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• Alaska Considering Cuts in Petrol Welfare and Reintroducing Income Tax as World Oil Prices Collapse

  30-12-2015 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Mountains, a lake, a boat, and a gas station. Mudede's Zimbabwean friend Mambokadzi
  Oil is now at $37 a barrel. There is speculation that it could fall even further. No expert can honestly see an end to cheap oil. And to make matters worse, Iranian oil is soon to go online, thanks to the deal it struck with Obama. This addition is expected to exert more downward pressure on global oil prices because the size of Iran's supply is such that it can still make big profits in a $20-barrel market. (Ira
  
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• A year end rush for contributions, from Sen. Patty Murray to pastor Mark Driscoll

  30-12-2015 23:02
  
  Presidents, politicians, preachers, even opponents of unisex bathrooms are appealing for money as 2015 comes to a close, encouraging donations before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. “We need to hit our $25,000 fundraising goal before the Federal Election Commission filing deadline — donate today,” Tweeted Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., up for reelection in 2016. Mark Driscoll: Former Mars Hill Church senior pastor asks year-end gifts to support new ministry.. S
  
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• What you read most in 2015: SIDS doctor, Ducks crash, #beenado

  30-12-2015 23:00
  
  Here are the stories that captured the attention of Seattle Times readers.
  
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• Grizzly bear deaths rise as Yellowstone population grows

  30-12-2015 22:34
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The number of grizzly bear deaths or removals in the Yellowstone region climbed to an all-time high in 2015, but biologists say they’re not worried about the animal’s long-term survival in the area. The known or suspected deaths of 55 bears shouldn’t interfere with plans to remove the region’s grizzlies from […]
  
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• Where did Lyft riders visit the most in 2015?

  30-12-2015 22:12
  
  Lyft riders chose some well-known places to visit the most this year.
  
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• My Philosophy: No Regrets—A True Story

  30-12-2015 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  SpecsOne told me: “You become either a hermit or an asshole.”
  A couple months ago, my lovely sis Alana Belle (you might know her from the Loops for Lovers Collective) invited me to talk to her class at Seattle Academy. It was mostly them asking me questions about myself and what I thought, which was disorienting at first, but they were all so sharp, curious, open. One asked me if I had any regrets, and apparently I told them this: "I may regret bad lyrics, bad fits, and bad hair&mdas
  
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• I Have One Question About the Belgian Police Orgy Story

  30-12-2015 21:38 via thestranger.com
  
  These are not the Belgian soldiers/cops who allegedly had an orgy during the hunt for terrorist suspects. This photo was selected by a homosexual Slog editor who just likes those uniforms. CRM / Shutterstock.com
  So allegedly "two female police officers and eight soldiers are said to have engaged in group sex at a police station in the Brussels neighbourhood of Ganshoren while colleagues hunted for terror suspects," the Guardian reports.
  The New York Times has a bit more on the story, saying that
  
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• Squirrels Eating Avocados Are So Yesterday—Here's a Squirrel Eating a Persimmon

  30-12-2015 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  A reader, responding to my post "I Just Saw a Squirrel Eating an Avocado" (voted yesterday as "the best Slog post of all time"), writes:
  You want a squirrel eating exotic fruit? Here is one eating a persimmon. Yes, persimmons grow here and my neighbor’s tree had a bountiful harvest year, appreciated by robins and squirrels. And no, it did not run away and be a small smudge in the distance.
  A squirrel eating a persimmon. Jerry Joyce
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• 2 arrested after Capitol Hill gun threat

  30-12-2015 20:55
  
  Two men were arrested on Capitol Hill on Tuesday night after an apparent road rage incident involving a gun.
  
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• Hillary Has Better Things to Worry About than Donald What's-His-Name

  30-12-2015 20:44 via thestranger.com
  
  "These are my 'I'm not going to dignify that' glasses." Marianne Campolongo / Shutterstock.com
  Despite constant needling from an angry orange orangutan, the Clinton campaign's response to the republican frontrunner has mostly been, "What? Trump who? Never mind, we've got important things to worry about."
  Trump's interest in Hillary is seemingly boundless — when CNN plugged his Twitter feed into a word cloud generator, "Hillary" was one of the top words. (The others were "Jebbush," "CNN," "
  
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• Person of Interest: Abe and James Ackley, Proprietors of Bob's Quality Meats

  30-12-2015 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Abe and James Ackley photographed in their butcher shop in Columbia City.KELLY O
  
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• FAA investigates Alaska landing on taxiway at Sea-Tac

  30-12-2015 20:31
  
  Port of Seattle officials say it was not an emergency situation. And the FAA says no vehicles or aircraft were on the taxiway when the landing occurred.
  
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• FAA investigates Alaska jet landing on taxiway at Sea-Tac

  30-12-2015 20:31
  
  Port of Seattle officials say it was not an emergency situation. And the FAA says no vehicles or aircraft were on the taxiway at the time.
  
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• Watch These Bear Cubs Playing with Old Christmas Trees in Seattle

  30-12-2015 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Forget about the cat war with Portland for a second. Seattle's got bear cubs on tannenbaums. Courtesy of PAWS Wildlife Center
  Our friends over at PAWS: Cat City have a wildlife center where they treat orphaned American black bears, little babes who are too young to survive on their own.Jen Mannas, a wildlife naturalist who works for PAWS, says that the center uses donated Christmas trees for "enrichment, perches, food, and to make our enclosures feel more natural for our patients." You want to d
  
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• Rainier’s Paradise reopens after week closure; snow-play by this weekend?

  30-12-2015 19:40
  
  Backcountry enthusiasts grumble over long closure.
  
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• What Politicians and Other Newsmakers Regret about The Stranger's News Coverage in 2015

  30-12-2015 18:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Oops, we did it again. More people mad at us in 2015! You know, if we really cared, we'd give some of the grumpiest folks a space to lash back at us. And... oh, look! We do care. A little. (Editor's note: We regret that the women we reached out to didn't respond. We blame the patriarchy.)
  Bill Bradburd
  Failed Seattle City Council candidate Bill Bradburd was so mad about The Stranger's coverage of his campaign that he came to a Stranger voting party at the Comet Tavern in late October, stood up
  
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• Subjects of The Stranger's 2015 News Coverage Regret Our Language, Our Wandering Eyes, and More!

  30-12-2015 18:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Oops, we did it again. More people mad at us in 2015! You know, if we really cared, we'd give some of the grumpiest folks a space to lash back at us. And... oh, look! We do care. A little. (Editor's note: We regret that the women we reached out to didn't respond. We blame the patriarchy.)
  Bill Bradburd
  Failed Seattle City Council candidate Bill Bradburd was so mad about The Stranger's coverage of his campaign that he came to a Stranger voting party at the Comet Tavern in late October, stood up
  
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• The Morning News: Earthquakes, Rat Poison in SLU, and Bill Cosby to Face Felony Sexual Assault Charges

  30-12-2015 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  There was a 4.8 earthquake last night at 11:39 pm. The quake's epicenter was about ten miles outside of Victoria, BC.androver / Shutterstock.com
  Did You Feel A Little Rumble Last Night?:Yes, that was an earthquake. KOMO reports that people felt the quake as far south as Seattle, and that nobody really got hurt. No significant property damage has been reported.The M4.8 EQ was located ~18 km NNE from Victoria, BC and ~50 km deep. Interesting that strong tremor is very nearby. pic.twitter.com/8sJA1
  
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• The Morning News: Earthquakes, Rat Poison in SLU, and Bill Cosby Faces Felony Sexual Assault Charges

  30-12-2015 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  There was a 4.8 earthquake last night at 11:39 pm. The quake's epicenter was about ten miles outside of Victoria, BC.androver / Shutterstock.com
  Did You Feel A Little Rumble Last Night?:Yes, that was an earthquake. KOMO reports that people felt the quake as far south as Seattle, and that nobody really got hurt. No significant property damage has been reported.The M4.8 EQ was located ~18 km NNE from Victoria, BC and ~50 km deep. Interesting that strong tremor is very nearby. pic.twitter.com/8sJA1
  
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• Baby orca found dead near Vancouver Island

  30-12-2015 17:22
  
  Whale watchers fear that a baby orca found dead on Tuesday afternoon near Vancouver Island could be one of eight born to local J-Pod this year.
  
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• Woman accused of killing, stuffing her child in suitcase

  30-12-2015 17:10
  
  CALLAWAY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle woman is accused of killing her young child and stuffing the body in a suitcase. Bay County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Ruth Corley said in a news release that the woman’s boyfriend went to a fire department Tuesday to report that 27-year-old Egypt Moneeck Robinson had killed her child. Fire […]
  
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• I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass to close Wednesday morning

  30-12-2015 17:07
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation says Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday.
  
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• I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass reopens after closure Wednesday morning

  30-12-2015 17:07
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation says Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass is open after being closed Wednesday morning.
  
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• Minimum wage rising to $9.75 an hour in Alaska

  30-12-2015 15:54
  
  Alaska’s minimum wage will increase by a dollar an hour, to $9.75, starting Friday.
  
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• Earthquake hits near Victoria

  30-12-2015 15:48
  
  A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Victoria, British Columbia in Canada late Tuesday night, but no injuries or damage have been reported.
  
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• NY man who abducted 2 Amish girls appeals 580-year sentence

  30-12-2015 15:07
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A 40-year-old man is appealing his 580-year prison sentence for sexually abusing six children, including two Amish girls he and his girlfriend kidnapped in northern New York last year. The public defender for Stephen Howells filed the appeal Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, where he and 26-year-old Nicole Vaisey […]
  
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• Guest essay: A fourth-grade teacher on a tough student and a happy ending

  30-12-2015 15:00
  
  Fourth-grade teacher Tom White writes what happened when he looked up a former student and met him for a beer.
  
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• Indianapolis man accused in double murder of teenagers

  30-12-2015 14:21
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man accused of killing two teenagers who went missing on Christmas Eve has made his first court appearance on murder charges. A Marion County judge entered a not guilty plea for 49-year-old Kevin Watkins during Wednesday’s initial hearing on two counts of murder. Prosecutors allege Watkins killed 16-year-old Satori Williams […]
  
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• We Saw You Making Out at St. James Cathedral, Asking a Stranger About Sex Toys, and Pissing in Front of Us

  30-12-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We Saw You Making Out at St. James Cathedral, Asking a Stranger About Sex Toys, and Pissing in Front of Usby Stranger StaffMAKING OUT AT ST. JAMES CATHEDRALWe deeply regret walking into the middle of your passionate kissing outside St. James Cathedral on a recent Sunday. It was early evening, and we were walking around on First Hill, noticing the way downtown towers reflected the brilliance of the setting winter sun. In our dreamy state, we did not see you—a male with black hair, black pan
  
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• 17 Events In January To Buy Tickets For Now

  30-12-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Anita Sarkeesian, Patti Smith, Inside RadioLab, And Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffMade a New Year's resolution to go out more? We'll help you out. Here are 17 fantastic events this month that our critics recommend—plus links to see more details and buy tickets before they sell out. For even more things to do, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.
  THROUGH JAN 10
  The Book of Mormon
  "Has there ever been a better time to see a musical send-up of organized religion? Is there anythin
  
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• Regulators: California snowpack deepens amid long drought

  30-12-2015 11:57
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California water managers expect good news Wednesday when they trek into the Sierra Nevada for the winter’s first manual snowpack survey. The survey follows an electronic measurement last week that put the water content of the snowpack at 112 percent of normal for this time of year. More snow has fallen […]
  
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• SeaWorld says California agency overreached in breeding ban

  30-12-2015 08:23
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California commission was overreaching when it banned the breeding of captive killer whales at a $100 million planned exhibit at San Diego’s SeaWorld, the park claimed in a lawsuit. The suit filed Tuesday in San Diego County Superior Court asserts that the park’s treatment of its whales is subject to […]
  
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• 2 boats sink in fire at Seattle’s Harbor Island marina

  30-12-2015 05:58
  
  No one was believed to be on the boats at the time, and no injuries were reported. Two other boats sustained damages, too.
  
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• Olympia, Seattle, Bellevue get top scores for LGBT support

  30-12-2015 04:58
  
  Cities were evaluated for their nondiscrimination laws, municipal services, employee treatment, law-enforcement practices and overall relationship with the LGBT community.
  
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• Seattle Public Library to open scholarship essay contest Jan. 1

  30-12-2015 03:24
  
  Applicants must submit online essays about an individual or group from Washington that has demonstrated civic courage in honor of Stimson Bullitt.
  
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• SeaWorld suing California over ban on orca breeding

  30-12-2015 02:47
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — SeaWorld filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a California commission’s ruling that bans the company from breeding captive killer whales at its San Diego park. The suit filed in San Diego County Superior Court says the California Coastal Commission was outside its authority when it made the ruling on breeding in October. […]
  
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• With Inslee’s neck on the line, will heads roll in Department of Corrections prison release scandal?

  30-12-2015 02:42
  
  Washington voters have long memories felt months and even years after a politician’s misstep or scandal. The wrongful early release of 3,200 prisoners, due to a software glitch discovered in 2012 by the Department of Corrections but not yet fixed, casts a chill over Gov. Jay Inslee as he sets out to win a second term. Gov. Jay Inslee celebrates his 2012 election victory.  He is a consummate, idealistic, happy-warrior politician.  Now, with the Department of Corrections’ wro
  
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• Programming Note: We'll Be Talking About Making a Murderer on Slog Tomorrow, So Please Spend Tonight Catching Up

  30-12-2015 02:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Yes, it's worth the hype.
  Here's the deal: Your life is kind of useless at the moment. You have a couple things you could do tonight, but you're not really feeling them. CANCEL EVERYTHING. Watch Making a Murderer. It's on Netflix. Maybe it will change the world, maybe it won't, but it's certainly going to change how we think about movies, journalism, and "content."
  I watched the first couple episodes on Christmas Eve at a friend's house, and then all our Christmas plans went out the window. We s
  
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• UW working on device that could help the paralyzed move again

  30-12-2015 01:56
  
  University of Washington researchers are working on an implantable device that could help paralyzed people move their limbs, and just received a new federal grant to help with their quest.
  
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• 21st Century Ghetto Blasting on a Metro Bus

  30-12-2015 01:33 via thestranger.com
  
  This man wants everyone in the back of the bus to love "I luv Dem Strippers" Charles Mudede
  As pointed out in the November 11 We Saw You column, the new thing to do in public is to blast music in your smartphone with a UE Megaboom speaker. This technology is not only driving home stereo systems to extinction but also liberating the sound-power of such systems from living rooms. You can now carry your loud beats all over the city.This afternoon, a young man in the back of a Route 8 bus played 2 C
  
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• An Interview with TJ Miller About His Latest Gig, the First Openly Cannabis-Themed Comedy Tour

  30-12-2015 01:23 via thestranger.com
  
  He's the guy from Silicon Valley and Yogi Bear 3D.
  The Leafly Cannabis Comedy tour kicks off in Seattle at the Crocodile on January 2, with an opening act by Emmett Montgomery. The show is 21+ and 100 percent, completely FREE, but you must RSVP to attend.
  So, I understand this is "the world’s first-ever cannabis comedy tour"? What makes it a cannabis comedy tour? Obviously comedians smoke a lot of weed, and weed makes you think things are funny, but…
  That, my friend, is very true. I
  
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• 2015’s biggest marijuana stories all rolled into one

  30-12-2015 01:21
  
  The year 2015 will go down as huge for medical cannabis patients and allies, as well as adults who just want to be left alone to smoke some weed.
  
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• Strong solar storm to hit Earth before New Year's Eve, northern lights visible in northern states

  30-12-2015 01:11
  
  A massive solar eruption is about to hit Earth, and the resulting northern lights could be spectacular just before New Year's Eve for those in the right latitudes. NOAA forecasts the aurora borealis will dip clear down to Oregon, with a small chance of even the Bay Area seeing the northern lights.
  
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• Seattle woman held in fatal car crash Monday night

  30-12-2015 01:06
  
  Authorities say Katherine Ferguson, 50, was driving under the influence when she struck two men on Military Road South in SeaTac.
  
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• Fog could blur New Year’s Eve fireworks

  30-12-2015 00:49
  
  The possibility of fog New Year’s Eve could diminish the clarity of the Space Needle fireworks display at “T-Mobile New Year’s at the Needle.”
  
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• Kitsap authorities believe missing robbery victim is dead

  30-12-2015 00:46
  
  Five people have been arrested and a sixth is sought in the robbery and presumed killing of Robert Archie Hood, 89, missing since Dec. 17, say Kitsap County prosecutors in charging documents.
  
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