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• SL Letter of the Day: Gay for Musicals

  03-12-2015 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on December 31, 2014.Vanilla straight guy here. As a fellow Washingtonian, I feel proud to live in a state that was among the first to legalize marriage equality by a popular majority vote of the people. I avidly follow the NFL and eat fried bologna sandwiches and do lots of other manly things. However, I have always loved musical theater. Whenever I go to New York, I have to see at least two or three big shows. My question: Is it socially acceptable for me to good-naturedly sa
  
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• Savage Love: The Sister Act

  03-12-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I'm a straight female in my mid 20s. I've been dating a wonderful guy for two years—but I recently found something that has put me on edge. Before we met, he was in a relationship with a terrible, alcoholic, and mentally unstable woman. They got pregnant early in the relationship and stayed together for about five years. We met a year after they broke up. I felt like I'd come to terms with the ugliness of his past, with his trying to stay in a bad relationship for the sake of h
  
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• Small earthquake recorded in downtown Seattle

  03-12-2015 22:49
  
  A small 2.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded Thursday afternoon in Seattle.
  
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• An Interview with the Guy Who Went from Sub Pop Employee to Master of None Music Supervisor

  03-12-2015 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Zach Cowie (aka Turquoise Wisdom) is bringing a deep crate-digger sensibility to popular TV and films. Abby Ross
  Zach Cowie admits that while working in online sales in the early '00s at Sub Pop, he was “terrible” at it. Despite that disappointment, though, Cowie has gone on to have a pretty sweet career in the music biz. He's tour managed acts such as Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan, and Devendra Banhart, and has DJed (under the name Turquoise Wisdom) before shows by Animal Collective
  
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• Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 3: Grandparents

  03-12-2015 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Travis ButtonGrandparents at Pickathon's SlabRemember summer? It wasn't so long ago, friend—a time of sunshine and golden-green and cutoffs and armpit funk and sweat dripping straight down through your eyebrows. And now it's possible to shake off the chill and relive those magical, hot, hot days through this sweltering new video from Portland's Grandparents. It's the latest episode of our ongoing Slab Sessions series from Pickathon, which the Portland Mercury and The Stranger are pleased t
  
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• Congressman Jim McDermott Responds to Brady Walkinshaw's Plans to Run Against Him in 2016

  03-12-2015 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Jim McDermott: 14 terms young.
  This morning, state Rep. Brady Walkinshaw announced his plan to take on incumbent Congressman Jim McDermott for a US House seat representing the 7th Congressional District, which includes much of Seattle.
  While they're both Democrats, the race will feature plenty of contrasts. The most obvious one: age and experience. Walkinshaw is 31 and has been working in Olympia since 2014. McDermott is 78 and in his 14th term in Washington, DC."I think priorities have changed
  
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• Stereotypes fly as Trump, GOP candidates court Republican Jewish Coalition

  03-12-2015 22:27
  
  Our nation’s Jews make savvy negotiators and should be sought out as friends, GOP presidential candidates told the Republican Jewish Coalition on Thursday, as the group heard a pledge to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and a candidate who made the radical Islamic group Hamas sound like hummus. The coalition, a creation of Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson, heard an a fair amount of stereotyping and was on the receiving end of lots of pandering. “I&rsquo
  
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• Washington State Is One Step Closer Toward a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax

  03-12-2015 22:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Yesterday, the same day that Carbon Washington announced that it had gathered 330,000 signatures to put a revenue-neutral carbon tax on the 2016 ballot, Elon Musk gave a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris advocating for revenue-neutral carbon taxes. Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
  On Wednesday, organizers of one of Washington State's grassroots climate initiatives announced they had gathered enough signatures to put a carbon tax proposal in front of the state legislature early next year.Carbon Washi
  
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• Listen to MusiCares Senior Director Erica Krusen and Marco Collins Talk About Tonight's Benefit Show at Neumos

  03-12-2015 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  You used to think that the day would never come, but it HAS: This show is tonight at Neumos
  December is a bummer for music lovers, between noxious Christmas music pouring out of every speaker, the onslaught of year-end best-of lists that try to make you think it's your duty to listen to the same records as everyone else, and the fact that the weather makes leaving the house an even more dreadful proposition than usual.And, it's also benefit show season. But as we all get older, it's worth rememb
  
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• The Science of Cannabis Institute Hopes to Offer the State's First Accredited Program for Medical Marijuana Consultants

  03-12-2015 22:07 via thestranger.com
  
  COURTESY OF THE SCIENCE OF CANNABIS INSTITUTE
  A couple Saturdays ago, I took a class for the first time in years. It wasn't to relearn algebra (although I have definitely forgotten it), but to become a certified cannabis worker. The four-hour course, which is offered by the Science of Cannabis Institute (SCI) and is held on the University of Washington campus, is the first of its kind in Washington State, part of a growing cannabis education industry. The Washington State Department of Health (
  
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• Family sues after police question 3rd-grader for hours

  03-12-2015 21:36
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A third-grader was taken off a school bus and questioned for hours by police because another girl falsely reported the 8-year-old had chemicals in her backpack, her family said in a lawsuit Thursday. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, which filed the federal lawsuit against the town of Tiverton, […]
  
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• Fire in baggage loader delays Sea-Tac flight

  03-12-2015 21:25
  
  A Virgin America flight heading to Los Angeles was delayed after the device used to move baggage onto the plane caught fire.
  
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• Sold Out Hammerbox & Gits Reunion Benefit at Chop Suey Adds Second Show. All-Ages Matinee Sat Dec 5. Buy Tickets Here.

  03-12-2015 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Seriously, LOOK AT THIS LINE-UP
  The benefit for former Hammerbox member James Atkins, which will feature a reunion of the surviving members of the Gits (!!!) with Rachel Flotard (!!!) standing in for the late Mia Zapata (!!!!!) sold out in a hurry, so they have wisely, generously added a second show, an all-ages matinee on Saturday, Dec 5 at 1:30PM at Chop Suey. Tickets are $20 advance/$25 dos. You can buy them right here, and you better hurry.
  The original preview for Friday:
  A Benefit for Jame
  
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• Man sentenced to 6 years for violent Bellingham home invasion

  03-12-2015 21:15
  
  A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for breaking into a Bellingham apartment, beating a resident and holding the occupants at gunpoint.
  
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• Taylor Swift Just Gave the Seattle Symphony $50,000

  03-12-2015 20:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Merry $wiftmas, current and future musicians of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra!Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com
  In a letter to music director, Ludovic Morlot, Swift wrote that the Seattle Symphony's Grammy-winning recording of John Luther Adams' Become Ocean inspired her donation. According to the press release sent out this morning, Swift "praised the beauty of the composition, the musicianship of the orchestra and reminisced about going to hear her local symphony with her grandmother."Morlot said
  
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• Bill Clinton postpones Seattle fundraiser for his wife

  03-12-2015 20:56
  
  Former President Bill Clinton postpones Seattle political fundraiser.
  
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• Lawyer for indicted Auditor Kelley to hold disputed $1M

  03-12-2015 20:52
  
  A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to turn over nearly $1 million to a lawyer for indicted State Auditor Troy Kelley, but he can’t spend it without permission.
  
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• Judge: Lawyer for indicted Auditor Troy Kelley to hold disputed money

  03-12-2015 20:52
  
  A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over nearly $1 million to a lawyer for indicted State Auditor Troy Kelley — but he can’t spend it without permission.
  
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• Uber Is Running a New TV Ad in Seattle, Two Weeks Ahead of City Council Vote on a Unionization Bill

  03-12-2015 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Uber: Not your boss except for when it sets your wages or fires you without warning. Prathan Chorruangsak/Shutterstock
  With just under two weeks until the Seattle City Council's vote on a bill allowing Uber drivers to unionize, the ride-hailing company is advertising on KUOW and running a polished new TV spot in Seattle. (It's below.)
  The company's TV ad doesn't explicitly mention the unionization legislation, but it's hard to believe the timing is merely coincidental.
  In Seattle, Uber represent
  
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• Another Day, Another Story about ISIS Executing Gay Men By Throwing Them Off Buildings

  03-12-2015 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  This is such a horrible story with so many horrifying documentary photos, you might not want to look if you are a compassionate person. On the other hand, you ought to be upset. Deeply. We can't just pretend this is not happening.
  It begins in Syria, with a 32-year-old man named Hawas Mallah who's been sentenced to death for sodomy begging to be shot in the head instead of thrown off the edge of the four-story Wael Hotel. A 21-year-old named Mohammed Salameh, also set to be executed, begs for th
  
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• The Washington Legislature: Musical chairs in Democratic districts

  03-12-2015 20:11
  
  The Democrats from Seattle’s 36th District (Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia) were nominating new state Senate and House members on Wednesday night, even as another state House seat was on the verge of opening up in the neighboring 43rd District. With incumbent 36th District State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles going to the King County Council, state Rep. Reuven Carlyle was picked by the Democrats to take her place. Kohl-Welles:  State senator sets off game of musical chairs by winning election
  
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• Driver in Tulalip crash that killed 4 was drunk, says sheriff’s office

  03-12-2015 19:50
  
  The 21-year-old driver whose pickup went over a concrete barrier and into a pond in Tulalip, killing four, was drunk at the time of the August crash, officials say.
  
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• Crow Rides the SkyTrain in Vancouver, BC

  03-12-2015 19:46 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the crow train! Charles Mudede
  When the first line of the SkyTrain, Expo Line, opened in Vancouver BC in 1985, its length was 18 miles. When Seattle's University Link finally operates early next year, it will add 3.1 miles to Central Link's length, which is 14.9 miles. Central Link opened in 2009, the same year SkyTrain added nearly 20 miles of track (the Canada Line) to its system. (SkyTrain currently has a total of 42.7 miles.)
  Seattle might have better pours than Vancouver, but it has an
  
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• Snow report: Stevens Pass opening Friday; Mount Baker to get up to 4 feet of snow

  03-12-2015 19:41
  
  Skiers and snowboarders will relish what is being termed as an “atmospheric river” stirring off Washington’s coast that will bring plenty of moisture to the Cascades Thursday through Sunday. Stevens Pass Mountain Resort announced they will be open beginning Friday for daily operations weather permitting. Skiers and snowboarders will have access to Steven’s Daisy chairlift, […]
  
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• Snow report: Mount Baker to get up to 4 feet of snow; Stevens Pass could open by Friday

  03-12-2015 19:41
  
  Skiers and snowboarders will relish what is being termed as an “atmospheric river” stirring off Washington’s coast that will bring plenty of moisture to the Cascades Thursday through Sunday. Many local ski areas like Stevens Pass Mountain Resort are right on the verge of opening for winter operations, and plan to make an official announcement […]
  
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• State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw will challenge fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott

  03-12-2015 19:37
  
  Two-term State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw, D-Wash., announced Thursday that he will run in 2016 against U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., a fellow Democrat and dean of Washington’s congressional delegation. Walkinshaw, 31, is a two-term lawmaker from Seattle’s 43rd District, where in 1970 Jim McDermott became the first Democratic legislator ever elected in what was then a moderate Republican bastion. “We cannot expect a change in Washington, D.C., unless we are willing to elect new
  
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• Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to Seattle Symphony

  03-12-2015 19:00
  
  From one Grammy winner to another: Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to the Seattle Symphony, inspired by its commission and performance of John Luther Adams’ award-winning “Become Ocean.”
  
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• Pop megastar Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to Seattle Symphony

  03-12-2015 19:00
  
  From one Grammy winner to another: Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to the Seattle Symphony, inspired by its commission and performance of John Luther Adams’ award-winning “Become Ocean.”
  
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• Never Been to On the Boards? Go With Tessa Hulls for Free

  03-12-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hulls is a writer/artist/performer/extreme biker with the most intense case of wanderlust I've ever seen.Courtesy of Tessa HullsFrom the artist herself:
  Ever been curious about performance art? Want to go see a show for free? As part of the On the Boards Ambassadors program, I've decided I'm going to take my role literally and serve as an "accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country." For each performance this season, I want to bring someone who has
  
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• NASA counting on 1st US space station shipment in months

  03-12-2015 18:41
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is looking to get back on track with the first U.S. delivery to the International Space Station in nearly eight months. An unmanned Atlas rocket was poised to blast off at 5:55 p.m. Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with 7,400 pounds of supplies. But clouds and rain threatened to […]
  
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• Weekend traffic tie-ups ahead from bridge construction, Figgy Pudding event

  03-12-2015 18:32
  
  Westbound I-90, eastbound Highway 520 and Westlake Center are expected to be traffic trouble spots this weekend.
  
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• I-90 and 520 bridge lanes to close this weekend

  03-12-2015 18:19
  
  Lanes on the Interstate 90 floating bridge and the 520 bridge will be closed starting Friday.
  
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• Professor who created Peace Corps language method dies at 90

  03-12-2015 17:56
  
  HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — John Rassias, a Dartmouth College professor who created a unique method to teach languages that was adopted by the Peace Corps, has died. He was 90. Rassias died Wednesday at his home in Norwich, Vermont, according to a statement from college President Philip Hanlon. Rassias was a consultant and developer with […]
  
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• The Morning News: Details Emerge from Yesterday's Shooting, Streetcars Open for Tours, Strong Winds Expected Today

  03-12-2015 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Fourteen people were killed in San Bernardino yesterday. Andrei Tudoran/Shutterstock.com
  Yesterday Morning, a Holiday Party in Southern California Turns Deadly: A man who worked as an environmental inspector for the county health department in San Bernardino left a holiday party held at the Inland Regional Center, which provides services for people with developmental disabilities, in anger after a dispute.He Returned with His Wife, Assault Rifles, and Handguns, Wearing Masks and Body Armor: The
  
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• Centralia woman drowns under mysterious circumstances

  03-12-2015 16:59
  Officials say a 33-year-old woman whose body was found in the Cowlitz River died from drowning, but the manner of her death has been ruled undetermined.
  
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• More high winds on the way; Eastside reports power outages

  03-12-2015 15:46
  
  Gusts at high as 60 mph could cause problems in the Puget Sound area Thursday. Freezing rain and snow will hit the mountain passes.
  
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• Europe probe tests tech for detecting ripples in space time

  03-12-2015 15:35
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency launched a rocket Thursday carrying two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so scientists can see how they’ll behave in a freefall — at a cost of more than $450 million. What may sound like a frivolous enterprise is actually the prelude to […]
  
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• No Child revision easily clears House, would reduce testing, Common Core

  03-12-2015 15:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Long outdated and widely criticized as unrealistic, the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is on track for a major revision after the House voted to dramatically limit the federal government’s role in education policy but keep the annual testing requirements for the nation’s public schoolchildren. A bipartisan compromise measure worked […]
  
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• No Child revision easily clears House, would reduce feds’ rule in education

  03-12-2015 15:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Long outdated and widely criticized as unrealistic, the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is on track for a major revision after the House voted to dramatically limit the federal government’s role in education policy but keep the annual testing requirements for the nation’s public schoolchildren. A bipartisan compromise measure worked […]
  
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• More rains coming as south India grapples with massive flood

  03-12-2015 15:22
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, forcing thousands to leave their submerged homes as schools, offices and an airport remained shut for a second day Thursday. Chennai, the state capital, received more than 330 millimeters (13 inches) of […]
  
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• Report: WSU a standout in improving grad rates for minority students

  03-12-2015 15:02
  
  College graduation rates are improving for all students, but minority student rates continue to lag behind those for white students, according to a new national report that highlights efforts at Washington State University to close the gap.
  
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• Democratic state lawmaker to take on Jim McDermott in next year’s House race

  03-12-2015 14:30
  
  Fourteen-term U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott will face an intraparty challenge in 2016 from a fellow Democrat: state Rep. Brady Walkinshaw.
  
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• State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw Will Challenge U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott in 2016

  03-12-2015 14:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Freshman State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw (D-Seattle) plans to run for a seat in Congress.
  A 31-year-old freshman state representative from Capitol Hill will be challenging 13-term Congressional incumbent Jim McDermott for his seat representing Seattle in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw says he's running against McDermott in 2016 because "there’s an exciting opportunity here to bring a new perspective into Congress that captures all the change we’re seeing i
  
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• Startup Nohla Therapeutics to build on Hutch cord-blood work

  03-12-2015 14:00
  
  Nohla Therapeutics is working to improve the use of umbilical-cord blood and its application in helping patients at risk of low white-cell counts from chemotherapy.
  
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• Seattle-Bainbridge ferry pulled from service for extensive repairs

  03-12-2015 06:25
  
  A ferry running the Bainbridge-Seattle route was pulled from service Tuesday night after a propeller mechanism was damaged.
  
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• Almost ready to ride: tours of delayed First Hill streetcar line

  03-12-2015 06:04
  
  The public can tour Seattle’s new First Hill streetcars Thursday during a walk-through and safety event midday Thursday — a sign they’re almost ready to ride.
  
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• Virginia Mason named a top hospital for 10th straight year

  03-12-2015 05:55
  
  Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center has been named a top hospital for the 10th straight year by The Leapfrog Group.
  
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• Norovirus fears close Main Street Gyros in Seattle

  03-12-2015 05:33
  
  Main Street Gyros in Seattle was closed Tuesday after three people who ate there were reported to have symptoms of norovirus, health officials said.
  
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• Lawyer for indicted state auditor grills FBI accountant in second day of hearing

  03-12-2015 05:16
  
  The attorney for indicted State Auditor Troy Kelley continued his assault on the government’s theft and money-laundering case Wednesday, questioning a key investigator about his role in a Chicago tax-evasion investigation.
  
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• Burgess admits Twitter account violated Seattle elections code

  03-12-2015 03:40
  
  Seattle City Council President Tim Burgess has admitted to violating the city’s elections code by using an official Twitter account for campaigning. He’ll pay a $150 fine.
  
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