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• Costumes come back to haunt you: Share your Halloween costumes from the past

  27-10-2015 23:57
  We dug up these Halloween costumes from our archives. Now share favorite costume from the past.
  
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• Coming back to haunt you: Share your Halloween costumes from the past

  27-10-2015 23:57
  
  We dug up these Halloween costumes from our archives. You can share your favorite costume from the past on Instagram at ‪#‎STthrowback‬.
  
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• Bothell detective acquitted of sexual-misconduct charges

  27-10-2015 23:47
  
  A Bothell police detective was found not guilty Tuesday of three counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor in connection with allegations made by a former Bothell High School student.
  
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• That Walking Dead Character That Died? He/She Is Almost Assuredly NOT DEAD.

  27-10-2015 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  For those who read my Walking Dead recap yesterday—or glance at the internet with any regularity—you already know that a major character died on this past Sunday's show. OR DID HE/SHE?!? I related some of the conspiracy theories which posited how this character may have survived that zombie onslaught, and today, there's even more proof that the person survived. GOOD SOLID PROOF. Want to check it out? Spoilers and FACTS are below!
  Courtesy AMC"If I didn't get to eat that character's g
  
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• Court orders detention, treatment for TB patient

  27-10-2015 23:21
  
  King County health officials sought a court order to detain a potentially contagious person who resisted treatment for tuberculosis.
  
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• Seattle's Scariest Up-and-Coming Drag Queens

  27-10-2015 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's Scariest Up-and-Coming Drag Queensby Matt BaumeCucci BinacaAcross from me on the sofa sat a former navy officer in a bright floral dress, frizzy pink wig, and green contacts with stars around the pupils, watching me struggle to find the right words to describe his style of drag."You're kind of... a demon-Muppet?" I tried. Cucci Binaca seemed pleased with that."Creature-monster," he said. "A lot of people would say, 'Oh, you're not a drag queen.' But I AM a drag queen. I have lots of ma
  
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• The great Stephen Harper airport battle in Canada

  27-10-2015 23:05
  
  Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is moving back to Calgary, a city that has repeatedly elected him to Parliament and where he once headed a conservative think tank. Supporters in Alberta, where Harper remains popular despite his election loss last week, have launched an online petition to rename Calgary International Airport the Stephen J. Harper International Airport. Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper is moving back to Calgary.  Will he be landing at the
  
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• Halloween costume ideas from a pro: Cheap, easy and creative

  27-10-2015 22:46
  
  Seattle costume designer K.D. Schill shows how cheap and easy it can be to create a fun character for Halloween.
  
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• Creepy Halloween doll was no treat for HOV lane violator

  27-10-2015 22:44
  A state trooper cited a man who tried to use a creepy Halloween doll to gain access to the HOV lane of Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
  
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• I-90 reopened after semi truck rollover

  27-10-2015 22:03
  
  All lanes of westbound Interstate 90 in Seattle were closed for about two hours Tuesday after a semi truck overturned on the freeway.
  
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• Lanes on westbound I-90 reopened after frozen-food truck topples, spills food

  27-10-2015 21:58
  
  A truck carrying 45,000 pounds of frozen food overturned on Interstate 90 near Rainier Avenue.
  
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• Frozen-food truck overturns on I-90, blocking all lanes

  27-10-2015 21:58
  
  A truck carring 45,000 pounds of frozen food is blocking all lanes on Interstate 90.
  
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• Bremerton coach’s prayers catch attention of Congress

  27-10-2015 21:57
  
  Nearly 50 members of Congress have signed a letter supporting a Bremerton assistant football coach who leads voluntary prayer sessions after games.
  
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• Clinton builds 41-point lead over Sanders in Iowa, where she was drubbed by Obama in 2008

  27-10-2015 21:53
  
  Shorter, cooler days of autumn are turning into springtime for Hillary Clinton, the latest good news coming in a new poll of Iowa Democratic caucus goers that gives her a 41-point lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. A new Monmouth University survey pegs Clinton’s support at 65 percent, compared to 24 percent for Sanders and just 5 percent for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. Clinton gets positive ratings from 88 percent of Democrats polled, compared to 77 percent approva
  
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• Big effort to better understand bats takes wing in 31 states

  27-10-2015 21:43
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bats are well known as experts at echolocation and as a spooky staple of Halloween, but scientists say they’ve been flying under the radar. Researchers are aiming to change that this year by starting the North American Bat Monitoring Program in 31 states (including Washington) and 10 Canadian provinces. The program […]
  
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• World’s Catholic bishops to world leaders: Use Paris climate conference to end the ‘fossil-fuel era’

  27-10-2015 21:32
  
  The world’s Catholic bishops, divided on some doctrinal issues, have come together to call on world leaders at next month’s global climate conference in Paris to act decisively to reach “just and legally binding” agreements to curb greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change. Pope Francis “We join the Holy Father is pleading for a major breakthrough in Paris, for a comprehensive and transformational agreement supported by all based on principles of
  
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• REVIEW: Joanna Newsom's Divers is a Great Record, Whether You Want to Diagram Sentences or Wallow in Sweet Melodies

  27-10-2015 21:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Divers: The Finnegan's Wake of recently-released albums.
  The big subject governing Joanna Newsom’s new album, Divers, is non-linear time, which is one of those ideas that’ll get you eyerolled right out of the cafe. But Newsom enlivens Einstein’s theory by grounding it in human relationships, breathes life into it with wild arrangements, and explores its edges with martial and avian metaphors. In essence, Newsom variously pines for and embraces a time before scientists collapsed
  
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• Kshama Sawant and Dave Meinert, Unlikely BFFs, Introduce Small Business Plan Together

  27-10-2015 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Dave Meinert and other small business owners are backing a plan from Council Member Kshama Sawant. Courtesy of Clay Showalter
  Last spring, in the final stretch of the fight over the $15 minimum wage ordinance, local restaurant owner / provocateur of socialists Dave Meinert declared that he was "feeling pretty done with local politics" and especiallywith politicians backed by big labor unions that had played a role in the process.Well, well.Today, it appears Meinert's wounds have fully healed. Th
  
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• Your commute is only getting worse

  27-10-2015 20:49
  
  What's long and boring and not likely to get any better any time soon?Your commute to work, especially if you drive alone, according to a report released by the state Monday.Click through to see how several of the major commutes have changed since 2012.
  
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• Sarah Vowell Will Be at the Neptune Tomorrow Night—What Should I Ask Her?

  27-10-2015 20:39 via thestranger.com
  
  She'll be in town with her new book about a certain French guy's help during the Revolutionary War. Bennett Miller
  Sarah Vowell will be in town tomorrow reading from her new book Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, about the French teenager who came over in the 1770s to help George Washington and his troops win the Revolutionary War. Surely, we will talk about war, and the French, and the hilarious "somewhat" in her book's title, and Congress, and Lafayette abandoning his pregnant wife for
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Does Nothing For Her

  27-10-2015 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on November 14, 2012.
  My wife and I have been together for 20 years. I love to receive oral, but my wife has no interest when I try to return the favor. She claims it does nothing for her. We celebrated Obama's reelection with a bottle of wine in the bedroom. When I made a move downstairs, she didn't stop me. However, she said it tickled her like crazy. Is this common? Is there something I can do to make this experience less hilarious for my wife?
  What's So Funny?
  My response a
  
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• Persimmons: A Sure Sign of Fall

  27-10-2015 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Persimmons are some of the easiest—and tastiest—fruits to enjoy during fall.EQRoy/Shutterstock
  I have a hard time letting go of summer and giving in to fall. Mostly this has to do with the sun setting early and it being depressingly dark at 5 p.m., but of course it's also food-related. As we slide slowly into autumn, some of my favorite produce like zucchini and tomatoes begin to vanish from my CSA box, replaced by tough-skinned celeriac and winter squash. The other day I went to my
  
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• Jury swiftly acquits Bothell cop accused of having sex with teen

  27-10-2015 19:56
  
  A Bothell police officer accused having sex with a girl she met while serving as a school resource officer has been acquitted.
  
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• Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do This Week: Hallow's Eve Edition

  27-10-2015 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This big guy's going to be getting down, Fremont-style.Steve Lagreca / Shutterstock.com
  Between the full moon and Halloween, it's the proper time of the year to get weirder than usual. Here's our top ten left-of-the-dial picks for this week, including a perfect cult classic double feature, malformed techno-mancing witches, and a birthday party for the Fremont Troll.
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  Rocky Horror Picture Show/Beetlejuice Double Feature
  Chop House Cinema returns to Chop Suey, with the iconic Rocky Horror Pic
  
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• A Seattle Teenager Allegedly Stole a Garbage Truck and Went on a Rampage This Morning

  27-10-2015 19:34 via thestranger.com
  
  He reportedly climbed into the truck when it was parked near a police station, according to Seattle Times. Evan Bush reports:
  An 18-year-old man driving a stolen garbage truck early Tuesday morning marauded through the Capitol Hill neighborhood, damaging cars, destroying a Pronto bike station and forcing the closure of several blocks of traffic.
  Shortly before 6:40 a.m., the truck’s fuel tank was punctured during its rampage. Diesel fuel began leaking from the truck as it drove, covering s
  
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• Hillary Clinton Is Fun—and She Can Prove It

  27-10-2015 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  "Furthermore, as indirect evidence of the fact that I have a fun disposition, I do not like things that are not fun." Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  New editorial out from Hillary Clinton:
  I enjoy fun. I both have fun and can be fun. Fun is a word that accurately describes me and a large quantity of things of which I am fond. I appreciate fun when I encounter it, and I have even been known to partake in activities that produce fun for myself and others...
  Perhaps it would be helpful for me to pr
  
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• God Won't Take No For An Answer

  27-10-2015 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  The sign outside All Pilgrims Christian Church on Broadway makes God sound a scary ex-boyfriend who violates the restraining order you got against him.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Oracle to build high school on its Silicon Valley campus

  27-10-2015 18:30
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle founder Larry Ellison already owns an island in Hawaii. Now, his company is building a high school next to its Silicon Valley headquarters to help fulfill Ellison’s desire to teach students more about technology and problem-solving. The plan unveiled Tuesday at an Oracle customer conference calls for the business software […]
  
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• Sawant rolls out commercial rent control, other plans aimed at small businesses

  27-10-2015 18:27
  
  Councilmember Kshama Sawant Tuesday rolled out a proposal aimed at Seattle's small businesses, a group she says is struggling to stay afloat while the city focuses on the dominant big businesses fueling the city's boom.
  
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• What Began as a Get-Together for Bernie Fans Has Become a Three-Week Dance Party Called Bernie Man

  27-10-2015 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Bernie Man organizer Cody Morrison says, "I haven't done very many political things in my life." Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  It's a rare thing when people are able to join together, united behind a common cause. In this case, the causes are Bernie Sanders and dancing. Lots of dancing. And they finally come together at a three-week party called "Bernie Man" that starts tomorrow.
  Local promoter/real estate broker Cody Morrison didn't set out to create a massive series of political dance parties
  
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• Lions, pride of Africa, vanishing in West Africa

  27-10-2015 18:00
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lions, that symbol of Africa’s wild beauty, power and freedom, no longer roam in Mali. Or in Ivory Coast or Ghana or war-shattered eastern Congo. Or most of the rest of West Africa. Three years of searching and no sight of a lion for Philipp Henschel, lion survey coordinator for the […]
  
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• Family sues after girl, 4, was sickened in food-truck outbreak

  27-10-2015 17:24
  
  The family of a 4-year-old Issaquah girl hospitalized with E. coli food poisoning last summer in an outbreak tied to a local food truck is suing the business, court records show.
  
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• 2 hurt when leaping from burning home in Lakewood

  27-10-2015 16:45
  Fire officials say all other residents got out safely, and the fire is under investigation.
  
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• The Morning News: Decriminalizing the Bus, A New Rent Stabilization Plan, and a Yoga Hate Crime

  27-10-2015 15:59 via thestranger.com
  
  King County Council wants the youth penalty for skipping a fare to be a civil infraction—not a criminal one. King County Metro Transit
  King County Council Says Young People Shouldn't Get Criminal Charges for Skipping Bus Fare: Wait, criminal charges? Yes. County code classifies fare evasion as a misdemeanor. On Monday, the County Council adopted a motion to make changes to Metro's enforcement policy so that young people will no longer be criminally charged for skipping fares.
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• Yes, Adele's New Single is Out, but The Zombies Played Odessey and Oracle Last Wednesday at Benaroya Hall.

  27-10-2015 15:33 via thestranger.com
  
  The Zombies invite you to their Odessey Shenandoah Davis
  I realize the regular world is currently engaged in the pressing matter of deciding how to feel about the new Adele single, “Hello.”(For the record, it’s already my second favorite song by that title , and maybe my third favorite that uses the line “Hello, it’s me,” behind this and this. And that’s in less than a week! Who can imagine how I’ll feel about it in three years when I’m still
  
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• Garbage-truck heist on Capitol Hill leaves destruction, diesel spill

  27-10-2015 15:31
  
  A man stole a garbage truck Tuesday morning, then drove it around the neighborhood, hitting parked cars, Pronto bikes and eventually another garbage truck before being arrested.
  
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• Garbage-truck heist on Capitol Hill leads to fire, diesel spill

  27-10-2015 15:31
  
  A man stole a garbage truck Tuesday morning, drove it around and then crashed into another truck, Seattle police said.
  
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• Homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration

  27-10-2015 15:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. A 5-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in a drive-by shooting. Seven people slain in Chicago over the July 4th weekend. A young female journalist in Washington, D.C., fatally struck by an errant bullet in May […]
  
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• Psychologist: Oklahoman charged in beheading wants execution

  27-10-2015 15:16
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A clinical psychologist testified Tuesday that an Oklahoma man charged with beheading a co-worker at a food-processing plant is mentally incompetent to face a murder trial because he wants the death penalty and won’t help attorneys prepare his defense. Dr. Anita Russell of Tulsa testified that Alton Nolen, accused in the […]
  
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• Police chiefs: Universal background checks for gun purchases

  27-10-2015 15:16
  CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s police chiefs are calling for universal background checks for anyone trying to purchase a firearm. At a gathering in Chicago of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the top cops agreed the checks will help keep guns from people who shouldn’t carry them. The call that such checks for […]
  
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• Jury finds man guilty in fatal Las Vegas Strip fireball case

  27-10-2015 15:14
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-styled pimp who flashed $100 bills at a casino valet minutes before a fatal vehicle chase was found guilty of killing three people by shooting into a moving car and triggering a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip. Ammar Asim Faruq Harris sat still and gave no reaction as […]
  
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• To mammogram or not to mammogram? Experts can’t agree

  27-10-2015 15:00
  
  New guidelines add to women’s confusion.
  
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• Everett Public Schools hopes to be first in state to offer new AP curriculum districtwide

  27-10-2015 14:05
  
  Some high schools in Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way also offer the new AP "Capstone" program, which gives students a chance to dig deep into a topic of contemporary concern -- and hone their research and collaborative skills.
  
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• Coast Guard searching for man whose empty boat was found near Bainbridge Island

  27-10-2015 06:39
  
  The man was not wearing a life jacket before he went missing Monday, according to the Seattle Coast Guard.
  
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• Bail set for driver suspected of DUI in fatal crash

  27-10-2015 04:40
  
  Investigators say he was under the influence of a depressant.
  
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• Seattle initiative puts spotlight on campaign financing

  27-10-2015 04:26
  Seattle Initiative 122 would use public funds to supply every voter in the city with “democracy vouchers” to spend on candidate campaigns.
  
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• State schools boss supports Bremerton School District in review of coach’s prayers

  27-10-2015 03:46
  
  He said in a statement prayers can put students in awkward positions, and ceremonies of such could open the district up to a lawsuit.
  
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• A wet walk around Green Lake

  27-10-2015 03:46
  
  Walkers around Green Lake were pushed to the edge of the trail by standing water from recent rains in the Seattle area.
  
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• Seattle reaches $55K settlement with woman who says she was hurt during arrest

  27-10-2015 03:31
  
  City settles lawsuit filed by woman who was arrested after stopping to talk to a group of men who had been detained by officers; the men were released, and she went to jail
  
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• The 43 Best Things To Do This Week: Oct 27-Nov 1

  27-10-2015 03:21 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle Symphony will perform the Psycho score live during the film on Saturday.
  This week, our arts critics have chosen the best events in every discipline—from Dine Around Seattle's $33 three-course menus to a reading from Sarah Vowell to a screening of Psycho with a live soundtrack from the Symphony—for you. See them all below, and, if that's still not enough, check out our complete Things To Do calendar, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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