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• Sketch released of suspected gunman in Seattle art teacher’s death

  04-01-2016 23:56
  
  Seattle police on Monday released a sketch of a man suspected of killing a beloved art teacher in Belltown last month.
  
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• SpaceX’s returned booster rocket back in hangar

  04-01-2016 23:50
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s booster rocket, the Falcon, is back in its nest following a historic landing. The California company led by Elon Musk shared a picture of the returned booster Sunday. The used Falcon 9 is shown on its side inside a hangar at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Musk says no damage was […]
  
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• Lawmakers to propose way to keep charter schools in state

  04-01-2016 23:49
  
  Spokane lawmakers propose “district charter schools,” which would have more flexibility than typical schools, but answer to elected school boards.
  
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• Washington State Has a Strategic Pot Reserve

  04-01-2016 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Wait—what I meant was, Washington State has a pot surplus. Becky Olson reports for Marijuana Business Daily:
  A big shakeout is materializing in Washington State’s recreational cannabis industry as businesses struggle to determine the ideal balance between supply and demand. From July 2014 through November 2015, licensed growers produced about 16,000 more pounds of marijuana than the amount retail stores sold, according to state data. That surplus equates to roughly two months of supp
  
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• Seattle Police Release a Sketch of Belltown Homicide Suspect

  04-01-2016 23:09 via thestranger.com
  
  It's been nearly a month since artist-teacher Brent McDonald was shot to death in Belltown. Today, Seattle police released this sketch of one of two suspects they believe to be involved in the shooting.Seattle Police Department
  The Seattle Police Department has released a sketch of one of the suspects they believe to be involved in the fatal shooting of artist-teacher Brent McDonald in Belltown last month.
  According to the SPD, surveillance cameras showed McDonald speaking to a white woman and a
  
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• Kshama Sawant Not Ruling Out a Run for Congress

  04-01-2016 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Could Kshama Sawant make a run for the U.S. House of Representatives? Kelly O
  Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant isn't saying she'll run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Jim McDermott. But she's not saying she won't run for it, either.In the last year of his 14th term, McDermott announced this morning that he won't run again. Democratic State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw already announced last month that he's running.
  Sawant doesn't live in the 7th Congressional District. (Here's the
  
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• Idiot Supporter of Idiot Trump Heckles Bernie Sanders at the University of Massachusetts

  04-01-2016 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Says JoeMyGod:
  At a Massachusetts rally on Saturday, Bernie Sanders was confronted by a front-row pro-Trump heckler who was waving a sign that read “Obama is as Cristain as Bruce Jenner is a woman.” Yes, the sign said “Cristain.”
  Someone needs to open a museum dedicated to preserving and displaying signs waved by reactionary idiots since January 20, 2009.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Memorial for Artist-Teacher Killed in Belltown Shooting Will Be This Sunday

  04-01-2016 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Brent McDonald (left) was shot and killed in Belltown in the early hours of December 13. Danielle Logan (right), his longtime partner, has described him as "an artist in every sense of the word."Photo Courtesy of Danielle Logan
  A memorial for Brent McDonald, the artist-teacher shot in Belltown last month, will be held this coming Sunday, January 10, at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute on 17th Ave South and Yesler Way.Danielle Logan, McDonald's longtime partner, says that seating wil
  
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• 2016: The Year of Commuter Hell?

  04-01-2016 22:35
  
  Following the Year of the Crane, what will 2016 shape up to be? One thing we can probably count on, commuting isn’t likely to get any easier. My first bus ride of the year was standing-room only, as I can prove to you with this sketch hastily drawn from the aisle of my Sound Transit […]
  
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• As a Former Jehovah's Witness, I Seethed with Jealousy at The Book of Mormon

  04-01-2016 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  The Book of Mormon: Goddamn good.
  When I was a boy, every Saturday at 9 a.m., I'd put on my little J.C. Penny suit, make sure my little briefcase was stuffed with the latest Watchtower and Awake! magazines, practice my little speech ("Hi, we're just walking around the neighborhood today talking about the Bible—have ya heard of it? Ha-ha"), and then head to the Kingdom Hall with my mom and sisters. After a brief meeting at the hall, we'd team up with another family and drive out to some nei
  
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• Lesbians Touch Penis For the First Time: "It's just a body part, it's not out to get me."

  04-01-2016 22:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Get those girls some Purell.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• When It Comes to Housing, San Francisco Is Doing It Wrong, Seattle Is Doing It Right

  04-01-2016 22:13 via thestranger.com
  
  There aren't enough cranes in this photo. Alexander Demyanenko/shutterstock.com
  I just got back from spending two weeks in the Bay Area, and the thing that struck me the most was how little construction is going on compared to Seattle. I saw only a few cranes over San Francisco, and in Oakland, just a couple new multiunit housing structures being built. Considering the extreme housing crisis in the Bay Area, the amount of new housing is clearly inadequate.
  Although there has been lots of handwri
  
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• Suspicious substance reported at Green River College

  04-01-2016 22:06
  
  A building is being evacuated, and firefighters are responding to Green River College in Auburn for reports of a suspicious substance.
  
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• Suspicious substance at Green River College turns out to be talcum powder

  04-01-2016 22:06
  
  A building was evacuated before investigators learned the substance wasn't hazardous.
  
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• Patti Smith, Why Are You Following Me Around?

  04-01-2016 22:02 via thestranger.com
  
  This is Patti Smith 40 years ago. At the airport yesterday, she just looked like a normal.
  "Lenny, we're boarding!"
  She shouted it, so I looked. I was pre-boarding, with infant, at the San Jose Airport yesterday. She was almost jostling me. I admire an older woman commanding a place. She looks familiar, I thought, and turned back around to hand over boarding passes.
  My baby son was not displeased and yet he was yelling. She grimaced at my son, rolled her eyes, and sighed theatrically. I hear you
  
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• You Can't Have an American Revolution Without Snacks

  04-01-2016 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  To defend American freedoms, you need lots of these...Igor Dutina/shutterstock.com
  If you care at all about the men who have decided to fight for America in the forests of Oregon, then you might send them some snacks. They have all the high-powered guns and military look they need, but you can't eat those things.
  The Oregon lunatics need snacks. pic.twitter.com/YnAOM3hPQk
  — Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) January 3, 2016You also can't eat the constitution. But you can eat freedom fries.[ C
  
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• Fourteen-Term Congressman Jim McDermott Announces Retirement

  04-01-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  A month after Brady Walkinshaw (right) announced his plans to run against Congressman Jim McDermott (left), McDermott has announced that he plans to retire. Photos courtesy of McDermott, Walkinshaw
  After repeatedly insisting he had no plans to retire, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott announced today he won't run for reelection to the seat he's held for 14 terms.Saying he is "forever humbled" by his time in Congress, McDermott told reporters today that he is "proud of what we've been able to do together f
  
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• As Fourteen-Term Congressman Jim McDermott Announces Retirement, the List of Possible Replacements Grows

  04-01-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  A month after Brady Walkinshaw (right) announced his plans to run against Congressman Jim McDermott (left), McDermott has announced that he plans to retire. Kelly O
  After repeatedly insisting he had no plans to retire, U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott announced today he won't run for reelection to the seat he's held for 14 terms.Saying he is "forever humbled" by his time in Congress, McDermott told reporters today that he is "proud of what we've been able to do together for Seattle and the state of Washi
  
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• Republican Candidates Hate the Obama Gun Plan That They Haven't Even Seen Yet

  04-01-2016 21:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Carly Fiorina got $600,000 from the NRA but apparently she still has to wear jackets made out of curtains, like a Carol Burnett character. Rich Koele / Shutterstock.com
  Obama's last few months in office seem to be characterized by a wave of IDGAF that oscillates from laid-back to bad-ass: Last week he kicked back with Jerry Seinfeld, this week he's getting ready to finally do something about all those fucking guns.
  We don't know what Obama's going to propose. It's possible he doesn't exactly kno
  
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• Toddler found unharmed but scared, cold after carjacking

  04-01-2016 20:47
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was a little bundle of purple that caught the attention of one Albuquerque police officer as his spotlight crossed the dark, empty parking lot. It was Caraline Leon-Alcocar, the 3-year-old girl who had been missing for more than four frigid hours after a thief jumped into her mother’s car and […]
  
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• Beavers Settle in the Heart of Vancouver, British Columbia

  04-01-2016 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Vancouver, British Columbia is the new home for a couple of destructive beavers. Charles Mudede
  Vancouver, British Columbia, the second biggest, but certainly the most beautiful, city in the Pacific Northwest, has a crow that uses the public transportation (something many Americans don't do), and, until a few months ago, had a deer that was so comfortable with humans and their built environment that it regularly strolled the streets of downtown. (Like so many pedestrians last year, Downtown Deer
  
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• Seahawks Destroy the Cardinals Because They're the Best Football Team

  04-01-2016 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  .@Seahawks: 1st team since 1970 merger to lead the #NFL in scoring defense in 4 consecutive seasons (@EliasSports) pic.twitter.com/t5gkZmIoCm— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 4, 2016 Before this week, the Arizona Cardinals were probably the best team in football. Sure, they lost star defender Tyrann Mathieu a few weeks ago, but they beat the hell out of Green Bay without him last week. Aside from Mathieu's absence, the team had no question marks. They had a balanced attack w
  
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• ICYMI: The 2015 Regrets Issue, aka All the Mistakes The Stranger Made Last Year

  04-01-2016 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  But first, I just have to show you this piece of mail from a reader regarding the 2014 Regrets Issue. This reader is... wrong. Christopher Frizzelle
  You saw our 2015 Regrets Issue, right? It came out over the holiday break. If you unplugged for two weeks in some snowbound winter wonderland, well, welcome back to civilization, and read it.I only just remembered we got the above piece of mail in July, seven months after our previous regrets issue—the 2014 Regrets Issue—was published, c
  
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• Donald Trump's First Campaign Ad Doubles Down on Xenophobia

  04-01-2016 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  For the longest time, Donald Trump was depending on the kindness of social media to spread his thick-headed message of hate toward Mexico and Muslims. However, as his campaign grows shakier and the realization sets in that his biggest supporters aren't the type to vote, he's vowed to spend $2 million per week in television ads. Here's his first one in which he doubles down on the xenophobia that has made him infamous, and promises to "make America great again." THE DELUSION RUNS STRONG IN THIS O
  
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• The Movies to Look Forward to in 2016

  04-01-2016 19:28 via thestranger.com
  
  GHOSTBUSTERS Huh. Something seems... different.
  2015: A pretty good year for movies! Sure, in terms of both smarts and spectacle, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road drove right over just about everything else. But even when Imperator Furiosa wasn’t tearing across screens, there were plenty of other movies that demanded to be seen, considered, and argued over—from Sicario to It Follows to Room, from Magic Mike XXL to Creed to The Night Before, from Ex Machina to Tangerine to Spo
  
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• California braces for series of El Nino storms

  04-01-2016 18:56
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After all the talk, El Niño storms have finally lined up over the Pacific and started soaking drought-parched California with rain expected to last for most of the next two weeks, forecasters said Monday. As much as 15 inches of rain could fall in the next 16 days in Northern California, […]
  
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• The Morning News: Congressman Jim McDermott Is Retiring, and an Armed Militia in Oregon Is in a Standoff with the Feds

  04-01-2016 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Jim McDermott has served in U.S. Congress since 1989, representing Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, and nearby areas. Here's the Wikipedia summary of his accomplishments. Official portrait
  Jim McDermott Is Expected to Announce Today at 11 am That He Is Retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives: "Fourteen-term Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., is expected to announce his retirement Monday," Roll Call reports. "First elected to Congress in 1988, the 79-year-old has been a liberal leader in the Ho
  
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• Oregon’s North Twin Lake remains closed after fish poisoned

  04-01-2016 17:47
  
  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife workers poured poison into the lake in mid-November to target illegally introduced brown bullhead catfish.
  
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• Jim McDermott to Retire from US House

  04-01-2016 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  That was then (three weeks ago then)...
  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.I welcome any candidate who wishes to put forward their ideas to the voters.... [McDermott said in a statement:] "In the coming months, I look forward to discussing the issues most pressing to my constituents. I remain focused on continuing to fight for wo
  
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• Jim McDermott: The doctor hangs it up after 14 terms in Congress and a 45 year political career

  04-01-2016 17:26
  
  U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., is set to announce his retirement Monday after 14 terms on the “other” Capitol Hill. McDermott has been dubbed Seattle’s “Congressman for life” after winning 14 terms, usually piling up 200,000 or more votes, despite furious conservative reaction to his opposition to the 2003 U.S. War on Iraq. Rep. Jim McDermott:  He has served 14 terms in U.S. House of Representatives as Seattle’s “congressman-for-life.” 
  
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• Seattle’s Rep. Jim McDermott announces retirement

  04-01-2016 16:22
  
  Longtime Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle announced his retirement Monday.
  
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• Democratic Rep. McDermott to announce retirement

  04-01-2016 16:22
  
  Longtime Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle is announcing his retirement Monday, a party official said.
  
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• Democratic Rep. McDermott announces retirement

  04-01-2016 16:22
  
  Longtime Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle announced his retirement Monday.
  
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• AP source: Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle to announce retirement

  04-01-2016 16:22
  
  Longtime Democratic Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle is announcing his retirement Monday, a party official said.
  
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• Study: Intervention for dyslexia should start as early as preschool

  04-01-2016 15:02
  
  The gap between dyslexic and typical readers can show up in elementary school and persist into adolescence, researchers found.
  
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• State dentists lobby is blocking potential source of low-cost care

  04-01-2016 15:00
  
  Times Watchdog: Dental health for the poor is a big problem in Washington state. Some see dental therapists — licensed professionals who can perform simple procedures — as a route to less expensive care. But the powerful state dentists association has thwarted efforts to allow the therapists.
  
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• State dentists lobby is blocking low-cost care

  04-01-2016 15:00
  
  Dental health for the poor is a big problem in Washington state. Some see dental therapists — licensed professionals who can perform simple procedures — as a route to less expensive care. But the powerful state dentists association has thwarted efforts to allow the therapists.
  
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• Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control

  04-01-2016 09:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is slated Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation’s gun laws, making his first order of business in 2016 a clear signal the president in his final year doesn’t intend to go quietly. At a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James […]
  
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• Obama: Gun actions consistent with 2nd Amendment

  04-01-2016 09:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended his administration’s plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting Monday that the steps he’ll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun. Flanked by his attorney general and the head of the FBI, Obama offered few […]
  
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• Obama defends forthcoming gun restrictions as constitutional

  04-01-2016 09:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Gearing up for a certain confrontation with Congress, President Barack Obama defended his plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions on his own, insisting Monday that the steps he’ll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun. Opening his final year in office on an […]
  
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• Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually

  04-01-2016 09:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cpl. Aaron C. Masa became fast friends with a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy’s back, Masa was sexually abusing his friend’s 3-year-old stepdaughter. He also took sexually explicit photos of the girl and the Marine’s infant daughter. A military judge convicted Masa last year of […]
  
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• Town watches warily as armed protesters take over refuge

  04-01-2016 09:09
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — People in this rural eastern Oregon town are used to worrying about friction between the federal government and locals, but the armed takeover of a nearby national wildlife refuge is raising concerns to a new high. Keith Landon, a longtime resident of Burns and employee at the Reid Country Store, said […]
  
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• Feds monitor armed protesters in Oregon but keep distance

  04-01-2016 09:09
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Armed anti-government protesters took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West while federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance. Demonstrators came to the frozen high desert of eastern Oregon to contest the prison sentences of two […]
  
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• Feds monitor armed group in Oregon, but keep their distance

  04-01-2016 09:09
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — An armed anti-government group took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West, while federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance. The group came to the frozen high desert of eastern Oregon to contest the prison sentences […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: States divvy up Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt

  04-01-2016 07:42
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials have divvied up how many grizzly bears could be killed by hunters in the Yellowstone region of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho as the states seek control of a species shielded from hunting for the past 40 years, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. The region’s grizzlies currently […]
  
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• 2 killed in Kitsap County collision

  04-01-2016 06:10
  
  Two cars collided on Sidney Road, killing two people and injuring five others, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said
  
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• 2 killed, 5 hurt in crash Sunday near Port Orchard

  04-01-2016 06:10
  
  Two cars collided on Sidney Road, killing two people and injuring five others, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• Photo: Cormorant prepares for takeoff

  04-01-2016 03:41
  
  A double-crested cormorant prepares to take flight in West Seattle.
  
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• Cormorant prepares for takeoff

  04-01-2016 03:41
  
  A double-crested cormorant prepares to take flight in West Seattle.
  
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• Work to begin on controversial cycle track along Lake Union

  04-01-2016 03:15
  
  Construction is set to begin on the Westlake cycle track, a protected bike lane from Fremont to South Lake Union.
  
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