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• Savage Love: Fresh Air

  27-11-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  A couple of months ago, I got candida (a fungal infection) under my foreskin. I went to the doctor, picked up some cream, and used the cream as directed. The infection went away for about a week and then returned. I got this idea that maybe the cream didn't work the first time because it's so naturally moist under the foreskin. So I used the cream a second time—but this time, after each application I would "air out" my penis, i.e., pull back the foreskin and leave the head expo
  
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• Mr. Wrap’s cliché-ridden bowl-watching guide: It’s all about the ‘want to’

  27-11-2015 22:49
  Show your friends you’re a true gamer as the gridiron clichés fly.
  
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• Mr. Wrap’s bowl-season guide: It’s all about the ‘want to’

  27-11-2015 22:49
  
  Show your friends you’re a true gamer as the gridiron clichés fly.
  
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• Live Coverage of the Black Lives Matter Friday Protest in Downtown Seattle

  27-11-2015 22:26 via thestranger.com
  
  A crowd of several hundred protesters was on the move this afternoon in downtown Seattle. Kelly O
  More than 4,000 people say they'll be attending today's #BlackLivesMatterFriday protest in downtown Seattle. One year ago, in the first iteration of this protest, Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched through downtown malls, tried (unsuccessfully) to get into the transit tunnel, and ultimately—after a standoff in which police used pepper spray and blast balls—disrupted the annual West
  
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• I, Anonymous: Trashy Skyscraper

  27-11-2015 21:59 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Dear Columbia Center: What the fuck is up with those lights around the tops of your numerous tiers? Who did this to you? It's like accessorizing your expensive little black dress with jewelry made from Chiclets and twine. You're the architectural antithesis of Eliza Doolittle—you went from classy to trashy. What's next? Pink flamingos at your base in the plaza?…
  
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• Black Lives Matter protesters marching through downtown Seattle on Black Friday

  27-11-2015 21:44
  
  Follow live updates of the Black Friday protests in downtown Seattle.
  
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• Black Lives Matter protesters march, conduct sit-ins in downtown Seattle

  27-11-2015 21:44
  Follow live updates of the Black Friday protests in downtown Seattle.
  
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• Top 10 Live Shows Around Seattle This Weekend: Thanksgiving Hangover Edition

  27-11-2015 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  You won't want to leave (get out) of JoJo's show at Neumos on Sunday.
  Put down your turkey sandwiches and wipe the leftover cranberry sauce off your face for a minute: you've got the weekend to consider. This one brings a wealth of excellent music to local venues, from post-grunge ambassadors So Pitted to a Redwood Tavern blowout to reggae iconoclast Mykal Rose.FRIDAY
  Zeds Dead
  It's the second night of dubstep missionaries Zeds Dead at the Neptune.
  So Pitted
  Rugged art punks (and new Sub Pop sig
  
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• Burn bans imposed in Snohomish, Pierce counties

  27-11-2015 21:18
  
  Burn bans are being imposed in Snohomish and Pierce counties to limit pollution from wood burning.
  
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• Two arrested, one officer injured during Seattle Black Lives Matter protest

  27-11-2015 21:09
  
  Police made at least two arrests and one officer was injured as Black Lives Matter demonstrators and officers confronted each other inside stores and downtown shopping malls on Black Friday.
  
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• Seattle Black Lives Matter demonstrators to call for action amid Black Friday crowds

  27-11-2015 21:09
  
  Hundreds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators are expected to converge on downtown Seattle Friday afternoon amid throngs of Black Friday shoppers.
  
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• 4 arrested, officer injured during Seattle Black Lives Matter protest

  27-11-2015 21:09
  
  Police made four arrests and one officer was injured as Black Lives Matter demonstrators and officers confronted each other inside stores and downtown shopping malls on Black Friday.
  
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• Why Do Canadian Bartenders Pour So Poorly?

  27-11-2015 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Vancouver BC, a city in the country of scientific bartenders. Charles Mudede
  Four years ago, I was sitting in a bar in a hotel in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. It was just me, the bartender (a man crowding his 50s), and a holiday jazz tune. We were in the first minute of 2012. And I ordered a shot of Maker's Mark to welcome the new year. The bartender grabbed the bottle from the shelf, carefully measured an exact shot into a metal container, then poured that into a glass, and handed i
  
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• Everett Mall Toys R Us evacuated due to fire

  27-11-2015 20:39
  The Everett Mall store was closed by a smoky fire on Friday after it opened for a rush of Black Friday shoppers.
  
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• There's an "Active Shooter" at the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs Right Now

  27-11-2015 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  MORE: Area not secured around Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs - police https://t.co/Hjd5luDH5g pic.twitter.com/HfKfSZXzSi
  — RT (@RT_com) November 27, 2015 At least four people have been injured, according to a police scanner, and the area has not been secured. Police are asking media to stay away from the scene.
  Centennial Blvd is blocked off near GOD rd because #activeshooter near @PPact @FOX21News pic.twitter.com/zBg9Zbsaua
  — Kody Fisher (@KodyFisherFOX21) November 27
  
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• BREAKING: There's an "Active Shooter" at the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs Right Now

  27-11-2015 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  MORE: Area not secured around Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs - police https://t.co/Hjd5luDH5g pic.twitter.com/HfKfSZXzSi
  — RT (@RT_com) November 27, 2015 At least four people have been injured, according to a police scanner, and the area has not been secured. Police are asking media to stay away from the scene.
  Centennial Blvd is blocked off near GOD rd because #activeshooter near @PPact @FOX21News pic.twitter.com/zBg9Zbsaua
  — Kody Fisher (@KodyFisherFOX21) November 27
  
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• Why the Library is Showing the Apple Cup at the Downtown Branch Today

  27-11-2015 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Do you like college football and also work for a civilized company that gives you today off? Then consider watching the game here, where we keep all the books about the exploitation of college football players.Kelly OFYI: The Seattle Public Library is showing the Apple Cup game on the television today.What it is: The Wazzu footballers face off against our hometown dawg pound in a battle for a trophy that sounds delicious.Game time: 12:30 pm.Reason: Good question. Let me check on that.In a press
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Dine N' Ditcher Deals With Dire Drainage

  27-11-2015 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
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• The Macy’s Holiday Parade brings color, candy to downtown Seattle streets

  27-11-2015 20:00
  
  The Macy's Holiday Parade, in its 25th edition, animated downtown Seattle streets on Nov. 27, 2015.
  
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• Macy’s Holiday Parade brings color, candy to downtown Seattle streets

  27-11-2015 20:00
  The Macy's Holiday Parade, in its 25th edition, animated downtown Seattle streets on Friday.
  
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• Two Washington Parks Are Free Today

  27-11-2015 19:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Chains are required. Kris Wiktor/shutterstock.com
  Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks are free to visitors today. (The Olympic National Park Visitor Center and the Hoh Visitor Center will be open to 4 p.m. The road to Mount Rainier is also open till 4 p.m., and requires chains.) Why aren't any state parks free? I don't know, because no one is answering the phones over there. But in Colorado, all 42 state parks are free today.If you can't make it to a park today (maybe you're, uh, working?),
  
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• Chilean mom restricted access to baby for smoking marijuana

  27-11-2015 19:24
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean mother says a hospital is restricting her right to see her newborn daughter because she acknowledged smoking marijuana days before she gave birth. Sindy Melany Ortiz says she smoked pot to alleviate pain in one of her arms. She says she’s only allowed to see her daughter two hours […]
  
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• From the archives: 3 die when shooter causes Metro bus to plunge off Aurora Bridge (Nov. 27, 1998)

  27-11-2015 18:53
  On the day after Thanksgiving in 1998, a man opened fire on the driver of a Metro bus just as it was crossing Seattle’s Aurora Bridge. The bus swerved into oncoming lanes before plunging off the bridge and onto an apartment building below. It finally came to rest in the yard of the building. Although three […]
  
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• Power restored to all 10 days after Washington windstorm

  27-11-2015 18:52
  
  SPOKANE — Power has been restored to everyone in the Spokane area who was left in the dark by a massive windstorm more than a week earlier. Avista spokeswoman Debbie Simock says the last customers got their electricity back at about 3:45 a.m. Friday. At the height of the outage after the Nov. 17 windstorm, […]
  
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• All Spokane power restored 10 days after windstorm

  27-11-2015 18:52
  SPOKANE — Power has been restored to everyone in the Spokane area who was left in the dark by a massive windstorm more than a week earlier. Avista spokeswoman Debbie Simock says the last customers got their electricity back at about 3:45 a.m. Friday. At the height of the outage after the Nov. 17 windstorm, […]
  
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• Assaults on staff at psychiatric hospital costing millions

  27-11-2015 18:31
  
  Hundreds of employees at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital have suffered concussions, fractures, bruises and cuts during assaults by patients, resulting in millions of dollars in medical costs and thousands of missed days of work.
  
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• Chicago man charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old boy

  27-11-2015 18:11
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder on Friday in connection to the slaying of a 9-year-old boy who police say was lured off a basketball court and shot in the head in an alley because of his father’s gang ties. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the man charged, 27-year-old Corey […]
  
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• Chicago man, 27, charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old

  27-11-2015 18:11
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting this month of a 9-year-old boy on the city’s South Side. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said at a news conference Friday that Corey Morgan of Chicago is in custody. He says the boy was […]
  
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• The Morning News: If You Didn't Have to Jump in a River Yesterday, You Had a Better Holiday Than Some People

  27-11-2015 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  While you were having a nice Thanksgiving, a burglary suspect was jumping into the Puyallup River to evade police. Puyallup River/Shutterstock
  Burglary Suspect Jumps in Puyallup River to Escape Police, Then Strips Off His Wet Clothes and Runs and Hides in a Random Person's Garage: "A homeowner found the suspect in his garage trying to dry off using lamps. Not knowing the suspect was running from police, the homeowner gave him clothes and a ride," after which the suspect was apprehended. A suspec
  
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• Northwesterners opt outside on Black Friday

  27-11-2015 17:15
  
  Images from the great outdoors posted by Northwesterners with the hashtag #OptOutside.
  
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• Teardown town: 1,500 small houses replaced by giants since 2012

  27-11-2015 15:45
  
  FYI Guy: More than 450 were replaced by homes triple the size, or bigger. Check out our before-and-after pictures.
  
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• Sasquatch! Music Festival 2016 passes on sale Friday

  27-11-2015 15:28
  
  The festival takes place at the Gorge Amphitheatre from May 27-30, 2016. This year’s acts have not yet been announced.
  
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• Hurricane Sandra rapidly losing strength in the Pacific

  27-11-2015 15:06
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sandra is rapidly losing strength as it approaches Mexico’s Pacific coast. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds decreased early Friday to near 100 mph (160 kph), making it a Category 2 storm. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Sandra is forecast to continue weakening and become a remnant low Saturday. Sandra is […]
  
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• Some say go slow with animals whose DNA has been ‘edited’

  27-11-2015 05:27
  The federal government’s approval of a genetically altered, fast-growing salmon Americans can eat is giving new impetus to the menagerie of gene-edited animals already being raised on farms and in laboratories around the world.
  
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• Black Friday bargains lure shoppers to Southcenter on Thanksgiving Day

  27-11-2015 04:57
  Bargain hunters rushed into Macy's for the department store's 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day opening at Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.
  
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• Black Friday bargains lure shoppers on Thanksgiving day

  27-11-2015 04:57
  Bargain hunters rushed into Macy's for the department store's 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day opening at Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila.
  
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• Kent congregation raising money to build Ebola orphanage in Liberia

  27-11-2015 04:09
  
  A local Liberian American congregation is raising money to build an orphanage for children left parentless because of Ebola.
  
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• Farm recalls produce used in Costco salad linked to E. coli

  27-11-2015 02:41
  Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. of Tracy, California, has recalled a mix of diced celery and onion used in Costco chicken salad and other foods containing celery "out of an abundance of caution," the FDA said in a statement.
  
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• DNA links Kelso man to 2000 killing, may clear victim’s son

  27-11-2015 01:43
  The son convicted and jailed for murder in the slaying of his mother could be exonerated, thanks to The Innocence Project Northwest at the University of Washington Law School.
  
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• After 15 years, new DNA test may clear son of mother’s killing

  27-11-2015 01:43
  The son convicted and jailed for murder in the slaying of his mother could be exonerated, thanks to the Innocence Project Northwest at the University of Washington Law School.
  
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• Man charged in White Center assault after wallet, cellphone left near scene

  27-11-2015 01:41
  
  A California man wanted in Arizona is being held without bail in the King County Jail, accused of grabbing a woman inside a government office in White Center this week. The violent attack was committed for “no obvious reason,” a King County prosecutor said.
  
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• Man arrested after woman was assaulted in White Center

  27-11-2015 01:41
  A California man wanted in Arizona is being held without bail in the King County Jail, accused of grabbing a woman inside a government office in White Center this week. The violent attack was committed for “no obvious reason,” a King County prosecutor said.
  
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• Musicians paying tribute to Black Lives Matter

  27-11-2015 00:27
  
  Seattle musicians will perform at a concert Friday evening to highlight the Central District and the Black Lives Matter movement.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 21 Cheap & Easy Things To Do This Weekend

  27-11-2015 00:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Pike Place's Magic in the Market happens this weekend.
  Save money on more than just big-ticket electronics this Black Friday weekend. Here are 21 things under $10 to do this weekend, from the Macy's Holiday Parade to a Re-Ignition concert. As always, check out even more events on our Things To Do calendar.
  ALL WEEKEND
  1. Christmas Ship Festival
  Beautiful and gaudy and kitschy and great all at once, the Christmas ships and their carolers will pay a visit to ports around town during the holiday se
  
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• This week’s passages

  27-11-2015 00:04
  
  A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending Nov. 28.
  
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