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• The 60 Best Things To Do This Week

  22-02-2016 23:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't miss Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, opening this weekend at ACT Theatre. Hayley Young Photography
  This week, our arts critics have recommended the best events in every genre—from the closing week of the first (and potentially only) show at Paul Allen's new arts venture to the Seattle Fringe Festival to the Seattle Symphony's take on the music of Led Zeppelin. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.Want this in your inbox? Sign up for the St
  
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• Some Things Are True Even If Newt Gingrich Says Them, but Then Again, Fuck Newt Gingrich Forever

  22-02-2016 23:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Newt dreams of the glorious days when he had power enough to ruin everything for no reason. Rob Crandall/Shutterstock
  As TPM reported, Newt Gingrich had the gall to blame the existence of Trump on Fox News—ON Fox News:
  When host Brian Kilmeade asked Gingrich how Trump could be "running away with this thing," the former Georgia congressman turned the blame back on the network.
  "Look, that's because of you guys," Gingrich said. "Donald Trump gets up in the morning, tweets to the entire plane
  
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• Why Even Some Washington State Republicans Are Scared of Donald Trump

  22-02-2016 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Scaring local Republicans, too. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  The Washington State Republican caucuses happened on Saturday, and if you didn't know—well, good job because they didn't matter at all.Republicans in this state will award all of their delegates to the national nominating convention through a May 24 primary, making this past weekend's caucuses mostly irrelevant to the national horserace.But the caucuses were a great way to take the temperature of local Republicans, as Jim Brunn
  
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• Hillary Clinton Used to Be Terrible On Marriage Equality

  22-02-2016 23:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Really, really, really terrible:
  I believe that marriage is not just a bond, but a sacred bond between a man and a woman. I have had occasion in my life to defend marriage. To stand up for marriage. To believe in the hard work and challenge of marriage. So I take umbrage at anyone who might suggest that those of us who worry about amending the Constitution are less committed to the sanctity of marriage or to the fundamental, bedrock principle that it exists between a man and a woman going back i
  
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• State House Democrats seek teacher pay raises

  22-02-2016 22:58
  
  House Democrats propose closing several tax exemptions to pay for teacher salary increases, with a minimum of $40,000 for starting pay, according to a supplemental budget proposal released Monday.
  
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• WHAT WE KNOW: Some protection from anti-AIDS vaginal ring

  22-02-2016 22:40
  
  Two long-awaited studies from Africa found that a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drugs once a month gave women partial protection against HIV infection. Some takeaways from the studies: —The ring was proven safe, but worked far better in women over 25. —Younger women got little or no protection, raising questions about whether they […]
  
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• Seattle Police Release Video of Che Taylor Shooting

  22-02-2016 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Nine seconds between "Move in!" and the first gunshot.SPD
  Seattle police just released a dashcam video of the police shooting of 46-year-old Che Taylor.
  Nine seconds elapse between someone saying "Move in!" over the radio and an officer firing the first of several shots at Taylor from close range. SPD says Taylor "reached for his handgun, leading officers to fire," as he leaned into the car.
  Under Department of Justice-mandated reforms, Seattle police are required to prioritize de-escalation. Th
  
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• SPD releases video, photos in Wedgwood cop-inflicted killing

  22-02-2016 21:55
  
  Seattle police released dashcam footage midday Monday depicting the Sunday incident in which a 46-year-old man was fatally shot by cops in Wedgwood.
  
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• Slain Federal Way teen was ‘set up’ by friend, police say

  22-02-2016 21:48
  
  A 14-year-old Federal Way boy was ordered held in juvenile detention Monday, a day after he turned himself in to police in connection with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Wesley Gennings. A 16-year-old suspect, a friend of Gennings’, is also being held.
  
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• Speaking of SCOTUS Nomination Bullshit

  22-02-2016 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Too soon? HBO Films
  Are you honestly telling me you're not supremely excited about the HBO film Confirmation, in which the mighty Kerry "Olivia Pope" Washington plays Anita Hill and the magnificent Wendell "The Bunk" Pierce plays Clarence Thomas? I didn't think you were. Not that I relish the thought of seeing Hill get railroaded, debased, and maligned again, but since this is directed by Rick Famuyiwa, who made the fantastic Dope last year, I like the chances for her to receive at least a morse
  
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• Gunshots wound 2, hit Beacon Hill Library in drive-by violence

  22-02-2016 21:21
  
  Two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday afternoon near the Beacon Hill library branch, which police say was struck by what may have been return gunfire from the victims.
  
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• Conservatives Hoping Supreme Court Will Be Haunted by Scalia's Ghost

  22-02-2016 21:12 via thestranger.com
  
  The residents of Munchkin Village line up to confirm that he's gone where to goblins go. EQRoy / Shutterstock.com
  I can't think of a haunting that would be scarier than a phantom who drifts menacingly into the room to moan about constitutional originalism and yell "argle bargle" while rattling his chains. It's Scalia's ghost, and a handful of desperate conservatives are hoping it's at least corporeal enough to vote.
  I'll give them credit for this at least being a creative solution to their conun
  
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• Seas are rising way faster than any time in past 2,800 years

  22-02-2016 21:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sea levels on Earth are rising several times faster than they have in the past 2,800 years and are accelerating because of man-made global warming, according to new studies. An international team of scientists dug into two dozen locations across the globe to chart gently rising and falling seas over centuries and […]
  
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• Drug-infused vaginal ring helps prevent HIV in women in Africa

  22-02-2016 21:01
  
  A monthly vaginal ring infused with a microbicide helped prevent HIV infection in about a third of women overall — and more than half who used the device faithfully, according to results of two new studies, including one led by a University of Washington researcher.
  
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• Man fatally shot by SPD officers was under DOC supervision

  22-02-2016 20:59
  
  The man who was fatally shot by two Seattle police officers Sunday had a lengthy felony history and was under supervision by the state Department of Corrections, according to court and prison records.
  
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• The Art Is Not, In and Of Itself, A Redemptive Act: Martha Rosler and Kehinde Wiley at SAM

  22-02-2016 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  A detail from Martha Rosler's House Beautiful series (1967-72), this one titled Giacometti, in reference to the modernist sculpture figure. Courtesy the artist and Seattle Art Museum
  This photocollage at Seattle Art Museum is one several featured pieces from Martha Rosler's anti-Vietnam War series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home.
  Called Giacometti, it emphasizes the modernist sculpture of the oversize man frozen in mid-stride, emaciated, fragile, and alone, by the Italian artist Alberto G
  
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• Seattle-King County NAACP Identifies Victim of Yesterday's Police Shooting as Che Taylor

  22-02-2016 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Rest Now Young King! Life was hard, but you made due with the hand that was dealt you, I promise your death was not in vain!!!!!
  Posted by Andre' Taylor on Sunday, February 21, 2016
  On Sunday, Seattle police shot and killed Che Taylor, a black man from Seattle who was well-known in the community and deeply beloved, Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson said this morning."I wouldn't be surprised if he has one of the biggest funerals in Seattle," he said.
  The SPD has not releas
  
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• How Will We Know When Capitol Hill Isn't the Gayborhood Anymore?

  22-02-2016 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  It won't be when the last gay bar closes or when young queer refugees from Eastern Washington and Idaho and Montana can't afford to rent apartments on the hill anymore. It'll be when this laundromat changes its name.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Alright, Slog: Bernie or Hillary?

  22-02-2016 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Attention Washington State Democratic caucus-goers: you may technically have one month to decide between Hillary and Bernie, but Slog needs your answer right now. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  If you live in Washington State, you don't really have to make up your mind on Bernie vs. Hillary until our Democratic caucuses on March 26. Sure, a lot can happen in a month.But come on. A lot's happened already in the race for the Democratic nomination—many, many, many, debates, plus Iowa, plus Ne
  
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• Vancouver BC Serial Killer Publishes Book

  22-02-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Commercial Drive is not far from the rendering plant that processed the serial killer's human-fed pigs. Charles Mudede
  The convicted serial killer Robert Pickton has published a book called Pickton: In His Own Words. It has 144 pages. It is available on Amazon.Pickton, a pig farmer, was not only convicted of killing six women but was charged with killing 26 and boasted to the cops of killing nearly 50 out of the 69 that went missing during the years he was active (1997 and 2001). He fed many of
  
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• FBI Director Tries to Calm Down Everyone Freaking Out About Apple

  22-02-2016 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  FBI director James Comey says that the debate around digital rights shouldn't be resolved "by corporations that sell stuff for a living." Ellica / Shutterstock.com
  Apple is fighting the FBI over a request to break into an iPhone recovered after the San Bernadino shooting. Today, FBI director James Comey posted a statement that urges everyone to calm down over the fundamental question this raises: "Do [American citizens] have a right to security?"
  The letter arrived one day before digital rights
  
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• Ski report: Snowfall fading away to mostly sun and fun on the slopes

  22-02-2016 19:02
  
  Skiers and snowboarders looking for a fresh cache of powder should hit the hillsides soon as big changes to the weather forecast are looming on the horizon.
  
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• Peter Mondavi, Napa Valley wine pioneer, has died at 101

  22-02-2016 18:56
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Peter Mondavi, a Napa Valley wine country innovator who led his family’s Charles Krug Winery through more than a half-century of change, has died. He was 101. Mondavi died Saturday at his home in St. Helena, California, said Wendy Lane Stevens, a member of the C. Mondavi and Family board of […]
  
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• School-bus crash in Lynnwood sends 2 kids to hospital

  22-02-2016 18:42
  
  Two children were taken to a hospital after a crash Monday involving a school bus in Lynnwood.
  
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• One Year Into the City's New Microhousing Rules, No One Is Winning

  22-02-2016 18:42 via thestranger.com
  
  New rules haven't stopped developers from building microapartments, but may have made them more expensive, The Urbanist reports.Kelly O
  Back in 2014, the Seattle City Council fumbled its way through yet another urbanists-vs-neighborhoods fight over whether to impose new restrictions on developers building microhousing. Pro-density types and some affordability advocates wanted to maintain developers' ability to build the small, cheap units in an increasingly expensive city. Neighbors, meanwhile,
  
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• Remains found in national forest ID’d as Tacoma man missing since 1968

  22-02-2016 18:36
  
  Jefferson County investigators have identified a set of skeletal remains found in 1975 as a Tacoma man who disappeared in 1968. Investigators believe he shot himself.
  
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• Prisoner-release probe: Senate panel to grill staffers, ex-official

  22-02-2016 18:36
  
  Several witnesses are expected to be called Monday before a state Senate committee investigating the state’s mistaken early release of prisoners. Meanwhile, Gov. Jay Inslee’s investigation into the matter has been completed.
  
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• Randy Rainbow's GOP Dropout

  22-02-2016 18:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Randy Rainbow's "GOP Dropout" series is the best thing about the GOP race. (Via Towleroad.) And if you missed the "GOP Dropout" dedicated to Carly... it's after the jump.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Mayor wants managed heroin injection facility

  22-02-2016 18:01
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The mayor of Ithaca in upstate New York wants his city to host the nation’s first supervised injection facility, where heroin users would be able to shoot illegal drugs into their bodies under the care of a nurse without getting arrested by police. Canada, Europe and Australia are working to reduce […]
  
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• Homeless Encampment Allowed to Stay at Dearborn Site Over the Weekend, Could Face Eviction This Week

  22-02-2016 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  About 30 to 40 people living in the Nickelsville encampment on South Dearborn will soon be forced to move. Kelly O
  Perhaps realizing what a public relations nightmare it would have been, city officials did not execute a midnight eviction of a homeless encampment at 1010 South Dearborn Street over the weekend, as some residents of the camp had feared.Residents at the camp, formerly known as Nickelsville, recently severed ties with the nonprofit organization Nickelsville and its organizer Scott Mo
  
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• Warm, dry week in Seattle, but rain returns this weekend

  22-02-2016 17:40
  
  Plan those outdoor chores and activities while you have the chance. The weather forecast calls for mild days and a break from all that rain.
  
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• The Morning News: Ocean Temperatures Tied to Melting Starfish, SPD Kills Man in Wedgwood, and Apple vs. FBI Latest

  22-02-2016 17:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Starfish on the Olympic Peninsula.Starfish/Shutterstock
  The Link Between Starfish Melting and Ocean Temperatures Rising Is "Unmistakable": For a while there we were being told that the starfish wasting away was because of disease that maybe had nothing to do with ocean temperature, but now it's clear that the temperature of the ocean is a major factor.
  SPD Killed a Suspected Felon in Wedgwood Yesterday: "It was like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Just like that," a neighbor said.Seatt
  
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• Paul Allen spars with Cayman Islands over reef damage

  22-02-2016 16:48
  
  In competing news releases, Paul Allen and the Cayman Islands are sparing over repair plans to coral reef damage the island government says Allen's mega-yacht Tatoosh caused last month. While the government says a fix is underway, Allen's crew says repair to the reef has been delayed unnecessarily.
  
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• Vaccine reduces HPV in teen girls by nearly two-thirds, study says

  22-02-2016 06:00
  
  “A minority of females in this country have been immunized, but we’re seeing a public health impact that is quite expansive,” said Dr. Amy Middleman, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
  
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• 14-year-old wanted in Federal Way killing turns himself in

  22-02-2016 05:55
  
  A 14-year-old wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Federal Way teen has turned himself in to police.
  
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• Scenes from the last day of Octopus Week in Seattle

  22-02-2016 04:38
  
  The Seattle Aquarium ends a week of cephalopod-centric events like octopus releases, feedings and special dives with an octopus in the large tank.
  
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• Octopus Week finale

  22-02-2016 04:38
  
  The Seattle Aquarium ends a week of cephalopod-centric events like octopus releases, feedings and special dives with an octopus in the large tank.
  
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• Seattle mayor picks Rainier Valley site for third homeless camp

  22-02-2016 04:28
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to locate the city’s third authorized homeless encampment near the Othello light-rail station in Rainier Valley.
  
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• 20 states report pot legalization measures in 2016 election

  22-02-2016 04:17
  
  Voters in 20 U.S. states could potentially legalize some form of cannabis use in the November 2016 election — part of a historic backlash to the century-old war on marijuana.
  
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• Sephardic Jew from Seattle soon to get Spanish citizenship

  22-02-2016 04:14
  
  Seattle’s Doreen Alhadeff returns home after becoming the first American to reach the final stage of a process that allows Sephardic Jews to become Spanish citizens, that nation’s effort to make amends for the expulsion of Jews during the Inquisition.
  
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