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• Bowe Bergdahl says he left base to expose ‘leadership failure’

  10-12-2015 23:52
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he walked off his base in Afghanistan to cause a crisis that would catch the attention of military brass. He wanted to warn them about what he believed were serious problems with leadership in his unit. And he wanted to prove himself as a real-life action hero, […]
  
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• Painkillers, heroin drive increase in U.S. overdose deaths

  10-12-2015 23:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Drug overdoses rose again last year, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers, according to new federal statistics. Overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 47,000 — up 7 percent from the previous year. Many of the deaths were due to a group of powerful opioid painkillers, which […]
  
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• 17 Movies to Check Out This Weekend

  10-12-2015 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Despised or loved, dramatic or goofy, these movies (like Macbeth) will definitely shelter you from the rain.
  Hide out inside a movie theater and check out one of these noteworthy films picked by our critics. For even more movies, check out our movie times listings.
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  1. Gremlins
  A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him
  
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• Police: Seattle man blinded woman to ‘feel gears’ in her head

  10-12-2015 23:23
  
  A Seattle man accused of blinding his girlfriend during a bizarre attack at a motel has been charged with assault.
  
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• Savage Love: Hard Work

  10-12-2015 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I'm a 24-year-old gay male with few resources and no "marketable" skills. I have made a lot of bad choices and now I struggle to make ends meet in a crappy dead-end job, living paycheck to paycheck in an expensive East Coast city. Recently, someone on Grindr offered me $3,000 to have sex with him. He is homely and nearly three times my age, but he seems kind and respectful. I could really use that money. I have no moral opposition to prostitution, but the few friends I've spoken to w
  
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• A Few Thoughts About Stoya, James Deen, and the Rape Allegations Made on Social Media

  10-12-2015 22:47 via thestranger.com
  
  The law does not give a shit about sex workers. Neither do many people on Twitter.THE STRANGER
  On November 28, writer, director, and porn actress Stoya fired off two tweets that would upend the porn world.
  @Stoya: "That thing where you log in to the internet for a second and see people idolizing the guy who raped you as a feminist. That thing sucks... James Deen held me down and fucked me while I said no, stop, used my safeword. I just can't nod and smile when people bring him up anymore."
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• Donald Trump’s Lawyers and Jeb Bush’s Lawyers Might Eat Each Other

  10-12-2015 22:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Jeb Bush: "Everything's going great and I have absolutely nothing to worry about!" Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  Break out the popcorn: there’s a super-entertaining fight brewing that could completely upend the presidential race, and it couldn’t have happened to two nicer twits.
  It started when a rich Jeb Bush supporter (one of the few remaining) bragged about plans to call Donald Trump a bunch of names in a full-page ad in a newspaper. On one hand, this is incredibly childish; but
  
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• Black Americans Came to Washington State from Around the Country to Help Build the Atomic Bomb

  10-12-2015 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Recreational facilities and churches were segregated at Hanford.COURTESY OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
  In 1943, the federal government established a project in Hanford, Washington, that provided many working-class Americans with something they desperately needed: jobs. A good number of the people who came to Hanford to do jobs like welding, cutting, digging, hammering, typing, serving, and cooking were black and from the South. They too needed jobs, had American dreams, and wanted a piece of the warti
  
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• Watching Longtime City Council Member Nick Licata Say a Night of Goodbyes

  10-12-2015 21:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Nick Licata is retiring after 18 years on the Seattle City Council. HG
  I am standing in the lobby of the Paramount Theatre on a dark Wednesday night as the room is slowly emptying. A woman in a fur hat is talking so close to my face and with such fervor that I never get her full name. She has a complicated conspiracy theory she'd like to tell me about. It involves a guy she says was shot by a city employee. It'd make a great novel, she says—even better, a screenplay. If I ever want to writ
  
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• WWU student charged with hate crime for alleged online threats

  10-12-2015 21:25
  
  A suspended Western Washington University sophomore was charged with first-degree malicious harassment for allegedly posting an online threat against a student of color.
  
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• Trump rises in polls, feuds with White House over hair joke

  10-12-2015 21:04
  
  Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is in his “strongest position yet,” with an over two-to-one lead over his closest competitor for the Republican nomination and support from more than a third of GOP primary voters, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Thursday morning. But the poll shows that 64 percent of Americans have concerns for or outright fears of a Trump presidency. Trump is angry at White House spokesman for hair joke. (Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images
  
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• More children will be tested for lead under lawsuit settlement

  10-12-2015 21:02
  
  Under a lawsuit settlement, all Washington children covered by Medicaid will be eligible for lead-poisoning testing if their parents request it — or if they live in old buildings, are recent immigrants or face other exposure risks.
  
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• The Virus I Caught on Tuesday Is Apparently Spreading

  10-12-2015 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Remember how I said I couldn't think anymore because I was so beset with Trump panic? We just got the following letter to the editor—printed here in its entirety:
  Trump,
  Trump trump trump. Trump trump trump trump trump trump trump. Trump trump trump trump trump. Trump! Trump trump trump. Trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump. Trump trump.
  trump,Trump
  The virus is spreading. More on Trump here and the guy whom Trump makes seem palatable here.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to
  
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• Why Is a Major Washington State Art Collector (and Outer Space Traveler) Giving Big Money to Donald Trump?

  10-12-2015 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Guess which one of these is owned by the computer genius born in 1948 who grew up under Soviet rule? The Stranger
  Deep in a story Wednesday about campaign contributions to Donald Trump, the Seattle Times mentioned that Trump's "only big-name backer here is ex-Microsoft billionaire Charles Simonyi. He sent the Trump campaign the maximum primary donation of $2,700 on Aug. 16, according to the Federal Election Commission."
  Charles Simonyi is also an avid collector of art, particularly the comics-ba
  
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• Family Members of a Dead 16-Year-Old Student at SCCC Rallied Outside the College Yesterday, Calling for #Justice4Hamza

  10-12-2015 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Hamza Warsame died over the weekend, on the 300 block of Summit Avenue. Friends and family gathered yesterday at Seattle Central's campus. Ansel Herz
  The Seattle Police Department acknowledged on Tuesday what it called “community concerns” about the falling death on December 5 of Hamza Warsame, a 16-year-old high school student who took college courses at Seattle Central. The SPD pledged that Assistant Chief Robert Merner would personally supervise the investigation into his death.
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• On the Boards Has a Writer in Residence Now?

  10-12-2015 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Claudia La Rocco makes art about art. JOSE CARLOS TEIXEIRA
  There's been some new writing on the walls at On the Boards. The hand responsible for the gorgeous if oblique scrawling in and around the building is Claudia La Rocco, OtB's new/first writer in residence. Once you know a few things about La Rocco, it becomes clear why a venue known for producing performance art, dance, and experimental theater would give her the keys for a year.
  On the Boards does a lot of good-luck-with-your-label-maker
  
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• Ski report: Summit at Snoqualmie might open Summit West on Friday; Seventh Heaven terrain at Stevens Pass to open this weekend

  10-12-2015 20:26
  The deluge may have punched the Cascade mountain sides, but it wasn’t a knock out and every ski area managed to weather the storm just fine. A winter weather advisory remains in effect through Thursday, and the snow level will hover between 2,500 and 3,000 feet until Sunday. Just to give skiers and snowboarders a […]
  
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• Ski report: Snoqualmie’s Summit West opening Friday, and Seventh Heaven terrain at Stevens Pass opens this weekend

  10-12-2015 20:26
  
  The deluge may have punched the Cascade mountain sides, but it wasn’t a knock out and every ski area managed to weather the storm just fine. A winter weather advisory remains in effect through Thursday, and the snow level will hover between 2,500 and 3,000 feet until Sunday. Just to give skiers and snowboarders a […]
  
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• Normandy Park man convicted of killing Seattle cable pioneer

  10-12-2015 20:17
  A 24-year-old man was found guilty of fatally shooting retired inventor Phillip Hamlin and attacking Hamlin’s granddaughter with a crowbar in January 2014. The defendant faces a prison term of 42 to 53 years when he is sentenced.
  
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• A Climate Justice Activist at the Paris Climate Talks Says Police Are Racially Profiling Attendees

  10-12-2015 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Climate justice activist Sarra Tekola says she was targeted by undercover police near the Paris climate talks.SB
  Sara Tekola is a 23-year-old climate activist and University of Washington graduate who lives in Seattle. If you've ever attended a protest against oil trains or a Black Lives Matter march, you've probably seen her near the microphone. That's because Tekola's personal history links issues of climate, immigration, and racial justice intimately: Her father immigrated from Ethiopia to Se
  
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• What do Seattleites order most from Amazon's Prime Now service?

  10-12-2015 20:06
  
  What do Seattleites order most from Amazon's Prime Now delivery service?Pizza.
  
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• SpaceX launches may resume Dec. 19, 6 months after accident

  10-12-2015 19:49
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX says it’s close to launching rockets again six months after an accident. Chief executive Elon Musk announced via Twitter on Thursday a rocket test-firing for next Wednesday in Florida. A satellite launch for Orbcomm could come three days later — Dec. 19th. SpaceX has been stuck on Earth since […]
  
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• Retired U.S. official charged with stealing ancient remains

  10-12-2015 19:47
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A long-retired National Parks Service official has been charged with stealing ancient Native American remains from a museum collection at a sacred tribal burial site in Iowa and keeping them for more than 20 years. Former Effigy Mounds National Monument superintendent Thomas Munson was charged Tuesday with embezzlement of government […]
  
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• Holland America asks judge to toss $21.5M verdict in cruise injury

  10-12-2015 19:46
  
  Attorneys for an Illinois businessman who won $21.5 million in a personal-injury lawsuit against Seattle-based Holland America Line denied allegations from the cruise line that he hid emails, lied and tampered with a witness before the trial.
  
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• Ex-Fogle associate gets 27 years on child porn charges

  10-12-2015 19:46
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The former director of a foundation started by ex-Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to 27 years in prison Thursday for producing child pornography that played a role in Fogle’s criminal case. A federal judge sentenced Russell Taylor, who agreed in September to plead guilty to child exploitation and child porn charges […]
  
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• I-5 lane may open through slide area; mudslide danger persists

  10-12-2015 19:39
  
  Thursday weather updates: Traffic alerts, power outages, weather forecast, mudslide danger, school closures and more.
  
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• Amtrak restores train service through Washington state

  10-12-2015 19:28
  
  From Portland to Seattle, trains might be the best bet Thursday
  
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• Obama signs education law rewrite shifting power to states

  10-12-2015 18:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling it a “Christmas miracle,” President  Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law on Thursday, ushering in a new approach to accountability, teacher evaluations and the way the most poorly performing schools are pushed to improve. Joined by lawmakers, students and teachers in a White House […]
  
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• Capitol Hill Art Walk is Tonight!

  10-12-2015 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't miss Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art at the Asian Art Museum, which will have free admission tonight. Jung Yeondoo
  The monthly Capitol Hill Art Walk is happening tonight, AKA the best chance you'll have this month to check out new art galleries on Capitol Hill with other artsy types. Our Things To Do calendar has a complete list of this month's art openings, as well as events like Drink and Draw at Capitol Cider and Happy Hour at 12th Avenue Arts, so you can make the most of your
  
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• A Storytelling Renaissance Is Happening Right Under Your Thumb

  10-12-2015 18:22 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm addicted to podcasts—and Radiolab is one of my favorites.JOE GARBER
  "Today," Radiolab cohost Robert Krulwich growled in my ear, "the story of an ax-wielding nun coming through a window to smash some staphylococcus and take you back to the future."
  I was at the gym, listening to podcasts in the hopes of distracting myself from the agony of the twisting, crushing machines into which I had placed myself. This particular episode of Radiolab concerned staph infections and told the story of
  
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• The Morning News: A Weather-Related State of Emergency and a "Tipping Point" for the American Middle Class

  10-12-2015 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Flooding rivers are causing all kinds of challenges in Washington State today. More rain is on the way, though not as much as we've had recently. goory/Shutterstock
  Inslee Declares State of Emergency Due to Storms and Flooding: "Heavy rains and melting snow swelled rivers over their banks across Western Washington on Wednesday, as floodwaters endangered lives and homes in at least 11 counties while pouring over roadways, undermining hillsides and forcing widespread evacuations," the Seattle Time
  
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• Schools closed, late due to power outages, flooding Thursday

  10-12-2015 15:24
  
  Many of the schools that closed Wednesday due to floods and power outages are now operating on normal schedules.
  
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• South Carolina deputy shot in head, robbery suspect killed

  10-12-2015 15:07
  
  TAYLORS, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been shot in the head in a shootout with a robbery suspect who was killed. Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis tells local news outlets deputies were called at 1 a.m. Thursday to an apartment in Taylors. After getting no answer at the door, deputies forced […]
  
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• Death sought for South Carolina dad in killing of 5 kids

  10-12-2015 15:04
  
  LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors announced Thursday that they seeking the death penalty against a South Carolina father accused of strangling four of his children and beating a fifth to death last year at their home. Solicitor Donnie Myers served notice of his decision during a hearing in Lexington on Wednesday for Timothy Ray Jones […]
  
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• Buildings with fresher air linked to better thinking

  10-12-2015 15:00
  
  A new study showing that office workers did better on cognitive tests when they had fresher air to breathe underscores growing evidence that physical environments matter for performance at work and school.
  
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• Former bodyguard of Nevada rancher arrested in Snohomish on gun charges

  10-12-2015 14:56
  
  SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) — A former bodyguard for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is accused of gun charges in Washington. KING-TV reports that Schuyler Barbeau was arrested in Snohomish County. FBI officials say he was in possession of an unregistered AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle and was trying to sell it. According to court documents, an FBI […]
  
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• VW: small group of engineers began working on cheat in 2005

  10-12-2015 14:45
  WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — A small group of Volkswagen engineers began working as early as 2005 on emissions cheating software after they were unable to find a technical solution to U.S. emissions controls as the automaker pushed into the North American market, executives said Thursday. The company in September admitted to have cheated on U.S. […]
  
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• Landslides, flooding close several roads, highways in Washington

  10-12-2015 07:31
  Several highways and roads were closed overnight by landslides and flooding. The storm also affected rail service.
  
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• Landslides, flooding close roads, highways in Washington

  10-12-2015 07:31
  Many highways and roads are closed by landslides and flooding. The storm also is affecting rail service.
  
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• Explosive device removed from Tacoma home near school

  10-12-2015 05:23
  
  The device, found in a home near an elementary school, was safely removed and detonated at a landfill.
  
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• CPR survival rates vary greatly by city — a big concern

  10-12-2015 05:15
  
  Big advances have been made in treating a patient with a stopped heart, but these improvements remain underused nationally. In Seattle and King County, survival rates after cardiac arrest outside a hospital are 19.9 percent. In Detroit, that rate is about 3 percent.
  
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• Rubio provision quietly snarls Obama’s Affordable Care Act

  10-12-2015 05:09
  
  The risk corridors were intended to help some insurance companies if they ended up with too many new sick people on their rolls and too little cash from premiums to cover their medical bills in the first three years under the health law.
  
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• Being happy won’t make you live longer, study finds

  10-12-2015 04:25
  
  A new study concludes that “happiness and related measures of well-being do not appear to have any direct effect on mortality.”
  
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• Raw instinct often misleads us in political crises

  10-12-2015 04:08
  A new book says our brains damage politics by applying primitive rules to complex issues, but we can get beyond those instincts.
  
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• The KPLU sale: Pacific Lutheran University regents did not receive critical letter

  10-12-2015 04:03
  
  An angry Community Advisory Council from KPLU-FM radio sent off a letter on Nov. 30th to Pacific Lutheran University president Thomas Krise and PLU’s Board of Regents, decrying pending sale of the public radio station to the University of Washington as “the permanent loss of a cherished institution and urging consideration of community ownership.” The advisory panel learned Wednesday that Krise’s office did not forward the letter to several of the PLU regents, who exercis
  
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• Suspect in SeaTac homicide ordered held on $1M bail

  10-12-2015 03:31
  
  A King County District Court judge set bail at $1 million for a 34-year-old Puyallup man in connection with a shooting Friday night in SeaTac.
  
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• Edmonds City Council bans crumb-rubber turf for artificial fields

  10-12-2015 03:00
  The council voted Tuesday to prohibit the installation of the infill after residents voiced concern over the material’s potential negative impacts.
  
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• Success with in vitro puppies may help save endangered species

  10-12-2015 02:25
  
  The successful birth of seven healthy puppies ended about two decades of failed efforts to make the commonly used infertility treatment work on canines.
  
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• Sen. Murray: No Child Left Behind overhaul will help states

  10-12-2015 02:25
  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray says an overhaul she co-wrote for the No Child Left Behind law will lift punishment the federal government has held over Washington’s public schools. The Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that President Barack Obama is expected to sign Thursday. Once it becomes law, most school accountability will return […]
  
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• Food vendors open again after Russell tower outbreak

  10-12-2015 02:24
  Food vendors, including Starbucks and others, were allowed to reopen at the Russell Investments Center tower in downtown Seattle after inspections following a norovirus outbreak that sickened hundreds.
  
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