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• Less money coming in for current budget cycle, state forecasts

  17-02-2016 23:43
  
  Wednesday marked the first time in two years that a state revenue forecast decreased for a current budget cycle, according to the state Office of Financial Management.
  
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• Update: First Hill flasher discovered in another county's jail

  17-02-2016 23:33
  
  Seattle police seek the public's help identifying a man who apparently masturbated in front of a woman in First Hill last month and tried to take her phone when she called 911.
  
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• Seattle police seek First Hill flasher who tried to steal a woman's phone

  17-02-2016 23:33
  
  Seattle police seek the public's help identifying a man who apparently masturbated in front of a woman in First Hill last month and tried to take her phone when she called 911.
  
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• From the Desk of Justice Antonin Scalia, Deceased

  17-02-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  My Dear Friends,
  Greetings from the Lake of Fire! I don't know if anyone is reading this, and my connection is really bad (they still use dial-up down here, LOL), but the afterlife has broadened my perspective and I wanted to reach out.
  Firstly, I was wrong about Catholicism. You know who was right? The freaking Mormons! Which means freaking South Park was right about the Mormons being right! Just this morning, I saw Gandhi getting kick-fucked by demons while Louis Brandeis and Laura Ingalls Wi
  
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• SeaTac workers file 14 lawsuits over $15 minimum wage

  17-02-2016 23:13
  
  Workers have filed class-action lawsuits against 14 employers in SeaTac, arguing that the companies have failed to pay the $15 minimum wage to employees since the law took effect in 2014.
  
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• Flint's Residents Were Also Paying a Lot of Money for that Bad Cheapass Water

  17-02-2016 22:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The story of the bad water in Flint, Michigan gets sadder and sadder. Linda Parton/shutterstock.com
  As if drinking poisoned water wasn't enough, the citizens of Flint, Michigan, one of the poorest cities in the US, and the city featured in Michael Moore's heartbreaking Roger & Me, were also paying lots of money for this bad water. In 2015, the bill for a house using 60,000 gallons of water was $864.32. The annual average for a government-run utility for the same amount of water is $316.20! F
  
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• The God Dream of Kanye West—Why The Life of Pablo Might Be My Favorite LP by the Audacious Failed Hero

  17-02-2016 22:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Kanye West: The Immortan Joe of white fragility.
  You know this: I always want to root for Kanye West's audaciousness, his totally unparalleled ability to make white tears rush forth like Immortan Joe making it rain on his flock. His is a god dream.
  But I'm no true believer. I'm impure, filled with doubts while lost in the arid desert between the oases of his artistic achievement, when all his sheep have to subsist on hot air and mirage. ("I'm trying to keep my faith.") When he does indeed climb
  
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• Three local high-school jazz bands bound for national competition

  17-02-2016 21:51
  
  Jazz bands from Garfield, Roosevelt and Mount Si high schools are finalists for the 2016 Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in New York.
  
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• Commuters unsettled by death of Mountlake Terrace woman; some arm themselves

  17-02-2016 21:46
  
  Alert and uneasy, commuters at the Mountlake Terrace Park and Ride have begun to carry guns, knives, Tasers and pepper spray after the body of commuter Cheryl DeBoer was discovered near the transit center.
  
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• Trooper suffers leg, back injuries in Federal Way accident

  17-02-2016 21:19
  
  A Washington State Patrol trooper suffered a leg injury Wednesday when he was struck by a car in Federal Way.
  
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• Anarchists vs. Humans

  17-02-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Pungent social comment
  Many people noticed these somewhat inscrutable signs that showed up wheat pasted to shopfront windows the other morning. "DESTROY CAPITALISM" was clear enough, but what was the thing about Jennifer Lawrence and thefuzzy math of killing capitalists instead of letting homeless people die?ANYWAY, as the broken windows theory dictates, graffiti begets graffiti. In this case, however, the response has the effect of both commenting on both the form and the content of the origina
  
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• And Now Let Us Play the Supreme Court Nomination Speculation Game

  17-02-2016 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  "Surprise! I nominate myself." Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.com
  The Senate gets back from its recess on February 22, and boy oh boy are they going to have some fun business waiting for them.
  For now, though, it's time to just enjoy the wild furore of the SCOTUS Speculation Machine. Who's Obama going to nominate? Will it be, as the Onion suggested, a gay transsexual abortion doctor? (That person sounds fun.) Will it be Attorney General Loretta Lynch? Or Elizabeth Warren? Personally, I'
  
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• Marijuana sharing law passes Washington house

  17-02-2016 20:57
  
  Right now, if you pass a marijuana cigarette to your significant other, even in the privacy of your own home, you're committing a felony ... and that's stupid.
  
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• The heat goes on: Earth sets 9th straight monthly record

  17-02-2016 20:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The January figures are in, and Earth’s string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest margin of any month on record. And January set another record: Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point for that ice-building […]
  
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• Report: 'Jungle' homeless camp under I-5 home to 400, 'uninhabitable,'

  17-02-2016 20:29
  
  An assessment of the area under Interstate 5 known as the "Jungle" found serious risks to human and environmental health, as well as evidence of no shortage of criminal activity.
  
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• Here Are Seattle's Semifinalists For The 2016 James Beard Awards

  17-02-2016 20:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Pioneer Square's Girin is a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant Kelly O
  This morning the James Beard Foundation released its list of chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants in the running for their 2016 awards. The annual Beard Awards, the country's most prestigious restaurant honors, are commonly referred to as the "Oscars of the food world." After looking over the full list of semifinalists of mostly white chefs (many of them cooking food from other cultures around the
  
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• Win Tickets to Gazebos' Album-Release Show at Chop Suey Feb. 19

  17-02-2016 20:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Their Suburban Lawns cover will mow you down. Kelly O
  Seattle quartet Gazebos are celebrating the release of their outstanding glam-rock/new-wave-flavored album on Sub Pop subsidiary Hardly Art, Die Alone, at Chop Suey February 19. (Read my review of the LP here.) The Stranger is giving away two pairs of tickets to the show to the first two people to answer this trivia question. Gazebos vocalist Shannon Perry sang on a 2009 EP by what defunct Seattle band that featured a former member of the Blo
  
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• Seattle Symphony’s new season: Yo-Yo Ma, Sonic Evolution, blockbuster violins

  17-02-2016 20:00
  
  The Seattle Symphony Orchestra, with music director Ludovic Morlot in his sixth season, announces the 2016-17 season, which includes premieres, THEESatisfaction, violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Yuja Wang.
  
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• Apple Is Fighting the FBI to Protect the Contents of Your iPhone

  17-02-2016 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The government wants Apple to develop malware to break the encryption on its devices. Hadrian / Shutterstock.com
  Slate:
  For years Apple has presented itself as a strong defender of privacy and encryption, and CEO Tim Cook has made it clear that these issues are important to him. Now the company seems to be walking the walk as the FBI seeks to access data on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Cook wrote in an open letter today that Apple is "opposing" a federal order from a magistr
  
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• Trail to Big Four Ice Caves to reopen with new warnings

  17-02-2016 19:42
  
  Expect added signs, more visible, in more places and in multiple languages, in wake of last summer’s deadly ice fall.
  
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• Wet-hot winter: Will Washington's snowpack survive to spring/summer?

  17-02-2016 19:38
  
  With temperatures trending warmer than normal in the Seattle region now and last month, with January around the globe the hottest ever recorded and all this el Nino rain streaming through, over and over, we got to wondering if the wonderful snowpack in the Cascades will last into the summer or even spring.
  
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• Two Days Before a State Senate Vote on an Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill, Pool Employees Say a Man Showed Up in a Women's Locker Room

  17-02-2016 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  On Monday, trans rights activists rallied in Olympia to celebrate the failure of an anti-trans bathroom bill in the state Senate. Alex Garland
  For weeks, conservative state lawmakers have been arguing that allowing transgender people to use the bathrooms aligned with their gender identities would encourage straight, cisgender, male creeps to abuse the rule.Today, KING 5 reports that two days before a critical vote on the issue, Seattle pool employees said a man who did not verbally or physically
  
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• Oregon boy sickened by marijuana-infused cookie

  17-02-2016 19:35
  
  An Oregon boy became sick after eating a marijuana-infused cookie that he found on the ground.
  
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• It's Time to Hang Up Your Native American "Costume"

  17-02-2016 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Aaaaaand the Rhino Room's response says it all.
  The above incident happened this Halloween at the Rhino Room on Capitol Hill last October. The young woman and her boyfriend "went as Indians, Pocohontas," the young woman wrote on Yelp.
  At the Henry Art Gallery's annual gala on February 6, three donors appeared in Native headdress.
  The following Tuesday, the museum asked Seattle Met magazine to remove photos of those donors from its web site, said museum spokeswoman Dana Van Nest. The magazine did
  
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• Another Beloved Capitol Hill Parking Lot Threatened by Development

  17-02-2016 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  The sad news for lovers of asphalt and cars is buried in the not-so-small print: "GROUND LEVEL EXISTING SURFACE PARKING LOT TO BE DEMOLISHED." I'm really going to miss this one.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Rolling Papers Is a Documentary About a Pretty Kush Gig

  17-02-2016 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Ricardo Baca, whose work involves hard-hitting journalism and bong-hitting journalism. Alchemy PR
  A mere three years ago, the idea of a journalist whose entire job was to report on cannabis was pretty far out. There might be someone at High Times reading this and saying, “We were doing pot journalism before it was cool, man.” But let’s be real, guys, you weren’t doing pot journalism like Ricardo Baca is doing pot journalism. You see, Ricardo Baca is the marijuana editor f
  
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• Google, other companies wake up to benefits of napping at work

  17-02-2016 18:42
  
  Google’s expanded Kirkland office features “nap caves” — and workday napping is gaining adherents at companies around the country.
  
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• In the Fight for an Affordable Seattle, Which Side is the Frye Art Museum On? (Part I)

  17-02-2016 18:37 via thestranger.com
  
  The Frye is on the right. Courtesy of Perkins+Will
  Last month, the Frye Art Museum announced that it's selling the land across from the museum (currently the parking lot) in order to make way for two high-rise, market-rate residential towers expected to generate new money for the museum.
  This has some people asking whose side the Frye is on in the fight for an affordable Seattle. They also ask: will the Frye's stake in high-cost living make it a high-roller's museum?
  In discussing the project la
  
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• The Morning News: Mayor Focuses on Inequality in State of City Address, State Senate Approves Education Funding Plan

  17-02-2016 17:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Mayor Ed Murray says the state of Seattle reflects both the "21st Century dreams of the 1962 World's Fair" and "our worst fears from the Great Depression." City of Seattle
  Mayor Ed Murray Delivered His State of the City Address: You can read the full address here or watch it below. In short, Murray echoed his SOTC in previous years, highlighting the city's simultaneous prosperity and economic struggles. He called racism "the greatest challenge before us today as a City and as a nation." Among th
  
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• These Mom & Pop Shops Survived Gentrification—So Far—But They Won't Survive the Overhaul of 23rd Without Help from the City

  17-02-2016 17:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Nop Zay, owner of First Cup Cafe. KELLY O
  "I'm all for change," Lois Harris says about her neighborhood, "but I want to be included in the change."
  Harris is sitting in her shop, Vogue Coiffure Beauty Salon, which occupies a narrow space near 23rd Avenue and Spring Street. She has a Pamela Banks sign in the window, an old Coca-Cola machine, and no website. Her Vogue Coiffure Beauty Salon has been open for business in the Central District for 50 years.
  Harris's shop may not be open for business m
  
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• Man seeking lost dog sues Everett animal shelter that withheld info

  17-02-2016 16:39
  
  The Arlington man filed a lawsuit after he was denied access to records while looking for his missing Pomeranian mix.
  
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• Israeli archaeologists discover 7,000-year-old settlement

  17-02-2016 15:29
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem, describing it as the oldest discovery of its kind in the area. Israel’s Antiquities Authority said the excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl. Ronit Lupu, the authority’s […]
  
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• New task force in Seattle will help usher in new school start times

  17-02-2016 15:02
  
  Task force members will examine potential issues the changes could create around the district.
  
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• We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! Exhaustively Traces Glitter-Metal Band’s Workmanlike Ascent

  17-02-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! Exhaustively Traces Glitter-Metal Band’s Workmanlike Ascentby Dave SegalIf one sign of a great music documentary is to sway people who are apathetic toward the subject to care about it, then Andrew Horn’s We Are Twisted F***ing Sister! probably fails. But at least it’s long (136 f***ing minutes). In overly thorough detail, Horn traces Twisted Sister’s struggle from mediocre glitter-rock group to their rise to the summit of the New York City-
  
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• Touched with Fire Is an Offensive Cartoon of Mental Illness

  17-02-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Touched with Fire Is an Offensive Cartoon of Mental Illnessby Megan BurbankYou know that one friend who tells you depression shouldn't be treated with medication, because you could just cut out gluten or eat more kale?Touched with Fire is 110 minutes of that friend, and it's just as insufferable as you'd expect. Ostensibly a love story between poets with bipolar disorder who meet in a psych ward, it is actually an extended infomercial for the book it's based on (by psychologist Kay Redfield Jami
  
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• Thin Blue Line Meets Blinking Red Light

  17-02-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Dashcam Video Is a Window Into a "Clique" at the SPDby Ansel Herz"Do you ever want to punch anybody in the face?"Officer Salvatore Ditusa is sitting in his patrol car at Northgate Mall on June 18, 2014. He is on duty, meeting a friend in the parking lot."Like that guy?" the friend asks."No, fuck him," Ditusa replies. "I mean everybody today... fucking everywhere you turn, someone needs a clout.""You get yourself in a lot of trouble," the man warns the officer. "But it sure is tempting."Ditusa di
  
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• Construction & Destruction

  17-02-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  These Mom & Pop Shops Survived Gentrification—So Far—But They Won't Survive the Overhaul of 23rd Without Help From the Cityby Heidi Groover"I'm all for change," Lois Harris says about her neighborhood, "but I want to be included in the change."Harris is sitting in her shop, Vogue Coiffure Beauty Salon, which occupies a narrow space near 23rd Avenue and Spring Street. She has a Pamela Banks sign in the window, an old Coca-Cola machine, and no website. Her Vogue Coiffure Beauty Sal
  
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• Study shows beluga whales dive to great depth to catch cod

  17-02-2016 11:43
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Beluga whales off Alaska’s northern coast target Arctic cod and will dive to great depths to reach them, according to data collected over 15 years that provides insight into their foraging patterns in the remote region undergoing profound changes from climate warming and a loss of sea ice. The dive information […]
  
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• Rain, snow head for California after days of record heat

  17-02-2016 11:05
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s touch of summer will be interrupted by a weather system that will bring cool temperatures and rain to a large part of the state and snow of up to 2 feet to the mountains. After three days of record-breaking heat, a cold front moving in from Oregon will bring in […]
  
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• Cliven Bundy, called ‘lawless and violent,’ to stay in jail

  17-02-2016 09:31
  
  Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy will remain in jail in Portland pending trial becausethere is a risk he won't show up for future court dates, a judge says. Bundy came to Oregon to support the armed occupation of a national wildlife preserve led by his sons.
  
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• Trial opens for Colorado woman in case of baby cut from womb

  17-02-2016 08:26
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Dynel Lane went to extreme lengths to show those closest to her she was expecting a baby, sharing ultrasound images with her daughter and keeping photos of herself appearing pregnant on her cell phone. She even arranged to meet her husband for a pre-natal appointment the same day prosecutors say she […]
  
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• Scientists: puffins might spend the winter off of New Jersey

  17-02-2016 06:47
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers say they’ve found an answer to the longstanding question of where Maine’s Atlantic puffins spend the winter: far off New Jersey and New York. Puffins are the colorful seabirds of the auk family that are graceful in the water and awkward on land and air. The birds spend the spring […]
  
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• Scientists: Puffins might spend the winter off New Jersey

  17-02-2016 06:47
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers say they’ve found an answer to the long-standing question of where Maine’s Atlantic puffins spend the winter: far off New Jersey and New York. Puffins are the colorful seabirds of the auk family that are graceful in the water and awkward on land and air. The birds spend the spring […]
  
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• Medical investigators identify man killed in Everett apartment fire

  17-02-2016 06:45
  
  He died from the fire in the 1000 block of 75th Street Southeast shortly before 4:30 p.m Friday, fire authorities said.
  
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• We Saw You Eating Ice Cream on an Overpass, Being Way Too Serious in Wallingford, and Doing Heroin in Pioneer Square

  17-02-2016 06:03 via thestranger.com
  
  We Saw You Eating Ice Cream on an Overpass, Being Way Too Serious in Wallingford, and Doing Heroin in Pioneer Squareby Stranger StaffI-5 ICE CREAM SAMARITANYou were walking across the I-5 overpass to downtown Seattle gutting a half-pint of Häagen-Dazs with one of those little wooden implements that they plastic-wrap to the lid. A passerby dropped what appeared to be a little black T-shirt? They continued walking up the hill unawares. Without hesitation you scooped up the black thing, about-
  
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• The Witch Wrings Elemental Horror from America's Origin Myths

  17-02-2016 06:03 via thestranger.com
  
  The Witch Wrings Elemental Horror from America's Origin Mythsby Sean NelsonYou can't live in Seattle for 22 years without understanding that not everyone considers nature—mountains, forests, hillocks, thatches (basically any unpaved road)—to be elementally terrifying. With that in mind, I will allow that not everyone who reads this review will consider The Witch to be as scary as I did.Maybe you enjoy the onset of dusk in a wintry wood, the telltale twig snapping under the foot/clove
  
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• The "Good Times" and Bad Times of Nile Rodgers

  17-02-2016 06:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Nile Rodgers Talks "Good Times," Bad Times, and How Producing David Bowie Built a Bridge to His Post-Disco Careerby Charles MudedeI spoke with Nile Rodgers on the day it was announced that he and Lady Gaga would perform a tribute to the late David Bowie at the Grammys. Rodgers, the legendary guitarist, composer, and producer, has one of the best reasons to celebrate the life and work of the eccentric limey. There is a very good chance that his own career might have been completely locked up in t
  
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