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• The One Guy Who Can Fix Politics Is the One Guy Democrats Won't Let You Hear About

  26-10-2015 23:54 via thestranger.com
  
  In America, anyone can become president! With permission, of course. Courtesy of Lessig2016
  Just like Lincoln Chaffee, Jim Webb, George Pataki, and John Kasich, Lawrence Lessig has no chance of actually being elected president. But unfortunately, Chaffee, Webb, Pataki, and Kasich were allowed into debates, while Lessig's been confined to the sidelines.
  You might know Lawrence Lessig from his decades of activism around reducing copyright abuse, enacting campaign finance reform, and severing the c
  
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• Murder charges filed in deadly Auburn drive-by shooting

  26-10-2015 23:35
  A 19-year-old man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with last week’s deadly drive-by shooting in Auburn.
  
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• Murder charges filed in Auburn drive-by shooting that killed 2

  26-10-2015 23:35
  
  A 19-year-old gang member has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with last week’s deadly drive-by shooting in Auburn. Another member of the same gang has also been charged in a separate but similar drive-by shooting days earlier, also in Auburn.
  
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• Mob attacks, robs woman and daughter near Capitol Hill

  26-10-2015 23:12
  
  A mob attacked and robbed woman and her 17-year-old daughter Saturday night near Capitol Hill.
  
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• TV Review Roundup: Supergirl Debuts Tonight!

  26-10-2015 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Courtesy CBS
  At long last, the highly anticipated (I can't believe I'm saying this about a CBS show) Supergirl debuts tonight at 8:30 pm, and from the looks of things, this show is one of the best reviewed of the season. Check it out:
  From Vox:
  By leaning into its earnestness, Supergirl delivers moments of clear, smile-inducing joy. Amidst this age of gloom-and-doom superheroes, Supergirl has no fear of being happy, hopeful, and bright — something that's true to the character that writer O
  
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• Marysville-Pilchuck community shares what they’d like to be remembered for

  26-10-2015 23:00
  
  A year after the tragedy that happened at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, many people from the community want to make sure that their school and community aren’t solely defined by what happened that day. So we asked our readers this question: What’s one thing that happened this past year that you want Marysville-Pilchuck High School or […]
  
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• We're Celebrating Our Birthday By Giving Away Tickets!

  26-10-2015 21:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Stranger Things To Do is a year old!
  On October 27, 2014, The Stranger’s Things To Do calendar was born. In the year since, we’ve been working tirelessly to make our calendar your comprehensive guide to arts and entertainment in Seattle so you can figure out what to do tonight, this weekend, or six weeks from now, regardless of your interests. We’ve been growing all year long, and we want to thank you for your support.
  This week, between October 27 and 30, we’ll be giving
  
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• Trump had it rough: Started with ‘a small loan of a million dollars’ from his father

  26-10-2015 21:39
  
  Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he’s had it rough, but told town meeting in New Hampshire that the break he needed came in the form of “a small loan of a million dollars” from his father. Donald Trump:  “My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.” (Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images) The 2016 Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul and reality TV host received several boosts from his father, Fred Trump, who made millions developing real e
  
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• Renton motorcycle officer seriously injured in crash

  26-10-2015 21:30
  A Renton police officer was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday after being struck by a car.
  
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• Report: Value Village on Capitol Hill to close soon

  26-10-2015 21:24
  
  Shoppers looking for bargains have less than two weeks left.
  
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• Report: Capitol Hill thrift shop filmed in Macklemore video to close soon

  26-10-2015 21:24
  
  Shoppers looking for bargains have less than two weeks left.
  
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• Here's a Video of a Transient Orca Throwing a Harbor Seal 80 Feet in the Air

  26-10-2015 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Transient orcas and southern resident orcas both live in Puget Sound, and they're identical to the untrained eye, but they're so different from each other you could argue they should be classified as different species.Southern residents eat mostly salmon, while transients eat mammals. As I've mentioned, transients are infamous for skinning Hood Canal harbor seals like grapes and leaving their skins to float on the water, horrifying kayakers.But before a harbor seal is skinned, how does the orca
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: Someone Died… or Did or Didn't They?!?

  26-10-2015 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Hey Walking Dead Chitty-Chatters! Welcome to the WD Chitty-Chat Club in which we will discuss in depth what went down on last night's show... or should I say, "WHO" went down! And maybe that person went down, and maybe they didn't! It was all very confusing and a lot of people are upset, which is why we need to talk about it, get it out of our systems, and get back to deciding what type of sandwich we're having for lunch. Big recap and SPOILERS below, so let's get chitty-chatting!
  Courtesy AMC"W
  
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• 2 hikers lost near North Bend found cold but safe

  26-10-2015 21:09
  
  Jennifer and Elizabeth Moran of Bothell left Sunday to hike a trail near the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, but became lost.
  
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• Kayaktivists Paddled to Bill Gates's House on Saturday

  26-10-2015 20:59 via thestranger.com
  
  See those four figures on the dock next to Bill Gates's private beach? (That is his private beach.) Bill, is that you? SB
  Local climate activists and former mayor Mike McGinn have been trying to get an audience with Bill and Melinda Gates for more than a month to discuss the Gates Foundation's investments in fossil fuels. They've demonstrated outside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation almost every day, but the philanthropist couple has met activists' request for a meeting with silence.
  On S
  
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• An intolerable unimaginable heat forecast for Persian Gulf

  26-10-2015 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If carbon dioxide emissions continue at their current pace, by the end of century parts of the Persian Gulf will sometimes be just too hot for the human body to tolerate, a new study says. How hot? The heat index — which combines heat and humidity — may hit 165 to 170 […]
  
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• Here's Why Equal Rights Washington Says It Endorsed Pamela Banks Over Kshama Sawant

  26-10-2015 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Despite Kshama Sawant's talk about fighting hate crimes against LGBTQ people, Equal Rights Washington endorsed her opponent, Pamela Banks. Alex Garland
  The photo above is from a town hall meeting back in March organized in part by Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant. The meeting focused on what to do about the rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people on Capitol Hill and coalesced around the idea of a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth, as Ansel reported at the time. Finding the funding for s
  
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• Why Does Equal Rights Washington Want Seattle's LGBT Community to Vote for Pamela Banks?

  26-10-2015 20:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Equal Rights Washington, a queer political organization that doesn't have a website and whose former Vice Chair was a candidate in the District 3 primary, has endorsed Pamela Banks over incumbent Kshama Sawant.
  For Seattle City Council District 3, Equal Rights Washington endorses @PeopleforPamela #waelex
  — Equal Rights WA (@equalrightswa) October 20, 2015
  I have no idea who is on the board at ERW these days or who sits on their endorsement committee—and since their website is nothing
  
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• Reichert, Smith, citing ‘racial slur,’ urge change from Coon Lake to Howard Lake

  26-10-2015 20:25
  
  Two Washington congressmen, one a Republican who represents the area, have urged the federal government to “recognize and implement” a name change from Coon Lake — “a racial slur” — to Howard Lake for a small, marshy lake in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. In a letter to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Reps. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Adam Smith, D-Wash., cited that the Washington Committee on Geographic Names voted eight hears ago to renam
  
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• State Patrol to do emphasis patrols on ‘Move Over Law’

  26-10-2015 20:06
  The Washington State Patrol will be making sure motorists know they need to move over when they see emergency vehicles on the side of the road.
  
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• More Letters to the Library Board about the Seattle Public Library Rebranding Effort

  26-10-2015 20:03 via thestranger.com
  
  "This is a terrible, stupid idea that will not change a single person's use of library resources," one library user says. Kelly O
  This is your friendly reminder that the Seattle Public Library's Board of Trustees meets on Wednesday—and that meeting is open to the public. It's the board who decides whether the library will move forward with the rebranding effort.In case you're just joining us: This survey of proposed logos, a proposed name change, and a proposed "brand statement" cost $365,
  
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• Pot breathalyzer to be ready in 2016, researchers say

  26-10-2015 19:45
  
  WSU researchers say they’re testing a portable breath test that police can use to detect if someone has recently consumed marijuana.
  
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• Why We Needed Bertha

  26-10-2015 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The only good thing about Bertha is that it generated public spending during the recession.WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  As much as we now hate Bertha, and as correct as Dominic Holden was in pointing out the many things that could go wrong with this project, Seattle needed the megaproject because, at the time it was approved by voters, the city was in the middle of a huge recession. Do not forget that unemployment in 2011 was nearly 10 percent in Seattle. Today it's a very low 3
  
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• 13-year-old shot at military base has died; friend charged

  26-10-2015 18:24
  
  The 13-year-old boy shot in the face last week by another teen at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has died.
  
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• 10-year-old Grant County boy dies in all-terrain vehicle accident

  26-10-2015 18:09
  A 10-year-old Grant County boy has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash.
  
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• Search launched for 2 hikers missing near North Bend

  26-10-2015 18:02
  
  Searchers are looking for two Bothell hikers missing near North Bend.
  
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• Today Is the Last Day to Register to Vote!

  26-10-2015 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Register to vote (TODAY!) and we can all be this guy.Eli Sanders
  Today is the! last! day! to register to vote for the November 3 election.Since you waited so long, you have to do it in person at either King County Elections headquarters in Renton (919 SW Grady Way) or the King County Voter Registration Annex (500 4th Avenue, room 440). Both of those offices are open until 4:30 pm.If you're already registered and you got your ballot in the mail, but lost it, get a replacement ballot here. If you
  
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• 10 of the Seattle area’s worst traffic jams of 2015

  26-10-2015 17:51
  
  It’s been a tough year for traffic in the Puget Sound region. A look at the wrecks (or events) that have jammed your trips this year.
  
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• Processed Meats Give You Cancer, Testing Finds 2% of Hot Dogs Contain Human DNA

  26-10-2015 17:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Everything causes cancer, like Joe Jackson says, but some things cause cancer faster than others...
  Eating hot dogs, ham and other processed meat can cause colorectal cancer, and eating red meat "probably" can cause cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency reported Monday. Kurt Straif of the International Agency for Cancer Research said the risk of developing colorectal cancer from eating processed meat remains small but rises with the amount consumed. Consuming red meat was linked
  
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• State report: More drivers, more gridlock, more delays

  26-10-2015 17:06
  
  Congestion for the area from Everett to Olympia is 19 percent worse than before the recession, a new state report says.
  
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• 4 from Washington charged in assault on South Dakota trooper

  26-10-2015 16:38
  
  The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says Trooper Zachary Bader was assaulted during a traffic stop on Interstate 90 Saturday morning. He suffered serious injuries that are not a threat to his life.
  
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• The Morning News: Capitol Hill Value Village Closing, Five Drown on Whale-Watching Boat, Jeff Bezos Gets Richer

  26-10-2015 16:34 via thestranger.com
  
  So long, VV. The Stranger
  Value Village on Capitol Hill Is Closing After Halloween: CHS reports the thrift store is closing on November 7. “Though unfortunate, certain business conditions have made it necessary to close our Value Village thrift store in the Capitol Hill neighborhood after a number of years of leasing the space on a month-to-month basis,” a spokesperson for Value Village/Savers company said.
  Five people were killed Sunday when a whale watching boat capsized near Vanco
  
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• WHO: Processed meat linked to cancer; red meat is risky, too

  26-10-2015 16:15
  
  PARIS (AP) — Hot dogs, bacon, cold cuts and other processed meats raise the risk of colon, stomach and other cancers, and red meat probably contributes to the disease, too, the World Health Organization said Monday, throwing its considerable authority behind what many doctors have been warning for years. WHO’s cancer agency analyzed decades of […]
  
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• Wayward oryx captured after day on the lam in Portland

  26-10-2015 15:59
  Yellow Nose wandered through an open gate Saturday and spent time exploring Portland’s Forest Park before falling asleep on the roadside.
  
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• Lasers may ease pain for ‘napalm girl’ in AP photograph

  26-10-2015 15:45
  
  MIAMI (AP) — In the photograph that made Kim Phuc a living symbol of the Vietnam War, her burns aren’t visible — only her agony as she runs wailing toward the camera, her arms flung away from her body, naked because she has ripped off her burning clothes. More than 40 years later she can […]
  
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• Family stunts disabled daughter’s growth to expand her world

  26-10-2015 15:45
  
  BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Charley Hooper is so disabled that her mother considers her “unabled.” At 10, she cannot speak, walk or see anything beyond light and dark and perhaps the shadowy shape of a face held inches away. As she grew bigger, her parents feared she would eventually become too heavy to take anywhere. […]
  
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• Radioactive dump that burned in Nevada had past troubles

  26-10-2015 15:40
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The operator of a closed radioactive waste dump that caught fire in southern Nevada had trouble over the years with leaky shipments and oversight so lax that employees took contaminated tools and building materials home, according to state and federal records. The firm, now called US Ecology Inc., had its license […]
  
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• Early prison release will test drug felons, re-entry groups

  26-10-2015 15:30
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — She was the queen of the “OK Corral,” a tot-toting grandmother who stepped up to rent out street corners and run the bustling cocaine trade in her north Philadelphia neighborhood after her 20-year-old son was gunned down. By the time a younger son finished testifying against her in federal court in 1990, […]
  
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• Study: Kids take 100-plus required tests through 12th grade

  26-10-2015 15:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Students, parents and teachers have long lamented the hours that kids spend taking standardized tests, especially since the introduction of the Common Core academic standards. But just how much time each year is it? A. Between 10-15 hours. B. Between 20-25 hours. Related Obama calls for cap on testing time, citing report […]
  
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• Seattle-area traffic apps hungry for your data to make commute easier

  26-10-2015 15:00
  
  Stuck in Seattle? Backed up in Bellevue? As traffic worsens around Puget Sound, transportation apps become more important. But they’re only as good as their underlying data.
  
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• Obama calls for cap on testing time, citing report that included Seattle

  26-10-2015 13:00
  
  The survey of 66 large, urban school districts, including Seattle Public Schools, concluded that there is a mishmash of tests that are often redundant, incoherent and uninformative for teachers, students and parents.
  
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• New local hub promotes health-care innovation

  26-10-2015 13:00
  
  Cambia Grove study attempts to establish baseline from which to measure future growth in health-care innovation in the state.
  
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• New local hub examines health-care innovation

  26-10-2015 13:00
  
  Cambia Grove study attempts to establish baseline from which to measure future growth in health-care innovation in the state.
  
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• More on the testing report mentioned as Obama called for cap on testing time

  26-10-2015 13:00
  The survey of 66 large, urban school districts, including Seattle Public Schools, concluded that there are mishmash of tests that are often redundant, incoherent and uninformative for teachers, students and parents.
  
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• Man stabbed in White Center after leaving bus

  26-10-2015 07:34
  The King County Sheriff’s Office was investigating an alleged assault that occurred in White Center about 6:45 p.m. Sunday after a deputy was flagged down near 15th Avenue and Roxbury Street by a man who said he had just been stabbed.
  
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• At Least Four People Are Dead After a Whale-Watching Boat Sinks Off Vancouver Island

  26-10-2015 06:34 via thestranger.com
  
  4 dead after whale-watching ship Leviathan II sinks off #Tofino. Some of the 27 on board unaccounted for: https://t.co/aCWOeBODju— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) October 26, 2015
  The Globe and Mail:
  When fishing guide Lance Desilets got to the site where the Tofino whale-watching boat sank, he was shocked by what he saw.
  The Leviathan II, a 20-metre-long vessel used by Jamie’s Whaling Station and Adventure Centres to take tourists on nature cruises around Clayoquot Sound, was upside do
  
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• Octogenarian property owner spends $150,755 to take on Move Seattle levy

  26-10-2015 03:40
  
  Move Seattle levy campaign money pits business, labor and advocacy group donors against Faye Garneau, who almost single-handedly changed the way we elect City Council members.
  
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• Still no health insurance? Open enrollment starts Nov. 1

  26-10-2015 02:32
  
  Washington state’s uninsured rate has dropped 40 percent since the provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect, boosting coverage to about 91 percent of residents. But reaching those who still lack health insurance remains a big job, officials say.
  
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• Underwater pumpkin carving

  26-10-2015 02:27
  
  Underwater carving was just one of the multiple Halloween events offered over the weekend at the Seattle Aquarium.
  
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• Ever carve a pumpkin underwater? Check it out

  26-10-2015 02:27
  
  Underwater carving was just one of the multiple Halloween events offered over the weekend at the Seattle Aquarium.
  
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