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• City to pay $174K to KOMO-TV to settle SPD dash-cam lawsuit

  05-01-2016 23:56
  
  The settlement, reached last month, came after the state Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that police videos can’t be withheld from public disclosure unless they relate to pending litigation.
  
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• State Sen. Mike Hewitt won’t seek re-election this year

  05-01-2016 23:54
  
  Republican Sen. Mike Hewitt of Walla Walla will not seek re-election in 2016.
  
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• Inslee backs Obama on gun safety, will launch public health program to reduce and prevent firearms injuries

  05-01-2016 23:47
  
  Applauding President Obama’s effort to expand criminal background checks by gun purchasers at the federal level, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is preparing to launch a statewide public health initiative to reduce and prevent firearm related injuries and fatalities. The governor will unveil his program Wednesday at the Navos Mental Health and Wellness Center in Burien, one of the state’s largest mental health centers and co-located with Seattle-King County Public Health. Hundreds of oppo
  
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• Syrians Aren't Getting the Food Aid They Need to Survive

  05-01-2016 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The World Food Programme needs $322 million or else a bunch of Syrians and Syrian refugees are going to starve. You can donate here.Orlok / Shutterstock.com
  Due to a lack of donations, the World Food Programme, an arm of the UN and the largest hunger-fighting agency in the world, has had to cut back on rations to Syrian refugees and residents twice in 2015. Back in September, they had to cut one third of the 1.4 million refugees from the voucher program, which refugees use to buy food. The indiv
  
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• Majority of Americans Want Gun Control; Majority of Republicans Want Checks from the NRA

  05-01-2016 22:49 via thestranger.com
  
  The Republican presidential candidates nervously tap their jacket pockets to make sure the wads of cash from the NRA are still there. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  Ninety-two percent—that's the percentage of Americans who favor background checks for all gun buyers. Just try finding that level of support on any other issue! It's the kind of agreement for which the word "overwhelming" was invented.
  And so. If American democracy is predicated on the idea that our leaders are selected through
  
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• Man behind armed Oregon band says he’s on mission from God

  05-01-2016 22:44
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man behind the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge comes from a Mormon family that has been challenging government authority for at least two decades. Ammon Bundy, like his father in previous confrontations, says he is following directions from God and invokes his family’s faith when explaining the anti-government […]
  
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• What the Vanilla ISIS Crisis in Oregon Says About the History of Wage Labor

  05-01-2016 22:33 via thestranger.com
  
  A view of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, where self-styled "militia men" are declaring a takeover of refuge headquarters.CLAUDIO DEL LUONGO/SHUTTERSTOCK
  As pointed out by a blogger quoted in Dan Savage's post "About Those Armed Militia Members/Terrorists Who Seized a Federal Building in Rural Oregon," the situation in Oregon really boils down to "white privilege performance art." Even the Taiwanese Animators see this as clearly the case. And this is why it's both a laughing matter (everyo
  
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• Hugo House Temporarily Moves to Building on the Frye's Campus

  05-01-2016 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's a view of the side of the interim spot on Boren and Columbia. Kinda looks like dentist's office? Or an rural college's annex theater? Or temporary administrative digs for a literary arts organization trying to survive in the 21st century? But there's a backyard! Kellen Braddock
  Hugo House is going to sleep on the Frye's couch for a bit! In June, while the old funeral home that currently houses the House is being demolished, the literary arts org will use the museum's auditorium to host la
  
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• Meteorologists: ‘Darth Nino’ ties record for strongest seen

  05-01-2016 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Meteorologists say the current El Nino has stormed its way into the record books, tying 1997-1998 as the strongest recorded. Mike Halpert, deputy director of the federal Climate Prediction Center, said initial figures for October-November-December match the same time period in 1997 for the strongest El Nino. Meteorologists measure El Nino based […]
  
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• Pedestrian killed in North Beacon Hill crash

  05-01-2016 21:59
  
  A woman has died after being struck by a car on North Beacon Hill.
  
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  05-01-2016 21:59
  
  A pedestrian has been killed after being struck by a car on North Beacon Hill.
  
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• Man killed in 2-car collision south of Snohomish

  05-01-2016 21:39
  
  A man was killed Monday night in a wrong-way crash south of Snohomish.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by car on North Beacon Hill

  05-01-2016 21:21
  
  A pedestrian has been injured after being struck by a car on North Beacon Hill.
  
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• Pedestrian killed by car on North Beacon Hill

  05-01-2016 21:21
  
  A 58-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle shortly before noon Tuesday.
  
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• The Whole Fried Catfish at Rainier BBQ Is the Roasted Pig of the Fish World

  05-01-2016 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  A five-pound deep-fried catfish makes every occasion a special one.AGRainier Restaurant & BBQ (which, to be clear, is neither on Rainier Avenue nor a barbecue restaurant) already has a loyal following for its great Vietnamese food. The restaurant also has the distinction of being one of the places Anthony Boudain featured in the Seattle episode of his show Travel Channel show The Layover, where it stood out among the other "classic Seattle" spots visited, including Canlis and the Walrus and
  
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• Trump, Clinton hold commanding leads in first poll of 2016; Trump is solidifying his support

  05-01-2016 21:03
  
  Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump has a two-to-one lead over ultraconservative Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and is solidifying his support,  in the new year’s first poll of the crowded 2016 Republican presidential field. Donald Trump:  Way ahead and solidifying support. Trump garners support from 35 percent of Republicans, with Cruz a distant second at 18 percent and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, the highest polling candidate of the Republican establishment, running third at 13 pe
  
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• Man seeks early prison release in 1980 SeaTac tavern killings

  05-01-2016 20:59
  
  Convicted of killing three people in a SeaTac-area tavern more than three decades ago, Timothy Pauley says he’s a changed man and is asking the parole board to release him from prison early.
  
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• Stranger Tickets is Hiring!

  05-01-2016 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Are you a self-starter ready to own highly visible projects in Seattle? Want to work with ticketed festivals, venues, theaters, food tastings, and apocalyptic animatronic mini golf experiences? Do you have experience in event promotion?
  Stranger Tickets works with hundreds of the best events in Seattle, and we're hiring a Client Services Specialist to help take our local support and outreach for those events and all others in the region to a new level. Is it you? Is it someone you know? Here's t
  
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• 19 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do This Week: Brand New Year Edition

  05-01-2016 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This week, you can support artist Ai Weiwei by dropping LEGOs through a sunroof at the Asian Art Museum. 360b / Shutterstock
  Our critics have already recommended 30 awesome things to do this week, but there are lots more events happening. To save the quirkier ones from slipping through the cracks, we've got the highlights here—like helping artist Ai Weiwei collect LEGOs, a Doctor Who night, and a marijuana/Seahawks watching party.For even more events, check out our complete Things To Do ca
  
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• Photos from militia takeover of Oregon wildlife refuge

  05-01-2016 20:22
  
  Armed occupiers of an eastern Oregon wildlife refuge say federal control of Western lands is unconstitutional, and they’re seeking a hearing on the treatment of one local ranching family. Nearby residents, however, say they’re exasperated by the outside activists.
  
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• David Frockt, Joe McDermott looking hard at run for Rep. Jim McDermott’s seat in Congress

  05-01-2016 20:03
  
  Two potential contenders, a state senator from northeast Seattle and a King County Council member from West Seattle, are looking at a run for the 7th Congressional District seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. “I’ve had several calls about the open seat today and I want to let you know I’m discussing it seriously with friends and family,” said state Sen. David Frockt, D-46, a lawyer and former congressional aide who has risen rapidly in the Legislature. State
  
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• The Rape Victim Who Falsely Sent Steven Avery to Prison in Making a Murderer Speaks Out

  05-01-2016 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Steven Avery shortly before going to prison for 18 years for a rape he didn't commit. Netflix
  As Slog's resident "person who cares too much about Making a Murderer," it falls to me to tell you about a new interview up today on the Marshall Project with Penny Beernsten, whose testimony sent Steven Avery to prison for 18 years."I absolutely wanted the earth to swallow me," she says about hearing that she had put away the wrong guy.The Marshall Project is "a nonprofit news organization that focuses
  
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• Watch President Obama's Speech on Gun Control

  05-01-2016 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  NYT:
  With tears streaming down his face, President Obama on Tuesday condemned the repeated spasms of gun violence across America as he announced new executive actions intended to reduce the number of mass shootings, suicides and killings that have become routine in the nation’s communities. Speaking in the East Room of the White House surrounded by gun control activists and the families of gun victims, Mr. Obama broke down as he spoke about the young children shot to death in 2012 at the
  
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• Government agencies to cull up to 900 Yellowstone bison

  05-01-2016 19:14
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Government agencies aim to kill or remove up to 900 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the animals’ annual migration into Montana. Park officials on Tuesday released details of plans for 600 to 900 bison to be killed this winter by hunters or […]
  
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• Rare galaxy with 2 black holes has 1 starved of stars

  05-01-2016 18:20
  
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An astrophysicist has discovered something even rarer than a double-black hole galaxy: a skinny black hole. The University of Colorado’s Julie Comerford reported her findings Tuesday at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Kissimmee (kuh-SIMM-ee) Florida. Comerford says only 12 galaxies are known to exist with two black holes in […]
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle's Brand New City Council and a Police Officer's Use of the Word "Fag" Online

  05-01-2016 17:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet Seattle City Council Member Debora Juarez. As of yesterday, she's now one of five (FIVE!) women on the new Seattle city council and Seattle's first ever Native American council member. City of Seattle
  Seattle (FINALLY!) Swore in a City Council with a Women Majority: Heidi Groover points out that the new city council is, on the whole, "younger, more diverse, and more progressive" after these last district elections. Among the new class: our first ever Latina city council members (Lorena Gonz
  
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• Capitol’s damaged cedar tree to be salvaged as tribal art

  05-01-2016 17:49
  
  A decades-old tree, damaged by a windstorm, will be removed from the Capitol Campus in Olympia, then used by carvers belonging to the Nisqually and Squaxin tribes.
  
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• APNewsBreak: US to consider alternative to Yellowstone dam

  05-01-2016 17:29
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials will consider an alternative to a dam on the Yellowstone River over worries it could hurt an endangered fish species that dates to the time of dinosaurs, after a judge on Tuesday signed off on a settlement in a lawsuit brought by environmentalists. The move by the U.S. Army […]
  
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• Denver-bound 737 slides off icy taxiway in Spokane

  05-01-2016 17:14
  
  Spokane Airport reopened almost three hours after a plane slide off an icy taxiway into a snowbank.
  
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• Denver-bound 737 slides off icy runway in Spokane

  05-01-2016 17:14
  
  Spokane Airport closed Tuesday morning after a plane slid off the runway.
  
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• The Latest: Los Angeles seeks to protect homeless amid storm

  05-01-2016 16:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The latest on the El Nino storms (all times are local): 11:25 a.m. Los Angeles authorities say police are patrolling riverbeds to compel homeless people to leave low-lying areas as a major storm gains strength and rain gets heavier. Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday that officials have mapped encampments for the […]
  
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• The Latest: El Nino storms arrive in West with heavy rain

  05-01-2016 16:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the El Nino Storms (all times are local): 8 a.m. Forecasters say a storm moving into Southern California is moving faster than expected and so far dropping less rain than predicted. However the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said early Tuesday that rainfall could still be strong enough […]
  
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• Seattle’s art-world status is rising, brick by tiny brick

  05-01-2016 16:00
  
  The Seattle Asian Art Museum is one of two in the country first chosen to collect Lego bricks for Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s art project, after the Danish company refused to sell him the plastic pieces for “political works.”
  
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• Seattle Police Officer Given Oral Reprimand for Using the Word "Fag" Online

  05-01-2016 15:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Officer Anthony Reynolds, right, looks over at an EMT during a traffic stop. SPD
  "Nobody that I know of is aware of this but within the Department, so there’s been no image damage from this to the Department." - Ron Smith on March 23, 2015
  If you had to pick just one statement that captures the circle-the-wagons mentality among some Seattle police officers, particularly those close to the officers' union, the above quote from Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith might be the o
  
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• What we learned from your feedback, what we’re doing next

  05-01-2016 15:00
  
  Many thanks to those of you who filled out our recent reader survey. Here's what we learned from your answers, and what we're doing to address your feedback.
  
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• Clinton unveils new autism initiative as part of Iowa tour

  05-01-2016 14:29
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed a new initiative directed at boosting autism screening, treatment and research Tuesday aiming to ramp up the federal government’s role in helping millions of Americans affected by the development disorder. Clinton was unveiling her plan on Tuesday during a stop in Sioux City, Iowa, […]
  
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• African boy mauled by chimps to undergo facial surgery in NY

  05-01-2016 13:18
  
  STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him and two other boys as they played near a preserve in their native Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dunia, unlike the others, survived. But he was severely disfigured: […]
  
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• El Nino storms slam drought-parched California

  05-01-2016 10:37
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A strong storm was forecast for Northern California, prompting officials to issue flash flood watches for several rural areas hardly hit by last year’s wildfires. El Nino storms lined up over the Pacific started soaking California with light rain Monday but a series of stronger systems are expected to arrive starting […]
  
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• El Nino storms line up to drench drought-parched California

  05-01-2016 10:37
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A strong storm was forecast for Northern California, prompting officials to issue flash flood watches for several rural areas hit by last year’s wildfires. El Nino storms lined up over the Pacific started soaking California with light rain Monday but a series of stronger systems are expected to arrive starting Tuesday, […]
  
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• Deliberate acts cause more airline deaths than crashes

  05-01-2016 09:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There were more airline deaths worldwide due to deliberate acts in 2015 than from accidental air crashes, for the second year in a row, according to an industry tally. There were only eight accidental airline crashes last year, accounting for 161 passenger and crew deaths — the fewest crashes and deaths since […]
  
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• Obama initiative on gun control shows limits of acting alone

  05-01-2016 09:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s do-it-himself plan for keeping guns away from those who shouldn’t have them falls far short of what he’d hoped to accomplish through legislation after a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook the country to attention in 2012. Yet even the more modest steps Obama will announce Tuesday rely […]
  
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• Angry radicals? Nothing new in the Pacific Northwest

  05-01-2016 06:43
  
  At the moment, all eyes are on the latest batch gathered outside Burns, Oregon, spoiling for a fight with the federal government. They're not the first angry folks to grandstand in the nation's northwest corner. As such things go, they're certainly not the best and likely not the worst bunch to do so.
  
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• ‘Patriot’ militias appeal to some frustrated vets

  05-01-2016 06:04
  
  Military veterans are among the antigovernment protesters supporting the occupation of a federal wildlife sanctuary in eastern Oregon.
  
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• Coroner IDs two dead in Kitsap County vehicle crash

  05-01-2016 05:30
  
  The driver of a Nissan Infiniti and a passenger of a Nissan Maxima were pronounced dead at the scene after a head-on collision near Port Orchard. Five other people went to area hospitals.
  
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