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• Mass Shooting In Washington State

  26-02-2016 23:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageKansas yesterday, Washington today...
  BREAKING: Five people dead, including suspect, after shooting in Washington state: local media
  — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 26, 2016
  It never ends.
  Pres. Obama decries deadly Kansas shooting: "We cannot become numb." https://t.co/zm0M9D6GU6 pic.twitter.com/vxWOUrMYNW
  — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 26, 2016
  Obama can't possibly keep up. By the time he decries one mass shooting, we're on to the next. Soon we're g
  
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• Expedia leases office space near future waterfront campus

  26-02-2016 23:16
  
  Expedia has signed a lease for about 38,000 square feet at 645 Elliott Ave. W. near its future corporate campus in Seattle, and it plans to move in there this summer, the company said Friday.
  
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• My Concern for America Continues

  26-02-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Phillip Abernathy, Age 9
  America is turning into a burning garbage heap of immorality and tyranny. Hello, I'm Phillip Abernathy, and I'm a fourth grader at John Muir Elementary School—and my concern for America continues. Yes, I may be "only" 9 years old, but my eyes are wide open to the bureaucratic corruption that has polluted America—and, by extension, Mrs. Pullman's entire fourth grade class.
  Example ONE: Fish Stick Fridays. Our glorious Constitution (supreme law of the land)
  
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• Blarb

  26-02-2016 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
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  26-02-2016 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
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• Propane leak caused deadly Port Orchard home explosion

  26-02-2016 22:56
  
  Propane gas filled the Port Orchard residence and underneath it on Tuesday morning before the explosion that killed two people.
  
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• Alcohol poisoning suspected in death of Green River College student, 17, from China

  26-02-2016 22:31
  
  A Green River College international student died in Auburn, and evidence points to alcohol poisoning.
  
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• Mom of son allegedly killed by released inmate to sue state

  26-02-2016 22:25
  
  A woman whose son was allegedly shot and killed by a prisoner who was mistakenly released early is planning to sue the state.
  
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• Grace Love's Autobiographical Musical Debuts Tomorrow Night at Vera

  26-02-2016 22:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Todd HammGrace Love, making art out of turmoil
  Grace Love is singing in her car as she drives to one of the last rehearsals for her first theatrical production, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Soul,this Saturday at the Vera Project. From the other end of the line, I hear her struggling with the phone pairing device in her car and cursing technology between notes, which is no surprise for someone whose last album (with her band the True Loves) was recorded directly to tape. After a minute or so, the de
  
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• Seattle U provost tapped to be University of Puget Sound president

  26-02-2016 22:06
  
  Seattle University Provost Isiaah Crawford has been selected to be the next president of UPS in Tacoma.
  
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• Protester Who Tied Herself to Arctic Vessel Will Fight Potential $40,000 Fine with Climate "Necessity" Defense

  26-02-2016 22:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneChiara D'Angelo will argue that she had to tie herself to the vessel in order to stop the greater harms of climate change. Will the Coast Guard buy it?Reese Semanko
  In May of 2015, 20-year-old Western Washington University student Chiara D'Angelo hitched herself to an Arctic drilling support vessel's anchor chain and stayed there for 63 hours. Her goal was to stop or delay the ship leaving Bellingham for Shell's Arctic drilling mission in the Alaskan Arctic.Before D'Angelo cl
  
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• Assistant professor at WSU charged with $8M in research fraud

  26-02-2016 22:03
  
  An assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering is one of three people charged with defrauding the federal government of $8 million in federal research funds.
  
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• Seattle Immersive Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet Is All Surface

  26-02-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithDo I bite my thumb at this production of Romeo and Juliet? I do. It's three hours long, it costs a week's worth of groceries, you have to wear an uncomfortable mask, and/but they serve crab rangoon.Fedora el Morro
  Seattle Immersive Theatre specializes in creating fully immersive theatrical experiences for its audiences. In Listening Glass, a show they produced last October, the immersive elements were thoughtful and they meaningfully contributed to the action of the play. I can't sa
  
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• Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump

  26-02-2016 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageHoly fucking shit—no one saw this coming:
  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey endorsed Donald J. Trump on Friday, a major turn in a wild race and one that gives the New York businessman a significant boost as he heads into the pivotal “Super Tuesday” contests. Mr. Christie was a candidate for president himself until he came in sixth place in New Hampshire’s primary. Seeing his political career facing an abrupt conclusion after his failed presidential campaign,
  
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• Out-of-staters may get OK to invest in Washington’s pot industry

  26-02-2016 20:27
  
  Investors from California to Maine could soon pour money into Washington’s young pot industry. It’s welcome news to entrepreneurs but others worry it may be a step toward Big Tobacco-like commercialization.
  
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• When Did Donald Trump Stop Urinating in his Pants Last Night?

  26-02-2016 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumePerhaps one day Rubio and Trump can join forces to search for new and innovative ways to conceal male pattern baldness. Albert H. Teich / Shutterstock.com
  Since when is Marco Rubio the mean one? At last night's debate he had a few moments of real fire, attacking Donald Trump faster than the walking hairpiece could respond. And he's at it again today, accusing Trump of, among other things, wetting his pants.As Dave Holmes commented on Twitter last night, "If this were some other coun
  
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• Mexico documents big rebound in monarch butterflies

  26-02-2016 20:10
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Monarch butterflies have made a big comeback in their wintering grounds in Mexico, after suffering serious declines, experts said Friday. The area covered by the orange-and-black insects in the mountains west of Mexico City this season was more than three and a half times greater than last winter. The butterflies clump […]
  
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• The Postorgasmic Scatter of Gabriel Jesiolowski's Art and Other Multiplicities at The Alice

  26-02-2016 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesAn installation of Gabriel Jesiolowski's tiny paintings mounted to the wall on construction nails at The Alice. JG
  Gabriel Jesiolowski's work was brand new to me when I came across it a few weeks ago at the opening of In Search of Conjunctions at The Alice—and suddenly, tomorrow is the last day of the show already, and I want to know more, but first, I'm just going to tell you what I know so you can go to see it yourself (and then maybe visit the artist's web site here).
  I kep
  
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• Global warming doubts spur push to block science standards

  26-02-2016 19:54
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doubt over man’s contribution to global warming, particularly through burning coal for power, is fueling a push by West Virginia lawmakers to block new science standards in schools. In a state defined by a coal industry that is now on life support, the Republican-led House of Delegates voted 73-20 on Friday […]
  
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• The Oscars Should Also Recognize That There's More to Blackness Than White Racism

  26-02-2016 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeTo Sleep With Anger is a film you have never heard of because it's a black film that's not about racism or blackness. The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  Though it's good news that the black-directed The Birth of a Nation was a big deal at Sundance 2016, and is likely to make a big splash at the Oscars in 2017, the fact of the matter is that it is still a film about white racism, and so continues the idea that white racism is all that being black is about. Being black for the most part,
  
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• State withdraws Inslee’s proposed carbon-emissions rule

  26-02-2016 19:51
  
  A proposal to limit industrial carbon emissions in Washington is on hold, with the rule sought by Gov. Jay Inslee to be rewritten and proposed again in the spring.
  
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• The Pocket Theater Takes Over Satori Group's Lease at Inscape Arts

  26-02-2016 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithFor those who are keeping tabs on which small but vital theater companies are operating out of which venues: Pocket Theater has more room in its pockets now.You know Inscape Arts, that humongous high school-type building that used to be the old INS building where Satori Group put on intense and challenging productions such as reWilding, Microdramas, Returning to Albert Joseph, and Spookhaus for the last three years? Well, Clayton Weller and his Pocket Theater will be taking over the
  
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• New ferry Samish out of service after hole found in hull

  26-02-2016 19:43
  
  The ferry Samish, less than a year old, has been dry-docked for repairs and investigation, after a small hole formed below water level.
  
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• A Dissenting View on Hillary Clinton and Marriage Equality

  26-02-2016 19:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageA response to my widely-circulated post calling bullshit on people who refuse to take Hillary Clinton's yes on marriage equality for an answer...
  The flip side of this argument is that the LGBT community more than any other interest group has a terrible track record when it comes to embracing those candidates/electeds who have "evolved" on their issues far more than those who have been with them since day one. HRC's endorsement of Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, who hosted gay
  
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• Last Night's Republican Debate Was Crazy—Did You Watch? Watch.

  26-02-2016 19:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  The whole thing was like that—it was like an opera without a score, like an auctioneer audition without auction items. They all just fulminated, at length, walking all over each other and Wolf Blitzer, who after the debate said he thought his own (and the other moderators') performance was great. If you missed it, there's a blow-by-blow of the whole thing here.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Person of Interest: Kristina Cullen Makes Jewelry Out of Snake Vertebrae, Bison Teeth, and Chicken Feet

  26-02-2016 19:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Kristina Cullen, creator of wearable witchery, photographed at Ghost Gallery. KELLY O
  
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• Insurer warnings cast doubt on ACA exchange future

  26-02-2016 15:46
  
  The nation's largest health-insurance exchange, UnitedHealth Group Inc., could lose as much as $475 million on its exchange business this year and may not participate in 2017. Another major insurer, Aetna, has questioned the viability of the exchanges.
  
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• Stop opening tent cities, homelessness expert tells Seattle leaders

  26-02-2016 15:00
  
  A nationally known expert hired by Mayor Ed Murray to help Seattle deal with its homelessness crisis believes officials should stop opening tent cities. The consultant, Barbara Poppe, led President Obama’s homelessness work from 2009 to 2014.
  
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• How to help struggling readers get the most from advanced coursework

  26-02-2016 15:00
  
  High schools are lowering the bar for enrollment in advanced courses that give kids a leg up for college, but many students need help boosting their reading skills.
  
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• UN science report warns of fewer bees, other pollinators

  26-02-2016 09:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations scientific mega-report warns. The 20,000 or so species of pollinators are key to hundreds of billions of dollars’ […]
  
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• Who owns your genetic data? Obama says you do

  26-02-2016 06:54
  
  Many researchers and the universities and medical centers that back them regard genetic material and the results from tests they conduct on it as their intellectual property and are reluctant to share it
  
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• Transgender kids’ mental health boosted by family support, UW study finds

  26-02-2016 06:01
  
  A first-ever look at the mental health of transgender children finds that such kids with supportive families have normal levels of depression and anxiety, according to University of Washington researchers.
  
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• Seattle Center advisory group expressed interest in multiple KeyArena remodels

  26-02-2016 04:04
  
  The Seattle Center Advisory Commission wrote a letter in October about exploring the viability of a $285 million remodel of KeyArena for NBA and NHL if a new Sodo District arena isn’t built. That group also wanted to explore a $150 million retrofit that would split the venue in two.
  
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• Seattle police officer suspended after racial slur was caught on dash-cam video

  26-02-2016 03:52
  
  Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole imposed the discipline Feb. 10 on Sgt. Lora Alcantara, adding three days to an original recommendation of a two-day suspension stemming from a 2013 incident.
  
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• Seattle school’s positive black role-model event has scholarship ‘ripple effect’

  26-02-2016 03:42
  
  A Detroit nonprofit was so impressed with the recent turnout of black men who welcomed children to Seattle’s South Shore PreK-8 school that it’s providing $100,000 in college scholarships to high school seniors who attended there.
  
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• Black role models cheering on Seattle students inspire scholarship donation

  26-02-2016 03:42
  
  A Detroit nonprofit was so impressed with the recent turnout of black men who welcomed children to Seattle’s South Shore PreK-8 school that it’s providing $100,000 in college scholarships to high school seniors who attended there.
  
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• At Yosemite, a waterfall delivers a fiery show

  26-02-2016 03:20
  
  Visitors who flocked to the park recently, many with cameras in tow, have not been disappointed by the glowing transformation of Horsetail Fall, which flows from El Capitan.
  
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• Seattle Center through the years

  26-02-2016 02:45
  
  Since it was carved out of lower Queen Anne for the 1962 World's Fair, Seattle Center has been a place for the region to gather.
  
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• $1 million razor- and barbed-wire fence proposed for The Jungle

  26-02-2016 02:12
  
  The state Legislature may approve $1 million for a razor- and barbed-wire-topped fence to enclose the notorious homeless encampment in Seattle where two people died in a shooting last month.
  
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• Billionaire Paul Allen to restore Cayman coral reef damaged by megayacht

  26-02-2016 02:00
  
  GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — A company founded by billionaire Paul Allen and the Cayman Islands have announced an agreement on a plan to restore a coral reef damaged by his 300-foot yacht in January. A joint statement Thursday from Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and the British territory’s Department of the Environment says the work […]
  
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• SpaceX calls off rocket launch at last minute

  26-02-2016 01:24
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s another launch delay for SpaceX. The rocket maker was all set to launch a commercial broadcasting satellite Thursday night from Cape Canaveral, Florida. But with just one minute, 40 seconds remaining in the countdown, flight controllers called for an “abort.” The decision came as liquid oxygen was flowing into […]
  
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• After 26 years, identity of Seattle homicide victim no longer a mystery

  26-02-2016 01:19
  
  The King County Medical Examiner’s Office recently identified the remains of homicide victim Celia Victor, whose body was found in 1989 off Airport Way South.
  
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• MIT has discovered the coolest thing about sponges (outside of exfoliation)

  26-02-2016 00:23
  
  Today we're talking about sponges and human intelligence. To wit, an MIT scientist has used his intelligence to figure out that sponges are probably the oldest animal. Hold the phone! You mean we're all decedents of sponges?
  
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• Passengers applaud as 7-year-old is removed from plane because of allergic reaction to pets

  26-02-2016 00:21
  
  The story — reported by TV stations in Washington and Arizona — says Giovanni and his parents went to Washington state for a vacation as part of the father’s “bucket list” of things that he hoped to do before he dies.
  
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