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• WSDOT tolling offices reopen after bomb threat

  19-10-2015 23:17
  
  The Department of Transportation said its tolling offices are all open again after a midday bomb threat.
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Man Harasses Store and Fellow Harasser

  19-10-2015 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
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• DNA study points to location where dogs first appeared

  19-10-2015 22:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Where did dogs first arrive on the scene? Scientists have long debated that question, and now a study of doggie DNA from around the world is pointing to Central Asia. Man’s best friend may have evolved somewhere near what is now Nepal and Mongolia, researchers say. Previous studies have suggested southern […]
  
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• Stranger Music Genius Eyvind Kang Has Left Seattle to Teach at CalArts

  19-10-2015 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Jessika Kenney and Eyvind Kang plan to make connections between Southern California and Seattle's avant-garde music communities. David Belisle
  Stranger Music Genius Eyvind Kang (who won the award in 2013 with his musical partner/wife/phenomenal vocalist Jessika Kenney) recently left Seattle with little fanfare to teach composition at California Institute of the Arts. The violist/composer/conductor—who's recorded several solo albums and duo albums with Kenney, as well as performed with Laur
  
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• Obama approval highest in two years: Polls apart on Hillary Clinton

  19-10-2015 21:51
  
  Approval for President Obama is up, while infighting over the House Speaker’s Office is causing nearly three quarters of Americans to give thumbs-down to House Republicans, according to the new ABC News/Washington Post national poll released Monday. The 44th president’s job approval rating is 51 percent, highest in two years. The Obama approval numbers are up six points from July and 10 points higher than a year ago on the even of mid-term elections when Democrats suffered heavy
  
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• Missing Port Townsend teen found safe in Marysville

  19-10-2015 21:28
  
  A Port Townsend teen who was reported missing Friday was located in Marysville unharmed on Monday, police said.
  
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• Missing Port Townsend teen found in Marysville

  19-10-2015 21:28
  
  A Port Townsend teen who was reported missing Friday was located in Marysville unharmed on Monday, police said.
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed by train in Sodo

  19-10-2015 21:27
  A person was struck by a train in the Sodo neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to the Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• President of Ireland coming to visit

  19-10-2015 20:57
  
  Ireland’s president, Michael Higgins, will be in Seattle later this week.
  
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• Walking Dead Recap: "Who's Honkin' That Horn?!?"

  19-10-2015 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Welcome to The Walking Dead Chitty Chat Club, in which we ask the question that's been on everyone's mind this week, "WHO WAS HONKIN' THAT GODDAMN HORN??" Check in after the jump for the answer and a full recap! Let's get chitty-chatting!
  Courtesy AMCCarol joins the Portland anarchy community. Where's your BMX bike, Carol?
  MORE BELOW!Okay, here's what I'm thinking about last night's episode, "JSS."
  1) For those just joining us, last week Rick's Rangers discovered a quarry full of zombies, so the
  
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• Trump & Bush Decide Now's as Good a Time as Any to Fight About 9/11

  19-10-2015 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Donald Trump: Sure, why not, we're all doomed anyway. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  If we can compare politics to wrestling (in that both are fake), then Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are enjoying best hyped-up rivalry since Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler.
  Today's beef involves 9/11, for some ungodly reason: the two "candidates" are sparring over who's to blame, who could have stopped it, and what the definition of "blame" is. And this is where the wrestling analogy kind of falls apart, because ther
  
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• Police: Girl found dead in freezer had been missing for year

  19-10-2015 20:21
  
  No one had reported the Florida 11-year-old missing, though.
  
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• Why We're Using Our Voices to Help Survivors of Sexual Violence

  19-10-2015 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  The Angel Band Project performing at The Neptune Theatre in April of 2014. On stage at center: Jennifer Hopper, the survivor of the South Park attacks of 2009, and Norbert Leo Butz, the brother of Teresa Butz, who was killed in the attacks. Jason Tang
  Six years ago, I didn’t know much about sexual violence. Really. As a woman in my late thirties... sure, I thought about it a little bit. Like when I was walking alone to my car at night, or traveling in a foreign country by myself. Or if I h
  
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• Ohio River’s huge algae bloom a warning for water suppliers

  19-10-2015 20:12
  
  A toxic algae outbreak that snaked more than 600 miles down the Ohio River past four states is forcing water utilities to reassess the threat from harmful algal blooms that are popping up increasingly around the nation. Treatment plant operators and researchers along the river were surprised by the large bloom and said it should […]
  
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• Statewide poll: Support for Eyman’s Initiative 1366 is plummeting: I-1401 is soaring

  19-10-2015 20:02
  
  Support for Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1366, on Washington’s November ballot, “appears to have evaporated with the summer heat,” according to a new statewide Elway Poll released Monday. The measure, which could bring a deep slash in the state sales tax, enjoyed a 49-36 percent lead in an Elway Poll taken in July, with remaining voters undecided. The October result is a 42-42 percent tie, with I-1366 trailing badly among the state’s most reliable voters. Tim Eyman: 
  
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• In the United States, Toddlers Shoot Someone About Once a Week

  19-10-2015 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Boys are actually more likely to find a gun and pull the trigger.ozopo/shutterstock.com
  In 2015, there have been 43 incidents of toddlers shooting people in the United States, according to news reports collected by Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post. That comes to an average of about one shooting a week. In most of the cases, however, the shooter and the victim are one and the same. Ingraham also found that the shooters tend to be boys.Less than a week after Ingraham posted his data, th
  
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• HUMP! 2015 FILM LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

  19-10-2015 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  When's the last time you sat next to strangers in a dark, crowded theater and watched hardcore porn, soft-core porn, and animated porn? When’s the last time you binged on kinky, vanilla, straight, gay, lez, bi, trans, genderqueer films? If you're a regular HUMPer, it's been a year. (Too long!) And if you've never been to HUMP! before... it's been forever! (Way too long!) But however long it’s been—a year, a lifetime—you don’t have to wait any longer! HUMP!—The
  
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• Vote for Debora Juarez in City Council District 5

  19-10-2015 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Debora Juarez Courtesy Debora JuarezWhen former King County Superior Court judge and lawyer Debora Juarez showed up to The Stranger's endorsement interview with a fat binder full of notes and confidently, lengthily answered questions about police reform, we were impressed. That said, we almost choked on our blunts when we heard that Juarez gave the calcified dentures at the Seattle Times editorial board a very dodgy, very lawyerly answer about Shell's presence in Seattle. Apparently, that answer
  
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• 2 victims of dam blast to undergo burn surgery at Harborview

  19-10-2015 19:47
  
  Two of five workers hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center following an explosion at the Priest Rapids Dam have been sent home.
  
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• Seahawks' Stupid Season Continues Stupidly With Another Stupid Loss

  19-10-2015 19:46 via thestranger.com
  
  We feel like this puppy today. Kelly O
  Oh, hey deja vu. The Seahawks lost a devastating game against an undefeated opponent despite having a well earned fourth-quarter lead. A flurry of points and a great play in the third quarter were followed up with near-misses and blown coverages in the fourth. Potential game-sealing catches were dropped, and runs were called back due to penalties. Then, when the Seahawks were one stop away from a win, the opposing quarterback made the throw of his life to a
  
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• Washington company to build ferries for Florida park

  19-10-2015 19:28
  
  BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A Washington company has won a National Park Service contract to build two passenger ferries for a Florida park. The Bellingham Herald reports (http://is.gd/imNL5j ) All American Marine has been contracted to build two 150-passenger catamaran ferry boats to serve the Gulf Islands National Seashore in the Pensacola Bay area of […]
  
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• US appeals court upholds gun laws after Newtown massacre

  19-10-2015 18:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were mostly upheld Monday by a federal appeals court. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan found core parts of the laws […]
  
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• Success story: White-tailed-deer population rebounds

  19-10-2015 18:52
  
  After decades of protection under the Endangered Species Act, the Columbian white-tailed deer could be reclassified from “endangered” to “threatened” in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.
  
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• Mississippi lawmaker apologizes over ‘black judge’ comment

  19-10-2015 18:44
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Mississippi lawmaker apologized Monday for saying at a local Republican meeting that “a black judge” would decide how to spend money on public schools if state voters approve an education funding initiative. Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter, who lives in the northern Mississippi town of Burnsville, issued his apology hours […]
  
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• Support for Eyman tax-cut measure waning in latest poll

  19-10-2015 18:38
  
  Support for Tim Eyman’s anti-tax Initiative 1366 has slipped to 42 percent, a new Elway Poll finds. But two-thirds of voters back Initiative 1401 to crack down on trafficking in endangered-animal parts.
  
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• What We Know About the Real Estate Mogul Who's Trying to Defeat Jon Grant

  19-10-2015 18:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Tenants from the Lockhaven apartments, where Goodman Real Estate more than doubled rents and didn't provide tenant location assistance until after protests, picketed outside John Goodman's yacht marina in 2014. Eitan Isaacson
  John Goodman is a wealthy real estate mogul who owns a sprawling car garage full of classic Ferraris and Corvettes. He owns a yacht marina, according to KIRO. He's also investing in defeating Jonathan Grant, a longtime champion of affordable housing and critic of developers
  
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• It's Election Day in Canada

  19-10-2015 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  John Oliver tore Canada's George W. Bush—Stephen Harper, their current prime minister—a half a dozen new assholes on Last Week Tonight. I pay pretty close attention to Canadian politics (for an American) but even I learned something: I've been breaking the law up there. I've urged my Canadian readers and listeners to vote out Stephen Harper again and again and again... and I had no idea I was risking jail time and big fines.
  UPDATE: Why should Americans care about Canada's elecitons
  
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• Texas cuts off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

  19-10-2015 18:00
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas announced Monday that it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos featuring discussions about fetal tissue, potentially triggering a federal court fight like one unfolding in neighboring Louisiana. Planned Parenthood affiliates statewide were told in a letter they were being cut off because they were […]
  
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• The Morning News: Google vs. Microsoft, Amazon vs. New York Times, Arsonist vs. West Seattle Cars, Biden vs. Hillary?

  19-10-2015 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  We'll get to local news in a second, but first.... there's a lot of whispering this morning that Joe Biden is about to jump into the presidential race. Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com
  Many People Are Saying that Joe Biden Is About to Jump Into the Presidential Race.To wit:
  I have a very good source close to Joe that tells me VP Biden will run for Prez— US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) October 19, 2015
  To Which I Say: Nooooooo! And also: Nooo!
  Google Is Trying to Get Workplaces to D
  
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• 5-year-old boy fatally mauled by 2 dogs at Texas home

  19-10-2015 17:40
  
  The boy and his mother were visiting friends on Sunday in Beaumont, 80 miles northeast of Houston. The dogs have been put down.
  
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• Local Voter Endorses Our Fucking Endorsements

  19-10-2015 17:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Cate writes...
  Thank you for making voting fun by swearing so much in your endorsement guide.
  You're welcome, Cate. Hope to see you at The Voting Party tomorrow night![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Endorsements for the November 2015 General Election! (Plus Cheat Sheet!)

  19-10-2015 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  PANGOLINS, LIONS, ELEPHANTS: These things and more are on this fall’s ballot!JAMES YAMASAKIWhat the fuck is a pangolin?
  Of all the questions the Stranger Election Control Board has had to ask itself over these many years—questions like "Is 1:30 p.m. too early to have a drink if you're already stoned?" and "Why does The Stranger conference room have carpet on the walls?" and the perennial "What went so wrong with these people's lives that they want to run for school board?"—we'd
  
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• Boise woman must reduce feathered flock, after neighbors squawk

  19-10-2015 17:17
  
  A Boise resident with 23 exotic birds has been given 20 days to remove all but six of her pets after neighbors complained about the noise.
  
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• A health law fine on the uninsured will more than double

  19-10-2015 17:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The math is harsh: The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact in its new pitch for health law sign-ups. That means the 2016 sign-up season starting Nov. 1 could see penalties become a […]
  
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• Man accidentally shoots, kills Idaho teenager

  19-10-2015 16:54
  
  Police say an 18-year-old in Idaho accidentally shot and killed a 15-year-old boy while playing with a gun he believed was unloaded.
  
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• Judge: Louisiana must fund Planned Parenthood for 14 days

  19-10-2015 16:45
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana must continue providing Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics for 14 more days while a legal battle continues over Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent order to block the funding, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Baton Rouge heard arguments Friday. His order was signed Sunday and made […]
  
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• Area Scandinavians vying for spot on Norway reality TV

  19-10-2015 05:39
  
  Would-be contestants for a popular reality show gather at the ACT Theater to strut their Scandinavian stuff.
  
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• Area residents stand tall for a shot at guest spot on Norwegian TV

  19-10-2015 05:39
  Would-be contestants for a popular reality show gather at the ACT Theater to strut their Scandinavian stuff.
  
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• Critics of Snake River dams say it’s time to tear them down

  19-10-2015 04:20
  IThe decades-old idea of breaching four giant dams that interfere with endangered salmon runs has gained new momentum
  
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• Young Turks prepare to dance

  19-10-2015 03:47
  
  TurkFest 2015 offered dancing, food and other festivities at Seattle Center.
  
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• Seattle levy: Better bus service or a bunch of ‘guesstimates’?

  19-10-2015 03:40
  
  Seattle officials promise to make seven bus routes move through crosstown traffic faster, using property-tax levy dollars. Opponents say those are merely lines on a map.
  
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• Election 2015: 2 former colleagues battling for King County assessor title

  19-10-2015 03:20
  
  The history between challenger John Wilson and incumbent Lloyd Hara is making the typically dull race more contentious this year.
  
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• Fishing tradition never lets Yakamas down

  19-10-2015 02:28
  
  Washington’s Klickitat River is one of the few places in the state where Yakama tribal members still fish for salmon with dip nets on platforms.
  
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• Kids share punishment of parents behind bars

  19-10-2015 00:32
  
  When prisoners are parents, children often pay a cost.
  
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