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• Top 13 Live Shows This Weekend

  07-01-2016 23:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Weeed perform at Blue Moon on Sunday.Happy New Year! To help you ring in 2016, we've got some Bay Area rap, experimental techno, throwback ska, and more. If none of this appeals to you, we also have many more shows on our complete music calendar.
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  G-Eazy, A$AP Ferg
  "Inexplicably, Bay Area bro G-Eazy continues to book openers far more talented than he. Last time he was in town, it was E-40; this time, it’s A$AP Squad standout A$AP Ferg, whose work, while uneven, is consistently more
  
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• McCain fires up controversy over whether Canada-born Ted Cruz can serve as president

  07-01-2016 23:45
  
  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the Republicans’ 2008 presidential candidate, has taken an active dislike to confrontational GOP colleague Sen. Ted Cruz, and used a Wednesday interview to fan fires over whether the Canada-born Cruz can legally serve as President. Appearing on an Arizona radio talk show, McCain was asked about Cruz’ qualifications, and gave Cruz a bruising. John McCain once called GOP colleague Sen. Ted Cruz a “wacko bird.”  He now questions whether Canada
  
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• Pickathon Slab Sessions, Episode 4: Kevin Morby

  07-01-2016 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Pickathon will be announcing the first part of its 2016 lineup at a special party at Revolution Hall in Portland on January 18, but if you can't wait that long, we've got another special Slab Session for you. Continuing our exclusive series of videos, here's Kevin Morby performing at the Pickathon Slab during 2015's festival, well isolated from the noise and crowds of the main stages. Morby's performing "If You Leave and If You Marry," one of the many highlights from his superb 2013 album, Harle
  
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• All the winter’s a weird weather stage; Here are the players

  07-01-2016 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for weather whiplash as powerful climatic forces elbow each other for starring roles in a weird winter show. The spine-chilling polar vortex is taking center stage in Europe and bringing persistent cold to much of North America — except in Hollywood, where soggy El Nino won’t give up the spotlight. […]
  
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• Got $250 to Spare? Go See Bill Clinton Talk About Hillary's Presidential Ambitions on Friday on Capitol Hill

  07-01-2016 23:19 via thestranger.com
  
  This guy wants your money. Alan Freed / Shutterstock.com
  Bill Clinton is coming to town. On Friday afternoon, the former prez will host a fundraiser for his wife's presidential campaign at Century Ballroom on Pine.But you gotta pony up to see him. Details here. Tickets are available at prices of $250 for "young professionals" (these are in limited supply), $500, and $1000, which gets you special seating. The most expensive tickets, which cost $2700 and get you a photo with the Clinton, are alrea
  
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• Savage Love: Phones & Bones

  07-01-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  JOE NEWTON
  I'm a 45-year-old straight male. Politically and socially, I consider myself an ardent feminist. There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a woman an orgasm or two. I'm very GGG and will cheerfully do whatever it takes. Fingers, tongue, cock, vibrator—I'm in. If it takes a long time, so much the better. I'm okay with all of that. Now and again, though, I really like a quickie, a good old-fashioned "Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am!" The only ladies I've found willing to engage in th
  
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• T-Mobile buys naming rights to new Las Vegas arena

  07-01-2016 23:06
  
  The Bellevue-based mobile phone company announced Thursday that the new 20,000-seat sports and entertainment arena set to open in April just west of the Las Vegas strip — behind New York-New York — will be called T-Mobile Arena.
  
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• Rowe is me: Oregon robbery suspect resembles ‘Dirty Jobs’ star

  07-01-2016 23:02
  
  A man wanted for robbery in Oregon bears a striking resemblance to ’Dirty Jobs’ star Mike Rowe.
  
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• Oregon robbery suspect resembles ‘Dirty Jobs’ star

  07-01-2016 23:02
  
  A man wanted for robbery in Oregon bears a striking resemblance to “Dirty Jobs” star Mike Rowe.
  
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• For Pacific Islander students learning about their heritage at Asian center, it’s ‘school first, then the future’

  07-01-2016 22:48
  
  The Asian Counseling and Referral Service’s OCEAN group helps teenagers connect with their Pacific Islander heritage.
  
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• Diving into traditions, Pacific Islander youth see a bright future

  07-01-2016 22:48
  
  The Asian Counseling and Referral Service’s OCEAN group helps teenagers connect with their Pacific Islander heritage. The nonprofit is one of 12 organizations making a difference with The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• The Decline and Fall of the Suburban Office Park

  07-01-2016 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  This, the suburban office park, too, shall pass. Hank Shiffman/shutterstock.com
  Because white middle-class Americans were socialized to blame the problems of the city not on economic factors and pressures but on the character of groups of people (usually minorities, usually black), they fled to the suburbs in large numbers during the socially turbulent 1960s.As Steven Conn points out in Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century, a book that in my reading experience is on
  
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• Inslee to wait for DOC probe results before taking personnel action

  07-01-2016 22:43
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee said has been advised to wait to hold people accountable for the early release of prisoners until after an investigation is complete.
  
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• A Very "Artsy" Daredevil Season Two Teaser Trailer (Also... SEX)!

  07-01-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Netflix and Marvel have announced the season two debut date for the verrrrrry popular Daredevil, and it is MARCH 18, 2016. What can you expect? Well, if you were a fan of Jessica Jones' hot 'n' sexy bed-breaking scenes, you will be happy with the steamy relationship between Daredevil and Elektra. From ComicBook.com:
  While [Charlie] Cox isn't exactly spilling details left and right, he did share a bit of insight about the relationship between the two red knights. "If you imagine that relationship
  
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• Bertha making progress, tunnels 73 feet since repairs

  07-01-2016 22:11
  
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct is on track to close for two weeks in March, if tunnel-boring machine Bertha keeps up its progress.
  
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• Bellevue physics teacher wins $25,000 national award

  07-01-2016 22:00
  
  Ryan Lafferty, a physics teachers at Bellevue’s International School, said winning one of this year’s national Milken Educator awards will help him with a down payment on a house.
  
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• Seattle strip clubs fight to keep from paying injured dancers

  07-01-2016 21:43
  
  A strip club owners' fight to keep from paying dancers hurt on the job has spilled into court.
  
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• King County authorities bust prostitution website, recover 12 trafficked women

  07-01-2016 21:37
  
  Authorities arrested 14 people, shut down 12 brothels and recovered 12 trafficked women this week as part of a bust that shut down a prostitution website selling sexual favors in high-end Bellevue apartments.
  
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• King County authorities bust prostitution website, free 12 trafficked women

  07-01-2016 21:37
  
  Authorities arrested 14 people, shut down 12 brothels and freed 12 trafficked women this week as part of a bust that shut down a prostitution website selling sexual favors in high-end Bellevue apartments.
  
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• Local Arrest and National Immigration Crackdown Lead to Fears in Seattle Area

  07-01-2016 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Immigration agents outside an Auburn home this week.
  Amid a nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigrants, the arrest of a longtime Auburn resident by immigration agents as he prepared to take his kids to school has led to fears and panic in the area, according to the Seattle-based immigrant rights group El Comite.
  Reached by phone this morning, El Comite director Juan Jose Bocanega was driving down to Tacoma to visit the man—Tony Ruiz—at the Northwest Detention Center, a privately
  
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• Arrest and Rumors of Immigration Raids Stoke Fears in Seattle Area

  07-01-2016 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Immigration agents outside an Auburn home this week.
  Amid a nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigrants, the arrest of a longtime Auburn resident by immigration agents as he prepared to take his kids to school has led to fears and panic in the area, according to the Seattle-based immigrant rights group El Comite.
  Reached by phone this morning, El Comite director Juan Jose Bocanega was driving down to Tacoma to visit the man—Tony Ruiz—at the Northwest Detention Center, a privately
  
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• Bristol Palin being sued for child support by ex-fiance and Medal of Honor recepient

  07-01-2016 21:10
  
  Bristol Palin is being sued for child support and joint custody by the father of her second child, a former fiance of the abstinence spokeswoman and daughter of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Dakota Meyer, a Marine sergeant who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism in Afghanistan, was scheduled to marry Bristol Palin until she broke off the engagement a week before the couple’s scheduled wedding last May.  The following month, Bristol Palin anno
  
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• Last Night in Magnolia, Mike O'Brien Got Shouted at for Suggesting It's Wrong to Punish People for Being Homeless

  07-01-2016 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  On Monday, Mike O'Brien was sworn into another term in office by a formerly homeless woman. Last night at a neighborhood meeting in Magnolia, he was shouted at for defending homeless people. City of Seattle
  Last night in Magnolia, a room inside the United Church of Christ in Magnolia was packed to standing room only for a meeting of a citizen group calling itself the "Neighborhood Safety Alliance." The group included residents from Ballard, Queen Anne, Magnolia, and North Seattle, and they had a
  
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• About Star Wars, Joy, Jessica Jones, and the Utterly Depressing Absence of Lead Women of Color on Screen

  07-01-2016 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  It's great that Daisy Ridley plays the hero in the new Star Wars. I just wish there were more similar roles for non-white women. Photo by Hu Chengwei/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios
  Before I went to see the new Star Wars, I was hearing from lots of people about how great the movie is because it features not only a Black male lead (Finn, played by actor John Boyega) but also a young, strong, female lead. I was excited to hear that, and excited to see how it would play out on the big screen.
  
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• The Feud Between Donald Trump and Samuel L. Jackson Is Even Weirder Than You Can Imagine

  07-01-2016 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Samuel L. Jackson is seen here devouring the cellular telephone of an enemy. Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
  A presidential election that promises to be the stupidest in our nation's history has just reached new points of stupidness: Samuel L. Jackson and Donald Trump are having a fight about golf cheating. This is a real thing that is happening, not a fever dream from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
  Don't worry—there's nothing of particular urgency going on with the candidates today, s
  
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• Person of Interest: Tendai "Baba" Maraire, Musician

  07-01-2016 20:24 via thestranger.com
  
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• Dozen arrested as large prostitution ring involving websites, Bellevue brothels shut down

  07-01-2016 20:13
  
  A Seattle-area investigation has resulted in the shutdown of two sex-trafficking websites, the shuttering of 12 brothels and the arrest of about a dozen people.
  
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• 12 arrested as large prostitution ring involving websites, Bellevue brothels shut down

  07-01-2016 20:13
  
  An “unprecedented“ Seattle-area investigation has resulted in the shutdown of two sex-trafficking websites, the shuttering of 12 brothels and the arrest of 12 people, police announce.
  
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• Ski report: Local ski areas see record crowds during December holiday break, and snow coverage remains robust

  07-01-2016 20:11
  
  The good times are carrying over into the New Year for skiers and snowboarders, and many ski resorts reported a record turnout during the Christmas holiday break. “We had a great holiday period once we got the power back on and the roads cleared, and actually had record crowds,” said Guy Lawrence, the marketing director […]
  
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• Why Are There So Many Band-Tribute Nights at Seattle Clubs (and Why Are They So Popular)?

  07-01-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Get a steady diet of Fugazi covers Jan. 15 at Chop Suey. Dischord Records
  In a cutthroat nightlife scene like Seattle's, talent buyers look for any edge and leverage to bring in thirsty bodies to their businesses that they can find. Ergo, the relatively new spin on cover nights that presents local musicians in the guise of important/popular/cult artists versus other important/popular/cult artists in a competition before a panel of savvy judges.The outcome is typically fun as hell for the musicia
  
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• Larry Saunders, Lakewood’s 1st police chief, dies while running

  07-01-2016 19:56
  
  James “Larry” Saunders, Lakewood’s first police chief, died after collapsing while running at Fort Steilacoom Park.
  
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• Seattle woman accused of stealing $350K from man she met on dating site

  07-01-2016 19:49
  
  The Seattle woman reportedly communicated with the man through the dating site before arranging to visit him in Tucson, Ariz. During her visit she allegedly took money before going on the run.
  
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• Another bill proposed to save charter schools in Washington

  07-01-2016 19:41
  
  Lawmakers will have two bipartisan charter-school bills to consider when the new session starts next week: one tackles the funding source, the other addresses governance.
  
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• 28 Seconds of PJ Harvey with a Guitar in Her Hands is Reason Enough to Keep Living

  07-01-2016 19:26 via thestranger.com
  
  We'll take what we can get, Ms. Harvey.
  Generally speaking, I'm glad the internet has moved past the weird 20-to-30-second-clip-of-a-song phase of music promotion, because hasn't music been sufficiently disgraced by life in the machine age? However, when it comes to Polly Jean Harvey, I would happily wait in line for two hours in the snow wearing only socks for the possibility of hearing her hum quietly to herself through a wall, soooo, this trailer for the new PJ Harvey album, portions of which
  
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• Bill Clinton visits Seattle on Friday for Hillary Clinton and another closed-door fundraiser

  07-01-2016 19:25
  
  Ex-President Bill Clinton will speak at a Hillary-Clinton-for-president fundraiser on Friday at the Century Ballroom on Capitol Hill, the latest in a cycle of private Clinton money events. The 42nd president was in the Northwest 13 times while in the White House, always doing a scheduled or spontaneous public event — he was famous for rallies and walk-throughs at the Pike Place Market — and continuing the tradition on post-presidential visits to the region. Ex-President Bill Clinton
  
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• Wisconsin county sheriff defends hiring convicted killer

  07-01-2016 19:23
  
  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sheriff has defended his decision to hire a man convicted of killing and dismembering his girlfriend nearly 40 years ago in Texas. Rafael George Macias has worked as a radio technician for the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department since 2011 after performing similar duties as a contract employee for 10 […]
  
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• State attorney general wants CenturyLink to pay $11.5M fine for 911 outage

  07-01-2016 19:06
  
  Washington AG Bob Ferguson wants CenturyLink to pay the maximum fine for an outage that left the state without 911 service for six hours. More than 5,600 emergency calls failed during the outage.
  
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• What's Going to Happen in 2016? A Visit to a Psychic, an Astrologer, and Two Other Mystics

  07-01-2016 18:46 via thestranger.com
  
  I visited this psychic in the shadow of the Space Needle.KELLY O
  Psychic Tabitha works in a parking lot off Denny Way, sandwiched between the Space Needle and a 7-Eleven. "Something told me I needed to be based here. It was a very strong feeling," she says. Her business's facade is pastel orange, the color of apricot frosting. Its windows blink with neon lights, while a scrolling billboard sign advertises various fortune-telling services. The stand is smaller than an espresso shack, smaller than
  
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• Sea-Tac taxis underpaid Port of Seattle — and Port didn’t notice, audit says

  07-01-2016 18:39
  
  A Port of Seattle audit found the Port’s lax management of dispatch and taxi services at Sea-Tac airport allowed the services to underreport receipts — and consequently underpay the Port.
  
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• Pramila Jayapal Is Strongly Considering a Run for Congress

  07-01-2016 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  State Senator Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) at a recent rally in support of a statewide minimum wage increase. Alex Garland
  State Senator Pramila Jayapal tells The Stranger she's seriously considering a run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Jim McDermott, who plans to retire this year after 14 terms.
  If Jayapal does jump in, she could easily position herself to the left of the other candidates seriously considering a run and could do very well.
  In the local political landscape, Jayapal occu
  
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• The Morning News: Inslee's Gun Control Plan, the Death of Hamza Warsame, and New Research on Honeybees

  07-01-2016 17:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Governor Inslee's new gun control push focuses on the idea of public health. Office of Governor Jay Inslee
  What Governor Jay Inslee's New Gun Control Initiative Will Do: Heidi Groover reports that the governor's plan "doesn't do much immediately" but instead "is focused on data collection and what the governor calls a 'public health approach' to gun violence."
  How the Governor's New Attack on Carbon Pollution Will Work: Yesterday, Sydney Brownstone reports, "the Department of Ecology outlined ne
  
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• Wild December pushes US weather in 2015 to near records

  07-01-2016 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — December’s wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, federal weather officials said Thursday. The year that just ended was the second warmest and third wettest in 121 years of record-keeping for the lower 48 states, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
  
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• Icy roads lead to fatal crash on Maple Valley Highway

  07-01-2016 16:32
  
  A 21-year-old Maple Valley woman died at Harborview Medical Center after the collision.
  
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• In Washington, gaps between low- and middle-income kids widening

  07-01-2016 15:15
  
  The performance gap between poor and middle-income students in Washington has grown more than in any other state.
  
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• In the groove: Scrape marks in ground linked to dinosaurs

  07-01-2016 15:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they’ve discovered evidence of a frenzied mating ritual by dinosaurs: long grooves in the ground etched by the pawing of clawed feet. Such behavior is seen nowadays in some birds, and the discovery suggests that two-legged, meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods did it about 100 million years ago, the researchers […]
  
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• The Latest: Pounding surf accompanies El Nino storm

  07-01-2016 15:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on El Nino storms (all times local): 8 a.m. The last of several El Nino storms this week is accompanied by battering surf that is flooding some low-lying coastal areas in Southern California. Big waves at high tide Thursday overtopped the breakwater in Los Angeles County’s Redondo Beach and […]
  
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• The Latest: El Nino storms bring heavy snow to Arizona

  07-01-2016 15:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on El Nino storms (all times local): 6:40 a.m. El Nino-fueled storms have brought heavy snow to northern Arizona where Grand Canyon National Park has halted all shuttle bus service. Park officials said Thursday morning that South Rim roads are snow-packed and icy. Most park facilities on the North […]
  
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• Tail-end of El Nino storms brings more rain to California

  07-01-2016 10:26
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tail-end of a series of several El Nino-driven storms brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to Southern California Thursday along with pounding surf and serious winds. Forecasters predicted significantly less rain than has pelted the state since Sunday but warned that flash flooding was still possible before the skies finally […]
  
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• Walton foundation puts up $1 billion to boost charters

  07-01-2016 08:40
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A foundation run by the heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton said Thursday it will spend $1 billion over the next five years to improve public education by backing new charter schools and helping programs already up and running. The foundation has spent more than $1 billion on K-12 education […]
  
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• Weather: Sun returns to the Seattle area

  07-01-2016 06:47
  
  A stunning sunrise Wednesday is twice as good in mirror image on Seattle’s Green Lake.
  
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