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• Authorities: Border agent had 110 pounds of cocaine in car

  23-11-2015 23:23
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona has been arrested and charged after state troopers found 110 pounds of cocaine in his rental car that he planned to transport to Chicago, authorities said Monday. A criminal complaint filed in federal court shows Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers stopped agent Juan Pimentel, […]
  
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• Photos: Gorilla gives birth at Woodland Park Zoo

  23-11-2015 23:17
  
  Woodland Park Zoo welcomed a hairy, healthy baby gorilla earlier this month.
  
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• Canadians Really Are that Nice: A Review of Come From Away

  23-11-2015 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  In order to become a proper Newfoundlander and thus become one of the nicest people in the world, you have to drink Screech and kiss a cod.Chris BennionThe island of Newfoundland is a geological relic of a great continental collision. According to playwrights Irene Sankoff and David Hein, who researched the area and population of the country to prepare the script for Come From Away, "pieces of Africa and Europe" formed the island before drifting off to their current locations.Fast forward. Milli
  
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• What Became of the Guggenheim Centerpiece Cars?

  23-11-2015 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Art Museum's cars by Cai Guo Qiang are coming down in January. But whatever happened to the cars at the Guggenheim? © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation New York. Photo by David Heald.
  So recall that, as I reported last week, Seattle Art Museum's installation of white cars with blinking colored lights is coming down in January after nine years dominating the museum lobby.
  Those cars and those lights will sit in storage until the next time they come out for display, according to SAM sp
  
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• Smarter signals, smoother commute? South Lake Union drivers will be first to find out

  23-11-2015 21:45
  
  Seattle will begin installing smart signals in South Lake Union next year, so that green lights continually adapt to arriving traffic, meaning less wasted time for drivers.
  
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• Motorists on Mercer Street will be Seattle’s first to see if new system shortens periods of gridlock

  23-11-2015 21:45
  
  Seattle will begin installing smart signals in South Lake Union next year so that green lights continually adapt to arriving traffic, meaning less wasted time for drivers.
  
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• Nightclub Owners Steven Severin and David Meinert Say More Patrols Needed to Keep Capitol Hill Safe

  23-11-2015 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday morning, officers responded to shots fired at the intersection of Broadway and Pike. Sam Osborne
  Steven Severin is the co-owner of Neumos, Moe Bar, and Barboza. David Meinert owns Comet Tavern, Lost Lake, Big Mario’s, 5 Point Cafe, and Grim’s. In light of the recent shootings at Pike and Broadway, they talked to us about the state of Capitol Hill safety and policing.What are your thoughts on the shootings?
  Severin: It’s a safety issue. We need
  
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• 2 men charged with murder in killing of pastor’s wife

  23-11-2015 21:26
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men were charged Monday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s pregnant wife during an apparent break in of their Indianapolis home, court records show. Murder and several other charges have been filed against 21-year-old Jalen E. Watson of Indianapolis and 18-year-old Larry Jo Taylor Jr., and Marion County […]
  
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• Washington Delays Commercial Crab Season—but You Can Still Get Crab for Thanksgiving

  23-11-2015 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't worry, you can still have Dungness crab for Thanksgiving.Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock
  Last Friday, officials at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that they are indefinitely delaying the opening of the commercial crab season along parts of the Washington coast. The season was scheduled to begin December 1. According to the Seattle Times, the delay was caused by dangerous levels of toxic domoic acid that were found in crabs.Local crab lovers have been fearing this ne
  
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• King tides and snow headed to Seattle area

  23-11-2015 21:10
  
  Snow showers are in the forecast as the highest tides of the fall come to Puget Sound.
  
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• This Needs to Happen to Urinals All Over the Country

  23-11-2015 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  A photo posted by StreetArtNews (@streetartnews) on Nov 23, 2015 at 7:55am PSTI think it would work just as well with your standard-issue urinals. And you need to be following StreetArtNews on Instagram.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Sunny Thanksgiving weekend in store for Seattle area

  23-11-2015 20:13
  
  A sunny Thanksgiving weekend in Western Washington would be a sharp change to the extra-wet conditions so far in November.
  
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• Snow in the Seattle area? Maybe a little, on the hilltops

  23-11-2015 20:13
  
  The hills around Puget Sound could get a dusting of snow early Tuesday, but clear skies are expected from Wednesday through the Thanksgiving weekend.
  
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• Police examine video of drive-by shooting on Capitol Hill

  23-11-2015 20:09
  
  Seattle police are examining surveillance video in hopes of learning more about the drive-by shooting that injured five on Capitol Hill early Sunday morning.
  
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• 3 victims of Capitol Hill shooting released from hospital

  23-11-2015 20:09
  
  Three of five people injured in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning on Capitol Hill have been discharged from the hospital. A fourth will likely be released Monday. Police are still investigating.
  
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• The 27 Best Things To Do This Week: Nov 23-29

  23-11-2015 20:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Catch the Internet Cat Video Festival today through Wednesday.KOLDUNOV ALEXEY /SHUTTERSTOCK
  Sure, Thanksgiving week is all about hanging out with family, but there are still plenty of excellent events things to go out and do this week. Our arts critics have picked the best of them, from The Nutcracker (#13) to a show featuring a RuPaul's Drag Race alum (#7) to a Seattle Men's Chorus concert featuring an Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt character (#20). For even more events, see our complete Things To D
  
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• Here's What We Should Fight For Next: Buck-a-Day Bus Passes

  23-11-2015 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Why are the wealthy, well-off, and middle-to-upper-middle-class Americans pouring back into American cities? Eric Jaffe unpacks a new study in The Atlantic...
  Back in 1980, Americans didn’t pay much of a premium to live in the center of a city. Quite the contrary: many gladly paid more to live farther away. The average price for a two- or three-bedroom home right in the central business district was about $100,000 (in 1980 dollars). That figure dipped a bit as you made your way out of town
  
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• Firecrackers prompt reports of shooting at Mukilteo’s Kamiak High School

  23-11-2015 19:54
  
  There was a major police response and lockdown this morning at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, after initial reports of “gunfire and bombs” turned out to be firecrackers.
  
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• Donald Trump: What if the World's Worst Boss Became the World's Worst President?

  23-11-2015 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  An expert without expertise. Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com
  Many years ago, I worked for one of THOSE bosses, the kind we've all had, who would issue demands and proclamations with absolute certainty and was completely wrong about everything.
  "British children don't have British accents until they become teenagers," he once observed. On another occasion: "Why are we all using Windows when we could just switch to Google?" He was convinced that Captain Planet remained a wildly popular youth fad int
  
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• Gorilla mom a bit more maternal to new zoo baby

  23-11-2015 19:36
  
  Gorilla Nadiri rejected her newborn, but could be warming up to the 5-pound baby born Friday, according to the Woodland Park Zoo.
  
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• Seahawks Play Non-Depressing Football Game, Suddenly Back in Playoff Hunt

  23-11-2015 19:33 via thestranger.com
  
  f11photo / Shutterstock.com
  So after all that this dumb season has brought, the Seahawks are now somehow well positioned to make the playoffs. What went right for the Seahawks on Sunday, aside from their comfortablish 29-13 win over the fighting Blaine Gabberts of Santa Clara? Let’s count it off:• The Ravens beat the Rams 17-14, in one of the most pyrrhic victories in football history. Quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Justin Forsett both suffered season-ending injuries. This f
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: Use the Stairway, Dummy!

  23-11-2015 19:29 via thestranger.com
  
  OKAY, I'm happy that I was RIGHT about a certain character surviving, but after the jump, I'm gonna lose my GOT-DAMNED MIND over how it was done! Are you ready for a full spoiler-filled recap of last night's Walking Dead episode, and me losing my GOT-DAMNED MIND??? Then by all means hit the jump, and let's get chitty-chatting about it!
  "Hi, just stopped by to say that I still look pretty good for being a zombie. Also? Check out my indie rock band."
  More below!Here's what I'm thinking about last
  
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• University president’s tribute deleted from KPLU annual report before sale

  23-11-2015 18:41
  
  A fulsome tribute to KPLU from Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas Krise was excised from the radio station’s annual report before the university announced that KPLU was being sold to the University of Washington and its news operation axed. In KPLU’s 2014 annual report, Krise effused about the station’s reporting, on topics from the Oso mudslide to the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting, and concluded: “Year-round, KPLU demonstrates its commitment to provi
  
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• Firefighters quickly extinguish small blaze at Bar Sajor

  23-11-2015 18:39
  
  Quick resolution, no injuries at Bar Sajor in Pioneer Square on Monday morning, Seattle Fire says.
  
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• Weather device falls from sky, prompts bomb squad response

  23-11-2015 18:14
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The National Weather Service says an instrument that fell from the sky, prompting a Philadelphia bomb-squad response, weighed about a pound and had been launched with a weather balloon about 165 miles away. Mitchell Gaines, of the weather service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, says the instrument called a radiosonde took off […]
  
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• The Morning News: Snow Is Coming, Women Get Top Jobs at Northwest Film Forum, and Sunday's Capitol Hill Shooting

  23-11-2015 17:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Northwest Film Forum's new managing director Line Sandsmark and artistic director Courtney Sheehan. Julio Ramírez
  Northwest Film Forum Appoints Courtney Sheehan and Line Sandsmark to Run the Organization: "They are the first women to serve as the executive leadership in Northwest Film Forum’s twenty year-long history," says Northwest Film Forum. Sheehan has been the program director since 2013, and since then program admissions "have increased by ten percent in the past year with a
  
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• Nestle confirms labor abuse among its Thai seafood suppliers

  23-11-2015 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Impoverished migrant workers in Thailand are sold or lured by false promises and forced to catch and process fish that ends up in global food giant Nestle SA’s supply chains. The unusual disclosure comes from Geneva-based Nestle SA itself, which in an act of self-policing planned to announce the conclusions of its […]
  
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• Fifteen Photos from the Dueling Refugee Rallies in Olympia on Friday

  23-11-2015 16:09 via thestranger.com
  
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• Pfizer, Allergan $160B deal forms world’s largest drugmaker

  23-11-2015 15:57
  
  Pfizer and Allergan are joining in the biggest buyout of the year, a $160 billion stock deal that will create the world’s largest drugmaker. It’s also the largest so-called inversion, where an American corporation combines with a company headquartered in a country with a lower corporate tax rate, saving potentially millions each year in U.S. […]
  
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• Spokane mayor wanted a raise, but he’s getting a pay cut

  23-11-2015 15:54
  Spokane Mayor David Condon will take a 6 percent pay cut next year, despite his efforts to get a higher salary.
  
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• Sen. Murray: Revised No Child Left Behind law ‘great step forward’

  23-11-2015 15:30
  
  One day after House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement about a revised No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray spoke about the law and its effect on Washington schools.
  
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• PNB prepares to raise the curtain on a bold new ‘Nutcracker’

  23-11-2015 15:30
  
  The curtain will rise Nov. 27 on a new production of “The Nutcracker” at Pacific Northwest Ballet, for the first time since 1983. It’s a mixture of new and old: George Balanchine’s 1954 choreography, and world-premiere sets and costumes by Ian Falconer.
  
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• Meet the artists who bring ‘Nutcracker’ magic to the stage

  23-11-2015 15:30
  
  Consider these “portraits of the artists” — local artisans and craftspeople who are making the magic of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” happen in this, its debut year at Pacific Northwest Ballet.
  
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• How Should the City Fund Its Labor Law Enforcement? Unions Say: Tax Businesses.

  23-11-2015 15:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's minimum wage isn't worth celebrating if workers aren't getting paid what they're owed. Alex Garland
  On Thursday, I wrote about a whole bunch of changes the city is likely to make to the way it enforces its labor laws. For the TL;DR crowd, the one-sentence version of the 175-page bill is this: the city is likely to get new authorities to investigate and punish employers who rip off their employees, plus those employees who get ripped off are likely to get new protections.
  But there's a
  
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• Six escape West Seattle house fire

  23-11-2015 07:17
  
  Six people safely excaped a two alarm house fire Sunday night in West Seattle.
  
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• 10 people overdose on the synthetic drug Spice in downtown San Diego

  23-11-2015 06:53
  
  Marketed in marijuana stores and online under names such as Mojo, Black Mamba and Annihilation, Spice is said to mimic the high produced by marijuana.
  
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• One lane of Highway 2 reopens

  23-11-2015 06:44
  
  One lane of Highway 2 reopened Sunday to traffic alternating in each direction.
  
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• Special Olympics adds flag football to its repertoire

  23-11-2015 04:40
  Special Olympics Washington hosted its first “Turkey Bowl” flag-football tournament at Renton Memorial Stadium.
  
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• For the record: Trio of activists pushes police for information

  23-11-2015 03:52
  
  Since forming in 2012, the Center for Open Policing has sued the city of Seattle, the State Patrol and the Tacoma Police Department over access to public records and rolled its financial victories into its work.
  
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• Activists push police for data, garner thousands from lawsuits

  23-11-2015 03:52
  
  Since forming in 2012, the Center for Open Policing has sued the city of Seattle, the State Patrol and the Tacoma Police Department over access to public records and rolled its financial victories into its work.
  
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• Driver of stolen car T-bones patrol car, injuring deputy

  23-11-2015 03:43
  
  A King County sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries Sunday when his patrol car was T-boned by the driver of a stolen car. The suspect is still at large.
  
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• Hygiene project for African girls forging ties among Seattle volunteers

  23-11-2015 03:36
  
  A Seattle-based women’s group that has been making feminine hygiene kits for African girls sees a large potential benefit here at home.
  
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• Branch manager works on Westlake holiday tree

  23-11-2015 03:07
  
  Assembly of the Westlake Center Holiday Tree in Seattle comes together.
  
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• Peering below surface helps human understanding rise

  23-11-2015 03:05
  
  To understand an individual, you need to know some personal and national history, a Native American judge says.
  
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