesign that will be unveiled next March, the print edition of Playboy will still feature women in provocative poses. But they will no longer be fully nude. Its executives admit that Playboy has been overtaken by the changes it pioneered. “That battle has been fought and won,” said Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free.
  
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• State, feds won’t pursue $92M more in Exxon Valdez spill

  15-10-2015 16:13
  
  The reason: recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska’s Prince William Sound no longer impeded by 1989 environmental disaster.
  
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• Study: Ebola in male survivors can survive up to 9 months

  15-10-2015 15:49
  
  LONDON (AP) — Doctors have found that Ebola can linger in some male survivors for up to nine months but aren’t sure if that means they might still be infectious, according to new research. In a study of 93 men in Sierra Leone, scientists found the Ebola virus in semen samples from about half of […]
  
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• Man rescued from 15-foot-deep well in Olympia

  15-10-2015 15:45
  
  The man had been with a friend when he tumbled into the chest-deep water of the old well.
  
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• Emergency listing denied for Prince of Wales wolves

  15-10-2015 15:44
  Feds say the emergency listing cannot be requested, and is instead something for the Secretary of the Interior to decide.
  
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• Pens resembling hypodermic needles stir ire amid drug crisis

  15-10-2015 15:41
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pens that look like hypodermic needles are being sold as Halloween novelty toys, stirring concerns among parents and drug abuse prevention advocates as the country battles a rising heroin and opioid addiction crisis. The pens, clear plastic tubes filled with brightly colored liquid, topped by a plunger and marked with the […]
  
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• Idaho man sentenced for helping move dead body

  15-10-2015 15:40
  
  An Idaho man police say moved the body of a woman in August 2014 who was beaten to death has been sentenced to a treatment program.
  
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• Rainier Beach students call for safer, cheaper ways to get to school

  15-10-2015 14:02
  
  "Town Hall: Student Voices on Transportation and Education" will be held Oct. 22 at Rainier Beach High School.
  
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• California man sentenced for plowing into Gorge campers

  15-10-2015 08:04
  
  Four people were injured in the incident, which occurred during the Sasquatch! Music Festival.
  
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• Why dozens of ‘vent kids’ stuck in Washington hospitals can’t go home

  15-10-2015 06:51
  
  Dozens of young Washington children are hospitalized when they could be living with their families. Earlier this month, a public interest attorney sued the state aiming to change that.
  
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• Man killed in Bellevue car crash

  15-10-2015 06:34
  
  The man, who is believed to be between 18 and 20 years old, died after crashing into a tree and light post Wednesday evening.
  
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• Study: Calcium, vitamin D pills don’t prevent colon growths

  15-10-2015 06:26
  
  A major study finds that taking calcium or Vitamin D pills does not help prevent growths that can lead to colon cancer in people who have had at least one in the past. It’s the latest setback among many for efforts to prevent disease through vitamin supplements. The calcium finding was especially disappointing — three […]
  
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• Seafarers on shore leave skip the sights in Seattle, head to the mall

  15-10-2015 06:19
  
  They are an invisible workforce, the 40,000 or so container and cruise foreign crews that annually spend a few days in Seattle. For many, their favorite visits are to the Best Buys and Wal-Marts.
  
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• UW patient, first to test heart-transplant device: ‘I feel like a million bucks’

  15-10-2015 06:15
  
  Ted Daniels is the first patient in a trial at the UW and six centers nationwide to test a machine that keeps organs warm and beating when they’re transported from deceased donors to patients in need.
  
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• First patient to test heart-transplant device at UW Medicine: ‘I feel like a million bucks’

  15-10-2015 06:15
  
  Ted Daniels is the first patient in a trial at the UW and six centers nationwide to test a machine that keeps organs warm and beating when they’re transported from deceased donors to patients in need.
  
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• Dietary supplements cause 20,000 ER visits a year, federal study finds

  15-10-2015 05:37
  
  The study is the first to document the extent of severe injuries and hospitalizations tied to dietary supplements, a rapidly growing $32 billion-a-year industry.
  
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• To combat poverty, land rights matter

  15-10-2015 05:36
  
  Seattle nonprofit is honored for work that uses land rights as an anti-poverty tool.
  
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• Boom times in Bothell as McMenamins hotel, entertainment complex opens

  15-10-2015 05:29
  
  McMenamins Anderson School in Bothell opens Thursday and a new City Hall will also open later this month, developments considered keys to remaking downtown. The November election could bring a new City Council majority more skeptical of development.
  
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• Ailing survivor’s case shows how little is known about Ebola

  15-10-2015 05:23
  
  The virus apparently re-emerged to cause a severe disorder of Pauline Cafferkey’s central nervous system.
  
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• Bremerton football coach vows to pray after game despite district order

  15-10-2015 05:16
  
  A Bremerton High School football coach said Wednesday he will pray at the 50-yard line after Friday’s Homecoming game against Centralia, disobeying the school district’s orders and placing his job at risk.
  
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• Bill seeks to bar Seattle rent hikes for hazardous units

  15-10-2015 04:36
  
  Seattle landlords would be barred from hiking rents on apartments with severe health and safety problems under legislation proposed Wednesday.
  
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• UW’s new leader calls for better access, higher faculty pay

  15-10-2015 04:28
  
  Cauce did not announce any sweeping new initiatives, or big changes, but pledged not to be complacent — and to try to raise faculty salaries.
  
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