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• Library board rejects new name, logo after public resistance

  28-10-2015 23:55
  
  Seattle Public Library will not be getting a new name or a shiny new logo, thanks to a loud public outcry against such an idea.
  
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• Bipartisan budget agreement passes House: Two Washington Republicans vote No

  28-10-2015 23:44
  
  A bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government operating, and suspend the national debt, until after the 2016 presidential election, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 266-167 vote. Two conservative Republican House members from Washington, U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler, voted against the measure.  It was supported by the state’s six Democratic House members as well as Republican Reps. Dave Reichert and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. R
  
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• Bipartisan budget agreement passes House: 2 Washington Republicans vote no

  28-10-2015 23:44
  
  A bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government operating, and suspend the national debt, until after the 2016 presidential election passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 266-167 vote. Two conservative Republican House members from Washington, U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera Beutler, voted against the measure.  It was supported by the state’s six Democratic House members as well as Republican Reps. Dave Reichert and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Re
  
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• Cheryl Strayed's Essay Collection Will Be an HBO Show Set in Portland

  28-10-2015 23:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Vintage Books
  Just in from Deadline:
  Wild stars Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern have reteamed for another screen adaptation of a book by Wild author Cheryl Strayed, this time for TV. HBO has put in development Tiny Beautiful Things, a drama series based on Strayed’s best-selling 2012 book of the same name, a collection of essays compiled from Strayed’s Dear Sugar advice column. Strayed and her husband, filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, will write the TV adaptation, set
  
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• Skyscrapers and towers of Seattle's yesteryear

  28-10-2015 23:20
  
  Seattle might be expanding its skyline both outward and upward today, but planners and developers here have always reached for the stars with not just tall, but also grandiose, buildings.
  
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• Vancouver, B.C., decides to tear down its viaducts

  28-10-2015 23:13
  
  The Vancouver (B.C.) City Council voted on Tuesday night to tear down a pair of waterfront viaducts. The twin elevated roadways, known as the Georgia Street and Dunsmuir viaducts, connect downtown Vancouver with the False Creek area. According to the Vancity Buzz, a new $300 million project would replace the viaducts with a new six-lane road. But there’s much more […]
  
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• Car hits, injures Seattle parking officer on Capitol Hill

  28-10-2015 23:01
  
  A Seattle Police Department Parking Enforcement Officer was injured Wednesday after being struck by a car on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Spanaway student arrested after reportedly pointing rifle at bus stop

  28-10-2015 22:56
  
  A Spanaway middle school student was arrested Wednesday after two students said he pointed a rifle at them at a bus stop.
  
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• Uniqlo coming to Bellevue

  28-10-2015 22:29
  
  Japanese casual fashion retailer Uniqlo will open a new store in Bellevue Square on Nov. 7. The store will occupy the 13,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by JCPenney.
  
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• In Food News: Bramling Cross Opens, Mollusk Plans Halloween Opening, Vegan Doughnuts Come to Capitol Hill

  28-10-2015 22:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The Bramling Cross burger: Eight ounces of beef, iceberg lettuce, and "secret sauce" on a potato bun.Geoffrey SmithBramling Cross Opens on Ballard Avenue
  The menu at Ethan Stowell latest restaurant, Bramling Cross, runs the gamut from familiar pub fare (chicken wings, burger, wedge salad) to less expected items like raw oysters, pork osso buco, and a “duo of liver” (chicken liver mousse and seared foie gras). The gastropub, named after a variety of hops, pours eight taps of “ul
  
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• If Israel’s Netanyahu was invited to address Congress, why not Canada’s Trudeau: Cantwell

  28-10-2015 22:03
  
  Canada’s Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau is busy putting together his government, but Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and other border state senators believe Trudeau could deliver a message that the U.S. Congress needs to hear. If rulers of the U.S. House of Representatives could invite Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress — Netanyahu gave a partisan speech, trying to block the Iran nuclear deal — then why not Trudeau? Canada’s P
  
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• Billy on the Street Bros Out on the Street!

  28-10-2015 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The hilariously gay Billy Eichner pulls quite the switcheroo on this edition of the always gut-bustingly funny Billy on the Street, by "bro-ing" out with a bunch of fellow bros, including Jason Sudeikis! As it turns out, Billy makes a very convincing bro—even though he can't resist referencing the Broadway show Wicked and Jessica Tandy. WATCH!![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Triad Development Reaches $5.7 Million Settlement with Tenants Over Troubled Downtown Civic Square Project

  28-10-2015 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  The tenants "channeled their experience into a social justice movement," said Knoll Lowery, and attorney for the group. Clay Showalter
  When renters fight back against big developers, they win. At least, that's what happened today, as a group of tenants announced it has reached a $5.7 million settlement with Triad Development over its troubled downtown Civic Square Project.
  The settlement casts further doubt on the project's viability. Earlier this month, a Triad executive tried to coerce city co
  
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• 86 years ago, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began

  28-10-2015 21:13
  
  On Oct. 29, 1929, the U.S. stock market crashed and the Great Depression began.
  
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• Big spenders become the biggest complainers in Seattle’s 2015 election

  28-10-2015 21:03
  
  The campaign for Seattle’s record $930 million Let’s Move Seattle property levy has discovered a pre-Halloween devil figure and is spending its energy Wednesday putting a pointed hat on Aurora Avenue property owner Faye Garneau, who has bankrolled a group called Keep Seattle Affordable that opposes the levy. Garneau is a “wealthy anti-tax, anti-transit zealot” who is “almost single handedly trying to kill” the Let’s Move Seattle levy for “self serv
  
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• Can ‘U Way Project’ purge drug deals, loitering from U District permanently?

  28-10-2015 20:52
  
  On the Ave, a University of Washington and Seattle Police Department partnership aims at combating crime and making the neighborhood safe for students, residents and businesses.
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: The Red Sweater Code

  28-10-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on September 18, 2013.Straight male here. I took a writing course, and some of us students created a writing group. We meet and workshop the things we've been working on. One of the guys in the group is gay, and a while ago, he confessed that he had very strong feelings for me. I didn't have a problem with this, but I told him that I wasn't into guys. The other day, he sent me an e-mail telling me there was something he wanted to discuss. We met for dinner, and he told me that
  
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• Guest Editorial: You Can Have My Hot Dogs When You Pry Them from My Cold Dead Fingers

  28-10-2015 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Nathan "Tubesteak" Sousa, Cofounder and CFO, North American Hot Dog Husbandry Coalition (NAHDHC)
  This week, a "study" by a so-called "food analytics" company called Clear Labs (yeah, I'd never heard of it, either) was widely reported by irresponsible "journalism outlets" like CNN, USA Today, and Huffington Post. The clickbait headline? "Hot Dogs Contain Human DNA." Shocking, right?
  Yes, but not in the way they'd like you to believe. A closer look at these so-called "findings" reveals that only 2
  
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• Walmart Stops Selling Controversial Hooked-Nose Mask That Macklemore Wore Last Year

  28-10-2015 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Walmart banishes the Sheik/Fagin nose mask that Macklemore made infamous.
  Via the New York Times
  Facing pressure from social networks and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, massive retailer Walmart has pulled from its shelves the "Sheik/Fagin" mask featuring a caricatured big nose that many people think fosters derogatory attitudes toward Arabs and Jews. This is the same item that global Seattle rap star Macklemore wore in a 2014 performance at EMP, which triggered widespread outra
  
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• Shell’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig heads into Port Angeles

  28-10-2015 20:38
  
  The rig is expected to spend a “handful of weeks” at the port for offloading, says a spokesman.
  
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• Shell’s Polar Pioneer drilling rig arrives in Port Angeles

  28-10-2015 20:38
  
  The rig is expected to spend a “handful of weeks” at the port for offloading, says a spokesman.
  
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• Sarah Vowell Will Be at the Neptune Tomorrow Tonight—What Should I Ask Her?

  28-10-2015 20:37 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
  UPDATE: This post has been bumped up since yesterday—you still have a chance to toss a question or two onto the pile.
  Sarah Vowell will be in town tomorrow tonight 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
  
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• What's the Deal With Tonight's Republican Debate

  28-10-2015 20:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Ben Carson is in the lead, as of at least one recent national poll. Tonight's debate starts at 5 pm PST. Rich Koele / Shutterstock.com
  There are many important questions to ask about the debate tonight. For example: "What?" "Really?" And also "Why?"
  The chances are excellent that you will not be watching this one, because it'll be television-only. No online streaming, unless you sign up for a $30/month subscription to a financial news website, which no normal human being will ever do.But then ag
  
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• Just Announced: 'Mo-Wave Music and Arts Festival Schedule

  28-10-2015 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Queer music and arts festival 'Mo-Wave is returning for its third year on November 12-14. They just announced their schedule for all three days of the festival, and you can find it all on our Things To Do: 'Mo-Wave calendar!
  The festival kicks off with a free art show at Vermillion, featuring a performance from drag chanteuse Mal DeFleur and art from a dozen artists, including Stranger Genius C. Davida Ingram. On November 13 and 14, Chop Suey will feature two packed nights of excellent music, f
  
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• Ask Supporters of Initiative 122 Questions Today

  28-10-2015 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  I-122 would make it rain "democracy vouchers." The Stranger
  Are you still unsure about Initiative 122, also known as Honest Elections Seattle? Does the idea of getting paper "democracy vouchers" in the mail and then donating them to candidates still confuse the hell out of you? (Even despite our coverage and this useful graphic that ran in the Seattle Times?)Want to know why this campaign to get big money out of politics is relying on huge amounts of money to fund its effort? Wonder how they res
  
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• Drone operator charged with knocking out woman at Pride Parade

  28-10-2015 19:43
  
  Prosecutors have charged an Oak Harbor man with reckless endangerment stemming from a June incident in which a woman was knocked unconscious when she was struck by a small drone during the Pride Parade in downtown Seattle.
  
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• Macklemore on Capitol Hill Value Village closure: ‘Ah hell no!!!’

  28-10-2015 19:34
  One of Capitol Hill's favorite thrift shops is closing — and Macklemore isn’t pleased. Fans are urging him on Twitter to do something to save it.
  
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• Yakima man charged with trying to set family on fire

  28-10-2015 19:31
  
  The man’s wife told police that he threw lighter fluid on her and her stepson during an argument and asked “if she’d ever seen a human fireball.”
  
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• Former aquarium owner arrested for fishy behavior

  28-10-2015 19:28
  
  The ex-president of the Idaho Aquarium in Boise has been arrested in Texas on charges of violating conditions of his probation, including an agreement not to buy, sell or possess fish or wildlife.
  
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• Faye Garneau Has Now Given As Much of Her Own Money to Kill the Move Seattle Levy as the Pro Side Has Raised in Total

  28-10-2015 19:19 via thestranger.com
  
  The Move Seattle Levy would fund, among lots of other things, more protected bike lanes. SDOT
  Rich business lady Faye Garneau has just dumped another $175,000 into defeating this year's Move Seattle Levy, bringing her own donation total to $325,000.Three. hundred. and. twenty. five. thousand. fucking. dollars.
  Her total is now equal to everything raised by the yes camp, which counts Amazon and Vulcan among its top donors. Only 19 other people or companies have given to Garneau's "Keep Seattle Af
  
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• Library rebrand could be approved today

  28-10-2015 18:43
  
  The Seattle Public Library may just get a new name, if a board of trustees vote today goes in favor of the rebranding.
  
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• City agrees to pay innocent man accused in violent Seattle kidnapping

  28-10-2015 18:28
  
  A Federal Way man wrongly accused in a violent kidnapping has settled with the city of Seattle for $35,000.
  
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• Personal and Critical Reflections on the Work of Ta-Nehisi Coates from Stranger Writers

  28-10-2015 18:26 via thestranger.com
  
  After reading Ta-Nehisi Coates's epistolary memoir, Between the World and Me, Toni Morrison endorsed his effort by saying: "I've been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates."
  Of course, Baldwin was a swinging, gay, world-traveling jazzman, and Coates is a historian and policy wonk, but when Morrison says that Coates is filling the intellectual void that Baldwin left, I think she means that Coates, like Baldwin, is
  
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• GOP seeks to unseat Democrat in lone contested House race

  28-10-2015 18:24
  
  The lone state House seat at stake between the major parties is a political struggle that could have larger implications.
  
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• 21-year-old man dies in Arlington crash

  28-10-2015 18:10
  
  The man was driving in the 30700 block of Swede Heaven Road around 2 a.m. when the collision occurred.
  
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• Tenants who oppose Civic Square development say suit’s been settled

  28-10-2015 18:07
  
  Tenants who sued Seattle and the would-be developer of the Civic Square project say they’ve reached a settlement. The case was embroiled earlier this month in an alleged City Council candidate shakedown.
  
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• Canada Decides to Save Capitalism from Itself

  28-10-2015 18:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Canada's Liberal Party, which is lead by Justin Trudeau, won the election by promising increased government borrowing and spending. arindambanerjee/Shutterstock.com
  As I pointed out in my post about Bertha, the orthodox response to an economic crash or recession is for the government to cut spending. Though this policy plainly makes no economic sense (even to the woman or man on the street), it is the leading economic doctrine in the world. Go to Greece, go to Ireland, or just stay here in Seatt
  
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• From ‘the war on Christmas’ to satanic prayers: Church vs. state in Washington

  28-10-2015 17:57
  
  The Bremerton coach’s public prayer adds to a long list of debates over government’s interaction with religion.
  
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• Morning News: Feds Deny Funding for Seattle Bike Share, Lawsuit Seeks Employee Status for Amazon Couriers

  28-10-2015 16:54 via thestranger.com
  
  No federal funding for our city's fledgline bike share program. Boo. SDOT
  Feds Deny Grant for Bike Share Expansion, Northgate Pedestrian Bridge: "The Seattle proposal requested $25 million in federal funds to help fill the $15 million funding gap in the Northgate bike/walk bridge project," Seattle Bike Blog reports, "and to improve connectivity to transit by investing $10 million in a dramatically expanded bike share system." But the feds said no, and this leaves the bike share program, which ne
  
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• Inmate says she was attacked in Purdy prison, sues state

  28-10-2015 16:36
  
  A 60-year-old convicted identity thief claims prison officials didn’t do enough to protect her from a convicted killer who attacked her with a makeshift knife.
  
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• Homelessness in Eugene reaching emergency levels, mayor says

  28-10-2015 16:30
  
  Mayor Kitty Piercy’s resolution says the number of homeless people “appears to be growing rather than shrinking” despite the city’s efforts to combat the problem.
  
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• Jury awards $16.7M to family of Puyallup woman who died of swine flu

  28-10-2015 16:27
  
  Kathryn Flight was seven months pregnant when she became ill in the 2009 swine-flu epidemic.
  
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• No Matter Who Gets Elected on November 3, Here Are the Problems They Need to Tackle Right Away

  28-10-2015 16:13 via thestranger.com
  
  You have until November 3 to vote, everyone. That means picking up your ballot—it's in your mailbox—grabbing a black ink pen, filling in some bubbles, licking the envelope, sticking a stamp on it, and sending it in. If you're pro-weed, pro–mass transit, anti–police beating people up, and anti–Seattle turning into a city that only the rich can afford, then the Stranger Election Control Board's endorsement cheat sheet is right here for you. Use it or else.
  But even i
  
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• Astronaut takes spacewalk right before setting US record

  28-10-2015 15:38
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, took his first spacewalk Wednesday just hours before setting a new U.S. flight record. Kelly and Kjell Lindgren tackled a long overdue list of maintenance chores outside the International Space Station. They removed insulation from an electronic switching unit and covered an antimatter and dark […]
  
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• Astronaut takes spacewalk as he sets U.S. record

  28-10-2015 15:38
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, took his first spacewalk Wednesday just hours before setting a new U.S. flight record. Kelly and Kjell Lindgren floated out of the International Space Station for a bit of maintenance work. Their to-do list included greasing the station’s big robot arm, routing cables, removing insulation […]
  
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• Camas bans recreational pot stores

  28-10-2015 15:24
  
  Vancouver and Battle Ground are the only Clark County cities to allow retail pot businesses.
  
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• WWII-era tank explodes, kills 2 at Oregon gun range

  28-10-2015 15:18
  The blast was at a public gun range near Bend; authorities said there is no risk to the public.
  
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• Atlantic farmed salmon routinely mislabeled as ‘wild,’ study finds

  28-10-2015 15:15
  
  An Oceana investigation of salmon marketed during the winter months in the Midwest and East Coast found 43 percent of this fish mislabeled.
  
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• Seattle Police Sustain Misconduct Finding Against Former Assistant Chief Nick Metz in Whitlatch Case

  28-10-2015 15:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Nick Metz was given a fond farewell when he left the department earlier this year. Youtube
  Nick Metz, a 32-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department who is now the chief of police in Colorado's third biggest city, violated SPD policy by failing to document an allegation of racially biased policing against Officer Cynthia Whitlatch, records obtained by The Stranger show.On September 4, 2014, four community activists, including former State Representative Dawn Mason, met with then-Assistant Ch
  
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• UW hives in way of progress, so it’s bye-bye, bees

  28-10-2015 15:00
  
  The pending construction of a new life sciences complex at the University of Washington has displaced a popular beekeeping program on campus.
  
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