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• Salma Hayek posts on Instagram her dog was killed on her Wash. ranch

  27-02-2016 22:13
  
  Actress Salma Hayek posted on Instagram Friday that her dog was found shot to death at her Washington state ranch.
  
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• 1 killed when car slams into pole off I-5

  27-02-2016 20:28
  
  The man, a passenger in the car that left the road near the Port of Tacoma, was 19 years old.
  
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• This Week on Blabbermouth: Should Washington State Be for Bernie or Hillary? Plus High-Rise Anxiety at the Frye!

  27-02-2016 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersEpisode 40 of Blabbermouth considers whether Washington State Democrats should caucus for Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, and then explores some high-rise anxiety at the Frye Art Museum. (Wanna subscribe to the show on iTunes? Right here.) Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.comBlabbermouth February 26, 2016Download Episode | Subscribe on iTunes | RSS FeedHave you heard? There’s a presidential election underway in America! And here in Washington State, almost exactly one month from
  
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• Seattle women torn between voting for sister Hillary or feeling the Bern

  27-02-2016 19:45
  
  Queen Anne boomers root for Bernie Sanders. A postmillennial hosts a phone bank for Hillary Clinton. As Washington state’s caucuses approach, women here are as divided as anywhere over the Democratic candidates — but in some unexpected ways.
  
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• Puerto Rico braces for wave of mosquito-borne Zika virus

  27-02-2016 19:13
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Leilani Dominicci has all the typical worries of pregnant women plus a new one spreading across Puerto Rico: the fear she will become infected with the Zika virus and put her baby at risk. Her unease has escalated so much that the 38-year-old attorney barely leaves her home in […]
  
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• Colossal crystals, gigantic geodes: Selling ‘mind-boggling’ collection no easy task

  27-02-2016 17:00
  
  Richard Berger’s stunning collection of massive minerals now sits in a dark warehouse near Seattle. He’s looking for a millionaire to buy the “Masterpieces of the Earth” and build a museum to display them.
  
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• One-year spaceman sees mission as ‘steppingstone’ to Mars

  27-02-2016 14:33
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As soon as he returns from the International Space Station, NASA’s first and only yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, will try to pop up from a lying position and stand still for three minutes. He’ll take a crack at a mini-obstacle course and attempt to walk a straight line, heel to […]
  
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• GOP-led Senate approves budget that Democrats say does too little

  27-02-2016 07:45
  
  The Republican-led Washington Senate rejected 19 amendments offered by Democrats. The chamber eventually voted 25-22 in favor of adding about $34 million to the two-year, $38 billion operating budget adopted last year.
  
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• In parking-starved downtown, pedal power delivers the biscuits

  27-02-2016 06:30
  
  Sketched Feb. 22 and 25, 2016 I can’t positively say that Seattle has more bike couriers today than when I moved here ten years ago, but it sure feels like it. Ken Spice uses a huge cargo bike to transport trays full of biscuits and gravy between the two Biscuit Bitch stores he runs with […]
  
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• Donald Trump connects at a new level — a fourth-grade level

  27-02-2016 06:01
  
  Donald Trump is said to be tapping into some primal feelings among the electorate, such as fear. But his true genius appears to be speaking to America at the level of a fourth-grader.
  
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• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis hold album-release party

  27-02-2016 05:53
  
  Macklemore fans lined up to meet Macklemore and Ryan Lewis during a signing and listening party for the duo’s new release, “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made,” at Easy Street Records on Friday.
  
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• Music to mark Black History Month

  27-02-2016 05:19
  
  Madrona K-8 School celebrated Black History Month on Friday, beginning with a student, family and community march around the school and continuing with an assembly featuring traditional drumming and dance, as well as several guest speakers.
  
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• West Coast sardine populations, long sinking, look even worse in forecast

  27-02-2016 03:58
  
  Sardines off the West Coast, continuing a steep decline, are forecast this summer to be down 93 percent from a 2007 peak.
  
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• Original Boeing 727 prepares for its final takeoff

  27-02-2016 03:25
  
  The first Boeing 727 — a model that became one of the company’s top-selling planes of all time — will take to the skies one last time after a 25-year restoration effort. It’s bound for its final home, the Museum of Flight.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Box Under the Bed

  27-02-2016 03:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageI am a late-20s single woman living in a major city who hates housekeeping. I use a popular app to book monthly cleaning appointments. (You request availability on a particular date and whoever has time in their schedule picks up the booking. Think Uber for Hoovers.) It's generally a different person each booking. Recently, I had a male housekeeper for the first time. I saw no reviews in the app, but I didn't care, I just wanted my shower scrubbed. I was at work all day while he let
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to LE1F

  27-02-2016 02:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Entries accepted until 2pm (PT) on Tuesday, March 1Three lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets to see LE1F at The Crocodile on Wednesday, March 2nd.
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to Esperanza Spalding: Emily's D+Evolution Tour at The Showbox!

  27-02-2016 02:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Entries accepted until 3pm (PT) on Monday, March 7thFive lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets to see Esperanza Spalding: Emily's D+Evolution Tour at The Showbox on Thursday, March 10th.
  Enter HERE.
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to Beyoncé: The Formation World Tour

  27-02-2016 02:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Entries accepted until 2:55pm (PT) on Wednesday, March 30th
  One lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets to see Beyoncé: The Formation World Tour on May 18th at CenturyLink Field!
  Enter HERE.
  
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• Win a pair of four-day festival passes to Sasquatch!

  27-02-2016 02:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Entries accepted until 3pm (PT) on Tuesday, May 3rdOne lucky winner will receive a pair of four-day passes to Sasquatch Festival, May 27-30 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA.
  Enter HERE.
  
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• Mayor, police chief promise timely update on fatal shooting of black man

  27-02-2016 01:52
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole pledged Friday to provide a comprehensive update within 30 days on Sunday’s fatal shooting of an African-American man by two officers.
  
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• More tentative coastal razor clam digging dates set for March, and recent digs have been off-the-charts

  27-02-2016 01:12
  
  Time to start making plans to dig into three coastal beaches next month with some dates finalized and others dates tentative until further marine toxin test results give them the green light to proceed. “We got some good marine toxin numbers back (from Department of Health) to continue digging at Long Beach through March 31 and […]
  
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• Ed Murray embraces expert’s harsh critique of Seattle’s homeless policies

  27-02-2016 01:01
  
  Mayor Ed Murray said he agrees with a national expert’s stinging critique of authorized encampments for homeless people in Seattle.
  
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• Two Former Police Officers Say Che Taylor Complied with Police Commands Before His Death

  27-02-2016 00:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzChe Taylor's mother marches with protesters through downtown Seattle. Alex Garland
  Two weeks ago, at a Seattle University forum, a young black student looked at Seattle's police chief and smiled at her."Zero deaths of people of color in Seattle: I know you can do it!" she exclaimed.
  In the previous month, Seattle police officers had encountered 31-year-old James Slade, a mentally ill black man wanted for arrest. Despite advancing on an officer with a knife in each hand, and then str
  
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• More Detail on the Mass Shooting Earlier Today in Washington State

  27-02-2016 00:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSavage mentioned it earlier, but details were still sketchy. Yakima Herald reports:
  A SWAT team entered the man’s home and found four people dead. They were found in a different structure than the one the suspect was inside during negotiations, Salisbury said. Police searched 11 structures on the property.
  The suspect they were negotiating with came outside and shot himself, bringing the death toll to five. Komo reports:
  The gunman had called 911 to say he shot and
  
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• Human Rights Commission: Guy Entering Women's Bathroom in Seattle Was "Absolutely Not Protected Under the Law"

  27-02-2016 00:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneFunny that the people who express concern for cisgender women and girls in locker rooms are the same ones deliberately trying to make them feel unsafe.Alex Garland
  The Washington State Human Rights Commission has some news for the man who entered a woman's locker room in Seattle claiming that he was allowed to be there under the state antidiscrimination law that protects transgender people."His behavior is inexcusable and reprehensible," the commission's statement reads. "And
  
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• Atlanta Vice: Crooked Cops in Triple 9

  27-02-2016 00:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann
  The police code for an officer down is 999, and Triple 9 is the noir-tinged story of crooked cops falling down on the job—plus maybe one or two virtuous ones. Set in an Atlanta made out of parking garages, strip clubs, and abandoned housing projects, it's appropriately dark and seamy, and while the movie does a few things well, it doesn't do them well enough to qualify Triple 9 as a success.
  Chris Allen (Casey Affleck) is the nominal hero, a lily-white cop who's brushing u
  
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