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• MV Ivar Haglund would be great name for a ferry, but …

  31-12-2015 23:26
  
  Idea doesn’t float state’s boat despite popularity with the people.
  
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• The People of Dubai Watch Luxury Hotel Burn as New Year Fireworks Explode At the Tallest Building in the World

  31-12-2015 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Dubai unleashes spectacular fireworks as the Address Hotel burns right next to it. #DubaiFire pic.twitter.com/wickXcF79z
  — Perfectly Timed Pics (@Uber_Pix) December 31, 2015A luxury hotel in Dubai, the Las Vegas of the world, burned not far from where the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, celebrated the new year with a dazzling display of fireworks. The cause of the inferno is not yet known, but it caused several injuries and one heart attack.Surely there is a deeper meaning
  
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• Your Complete Guide to Things To Do for New Year's Eve

  31-12-2015 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Happy New Year! nito / Shutterstock
  The final hours of 2015 are here, but it's still not too late to figure out how you're going to celebrate New Year's Eve. Our Things To Do calendar has got you covered.
  Looking for some last-minute ways to celebrate? Check out our list of 14 free, cheap, and easy things to do for New Year's Eve.
  Have a bigger budget? Check out our list of 10 extravagant New Year's Eve parties.
  Want to go out to eat? Check out our list of where to eat New Year's Eve dinner&mdas
  
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• Savage Love: Other Dicks, Other Doms

  31-12-2015 22:13 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I am a 30-year-old straight man and I've been with a 28-year-old bisexual woman for a year. Early in our relationship, after much discussion, we established that it would be open. I would have the liberty to see other women and so would she. We just had to be safe and always keep each other informed. The key was that she agreed to see only other women. I was uncomfortable with the idea of her being with another man, and she went along with it. Fast-forward a few months, and she told
  
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• The Crows of Downtown Portland

  31-12-2015 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  At night, crows roost in these Portland trees. Charles Mudede
  If you walk out of the main doors of the Hilton in Portland at night, you will find strange and dark things in the trees that line the section of 6th Avenue between Salmon Street and Taylor Street. At first, you will think it's just some lame public art work that city promoters hope will capture the weird spirit of the town. But a little movement in the dark branches will make you think twice. You will readjust your eyes and realize t
  
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• California condor that helped save species returns to wild

  31-12-2015 21:28
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Banking into the wind and then gliding out of sight, a male California condor flew back into the wild after a captive breeding program that helped save North America’s largest species of land bird. The 35-year-old bird named AC-4 soared out of his open pen earlier this week at a canyon […]
  
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• Ben Carson's Campaign Is Crumbling, and Completely Victorious

  31-12-2015 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see what he's gotten out of this. CJ Hanevy / Shutterstock.com
  Congratulations, Ben Carson! You won!
  By any measure, Ben's 2015 project has been a complete success, accomplishing everything it was designed to do: Ben raised millions of dollars, sold a ton of books, upped his speaking fee, and turned the heads of every cable news casting director in the country.And sure, he's never going to be president, and his poll numbers are falling, and he just lost two top
  
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• Grandmother, child rise from trauma with help from Childhaven

  31-12-2015 21:00
  
  Childhaven helped Jeanné Cole through tough times as she adopted her granddaughter, saving her from severe neglect. The nonprofit is one of 12 organizations making a difference with The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• Here Are Your 10 Pregrets for 2016, Because It's Never Too Soon to Start Worrying

  31-12-2015 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  1. "I'm still not feeling anything. Maybe we should take another one?"
  2. "Block Party tickets went on sale today, but I'm gonna wait till they announce the full lineup."
  3. "My landlord says he's cool with month-to-month if I am."
  4. "I am SICK AND TIRED of all the white-male bashing on social media, and this Facebook post will demonstrate the righteousness of my stance ONCE AND FOR ALL! [RETURN]"…
  
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• Teen’s shooting death blamed on inmate released too early

  31-12-2015 20:17
  
  A state prison inmate has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old in Spokane, a killing that occurred after the prisoner was mistakenly released early, Corrections Secretary Dan Pacholke said. This would be the second death at the hands of a prisoner mistakenly released early, according to officials.
  
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• DOC: Prisoner freed too early charged with Spokane murder

  31-12-2015 20:17
  
  A state prison inmate has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old in Spokane, a killing that occurred after the prisoner was mistakenly released early, Corrections Secretary Dan Pacholke said. This would be the second death at the hands of a prisoner mistakenly released early, according to officials.
  
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• High court: No constitutional right to carry a knife in Seattle

  31-12-2015 19:36
  
  Upholding a city of Seattle ban, the Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that there is no constitutional right to carry a knife.
  
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• Ski report: Massive snowfall leaves plenty of coverage

  31-12-2015 19:18
  
  For skiers and snowboarders this month will rank as one of the most memorable with more than 10 to 15 feet of snowfall covering plenty of hillsides. High pressure has settled in over Washington bringing plenty of sunshine and chilly temperatures so bundle up if you’re making plans to hit the slopes in the coming […]
  
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• Ski report: Massive snowfall from storms leave plenty of coverage at all ski areas

  31-12-2015 19:18
  
  For skiers and snowboarders this month will rank as one of the most memorable with more than 10 to 15 feet of snowfall covering plenty of hillsides. High pressure has settled in over Washington bringing plenty of sunshine and chilly temperatures so bundle up if you’re making plans to hit the slopes in the coming […]
  
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• What Business Owners, Budtenders, and Stoners Regret about 2015

  31-12-2015 19:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Alex "Magic" Johnson (center) and friends: He regrets not buying more weed. DIANA LINDE
  "I regret dabs. When I do them, my heart starts to beat so fast that it goes supernova and the force of my social anxiety becomes so strong that my personality can't escape." —Kat Kranzler, cat lover and marijuana enthusiast"I regret not keeping better track of the things I like. I think cannabis journals are gonna blow up. There should really be an Untappd-style app for weed." —Ananda Green, stor
  
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• Business Owners, Budtenders, and Marijuana Lovers Reflect on the Highs and Lows of Legalization in Washington State

  31-12-2015 19:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Alex "Magic" Johnson (center) and friends: He regrets not buying more weed. DIANA LINDE
  "I regret dabs. When I do them, my heart starts to beat so fast that it goes supernova and the force of my social anxiety becomes so strong that my personality can't escape." —Kat Kranzler, cat lover and marijuana enthusiast
  "I regret not keeping better track of the things I like. I think cannabis journals are gonna blow up. There should really be an Untappd-style app for weed." —Ananda Green, sto
  
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• The Morning News: Forest Road to Be Returned to Nature, Pioneer Square is Becoming More and More Expensive, Syrians See Ghosts in Swedish Refugee Facility

  31-12-2015 18:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Forest roads are pretty but not cheap. Anatoliy Lukich/shutterstock.com
  Forest Service Wants to Decommission Nearly 780 Miles of Road in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest:
  KIRO reports that the Forest Service can't afford to maintain the miles upon miles of roads in a forest. It wants to save some desperately needed infrastructure cash by returning it to nature. There are two things rural people can't have: low taxes and lots of roads. Those two things just don't go together.Everett to
  
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• New forecast looks good for Space Needle fireworks

  31-12-2015 18:04
  
  Good news for fireworks-watchers: Mostly clear skies are expected in the Seattle area tonight. The upbeat forecast replaces one issued earlier this week, which included the possibility of  fog that could have diminished the impact of tonight’s 31st annual New Year’s Eve fireworks show at the Space Needle. The forecast issued this morning calls for […]
  
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• ‘Affluenza’ teen held at Mexican immigration holding center

  31-12-2015 17:17
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is being held at a Mexico City immigration detention center in one of the capital’s poorest areas, where he will likely spend weeks, if not months, as he appeals deportation. A Mexican immigration official said Thursday a […]
  
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• Toll bill glitch affects 226,000 trips on Interstate 405

  31-12-2015 16:38
  
  SEATTLE  — Transportation officials say a billing error caused drivers to be incorrectly charged for 226,000 trips in the Interstate 405 express lanes. KING-TV reports the Washington Department of Transportation estimates the error impacted trips between Dec. 17 and Dec. 25. Officials say drivers were charged $0.56 more or $1.85 less than they owed on average. […]
  
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• Fire at Marysville-Pilchuck High destroys portable classroom

  31-12-2015 16:29
  
  Fire officials told KOMO that they suspect the blaze at the Marysville school was intentionally set.
  
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• In California, six bills to increase computer-science instruction in school

  31-12-2015 15:30
  
  If six proposed bills become law, the California State Board of Education would have to develop computer science standards for grades 1 to 12.
  
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• Japanese research institute earns right to name element 113

  31-12-2015 09:42
  
  TOKYO (AP) — A team of Japanese scientists have met the criteria for naming a new element, the synthetic highly radioactive element 113, more than a dozen years after they began working to create it. Kosuke Morita, who was leading the research at the government-affiliated Riken Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, was notified of the […]
  
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• Cold weather shelter to open in Renton

  31-12-2015 07:28
  
  The emergency shelter will be open 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday through Sunday.
  
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• Brazilians fear mosquito-borne virus behind surge in brain-damaged infants

  31-12-2015 05:37
  
  Researchers, alert to the rapid increase in cases, say that Zika’s spread to Brazil reflects how easily viruses are jumping from one part of the planet to another.
  
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• Westlake protest over shooting of Tamir Rice

  31-12-2015 04:32
  
  Several protesters in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night demonstrated against a grand jury decision not to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. This video contains mature language. (Video by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)  
  
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• Westlake protest over Cleveland shooting

  31-12-2015 04:32
  
  Several protesters in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night demonstrated against a grand jury decision not to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. This video contains mature language. (Video by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)  
  
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• Initiative aims to ask Washington voters: Should we treat corporations as people in election spending?

  31-12-2015 04:16
  
  Backers of a statewide initiative calling for rollback of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which blew away all limits on political spending, on Wednesday submitted 330,000 signatures to the Secretary of State, more than enough to qualify the measure for the 2016 ballot. Initiative 735 would put this Washington on record calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning Citizens United.  It directs the Washington congressional delegation to propose such
  
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• Kitsap County investigators: Body found believed to be missing Kitsap millionaire

  31-12-2015 04:13
  
  Medical investigators have yet to perform an autopsy or formally identify the body found Wednesday in Mason County.
  
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• In 2012, AG’s Office said fixing early-prisoner release ‘not so urgent’

  31-12-2015 04:05
  
  After it was discovered in 2012 that some prisoners were being mistakenly released early, the state Attorney General’s Office advised corrections staff not to undertake hand calculations to stop the early release of other inmates.
  
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• Backers of initiatives say they’ve got enough signatures for ballot

  31-12-2015 03:55
  
  Initiatives to create a carbon tax and fight big money in politics could be headed for the 2016 ballot in Washington.
  
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• In new year, we must press an old battle: justice for all

  31-12-2015 03:30
  
  Economic inequality and race relations cried out for attention in 2015.
  
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• Potent joint wrapped in 24-karat gold creates a buzz

  31-12-2015 03:08
  
  One marijuana store in Seattle is selling gold-wrapped joints for New Year’s Eve.
  
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• A joint wrapped in 24-karat gold? It’s the gift for New Year’s Eve

  31-12-2015 03:08
  
  One marijuana store in Seattle is selling gold-wrapped joints for New Year’s Eve.
  
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• Developer of controversial Civic Square project given extra time

  31-12-2015 01:47
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has decided to give Triad Capital Partners an extra 60 days to pursue an agreement to transfer its Civic-Square-development rights to another company.
  
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• Free Will Astrology: For the Week of December 30

  31-12-2015 01:23 via thestranger.com
  
  fesTA/Shutterstock
  CAPRICORN (Dec 22–Jan 19): In his essay "The Etiquette of Freedom," poet Gary Snyder says that wildness "is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again." The fact that it's a "hard-shelled" seed is a crucial detail. The vital stuff inside the stiff outer coating may not be able to break out and start growing without the help of a ruckus. A fire or flood? They might do the job. But I propose, Capricorn, that in 2
  
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• Keeping up with the Palins: Bristol welcomes new baby and Sarah asks $2.5 million for Scottsdale estate

  31-12-2015 01:16
  
  Sarah Palin has put her estate in Scottsdale, Arizona, up for sale while welcoming — “Oh perfect love! The best gift ever!” — the birth of a new granddaughter as daughter Bristol became a single mother for the second time. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee has been in the news lately as a defender/advocate for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, with Trump hinting that Palin is potential cabinet material. Bristol Palin: Former spokeswoman for teenage
  
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• Notable passings in 2015

  31-12-2015 01:06
  
  A summary of some people who died in 2015.
  
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• Seattle-area Muslims face fear and kindness after teen’s death

  31-12-2015 01:00
  
  The swift and fierce reaction to the death of Hamza Warsame, 16, attests to a fearful climate among some Seattle-area Muslims. Yet even while hate crimes are on the rise, some Muslims feel more support than ever before.
  
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• Did You Finish Making a Murderer Yet? What Is Your Problem?

  31-12-2015 00:54 via thestranger.com
  
  The two directors, on the left, with Steven Avery's mother and sister. It took them 10 years to make Making a Murderer. There are a few spoilers below, but I tried to take it easy. Netflix
  It has come to my attention that some people still have not set aside ten hours of their lives to finish watching Making a Murderer. Goddamn it.
  In all seriousness, I didn't expect anyone who just started yesterday to be all the way through with it by now, although I wouldn't be surprised. If you started watch
  
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• Donald Trump is not a fan of pump hairspray

  31-12-2015 00:24
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump has a personal beef with one of the efforts aimed at protecting the environment — it’s messing with his hair. Trump told supporters in South Carolina on Wednesday that he’s not impressed by replacements for old aerosol hairsprays that contained ozone-eating chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. “You can’t use […]
  
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• I, Anonymous: Look Up, Look Out

  31-12-2015 00:18 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  It's dark out and the rain is here. More people are on the streets on foot, on bikes, and in cars. Tonight, I almost got hit by a car turning into a crosswalk where I was legally crossing. Last year on a dark and rainy night downtown, I hit a pedestrian who I just didn't see. I wasn't distracted or on my phone. Three weeks ago, I witnessed a man get hit by a car in my neighborhood, and he died two days later…
  
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• Northern Lights may be visible in Seattle area

  31-12-2015 00:06
  
  The Northern Lights could be visible from the Seattle area Wednesday evening — before clouds and fog form — because of a solar eruption.
  
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