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• Person of Interest: Wimps, Band

  30-11-2015 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
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• Police: Black Lives Matter demonstrator hurt 2 Seattle cops

  30-11-2015 22:18
  
  All four demonstrators arrested Friday during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in downtown Seattle appear to have been released.
  
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• Can Hollow Earth Radio Go Terrestrial? Local Non-Profit Seeks $25,000 via Indiegogo

  30-11-2015 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  HER founders Garrett Kelly and Amber Kai Morgan are crowd-sourcing financial help to put KHUH on the air. Kelly O
  Seattle's Hollow Earth Radio is seeking to raise money through an Indiegogo campaign to help the Central District internet station make the transition to low-power terrestrial radio on 100.3 FM, where it will be known as KHUH. The goals is to generate at least $25,000; there are 52 days to go in the campaign. Funds will go toward obtaining a transmitter and antenna and various admini
  
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• Police: Man drove away from Seattle shooting before noticing he’d been hit

  30-11-2015 22:03
  
  A man told Seattle police he drove away from a confrontation near the Roxhill neighborhood on Saturday night before noticing he was bleeding from gunshot wounds.
  
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• Kobe Bryant Writes a Poem to Announce His Retirement from the NBA

  30-11-2015 21:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Kobe Bryant has announced that this will be his last NBA season.plavevski/Shutterstock
  As the only Stranger editorial staffer who cares about professional basketball (a burden that grows heavier and more painful each year that Seattle somehow continues to exist without the team we were robbed of*), it is my duty to inform you that over the weekend legendary LA Laker Kobe Bean Bryant announced that he is retiring after the 2015-2016 season.The announcement, which Bryant made in the Player's Tribu
  
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• Burn ban lifted in Pierce, Snohomish counties, raised in Darrington

  30-11-2015 21:43
  
  A change in the weather is expected to clear the air in the Seattle area.
  
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• It's World AIDS Day Tomorrow. Get to Tacoma Art Museum.

  30-11-2015 21:37 via thestranger.com
  
  In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, Tacoma Art Museum will be open from noon to 8 pm, and all admission is by-donation. You really will be sorry if you don't see the remarkable exhibition Art AIDS America before it closes January 10, and there's extra motivation tomorrow with the museum open late and serving drinks and light refreshments to accompany a program of talks and personal readings along with the exhibition.
  Here are a few more of the works in the exhibition, and I've written abou
  
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• When QFC Just Isn't Good Enough…

  30-11-2015 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Wheat paste reassurance in front of the new Beryl "Apartment Homes and Condo Building" at 12th and Pike:Photo Kelly O
  
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• Pope: There are bigger issues than condoms and HIV

  30-11-2015 21:32
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis has dismissed a question about whether condoms can be condoned in the fight against AIDS by saying there are more important issues confronting the world, like malnutrition, environmental exploitation and the lack of safe drinking water. Francis was asked about the church’s opposition to condoms while returning […]
  
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• Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack makes 1st appearance

  30-11-2015 21:31
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic made his first court appearance Monday and learned that he will face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of three people killed in the standoff with police. Speaking in a raspy voice, Robert Lewis Dear appeared via […]
  
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• Loner will be charged with murder in Colorado clinic attack

  30-11-2015 21:31
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was told Monday that he will be charged with first-degree murder in the killing of three people, including a police officer, during the standoff at the facility. Speaking in a raspy voice, white-bearded suspect […]
  
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• GOP leader defends House Planned Parenthood investigation

  30-11-2015 21:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressional leader on Monday defended a House investigation of Planned Parenthood’s provision of fetal tissue to researchers, offering no suggestion that last week’s shooting deaths at one of the group’s clinics will cause the GOP to retreat from that probe. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., also indicated that the […]
  
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• Climber dies in fall on Oregon’s Mount Jefferson

  30-11-2015 21:29
  A climber has died from a fall on Mount Jefferson, Oregon’s second highest peak.
  
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• Ex-judge reviews how Spokane handled police chief complaints

  30-11-2015 21:13
  A retired federal judge will investigate Spokane's handling of complaints made against former police Chief Frank Straub.
  
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• Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

  30-11-2015 21:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Fascist? Or just tapping into America's latent fascistic impulses? Ilya B. Mirman / Shutterstock.com
  Local journalist David Neiwert argues in a long blog post that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is not exactly a fascist:
  Rather, what he is doing is mustering the latent fascist tendencies in American politics—some of it overtly white supremacist, while the majority of it is the structural racism and white privilege that springs from the nation’s extensive white-suprema
  
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• Staffers for Ron and Rand Paul Were Indicted (Again) on Charges of Bribing a Senator

  30-11-2015 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Rand Paul likes to say he wants to "defeat the Washington machine," but maybe he's just referring to the dishwasher in his kitchen. Rich Koele / Shutterstock.com
  In case you missed it, three aides to Rand and Ron Paul have been re-indicted for paying a senator $73,000 to switch his endorsement from Michele Bachmann to Ron Paul in 2011. As the New York Times reported last week:
  Paul's 2012 campaign chairman Jesse Benton, campaign manager John Tate and deputy manager Dimitri Kesari are charged wit
  
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• I Spent the Longest Year of My Life in Newfoundland and I STILL Liked Come From Away

  30-11-2015 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  There's a town in Newfoundland called Dildo. It kinda sucked.Courtesy of the Kate KAs the crow flies, Seattle lies roughly 3,000 miles west of St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, the capital of Canada's easternmost province, and a city where I lived for a year and a half. Before moving to the island, I had visited several times and loved it. I delighted in the picturesque downtown, the colorful slang of Newfoundlanders, the abundance of fish'n'chip outlets. Newfoundlanders had adorable acce
  
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• Japan to Solve Its Aging Problem by Cyborging Its Seniors

  30-11-2015 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  That's not a gundam, that's grandma. Tupungato / Shutterstock.com
  The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating post about Japan's growing “silver market.” This market is about keeping old people out of retirement and in jobs for as long as possible. The reason for this is because one in every four Japanese is above the age of 65, and it is expected that by 2050, which is right around the corner, it will be one in every three. What this means is that the country will not be able to suppo
  
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• Seahawks Beat Pretty Good Football Team, Put One Set of Super Bowl Demons to Rest

  30-11-2015 20:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Yesterday's win now makes the playoffs (and the Super Bowl) achievable. Never mind that we lost the last Super Bowl, which is when this photo was taken. Courtesy of Seattle Seahawks
  The Seahawks have played some very good games this year. Until this week however, they lost every single one of those good games. This made good football feel like bad football, and as the Seahawks were reserving the winning for slogs against poor quarterbacks, bad football was feeling like good football. Football, w
  
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• Officials say influential health survey needs to slim down

  30-11-2015 20:30
  
  There are now 1,200 potential questions, and the average family takes more than 90 minutes to complete the survey. Not surprisingly, the refusal rate has gone up.
  
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• At Cheng Biao Yang's Szechuan Restaurant Country Dough, You Can Watch Noodles Being Shaved by Hand

  30-11-2015 20:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Cheng Biao Yang is making the flatbread for one of his spicy sandwiches. He browns the dough and then bakes it on the inside wall of this oven. KELLY O
  Cheng Biao Yang has a long history in Seattle. In 2001, the chef opened Seven Stars Pepper Szechuan Restaurant in a small storefront on 85th Street in Greenwood. Two years later, he relocated it to a larger space in the International District. A few years later, Yang sold that restaurant and opened two others on the Eastside, Szechuan Chef in Bel
  
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• Republicans Threaten to Shut Down Government to Defund Planned Parenthood, and Give Tax Breaks to NASCAR and Bacardi

  30-11-2015 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Speaker Paul Ryan demonstrates a festive jig as commanded by his billionaire overlords. Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  What better way to celebrate the holidays than by holding the government hostage, demanding money for your pet programs, and then shutting federal services down if you don't get your way? It's a brand new Republican Christmas tradition! What a magical time of year.
  We have two weeks to go before the money runs out and the federal government has to close up shop. If it s
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: Gentrification Comes to Alexandria

  30-11-2015 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Hello! Did you watch the action-packed mid-season finale of last night's Walking Dead? And are you ready for a spoiler-filled recap and to chitty-chat the crap out of it? As always, I have much to say! Hit the jump, and let's talk about all the postapocalyptic hot zombie action!
  "Well... there goes the neighborhood!"MORE BELOW!Here's what I'm thinking about last night's mid-season finale, "Start to Finish."
  1) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... snort! Huh? Whaaa? Oh. I thought something interesting was h
  
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• Frustrated groups want quicker action on Seattle police reforms

  30-11-2015 19:13
  
  A frustrated coalition of Seattle community groups called Monday for the immediate adoption of long-delayed police-accountability measures, including a proposal to make the Community Police Commission a permanent body.
  
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• Listen Here: Seattle Symphony Offers Free Download of "Nu.Mu.Zu.” in Honor of Terror Victims

  30-11-2015 18:03 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle Symphony has been working to show that its programming ain't just for fancy music snobs. Here's a photo of the last [untuxed], an evening of fine entertainment without the finery. Brandon Patoc
  Last week, the Seattle Symphony released a free recording of their performance of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli's "Nu.Mu.Zu." It's not every day that the symphony decides to drop a recording for free, but they've decided to do so this week in honor of those who've died in the recent terror a
  
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• The Morning News: Local Leaders Headed to Paris Climate Talks and New Details About Boeing's Tax Breaks

  30-11-2015 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  King County Council member Larry Phillips helped announce the county's new climate plan earlier this month. Now he'll take that plan to Paris.King County
  King County Council Member Larry Phillips is Headed to Paris for the Climate Change Summit: “We have a blueprint that's been recognized as a great blueprint for local governments," Phillips told KING 5, "so we want to share that with other countries, we want to share that with other governments, to take as much of it as they can, use it l
  
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• The best Christmas lights are cheaper, brighter, cleaner LEDs

  30-11-2015 17:41
  Over the past five to 10 years, light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, have taken over the holiday light market.
  
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• Police seek tips in Edmonds hit-and-run

  30-11-2015 17:34
  
  Police are looking for the driver of a black car that they say struck, and seriously injured, a woman in Edmonds on Sunday night.
  
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• Meet Education Lab’s Student Voice contributors

  30-11-2015 17:00
  
  Education Lab's new Student Voices section will feature journalism from students across Washington state.
  
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• WWU resumes classes, holds meeting to address racism, security

  30-11-2015 16:34
  
  Western Washington University is holding classes Monday and inviting students, faculty and staff to a town hall-style meeting to discuss hate speech, racism, security and the events of the past week.
  
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• Study: About 1/3 of world cactus threatened with extinction

  30-11-2015 15:26
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — About a third of the world’s cactus species are threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns in a new report. The study evaluated 1,478 species and determined that 31 percent are endangered due to factors such as the conversion of wilderness areas to farming and ranching, urban […]
  
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• Storm lingering in southern Plains; more flooding possible

  30-11-2015 15:24
  DALLAS (AP) — A deadly storm that has caused flooding and coated parts of the southern Plains in ice during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend dumped more rain on already swollen rivers in parts of North Texas and Arkansas on Sunday and made driving dangerous in parts of Oklahoma. The band of storms that has been […]
  
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• Planned Parenthood: Long a lightning rod in US culture wars

  30-11-2015 15:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — As a leading defender of abortion rights and comprehensive sex education, Planned Parenthood deals daily with some of America’s most contentious issues, and is well accustomed to receiving verbal threats. Some of the organization’s supporters say Friday’s deadly shooting at its clinic in Colorado Springs shows that the vitriolic rhetoric could […]
  
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• Beijing air pollution reaches extremely hazardous levels

  30-11-2015 15:19
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Beijing suffered its worst air pollution of the year on Monday, with monitoring sites throughout the city reporting extremely hazardous levels of pollutants. City authorities issued a rare orange alert, the second highest of four danger levels. Schools suspended outdoor activities and polluting factories were required to reduce production. Visibility was cut […]
  
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• Leaders of warming Earth meet in Paris to cut emissions

  30-11-2015 15:18
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris on Monday, saying that by striking an ambitious deal to cut emissions they can show terrorists what countries can achieve […]
  
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• Obama: Climate pact an ‘act of defiance’ after Paris attacks

  30-11-2015 15:04
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Pushing for a powerful climate deal, President Barack Obama called the global talks opening Monday outside Paris an “act of defiance” against terrorism that proves the world stands undeterred by Islamic State-linked attacks in Europe and beyond. Obama used his speech to more than 150 world leaders to salute Paris […]
  
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• From the Archives: George Harrison, 1943-2001

  30-11-2015 14:01 via thestranger.com
  
  George Harrison, who, at press time, remains deceased
  From the December 6, 2001 issue of The Stranger:At 5:00 a.m. on November 30, I was still not asleep. I turned on the TV and started changing channels, stopping on the unlikely sight of George Harrison on VH1, playing and singing "All Things Must Pass" on solo acoustic guitar. He was seated uncomfortably on a couch, flanked by his friend Ravi Shankar, a woman in a sari, and some faceless VJ. I caught the last minute or so of Harrison's perform
  
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• HIV-positive doctor says his dog saved his life

  30-11-2015 07:31
  
  "When Dogs Heal"tells the stories of HIV-positive people and their dogs in an exhibit launching in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 1, which is World AIDS Day, and also in New York City two days later.
  
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• State gave Boeing a free pass on $19.5M in sales tax

  30-11-2015 06:09
  
  For the first time, Boeing’s precise savings from portions of a record-setting state tax-break package is available to the public. But more remains undisclosed.
  
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• Picking out the perfect Christmas tree

  30-11-2015 05:19
  Customers have selected Christmas trees in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle since the 1950s.
  
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• Aberdeen pastor, guitar-builder accepts changing chord of life

  30-11-2015 05:13
  Life has taken a lot of turns for Dan Vines, from swabbie to luthier to Aberdeen minister over nearly seven decades of change
  
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• Columbia Basin breaking records for returning fall chinook salmon

  30-11-2015 05:05
  This year has seen the second largest count of salmon returning to the Columbia River in 80 years, which regulators attribute to efforts at restoring fish habitat
  
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• Endangered fishers to return to Cascades

  30-11-2015 04:42
  Fishers, weasel-like predators that disappeared from Washington decades ago, will soon be reintroduced into the Cascade Mountains.
  
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• Retiring Larry Phillips bound for Paris summit with King County’s climate-action plan

  30-11-2015 04:34
  Metropolitan King County Council Chairman Larry Phillips is stepping down at the end of the year after six terms. But first, he’s attending the climate summit in Paris.
  
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• Tracking system to help study endangered sucker fish in Oregon

  30-11-2015 04:19
  
  Scientists will tag the fish, and a new detection system near the mouth of the Klamath Falls River will count them and track their movements
  
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• 4th death sentence upheld in ’87 Oregon slayings

  30-11-2015 03:23
  
  Randy Lee Guzek’s murder conviction has never been reversed, but his death sentence spawned a legal drama that has lasted nearly three decades at a cost to the state of millions of dollars.
  
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• Arts groups give economic jolt to region, with volunteer help

  30-11-2015 03:15
  In its latest study of how arts, culture and scientific nonprofits affect the local economy, ArtsFund found that volunteers for these groups logged 1.18 million hours of work in the region, the equivalent of millions of dollars in payroll.
  
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• Bend, Ore., to remove downtown drinking fountains

  30-11-2015 02:50
  
  Bend will retire its quartet of downtown drinking fountains, whose maintenance has become a hot potato among city departments after funding from an urban-renewal project dried up.
  
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• State grappling with drop in foster homes

  30-11-2015 02:25
  
  Even as the state struggles to finish complying with a child foster-care court settlement, the number of licensed foster homes in Washington state has declined by 17 percent since 2007, according to state data.
  
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