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• Landlords Are Freaked Out About Jon Grant and Lisa Herbold, Which is Exactly Why You Should Vote for Them

  03-11-2015 23:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Vote for these people if you haven't already: Jon Grant and Lisa Herbold. Photos courtesy of campaigns
  If you're still unsure of who to vote for in the race for citywide council Position 8 or West Seattle's District 1, consider this:
  Jon Grant—the tenant advocate who's challenging Tim Burgess for a citywide council seat—got his hands on the Rental Housing Association's September newsletter, and it shows just how freaked out that group is by his candidacy."Mr. Grant represents the wor
  
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• Suspect arrested in death of Sultan man

  03-11-2015 23:43
  A Spokane man has been arrested for investigation of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a Sultan man last month.
  
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• Sorry, Haters: The New Yorker Radio Hour is Excellent

  03-11-2015 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  The New Yorker Radio Hour is now available
  It's bad form for Americans to use British neologisms, this one particular word is perfectly suited to describing the curious obsessional quality a good podcast inspires. Actually, it doesn't even have to be good, per se. It just has to have a voice or voices that allure you into the feed vault to binge-download as many episodes as your phone will hold. The word is "moreish."
  The other day, I reflected on the moreish architecture of the podcast experien
  
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• Sprint adds million customers, but remains behind T-Mobile

  03-11-2015 23:11
  
  Spint uses heavy promotion to boost its subscriber count, but the wireless carrier records a loss for the quarter.
  
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• King County man who recruited teens as prostitutes sentenced to 10 years

  03-11-2015 22:46
  
  A South King County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for recruiting teen-age girls to work as prostitutes.
  
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• REVIEW: HINTS' The Way to Function Packs a Scary, Post-Industrial Punch

  03-11-2015 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Cover image for HINTS The Way to Function, by Myke Pelly
  HINTS
  The Way to Function
  (self-released)
  **** (out of 5)
  Seattle drummer Myke Pelly has dismounted the great power-gloom-rock band Haunted Horses and gone solo with HINTS. His debut release under this handle retains the unrelenting darkness of his previous group and adds more industrial grime and grind and contains the sort of punishing drum work that would make Killing Joke’s Paul Ferguson or PiL’s Martin Atkins proud. The Wa
  
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• Carson passes Trump, Clinton way ahead of Sanders in new poll

  03-11-2015 22:30
  
  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has moved ahead of real estate mogul Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race, with both “outsiders” running far ahead of GOP officeholders seeking the nomination, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey showed Carson at 29 percent, Trump at 23 percent, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at 11 percent, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas with 10 percent, while slumping early frontrunner ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush trails with just 8 percent support.
  
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• Light of the Moon: EL VY's Perfect Pairing

  03-11-2015 22:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The news of EL VY's existence seemingly came out of nowhere. Brent Knopf—the Portland musician who leads Ramona Falls and has produced bands like Lost Lander and Dear Reader—had apparently teamed up with Matt Berninger, the singer of the National, and recorded an entire album on the sly.
  "I didn't tell hardly anybody," Knopf says. "I was skeptical that it would ever come to fruition. And maybe I assumed that if it did, it would be an EP or a split 7-inch or something."
  But Return to
  
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• Woman suffers minor injury in Wallingford house fire

  03-11-2015 21:56
  A woman suffered minor injuries in a house fire Tuesday in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood.
  
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• Jeb Bush Still Trying to Figure Out How to Get His Shit Together

  03-11-2015 21:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Jeb Bush can fix "it." You know. "It." Rich Koele / Shutterstock.com
  Things aren't looking so hot over at Jeb!, the ambitious startup propping up the most Floridian of all the Bush scions. Their slogan is "Jeb Can Fix It," and although they haven't defined what "it" is, they apparently can't even fix their floundering campaign.
  So today the the Jebs are "rebooting," with a new slogan and a new tour schedule and a new book. Ah yes, a book! That'll do the trick! Consider democracy "fixed"!
  Now we'
  
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• This Is the Laser That Someone Allegedly Pointed at the Captain and Chief Mate of a State Ferry Last Week

  03-11-2015 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  It was pointed into both wheelhouses of the ferry Tokitae. (To see it with its beam on, scroll down.) Courtesy of Washington State Patrol
  I don't know how I missed this story, because it vaguely intersects with one of my obsessions, the endangered killer whale from local waters who was eventually named Lolita. (Her first given name was Tokitae, and the ferry is named after her.) As the Seattle Times reported a few days ago, that high-powered laser above was pointed at the Tokitae from another fe
  
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• At least 37 now sick in Chipotle E. coli outbreak, officials say

  03-11-2015 21:16
  
  The number of E. coli cases tied to Northwest Chipotle restaurants climbed to 37 on Tuesday, with 25 sickened in Washington and 12 in Oregon, health officials reported.
  
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• Capitol Hill Is Getting a Pot Shop

  03-11-2015 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Capitol Hill Seattle:
  The license for the first recreational pot shop on Capitol Hill has been approved. After a year of waiting in limbo, the state Liquor and Cannabis Board has approved the I-502 retail license for Tok to open at 15th Ave E and E Republican, according to the agency’s list of recently approved licenses. The approved location, nestled between El Farol and Postal Plus on E Republican, was the former home of Angel’s Shoe Repair.
  There's a lot more to the story—dr
  
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• Man who killed woman with a car jack sentenced to 18 years

  03-11-2015 20:14
  A man who beat a woman to death with a car jack in Clallam County has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
  
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• Submissions for Seattle Art and Performance Are Due Tomorrow

  03-11-2015 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue, your duties for today do not stop after you've voted—you also have to submit your events for the winter issue of Seattle Art and Performance by tomorrow.
  If you're putting on an event between December 9 and March 1 that you haven't already told us about, do that now! Visual arts, readings, theater, dance, music, comedy, film, drag, cabaret—whatever it is, send us the details today if you want it to be considered for the Seattle Art and
  
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• Charges: Seattle woman, boyfriend forced teen into prostitution

  03-11-2015 19:54
  
  King County prosecutors accuse a 22-year-old Seattle woman and her boyfriend of forcing a 17-year-old girl into prostitution, saying the couple later “abandoned” her after she was raped. The case came to light when she sought treatment at Seattle Children’s hospital.
  
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• Ride the Ducks tours likely suspended through end of year

  03-11-2015 19:38
  Meanwhile, NTSB released a preliminary report saying there had been a “modification” to the left front axle of the vehicle involved in a deadly September crash, but that it wasn’t the work called for in an October 2013 service bulletin.
  
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• Suspected drug dealer accused of hurting K9

  03-11-2015 19:14
  
  The dog, Laslo, was punched and choked by not seriously injured. The suspect was taken to jail.
  
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• Where to Get Drunk with Politicians and Watch Tonight's Election Results Come In

  03-11-2015 18:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Some anonymous guy (right) got to drink with city council candidate Michael Maddux (left) on primary election night. Tonight, you could be so lucky! SECB
  The Stranger Election Control Board's favorite thing—second only to Savage's cocaine drawer—is getting drunk with city council candidates and political consultants on election night.And tonight's the night you can be just like us.
  Below are all the parties we could find that are happening on Election Night, including some for people
  
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• We Do Not Want the Old Seattle, We Want the New and Future Seattle

  03-11-2015 18:22 via thestranger.com
  
  This looks like a Seattle that's worth fighting for.Charles Mudede
  This is the problem with Bill Bradburd's campaign slogan "Take Back Seattle." Before we go into the deep question of Native Americans, we also have a more recent and problematic question of racial dispossession. Did black Americans, for example, ever have a Seattle to take back? There's lots about the old Seattle that was only good for a certain sex or a specific group.I also agree with a post yesterday by Publicola's Josh Feit.
  
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• Pike Place Market to clean up sticky situation at Post Alley gum wall

  03-11-2015 18:19
  
  For the first time in 20 years, the gum wall at Pike Place Market is going to get a full cleaning.
  
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• You Don't Know Ms. Banks

  03-11-2015 18:02 via thestranger.com
  
  I read your poorly written article. My first thought was to say you obviously don't know Ms.Banks. If you did you never ever believe she's is not the person to help the local communities grow and prosper. You sound like you were looking to hear exactly whatever the opposite of any response to such an open-ended question.Furthermore the question in no way reflects her qualifications or experience in partnering with organizations to help bring businesses and people who can invest in a community. U
  
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• As scientists worry about warming world, US public doesn’t

  03-11-2015 17:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming. Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. And that is keeping the American public from demanding and […]
  
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• Tips — and trivia — for last-minute King County voters

  03-11-2015 17:24
  
  Just 20 percent of voters’ ballots have arrived at election headquarters.
  
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• The Morning News: VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!! BY 8 P.M.!!!

  03-11-2015 17:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Election Day should be a national holiday. Eli Sanders
  Today Is Election Day: VOTE! You must. Our endorsements and cheat sheet are right here.You Have Until 8 p.m. Tonight: Drop off your ballot at these drop box or drop van locations. You don't even need a stamp! But drop boxes are closed for business at 8 p.m. sharp.
  If You Do Have a Stamp: You should see when the last pickup is for your nearest post office or collection box.The First Ballot Count Is at 8:30 p.m.: And here's a semi-comprehensiv
  
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• E. coli outbreak: 5 things to know

  03-11-2015 16:58
  Two dozen people are sick, 43 restaurants are closed and one lawsuit already has been filed.
  
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• Mid-Missouri man faces execution for gruesome hammer killings

  03-11-2015 16:35
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The crime was stunningly gruesome: three convenience store workers in central Missouri beaten to death with a claw hammer during a robbery. It didn’t take police long after the crime to track down the killer, a frequent customer of the Columbia store, Ernest Lee Johnson. More than 21 years later, Johnson, […]
  
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• Idaho man pleads guilty to poaching celebrity deer

  03-11-2015 16:30
  
  A hunter accused of poaching a well-known and well-liked buck in Twin Falls last winter has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
  
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• Merkel: We must hit climate target to avoid refugee waves

  03-11-2015 16:25
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the world must do everything it can to meet an international goal to fight global warming, arguing that failing to do so could set off large new waves of refugees. The U.N. and experts say governments’ emissions-cutting pledges ahead of a global conference in Paris beginning this […]
  
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• Pot legalization bid in California gains powerful backers

  03-11-2015 16:22
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long-promised campaign to legalize recreational marijuana use in California next year reached the starting gate with the filing of a ballot initiative backed by technology investor Sean Parker. Four people who worked on the initiative submitted Monday, independently told The Associated Press that it was spearheaded by Parker, the billionaire […]
  
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• AP: Broken system lets problem officers jump from job to job

  03-11-2015 16:20
  Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include raping women — because of a tattered network of laws and lax screening that allowed them to stay on the beat. A yearlong Associated Press investigation into sex abuse by cops, jail guards, […]
  
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• Last Day to Vote! Here's Our CHEAT SHEET for the November 2015 General Election.

  03-11-2015 16:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Feeling stressed about getting your ballot in on time today? Here's our handy CHEAT SHEET for the November 3 general election.
  And if you want detailed reasons for these picks—we do recommend having reasons for your political preferences, but hey, it's your world—here's our full endorsements. (They're packed with actual reasons, actual curse words, and virtual pangolins.)
  
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• Help for homework help: Teaching parents Common Core math

  03-11-2015 16:08
  WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Any adult who has tried to help a second-grader with homework has noticed math is not what it used to be. Now schools are unlocking the secrets of Common Core math for mystified parents. They’re holding special classes or giving out materials designed for adults so they can help children with […]
  
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• For first time in five years, Highline’s graduation rate tops 70 percent

  03-11-2015 14:00
  
  Highline Public Schools' on-time graduation rate has hovered in the low to mid-60s since the state started using a stricter method of how to count on-time graduates, beginning with the Class of 2010.
  
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• French weatherman fired after slamming climate conference

  03-11-2015 06:11
  
  PARIS (AP) — A weather forecaster for French state television has been fired after releasing and promoting a book criticizing politicians, scientists and others for what he calls an exaggerated view of climate change. Philippe Verdier’s dismissal from France-2 comes a month before Paris hosts a U.N. conference aimed at the most ambitious worldwide agreement […]
  
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• Judge: Timber firm must face lawsuits in Oso slide disaster

  03-11-2015 05:40
  
  A King County Superior Court judge has rejected a bid by a forest landowner to be dismissed as a defendant in lawsuits filed by survivors of the Oso landslide and the families of those who died.
  
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• Tips for casting your ballot in Tuesday’s election

  03-11-2015 05:14
  
  If you haven’t already mailed in or hand-delivered your ballot for the Nov. 3 election, here’s some information you might need to get it done today.
  
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• Carrie Brownstein comes home to a changed Seattle

  03-11-2015 04:56
  
  The “Portlandia” star and Sleater-Kinney rocker, who grew up in Redmond, is in town promoting her new book, “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl.”
  
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• Murray is pursuing “every path forward” to rescue the U.S. Export-Import Bank

  03-11-2015 03:59
  
  Rescue of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which guarantees financing for sale of U.S. products abroad, has emerged as close-quarters combat in Congress which the American public is at last beginning to grasp,  Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Monday. “Renewal is absolutely critical:  We are beginning to hear an outcry, people are seeing the impacts, the loss of jobs,” Murray said in an interview. “We need to find a path to get this done.” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has
  
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• Study: Death rates going up in poorly educated, middle-aged whites

  03-11-2015 03:31
  
  The analysis may offer the most rigorous evidence to date of both the causes and implications of a development that has been puzzling demographers in recent years: the declining health and fortunes of poorly educated American whites.
  
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• Seattle crash sends woman to hospital with serious injuries

  03-11-2015 02:22
  
  The Seattle Department of Transportation warned drivers on Twitter of delays near the crash site.
  
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• Car crash sends woman to hospital with serious injuries

  03-11-2015 02:22
  
  The Seattle Department of Transportation warned drivers on Twitter of delays near the crash site.
  
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• No new numbers, but lawsuit already filed in Chipotle outbreak

  03-11-2015 02:21
  
  Health officials in Washington and Oregon aren’t yet saying how many people have been sickened in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to Chipotle restaurants. Still, a Kelso woman already has sued.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Three Letters In One

  03-11-2015 02:15 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm a 23 year old female from central Florida (believe me, I don't like it either), and I've been happily married for almost six months now to a man I've been with for about three-and-a-half years. I've only recently started listening to the micro version of your podcast and absolutely love it, and each time I listen I come up with all these questions that I simply never had anyone to ask. Thankfully, this won't be about the relationship with my husband, but mostly stuff I'm not comfortable with
  
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• Keystone Pipeline Halted by Company Behind Keystone Pipeline

  03-11-2015 02:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Wall Street Journal:The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline on Monday asked the U.S. government to suspend its permit application, throwing the politically fraught project into an indefinite state of limbo, beyond the 2016 U.S. elections.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• The 50 Best Things To Do This Week: Nov 3-8

  03-11-2015 01:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Carrie Brownstein will be at the Neptune on Friday.Autumn de Wilde
  This week, our arts critics have chosen the best events in every discipline—from the silent reading party to Hump! to a week-long celebration of arts in honor of Abbey Arts—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.
  TUESDAY
  POLITICS
  First, vote. Then, check out our complete list of election parties, or places where yo
  
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• “Honest Elections” — dishonest tactics? I-122 mailing looks like government agency warning

  03-11-2015 01:26
  
  “OFFICIAL VOTING RECORD” said the quasi-official title across the top of the mailing, but it did not come from any agency of government. Instead, the hard-sell, somewhat deceptive mailing came from Honest Elections Seattle, sponsors of Initiative 122, which is promoting a taxpayer-financed election plan and claims to be in the business of cleaning up how elections are run. In bold face, it urges:  “Make sure that when someone looks up your public voting record, they see th
  
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• Hornet stings kill man at campsite in Kittitas County

  03-11-2015 01:23
  The 60-year-old man accidentally disturbed a hornets' nest while he was chopping firewoodFriday.
  
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• Seattle Theater Critic Invites the Women of Craigslist to Purchase His "Plus Ones" at Reduced Rate

  03-11-2015 00:34 via thestranger.com
  
  L. Steven Siedenreviews theater in Seattle and publishes his stuff on the Huffington Post. He's also a bit of a Buckminster Fuller scholar.meunierd / Shutterstock.com
  Hey ladies, need a date to the theater? Then L. Steven Sieden is here for you.Last week, the theater critic and Buckminster Fuller aficionado (meow) posted a personal ad on Craigslist under "Men Seeking Women." In the ad, he offers his "'plus one'" to ladies for "less than half of the face value" of the ticket.If you accompany him
  
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• Police arrest Tacoma man in series of North Seattle gropings

  03-11-2015 00:24
  
  Seattle police Sunday arrested a man in connection with a string of gropings.
  
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