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• Milton toddler suffers frostbite; father is charged

  13-01-2016 23:57
  
  A Milton man has been accused of leaving his baby daughter in a car overnight in freezing temperatures, causing the toddler to suffer frostbite.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: LMPs Say Thanks

  13-01-2016 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  This column is making the rounds among LMPs on Facebook today.
  As a former LMP and massage educator, I just want to say thank you for the intelligent response you gave. Trying to explain this sort of situation to massage students, massage therapists, and massage consumers can be crazy making for so many of us. The knee jerk response is always a "wink and a nod" when it comes to sex and massage therapy and it’s difficult to get consumers to report this sort of behavior when it occurs. The v
  
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• Why Cows Are Stupid

  13-01-2016 23:28 via thestranger.com
  
  We humans only want you for your milk, meat, and stupidity.Capricorn Studio/shutterstock.com
  Be warned, this post is going to meander to its point, the stupidity of cows.Let us begin with this observation: What distinguishes capitalist societies from pre-capitalist ones is the status of the home. In a capitalist society, the home is predominately about consumption, whereas in a pre-capitalist one, it is about both consumption and production. Some theorists believe that the success of capitalism,
  
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• More discrimination accusations leveled against Kirkland auto dealer

  13-01-2016 23:11
  
  Three months after the O'Brien Auto Group settled a discrimination lawsuit against a former employee, another ex-worker at the company has alleged that a hostile work environment caused him to quit.
  
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• My Philosophy: Shabazz Palaces, Porter Ray, and Why Covering Black Art Means Ceding Words to the Latest White-Supremacy Blooper Reel

  13-01-2016 23:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Shabazz Palaces: deeper than rap.
  I just got back from getting my whole life at the Frye Art Museum, after the closing of its Genius exhibit—which featured Shabazz Palaces performing, triangulated between the three ornate tapestries that make up Nep Sidhu's Malcolm's Smile. (Oh yeah, one of Seattle's very illest and prolific musicians, Morgan Henderson—you know, from the Blood Brothers, the Cave Singers, Fleet Foxes, just to literally name but a few—has apparently joined Shabaz
  
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• Charge: Stoned Milton dad left toddler in freezing car overnight

  13-01-2016 23:04
  
  A Milton man accused of leaving his 15-month-old daughter in a freezing car overnight while in a drug -fueled stupor now faces felony charges.
  
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• ‘Be yourself, don’t change’: Lottery millionaire gives advice to Powerball winner

  13-01-2016 22:51
  
  Tyrone Curry won $3.4 million in the state lottery in 2006 and gave some of it to a Highline high school to install a new track. Now he has advice for the next big Powerball winner.
  
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• Obama Was Optimist-in-Chief Last Night

  13-01-2016 22:39 via thestranger.com
  
  President Obama took aim at his adversaries. "Pew pew," he is reported to have said. Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.comAs countries go, we're doing okay. We're not perfect; we're not the best (as evidenced by our routine failure to embrace global treasure Mary Berry), but all things considered America isn't terrible.
  Obama's State of the Union last night was encouraging and peppy, and gave us some reasons to feel relatively good about having Democrats in the White House. And what's more
  
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• Jury selected for second trial in 6 Carnation slayings

  13-01-2016 22:22
  
  A 16-member jury was selected to hear the aggravated first-degree-murder case against Michele Anderson, who is accused of killing six family members on Christmas Eve 2007. Her former boyfriend is serving six life sentences for his role in the fatal shootings.
  
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• Coastal razor clam digging very good during brief openers at Long Beach and Copalis; chance of Mocrocks opener on hold

  13-01-2016 22:11
  There is some bad news brewing for the coastal clam seasons, but not all is lost cause. “We’ve had some very good digging at Long Beach and Copalis when the weather and surf cooperate,” said Dan Ayres, the head state Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish manager. Digging at Long Beach from Thursday (Jan. 7) through […]
  
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• You Should Definitely Go See The Figure in Process at Pivot—Just Try to Forget That They Made It Weird

  13-01-2016 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Left to right at Pivot: A Kehinde Wiley very close to a David Hockney very close to a Wayne Thiebaud (with an Alberto Giacometti wedged in there). VULCAN INC/ PIVOT ART + CULTURE
  Pivot Art + Culture has some of the greatest art in Seattle today. It also has some of the worst. The boondoggliest. I don't know how else to put this. Pivot's dramatic exhibition of 22 works, The Figure in Process: de Kooning to Kapoor, 1955–2015, is weird.
  This is the point in the review when I'm supposed to use
  
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• I-5 from a Double Tall

  13-01-2016 21:25
  
  Sketched Jan. 12, 2016 Last night, I jumped on a Double Tall Community Transit bus to get home. This route is served by double-decker buses that are usually less crowded than Sound Transit buses. One reason for that may be the fare. To reach the same destination I can reach via Sound Transit, I have […]
  
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• Al Jazeera America Shutting Down

  13-01-2016 21:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Whoa. Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept reports that Al Jazeera America (AJAM) will announce today the termination of all of its news and digital operations as of April 2016. Greenwald called the company a "towering failure" from the start.
  AJAM began when Al Jazeera purchased Current TV in late 2012 from founder Al Gore for $500 million, and the channel launched six months later. From the start, the project was beset with massive failures, from bitter internal strife and employee discrimination
  
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• Seattle cop faces firing over punching handcuffed woman

  13-01-2016 21:15
  
  Seattle police Officer Adley Shepherd has been notified he faces firing over punching a handcuffed, intoxicated woman during an arrest in June 2014, according to sources familiar with the decision.
  
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• FDA gives OK for company’s genetically engineered potato

  13-01-2016 20:49
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says a potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine is as safe as any other potato on the market. In a letter Tuesday to Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co., the FDA says the potato isn’t substantially different in composition or safety […]
  
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• Win Two Tickets to Showdown IV: Descendents vs. Fugazi at Chop Suey

  13-01-2016 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger is giving away two pairs of tickets for Showdown IV: Descendents vs. Fugazi, a covers night happening at Chop Suey January 15. It features members from several renowned local bands (current and defunct) playing the rousing, memorable songs of these influential American underground-rock groups. The first two people to answer this trivia question will get the freebies. Ready? What is the name of the short-lived, very effete, '90s indie-pop side project that featured two members of Fu
  
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• CDC: Strong signs Brazil birth defects are tied to mosquito

  13-01-2016 20:35
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Researchers have found the strongest evidence so far of a possible link between a mosquito-borne virus and a surge of birth defects in Brazil, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The health agency said evidence of the dengue-like Zika virus was found in the placentas from […]
  
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• Grizzly killing report: Yellowstone hikers taking risks

  13-01-2016 20:30
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Investigators say the killing of a Montana man by a grizzly bear underscores the need for hikers around Yellowstone National Park to travel in groups and take other precautions against bear attacks. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday released a review board’s report on the Aug. 6 fatal mauling […]
  
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• Obama gets high marks for speech; Ann Coulter wants S.C. gov Haley deported

  13-01-2016 20:22
  
  The last State of the Union speech of Barack Obama’s presidency was a hit with listeners, while South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was taking hits for an undisguised shot at Donald Trump in her Republican SOTU response. “Trump should deport Nikki Haley,” said a tweet from conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who has equaled The Donald in anti-immigrant virulence. Trump should deport Nikki Haley. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 13, 2016 A post speech CNN/ORC poll, of those wh
  
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• Rainier beer returns to Seattle

  13-01-2016 20:04
  
  Rainier beer is coming home to Seattle, in a way.
  
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• UW study shows how explosions damage vets’ brains

  13-01-2016 20:02
  
  Brain scans from combat veterans show that the more blasts they’re exposed to, the more damage is caused in the cerebellum, a region crucial to movement and cognitive ability, according to a study from the University of Washington and the Puget Sound VA.
  
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• Driver in fatal Bremerton crash sentenced to 6 ½ years

  13-01-2016 20:02
  
  A man has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison for a car crash where he struck and killed a pedestrian and critically injured another near Bremerton.
  
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• The Spring Seattle Art and Performance Deadline is Approaching!

  13-01-2016 19:56 via thestranger.com
  
  The deadline for the spring edition is January 27.
  Believe it or not, the dark, rainy Seattle winter will end someday, and it will be time for spring—which means a brand new edition of our comprehensive arts guide, Seattle Art and Performance!If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you'd like your events to be included, tell us about them now. The spring edition of Seattle Art and Performance covers visual arts, readings, theater, dance, jazz, classical, opera, comedy, film, and
  
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• On the Redefinition of Asian American Food and Identity

  13-01-2016 19:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Filipino Advisory: A page from Dale Talde's cookbook Asian-American: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from the Philippines to Brooklyn.
  I grew up in a food-obsessed immigrant household, eating an equal mix of traditional, homemade Filipino dishes and easy-to-fix "American" dinners like Hamburger Helper and Old El Paso tacos. One night, I would walk into the kitchen and find my father chopping up pigs' feet. The next night, I'd find my mother removing two Little Caesars' pizzas from their cardboard-an
  
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• Month-long lane closures on Aurora start Monday

  13-01-2016 19:00
  
  Starting Monday, drivers will have one less lane in each direction on Aurora Avenue North between Highland Drive and the Aurora Bridge.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by stolen car in downtown Seattle

  13-01-2016 17:59
  
  A suspect in a stolen car hit a pedestrian after Seattle police attempted a traffic stop.
  
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• The Morning News: Obama vs. Sawant, Inslee vs. Dorn, and the State Is Still Failing Mentally Ill Inmates

  13-01-2016 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Want to read his final State of the Union address for yourself? Here.Everett Collection/Shutterstock
  Barack Obama Gave His Final State of the Union Address: Dan live-Slogged it.Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole Was There: She spoke with the president after his speech. Read Ansel's take on why, despite the federal adoration, the SPD still has a long way to go toward reform.
  So was Paul Ryan, Of Course:
  Here’s Paul Ryan trying reeeeally hard not to laugh at one of Obama’s jokes pic
  
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• 1st-graders to Vikings kicker: Buck up, it’s OK

  13-01-2016 17:38
  
  "Dear Blair Walsh," one 1st-grader in Minnesota writes to the Vikings kicker. "I know it can be hard to get through things that are sad, but you have to try and try again. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."
  
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• Worker at Centralia facility for juvenile offenders accused of sexual misconduct

  13-01-2016 17:26
  
  An employee at the Green Hill School in Centralia has been arrested on allegations that she had sexual relations with an 18-year-old resident of the facility.
  
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• Q&A with Eden Mack, one of parent leaders of Washington’s Paramount Duty group

  13-01-2016 15:30
  
  A group started last year has 3,400 members who want to get more parents involved in solving the state's education funding problems, not just filling gaps at their schools.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 29 Cheap & Easy Things To Do This Weekend

  13-01-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hawaiian Sunburn Release Party, A Free Junk Food Buffet, Fugazi vs. Descendants Tribute Showdown, And More Events Under $10by Stranger Things To Do StaffWant to go out this weekend but don't want to break the bank? How does going to a "screw your resolution" party with free junk food or a $5 Descendents vs. Fugazi tribute showdown sound? Read on for more events under $10 this weekend, and find even more events on our Things To Do calendar.
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• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Is Filled with Explosions, Honor, and Malarkey

  13-01-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Is Filled with Explosions, Honor, and Malarkeyby Ned LannamannThe best thing that can be said about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is that the words "Hillary Clinton" don't appear anywhere in it. The new Michael Bay movie depicts the 2012 attack of Libyan militants on two American compounds in the city of Benghazi, and to Bay's credit, he doesn't try to weave in a broad conspiracy plot or any political intrigue.This is a relatively mean and le
  
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• Michigan National Guard, FEMA help Flint amid water crisis

  13-01-2016 08:09
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Members of the Michigan National Guard are headed to Flint to help dole out bottled water, filters and other supplies to residents dealing with a drinking water crisis that began months ago. Gov. Rick Snyder activated the National Guard late Tuesday, and some members were expected to arrive as soon as […]
  
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• Dick's founder dies at 92, left legacy of giving

  13-01-2016 06:51
  
  Dicks' founder dies at 92, left legacy of giving
  
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• More infections from dirty scopes, Sen. Murray investigation finds

  13-01-2016 06:00
  
  At least 250 people, mostly in the U.S., have contracted potentially deadly infections spread by contaminated medical scopes in the past three years, according to a new report commissioned by Sen. Patty Murray.
  
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• More infections from dirty scopes at hospitals, Sen. Murray investigation finds

  13-01-2016 06:00
  
  At least 250 people, mostly in the U.S., have contracted potentially deadly infections spread by contaminated medical scopes in the past three years, according to a new report commissioned by Sen. Patty Murray.
  
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• Who’s buying up Powerball tickets? People in South King County, and those Canadians

  13-01-2016 05:53
  
  The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is in world-record territory, and spending for Powerball tickets is a big pastime — for Canadians dropping in to see if they can become billionaires.
  
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• Powerball-crazed Canadians swamping tiny border town

  13-01-2016 05:53
  
  The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is in world-record territory, and spending for Powerball tickets is a big pastime — for Canadians dropping in to see if they can become billionaires.
  
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• Powerball-crazed Canadians are descending on a tiny border town

  13-01-2016 05:53
  
  The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is in world-record territory, and spending for Powerball tickets is a big pastime — for Canadians dropping in to see if they can become billionaires.
  
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• Seattle's Next Big "Sharing Economy" Challenge Is Regulating Airbnb

  13-01-2016 05:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's Next Big "Sharing Economy" Challenge Is Regulating Airbnbby Sydney BrownstoneHunter Hudson's former apartment was built by fire. In 1889, the same year Seattle's great fire burned down 30 blocks of wooden structures, laborers began re-creating the city out of brick and stone, and the Terry and Kittinger Building, now known as the State Hotel, rose on First Avenue South and Washington Street. Four stories tall and embellished in terra-cotta, the building housed loggers, farmers, and min
  
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• Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa Is a Very Special Work of Art Built on a Very Tired Social Critique

  13-01-2016 05:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa Is a Very Special Work of Art Built on a Very Tired Social CritiqueTAGS: filmby Charles MudedeOne part of Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa is really great, and the other part is really predictable. The greatness has everything to do with its look (animated puppets and their world), and the not-so-greatness with its story. The good news is that the latter does not get in the way of the former.There are scenes in this film whose strangeness will make you feel very uncomforta
  
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• Try to tune out that relentless gloom

  13-01-2016 05:36
  
  Sunny Jay Inslee tried to bring a little sunshine into the state Capitol Tuesday. But our strange gloom blocked any light.
  
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• Hey, Washington state: Try to tune out that endless gloom

  13-01-2016 05:36
  
  Sunny Jay Inslee tried to bring a little sunshine into the state Capitol Tuesday. But our strange gloom blocked any light.
  
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• Bill would exempt some legal-pot info from public disclosure

  13-01-2016 03:43
  
  Senate Bill 6207 would exempt financial, commercial operations and security-related information from public-disclosure requirements.
  
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• Canadian man pleads guilty to federal sex crime in Seattle

  13-01-2016 03:36
  
  The Justice Department said Kuldip "Kelly" Singh Mahal pleaded guilty Tuesday. He was arrested in February 2015 at a park in Burlington, Skagit County.
  
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• King County executive orders inquest into shooting by Kirkland police

  13-01-2016 03:25
  
  Dow Constantine announced the inquest Tuesday after county prosecutors reviewed the case.
  
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