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• Winterlike storms bring rain to lowlands, snow to mountains

  17-12-2015 23:59
  
  Winterlike weather is sweeping across the Northwest, with heavy rainfall in Western Washington and snow in the passes and farther east.
  
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• Savage Love: Roughly Speaking

  17-12-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I'm a straight 26-year-old man who wants advice on helping my fiancée realize a particular fantasy. We have been dating for three years and are in a happy monogamous relationship. I was always vanilla, but she enjoys rougher sex and light bondage. We've incorporated some of this into our sex lives, and we are both happy with how fun it is. She has expressed interest in a rape fantasy. Both of us want to be safe when we do this, and we trust each other completely. But I cannot
  
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• The rate of gun deaths in America catches up with those killed on the road

  17-12-2015 23:08
  
  Deaths of Americans by firearms have caught up with and now equal the number killed in highway accidents each year, with gun deaths outnumbering vehicle deaths in 21 states including Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. Statistics released by the Centers for Disease control show that both gun deaths (homicides, suicides and accidents) and motor vehicle deaths (collisions, car crashes, car-pedestrian and car-bicyclist) each account for 10.3 deaths per 100,000 people in the United States. Such gu
  
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• Study: Rising lake temperatures may worsen algae blooms

  17-12-2015 23:08
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A new report says temperatures in the world’s lakes are rising more than in the oceans or the atmosphere — which could worsen problems such as algae blooms and oxygen-deprived dead zones where fish can’t survive. The study combined satellite and ground measurements of 235 lakes over the past 25 […]
  
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• Seattle police seek killer of popular art teacher, youth mentor

  17-12-2015 22:44
  
  Police are investigating the Belltown slaying of Brent McDonald, a beloved art and woodworking teacher, who friends describe as gentle soul devoted to mentoring children.
  
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• Employers applaud ‘Cadillac’ health tax delay but still seek repeal

  17-12-2015 22:43
  
  Congress delivered an early holiday present to employers this week when it proposed a two-year delay for a health benefits tax many would have had to pay starting in 2018. But businesses hope Santa will eventually leave something better under the tree. The delay, which was reached as part of a budget deal, means companies […]
  
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• Seattle Police Officer Punches Homeless Man, Gets One Day Suspension

  17-12-2015 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Officer Clark Dickson punches a Christopher Tavai, a young homeless man, on January 3. SPD
  If there's a "blue wall of silence" at the Seattle Police Department—a code of not speaking up about misconduct by fellow officers—Captain David Proudfoot doesn't appear to be abiding by it.
  On the evening of January 3, 2015, a veteran Seattle police department officer named Clark Dickson punched a homeless 21-year-old in the head. Dickson later said he'd been spit upon and that his "reactionar
  
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• Oregon man to go to prison for beheading mother’s cat

  17-12-2015 22:33
  Asked why he killed the cat, the Salem man reportedly said it was because the cat was evil. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison.
  
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• Oregon man sentenced to prison for beheading mother’s cat

  17-12-2015 22:33
  A Oregon man who beheaded his mother’s cat was sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to animal abuse and drug charges.
  
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• Marijuana Gifts for Your Dog, Your Corporate Party, and the Stoney Cocktail Nerd in Your Life

  17-12-2015 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Treatibles: Chill out Fido with some CBD treats.
  Things for Dogs to Eat
  The holidays can be a magical time of the year, unless you're a dog. For Fido, the holiday season can mean little demons yanking on his ears, riding him like a pony, and otherwise torturing him.
  Do your dog a favor and get him Treatibles. While giving psychoactive substances to your pet is cruel, these treats contain no THC, just CBD, meaning they're not psychoactive. But they can "provide support for animals with a broad sp
  
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• Let the ‘Star Wars’ frenzy begin, Seattle-style

  17-12-2015 22:16
  
  A sold-out marathon of all seven of the “Star Wars” movies at Cinerama — starting at 1 a.m. Thursday — was one way Seattle-area fans got ready for the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
  
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• Can We Talk, Bernie Sanders Supporters?

  17-12-2015 21:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Oh man, Mulder and Scully did not age well. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  Okay, let's be real, Bernie Sanders supporters. We all know your candidate would make the best president. He is awesome. Says everything that a good-guy president should, and actually believes it. Yeah, sure, he's not super-interested in foreign policy, but imagine how much better the world would be if the Bush administration were half as engaged in world affairs.
  We all want Bernie to win.
  But. What are you going to do a
  
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• Weekend drivers: Avoid Aurora Avenue near South Lake Union

  17-12-2015 21:20
  
  Avoid the closed South Lake Union segment of Aurora Avenue North on Friday night and Saturday.
  
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• ‘Concussion’ movie subject exaggerated role, researchers say

  17-12-2015 21:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — In the trailer for the movie “Concussion,” star Will Smith says: “I found a disease that no one has ever seen.” It’s a claim the real-life doctor portrayed by Smith, forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu, has himself made for years, giving a detailed description about how he came to name that disease “chronic […]
  
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• Today in Carly Rae Jepsen: Her PERFECT Version of "Last Christmas"

  17-12-2015 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Yes, Wham's "Last Christmas" is one of the great modern holiday classics, and it has been ruined by no less than Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Ashley Tisdale, and the cast of Glee (sorry for saying the words "the cast of Glee"). HOWEVER! There is now only ONE decent cover of this song and it is this perfect piece of holiday pop performed by no other than the beloved Carly Rae Jepsen. Here she is singing "Last Christmas" on The Late Late Show with James Corden. [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe
  
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• Third Avenue in 1959

  17-12-2015 20:56
  
  This block of Third Avenue, between Virginia and Stewart streets, hasn’t changed all that much in 56 years. You can still park on this corner, but not at 20 cents a hour. In the background is the Haddon Hall apartments building — the painted sign at the top of the building is still visible today, […]
  
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• Top 17 Recommended Concerts This Weekend: Ugly Sweater Edition

  17-12-2015 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Los Straitjackets will headline the Neptune this weekend with Nick Lowe. Jorge Vargas
  This is a big one, folks. Besides a Friday filled with fantastic rap (take your pick: Lil Wayne, Chimurenga Renaissance, or Devin the Dude), this weekend also features Kremwerk's sure-to-be excellent ugly sweater anniversary, the Psychedelic Holiday Freakout, and much more, so enough jibber-jawing! Let's take a look at this weekend's best. For all the live music this weekend, check out our Things To Do calendar
  
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• APNewsBreak: Connecticut to open prison for 18-25 year olds

  17-12-2015 20:51
  WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A prison is being planned in Connecticut that officials say would be the first in the country to exclusively house and deal with issues unique to inmates between the ages of 18 and 25. The staff at the prison would receive special training in dealing with younger inmates and the programming […]
  
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• Inslee proposes big boost in beginning teacher pay

  17-12-2015 20:44
  Gov. Jay Inslee released his proposed 2016 supplemental budget — along with a separate plan to boost teacher salaries to be paid for by closing several tax preferences.
  
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• Washington justices OK warrantless review of bank records

  17-12-2015 20:42
  
  The state Supreme Court has upheld a little-known state law that allows investigators to get a suspect’s bank records without a search warrant.
  
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• New Georgetown Arts Festival Corridor Will "Embrace Winter, Welcome Darkness, and Enjoy the Indoors"

  17-12-2015 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Rene Hell will bring his dystopian ambient music to the inaugural Corridor festival.January is traditionally a miserable month for live music—among other things, as your therapist well knows. Dismal weather and post-holiday malaise make waking up and going out at night a Herculean endeavor. So to throw a festival as ambitious as Corridor in Georgetown’s spacious Equinox Studios during the dread days of winter stands as either foolish or brave.I’m leaning toward the latter, as C
  
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• It’s official: P-I globe is Seattle landmark

  17-12-2015 20:24
  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe has officially become a City of Seattle landmark.
  
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• The Stranger Reviews Four Theatrical Christmas Shows—and Ranks Them in Order of Greatness

  17-12-2015 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  DAVID BELISLE
  Dina Martina Christmas Show
  Re-bar, through Dec 31
  Reviewed by Christopher Frizzelle
  How Many Stars Jesus Would Give It:★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  What It's Like: Dina Martina has been performing in Seattle for 27 years, and somehow, against the odds, she gets better with time. "Compliments of the season to you and yours! He is risen. Christ is risen. I'm lovin' it," she says, pumping the air with a raise-the-roof gesture, a poinsettia attached to her Madonna-like hea
  
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• Lynnwood woman’s story highlights mishandling of rape cases

  17-12-2015 20:07
  
  After an 18-year-old Lynnwood woman was raped seven years ago, she reported it to the police, only to recant later. She faced doubt, scorn — and criminal charges. Her story, as told by The Marshall Project and ProPublica, sheds light on the problems with how rape cases are investigated and how rape survivors are treated.
  
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• Report: Washington State Is Smoking a Ton of Weed, and Soon Will Get to Smoke More

  17-12-2015 20:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle will be allocated 21 new retail licenses. Pe3k/shutterstock.com
  ICYMI, the BOTEC Analysis Corporation, the research firm that consulted on I-502, released a report yesterday on the state’s medical marijuana market. Fun fact: We smoke about 16 metric tons of pot a month statewide. I’m sure no one is surprised.
  BOTEC was tasked with assembling an estimate of the relative market shares of recreational, medical, and black market cannabis in order to help the Washington State Liqu
  
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• 2 teens arrested in connection with fatal Everett shooting

  17-12-2015 19:57
  
  Two 16-year-old Everett boys were arrested in connection with the slaying of a 17-year-old boy last weekend.
  
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• Can Opponents of KPLU sale raise money to buy station?

  17-12-2015 19:55
  
  The University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University, responding to an uproar over sale of KPLU-FM Radio, say they will open the door for an outside community group to buy the popular jazz, blues and news public radio station. The University of Washington will proceed with purchase of the station from PLU, but leave available a period of six months for supporter to come together and bid to buy the station. The UW is buying it for $7 million, plus $1 million in advertising considerations.
  
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• Bold Type Tickets Is Hiring!

  17-12-2015 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Bold Type Tickets is The Stranger's home-grown ticketing platform, which we use to power Stranger Tickets, and an ever-growing list of affiliate sites across the country and in Canada, including City Paper Tickets, Ticket Halifax, Bend Ticket, Isthmus Tickets, Merc Tickets, and many more.
  We're looking for someone amazing to lead our Client and Customer Solutions team. Read all about it here, and tell your friends!
  
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• Martin Shkreli Defrauds Investors, Loves Emo

  17-12-2015 19:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Ooh, what's he reading?The internet hit peak schadenfreude this morning when news broke that pharmaceutical CEO/Wu-Tang Clan enthusiast/unrepentant jerkwad Martin Shkreli was arrested by the feds today on securities fraud. (Read Bloomberg's report.) Earlier this year a lawsuit was filed against Shkreli, who allegedly took stock from a biotechnology firm he started and used it to pay off other debts. Today's arrest includes an elaborate "shell game" that entails the deliberate deceiving of his in
  
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• November was record-warm month for globe, extending streak

  17-12-2015 19:07
  
  NEW YORK  — Last month was the globe’s warmest November on record, the seventh consecutive month to reach a new high. A climate update Thursday from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also noted a record-warm average temperature for January through November as a whole. NOAA scientist Jake Crouch said it’s “virtually certain” that 2015 […]
  
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• Here’s what messed up your Seattle-area commute Thursday morning

  17-12-2015 19:03
  
  Few roads or highways in the Seattle area were free of mess as collisions and closures piled up.
  
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• Man who pointed gun at trooper gets 11 years in prison

  17-12-2015 19:02
  
  Aman who pointed a gun at a Washington State Patrol trooper in Kitsap County has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
  
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• Ski report: Another winter storm packing plenty of snow, and Alpental likely to open as soon as Friday

  17-12-2015 18:45
  
  Another powerful weather system is expected to bring plenty of snow to the Cascades with some ski areas already topping the century mark for total season snow accumulation. A winter storm warning remained in effect through Friday, and light to heavy snowfall is expected through Sunday that will leave plenty of untracked powder in its […]
  
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• A reprieve for KPLU? UW and PLU open to bids for station

  17-12-2015 18:26
  
  Pacific Lutheran University and the UW say they are open to considering a bid from an outside group for the public-radio station KPLU, which was set to be sold Friday.
  
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• Rain brings out worst in local drivers. What’s your story?

  17-12-2015 17:58
  Torrential rain and stupid drivers. A great combination. We ask readers for their stories.
  
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• The Morning News: Aviation Biofuels, Abby Wambach's Last Game, and It's Getting Hotter in Lake Washington

  17-12-2015 17:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Alaska Airlines would like this sucker to run on biofuels in the future. Vacclav / Shutterstock.com
  Biofuels for Aeroplanes! "It’s a stretch goal, but it’s the right thing to do," reports KPLU. "That was the sentiment at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as Alaska Airlines and Boeing joined the Port of Seattle in announcing an ambitious plan for the use of aviation biofuels."
  Another Twist in the Story of Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price: "The University of Kentucky won’t be r
  
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• Austrian university strips Nobel Prize winner of honors

  17-12-2015 16:28
  
  VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian university has posthumously stripped Nobel Prize-winning scientist Konrad Lorenz of his honorary doctorate due to his fervent embrace of Nazism. The University of Salzburg cites Lorenz’s 1938 application for membership in Hitler’s Nazi party in its decision made public Thursday. Lorenz describes himself as “always a National Socialist.”. He says […]
  
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• Rain, snow return to the Pacific Northwest

  17-12-2015 16:08
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After some relatively dry days, snow and hard rain have returned to the Pacific Northwest. Flood watches are in effect through Saturday for much of western Oregon and southwest Washington because of heavy rainfall. The mountains are seeing significant snow, and slick roads led many Central Oregon districts to close schools […]
  
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• Guest essay: Why we need to get beyond Racism 101

  17-12-2015 16:00
  
  The killings of unarmed black men in recent months have provided a tragic opportunity to begin a national conversation about racism.  It was not the election of a black president nor the prominence of Black Americans on the national stage, but the videos of murder that have pushed us to try to see the bruises […]
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after crashing on Westlake Avenue

  17-12-2015 15:53
  A man in his 30s was declared dead at the scene after a motorcycle accident on Westlake Avenue North near Crockett Street.
  
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• Washington state sues iYogi, alleges tech support scam

  17-12-2015 15:21
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state sued one of the world’s largest independent tech support companies Wednesday, saying it routinely scams customers into buying software and services they don’t need. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed the lawsuit against the U.S. operations of iYogi, an India-based company which boasts of 3 million customers and which announced over […]
  
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• 2 killed in disabled car on I-5; vehicular homicide suspected

  17-12-2015 15:19
  Two people in a disabled car died on I-5 in Federal Way when a Ford Mustang slammed into their vehicle.
  
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• Portland’s Dignity Village cleared path for Seattle’s housing for homeless

  17-12-2015 15:00
  
  A new community of tiny houses for the homeless in Seattle builds on experiences at Portland’s longstanding Dignity Village.
  
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