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• New federal rules give patients easier access to health records

  16-01-2016 23:48
  
  In new guidelines, the Obama administration says doctors and hospitals cannot require patients to state a reason for requesting their health records and cannot deny access out of a concern that patients might be upset by the information.
  
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• Launch set for US-European ocean-monitoring satellite

  16-01-2016 19:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest in a series of U.S.-European satellites designed to detect and measure ocean phenomena like El Nino is scheduled for launch this weekend aboard a SpaceX rocket that will attempt to land its discarded first stage on a floating barge. If the launch is successful, the Jason-3 satellite would continue […]
  
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• Most of the 154 Stores Walmart Is Closing in the US Are in Red States

  16-01-2016 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  “Actively managing our portfolio of assets is essential to maintaining a healthy business,” said Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart Stores, Inc. Yes, the CEO's surname McMillion, and not McBillion. The masked man in the picture is clearly not a McMillion.a katz/Shutterstock.com
  For the noble purposes of improving performance, providing better deals to customers, and making the world a better place by being a better company, Walmart, the "world's largest corporation by revenue,
  
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• Northwest Tribes unite against giant coal, oil projects

  16-01-2016 17:00
  
  As governments, tribal nations are uniquely empowered in some of the biggest environmental fights in Washington and willing to use that power.
  
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• From Ulaanbaatar to Djibouti, fans up late cheering Seahawks

  16-01-2016 16:00
  
  Getting up to watch a game in the middle of the night is nothing to these 12s.
  
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• Brazil to fund development of vaccine for Zika virus

  16-01-2016 14:46
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government says it is directing funds to a biomedical research center to help develop a vaccine against a virus linked to brain damage in babies. Health Minister Marcelo Castro says the goal is to develop “in record time” a vaccine for Zika, which is spread through mosquito bites. Zika […]
  
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• Astrophysicist: Alien megastructure could still be answer for what's dimming star KIC 8462852

  16-01-2016 06:56
  
  It's almost certainly not an alien megastructure dimming the light of the distant star KIC 8462852, known also as Tabby's Star and the Megastructure Sun, but the top natural-cause theory for the dimming isn't adding up.
  
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• Prisoner release: Former Corrections boss denies knowing of error

  16-01-2016 06:22
  
  A top Corrections official knew in 2012 of the mistake that led to the early release of prisoners, says the agency’s current secretary. But that official’s boss, former Secretary Bernie Warner, says he didn’t know until notified recently by the governor’s general counsel.
  
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• Former Corrections boss says he didn’t know of early prisoner releases

  16-01-2016 06:22
  
  Former Corrections Secretary Bernie Warner, says he didn’t know until notified recently by the governor’s general counsel. Warner’s successor at DOC, Dan Pacholke, says Warner’s assistant secretary knew of the mistaken early release of prisoners in 2012.
  
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• The Ducks ride again, corny jokes and all

  16-01-2016 06:17
  
  The Ride the Ducks craft went back to ferrying tourists after the Sept. 24 tragedy in which five died. Back were the corny jokes and loud music.
  
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• Revenge of the nerds bodes well for Boeing

  16-01-2016 05:25
  
  Have problem-solving geeks wrested Boeing back from the corporate slash-and-burners? A surprising labor peace with engineers suggests there’s hope.
  
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• Trolley friends begin fundraising

  16-01-2016 05:09
  
  The Friends of the Benson Trolleys have begun a fundraising effort.
  
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• Martin Luther King: An extraordinary life

  16-01-2016 04:14
  
  Explore our tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., collecting the story of his life; photos of the times in which he lived; and perspectives from politicians, activists and ordinary citizens on his tremendous legacy.
  
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• Ethics board clears former state commerce officials

  16-01-2016 04:07
  
  The Executive Ethics Board dismissed as “obviously unfounded or frivolous” a series of complaints filed last summer concerning several officials’ new jobs with startups benefiting from a clean-energy grant program.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: I Wanna Fuck This Guy I Work With—Should I Do It?

  16-01-2016 03:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Luckily (or unluckily) for me, Dan, your pledge to "swear off answering letters from people trapped in sexless relationships/marriages" doesn't apply, because that's not the case. In fact, quite the opposite.I'm a straight female in my mid-twenties and I've been in a happy, longterm relationship for ten years. In my teens I found a guy I loved, and we've been together ever since. We have a great life together. Although I'm in the "monogamish campm" (and altogether more liberal than my boyfriend
  
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• US needs more polar icebreakers: Cantwell, Murkowski

  16-01-2016 03:02
  
  As a nation with a state partly in the Arctic, and research stations in the Antarctic, the United States urgently needs more icebreakers and is falling far behind Russia in its ability to navigate ice-choked waters, U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, argued in Seattle on Friday. Cantwell and Murkowski staged an event on Harbor Island designed to send a message to the “other” Washington. The Polar Star, America’s only operational heavy duty icebrea
  
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• Coal-lease moratorium a new blow to proposed terminals here

  16-01-2016 02:33
  
  The White House decision to put new federal coal leases on hold could discourage backers of two proposed Washington coal-shipping terminals, but a leading producer says there’s still plenty of coal available to supply them.
  
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• Seattle man gets 6 ½ years for killing bicyclist in DUI crash

  16-01-2016 02:15
  
  A drunken driver was sentenced to 6½ years in prison Friday for killing Andres Hulslander, a bicyclist who was riding home on June 27 when he was fatally struck in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood.
  
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• Time to ‘Duck’ as Seattle gets taken for a ‘Ride’ again

  16-01-2016 02:08
  
  On heels of tragedy, it’s back to business.
  
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• Enter to win a pair of VIP tickets to THE BOY Hometown Fan Premiere!

  16-01-2016 01:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Entries accepted until 3pm (PT) on Monday, January 18th
  Enter to win a pair of VIP seats to THE BOY Hometown Fan Premiere at AMC Loews Alderwood Mall 16, on Wednesday, January 20th at 3pm. The event features a visit by YouTube sensation Zach Clayton, a live stream with Lauren Cohan of The Walking Dead, and more!
  Enter HERE.
  
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• Second trial in 6 Carnation slayings postponed a week

  16-01-2016 01:36
  
  Michele Anderson’s aggravated murder trial, which was set to begin Tuesday, has been postponed for a week. She is accused of fatally shooting six relatives on Christmas Eve 2007 in Carnation.
  
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• Butterfly House: Seattle’s tropical winter respite

  16-01-2016 01:31
  
  Sketched Jan. 12, 2016 In the middle of January, I welcome the opportunities to sketch in a warm spot and away from the rain. The Tropical Butterfly House at Pacific Science Center, couldn’t be any better for that. It’s 80 degrees inside! Butterflies have short lifespans, days or weeks, but the exhibit is constantly being […]
  
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• Here Are All the Seattle Catholic Priests Who Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting Children

  16-01-2016 01:18 via thestranger.com
  
  "Spotlight," the film about journalists at the Boston Globe who uncovered rampant sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, has been nominated for an Oscar.
  The Archdiocese of Seattle has released a list of 77 religious officials accused of sexually assaulting children in Western Washington.From Jennifer Sullivan at the Seattle Times:
  Archdiocese spokesman Greg Magnoni said the list has been in the works for the past two years.
  “In early 2014 we brought in a private consultant, a former FBI age
  
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• Listed: 77 Washington clergy implicated in sexual abuse of minors

  16-01-2016 01:16
  
  The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, on its website, has published the names of 77 clergy for whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been “admitted, established or determined to be credible,” in the words of Archbishop J. Peter Sartain. The list covers conduct from the late 1930s to the 21st century, involving priests who have served the length and breadth of the Western Washington diocese, from Assumption parish in Bellingham to St. Joseph Church in Vancouver to Our Lady o
  
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• Seattle Police Create New Director of Transparency and Privacy Position

  16-01-2016 01:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet the Seattle Police Department's new Director of Transparency and Privacy, Mary Perry. Hopefully she lasts longer than the former Chief Information Officer.City of Seattle
  Seattle police chief Kathleen O'Toole has tapped Mary Perry, a veteran lawyer in the Seattle City Attorney's office, to be the department's new Director of Transparency and Privacy, The Stranger as learned. An official announcement could come next week.
  Perry will be tasked with helping find a balance between transparency
  
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• Ride Along 2: Buddy Cops Are Gonna Buddy Cop

  16-01-2016 00:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The modern buddy cop action comedy requires a precise mixture of elements. You need to move the audience from heavy themes like cocaine trafficking and police brutality to sitcom-style goof-ups and pratfalls, and then repeat that process several times over the course of 90 minutes. It's not easy. For every Bad Boys there's a Tango & Cash; for every Rush Hour there's a Hollywood Homicide. Director Tim Story's Ride Along 2 falls on the fun end of the spectrum—no mean feat for a sequel t
  
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• Honduran team unearths ceramics at ‘White City’ site

  16-01-2016 00:47
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran officials said Friday that archaeologists have begun excavations at a mysterious site on Honduras’ Caribbean coast that may be the long-rumored “White City” ruins. Officials said excavation that began Wednesday have so far unearthed about five dozen stone and ceramic fragments and other artifacts. Also known as the “City of […]
  
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• State senator asks for probe into Adele concert-ticket prices

  16-01-2016 00:42
  
  Washington state Sen. Marko Liias is asking the Attorney General’s Office to look into high prices for Adele concert tickets, which he thinks are the result of illegal ticket bots.
  
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• Cliff Mass Is Wrong About the Carbon Tax and Seattle's Liberals

  16-01-2016 00:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Public tranportation will make a bigger impact than carbon taxes. Courtesy of Seattle Subway Cliff Mass' enthusiasm and optimism for the revenue-neutral carbon tax initiative is a bit much. It's hard for a socialist like myself to believe that an effective solution to climate change can have supporters on all sides of mainstream politics. That sounds like a fantasy.Climate change demands radical action and social transformation, and taxing carbon sounds too easy, too normal, too gradual. Indeed,
  
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• Mayor Could Announce City-Sanctioned Lots for Homeless People Living in RVs Next Week

  16-01-2016 00:11 via thestranger.com
  
  In November, Mayor Ed Murray visited a new city-sanctioned tent encampment in Interbay. He could soon announce a similar effort for people living in RVs. City of Seattle
  Longtime local journalist and fellow witness to terrible community meetings Erica C. Barnett has a new post up on her blog today, reporting that some city council members expect the mayor to soon announce new lots for homeless people living out of RVs and campers.
  The news comes about a week after residents from Magnolia, Queen
  
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