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• Tough-guy journeyman actor George Kennedy dies at 91

  29-02-2016 23:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died. His grandson Cory Schenkel says Kennedy died on Sunday morning of old age in Boise, Idaho. He was 91. He had undergone […]
  
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• VA watchdog releases reports on wait-time manipulations

  29-02-2016 23:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports documenting scheduling problems and wait-time manipulation at the Department of Veterans Affairs are being made public, as the agency’s internal watchdog bows to pressure from members of Congress and others to improve transparency. The VA’s Office of Inspector General released 11 reports Monday outlining problems at VA hospitals and clinics in […]
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: Oh Hello, Convenient Ultrasound Machine!

  29-02-2016 23:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm. Steven HumphreyHey Walking Dead fans! Did you watch last night's episode, which once again refused to show my favorite character ("Convenient Rocket Launcher"), but introduced a brand-new character ("Convenient Ultrasound Machine")? We have a lot to talk about, so join me after the jump for this spoiler-filled edition of The Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club! LET'S DO THIS!
  "Stop! Wait a minute... fill my cup, put some liquor in it!"MORE FUN AFTER THE JUMP!Here's what I'm thinking about last
  
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• Justice Antonin Scalia Dies and Corporate America Surrenders for Now

  29-02-2016 23:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeJustice Antonin Scalia's death has increased "political uncertainties" for Dow Chemical. Jonathan Weiss /Shutterstock.com
  Bloomberg is reporting that the Dow Chemical Co., a corporation which had nearly $50 billion in revenue last year, has agreed to pay $835 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that has been in the courts since 2005 (a regular Jarndyce and Jarndyce that one). Why? Because Justice Antonin Scalia is dead, and so a vote in the Supreme Court would likely be tied
  
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• A Massive Container Ship They're Calling "the Future of Our Region" Just Floated Into the Port of Seattle

  29-02-2016 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Alex GarlandThe massive container ship, CMA GCM Benjamin Franklin, is unloaded at the Port of Seattle's Terminal 18. Alex Garland
  A ginormous container ship, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, made its way to Terminal 18 at the Port of Seattle early this morning.Cranes soon began lifting containers off the ship, possibly carrying recent Amazon purchases. In a press conference this morning, Stephanie Bowman, a Seattle Port commissioner, reminded the audience they were in a "unique position" to "ge
  
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• Neighbor fired air rifle, unaware he hit Salma Hayek’s dog

  29-02-2016 22:57
  
  Salma Hayek's neighbor fired a pellet gun to scare away her dog after it came on to his property in Yelm. Family says he didn't intend to hit the dog.The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office ruled the shooting justified but will send the case to prosecutors for review.
  
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• Stephen Fry Quits Twitter

  29-02-2016 22:52 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageHe made a joke about an old friend, was swarmed on Twitter, and now he's done. Fry, who had more than a million followers, does a great job summing up the whole shitty Twitter experience on his way out the door:
  Today saw him release a statement on his official website, expressing his happiness at being free from Twitter, a platform he referred to as “a stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous who love to second-guess, to leap to conclusions and be offended&rdquo
  
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• Woman in Spokane infected with Zika during pregnancy, but delivered healthy baby

  29-02-2016 22:25
  
  A case of Zika virus infection has been confirmed in a woman in her 20s in Spokane County who was pregnant when she developed symptoms after traveling, but has since delivered a healthy baby, health officials reported Monday.
  
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• Photo: NASA picks Lockheed to bring back supersonic passenger flights ... only quieter

  29-02-2016 21:17
  
  NASA has been working the problem with industry engineers and on Monday announced a $20 million contract with Lockheed Martin of Palmdale, Calif., to create a preliminary design for a jet that will return supersonic passenger flights.
  
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• Hello

  29-02-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
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  29-02-2016 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
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• The American People Deserve to Know the Truth About Donald Trump's Alleged Micropenis

  29-02-2016 21:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeI guess I never noticed it before, but yeah, his fingers ARE really stubby. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  Here's how it's going to go down tomorrow, Super Tuesday: Hillary's going to win in almost every state, further solidifying her lead on Bernie (she's already way ahead on delegates, 544 to 85, with 2,383 needed for the nomination).And, distressingly, Trump will probably win in almost every state as well.
  So is this the race that we're looking at? Trump versus Clinton? What an i
  
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• Hammerbox Bassist James Atkins Loses Battle with Esophageal Cancer

  29-02-2016 21:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalJames Atkins, second from right, wearing hat, with friends at last December's benefit show at Chop Suey.
  Photo credit: Chris Force
  James Atkins, a prominent, well-liked musician best known for his stint in '90s hard-rock band Hammerbox, passed away from esophageal cancer, amid close friends and his favorite music (doing it right to the very end), on February 27. He was 49. Atkins's Hammerbox bandmate Carrie Akre eulogized, “James deeply loved his rock ‘n roll and adored
  
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• Scalia Communicates Through Clarence Thomas from the Grave

  29-02-2016 20:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Now that the ghost of Justice Antonin Scalia was heard today in this building, who are we going to call?Gary Blakeley/shutterstock.com
  In a recent post, I presented three ways that Justice Clarence Thomas might respond to the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a man he closely followed on Supreme Court decisions. One: He will be haunted by and faithful to the ghost of the dead Justice. Two: He becomes erratic, like the instruments on a plane that's entered the Bermuda Tria
  
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• Sam Smith Gets His Gay Card Revoked By Not Knowing Who Howard Ashman Is

  29-02-2016 20:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleWhatever, gaylord. JStone / Shutterstock.com
  Sam Smith, pictured above, the person who sang a song on the Oscars last night right before I turned it off (it was horrible, right?), apparently won an award later in the night and when he accepted it he said he thought he might be the first openly gay person to winan Academy Award.
  As Entertainment Tonight points out:
  Smith was eventually informed backstage that he actually isn't the first openly gay person to win an Oscar. T
  
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• An Anti-Gay Republican Politician Claims He Has Gay Friends

  29-02-2016 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageGeorgia State Sen. Greg Kirk is trying to get a "religious liberty" bill passed, a law that would legalize discrimination against LGBT people (and others, like straight cohabitors) if the person doing the discriminating remembers to say the magic words: "These arr mah deeply held religious beliefs!" And Sen. Kirk, like so many anti-gay politicians of over the last few years, doesn't want anyone to think he's bigot or a hater. Just because he's pushing bigoted and hateful legislation
  
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• Report Links Medical Failures at Immigrant Detention Centers to Deaths, Authors Call for Angel Padilla's Release

  29-02-2016 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzOne activist says Angel Padilla's case "is the story of why everything is wrong with the [immigration] system."Ansel Herz
  When Angel Padilla finished a 19-year stint in California's prison system for a robbery he committed as a minor, he expected to be released and picked up by his wife. Instead, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him at the prison gates, kept him shackled, and took him to another prison—this one run by a private prison corporation calle
  
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• Morning Meatball News

  29-02-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Angela GarbesThe life of a meatball judge.AG
  Sometimes (okay, often times) my job requires me to spend hours eating meatballs and drinking wine. This past Saturday, I was invited to be one of the judges of a meatball competition at Georgetown's Charles Smith Wines. (The contest was held in celebration of the launch of the winery's new line of Italian wines, Casa Smith.) The meatballs—all of which, I'm happy to report, were good—were made by chefs Mauro Golmarvi (Assaggio Ristorant
  
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• Ski report: Wild weather week ahead on slopes with some new snow, and gusty winds and rain at times

  29-02-2016 19:14
  
  Skiers and snowboarders will go through unpredictable weather changes in the days ahead that could have you cruising through powder one day and then a slushy, rainy mess the next. All ski areas received 4 to 12 inches of new snow this past weekend, and a fairly low freezing level around 2,500 feet will produce […]
  
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• A Little More Art: An Interview with Carly Rae Jepsen

  29-02-2016 19:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonCarly Rae Jepsen plays tonight at the Showbox Hazel & Pine
  Even in a time when only the stuffiest of retrograde curmudgeons still has a problem with commercial pop music, the effusive critical response to Carly Rae Jepsen’s album E•Mo•Tion is a little mind-blowing.It’s one thing for pretty much everyone to basically be okay with with this kind of music (that has been the story of the past 18 years or so of popular culture, after all: All old objections hav
  
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• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Played a Free Show at Neumos on Friday

  29-02-2016 18:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Adrian GarzaFriday Feb 26, 6pm. Not exactly a mob scene, but then, the 500 free tickets had been gone for five hours. Kriston McConnell
  The posted starting time of the free “surprise” release show at Neumos for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s new album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, was 9pm on Friday. By 6pm, there was still a line of people braving the drizzle, hoping to score a ticket.
  “500 tickets were already given out by 1pm today,” a compassionate securit
  
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• Three Pieces of Required Viewing

  29-02-2016 18:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageJohn Oliver rips into Donald Drumpf...Get your very own "Make Donald Drumpf Again" hat—and your Drumpfinator Chrome Extension—at www.DonaldJDrumpf.com.
  Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick send up Donald Trump in a brilliant parody of The Producers ...
  And Marco Rubio jokes about the size of Donald Trump's dick...And that's the way it is.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Court upholds prison sentence for man convicted in nunchuck attack

  29-02-2016 18:40
  
  The Superior Court judge who sentenced the man said he had a lengthy history of assault and other dangerous behavior while intoxicated.
  
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• Buffett: ‘Not true’ that mobile-home firm charges minorities more

  29-02-2016 18:35
  
  Appearing on CNBC, the Berkshire Hathaway chief addressed complaints about lending practices at the company’s mobile-home division, Clayton Homes.
  
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• Kshama Sawant on Reuven Carlyle's Plan to Clear and Build a Fence Around the Jungle: "a Complete Waste of $1 Million"

  29-02-2016 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverCity staff found about 200 tents on a three-mile stretch of land under I-5 known as "the Jungle."City of Seattle
  At a Saturday organizing conference she called the "People's Assembly," Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant slammed a recent proposal from state senators to spend $1 million clearing the homeless encampment known as "the Jungle." The plan, which is being led by Seattle Democrat Reuven Carlyle and has the support of Mayor Ed Murray, would also build an 8,000-foot-
  
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• The Morning News: Oscar Results and an Upcoming Test of Preparedness for a Cascadia Megaquake

  29-02-2016 17:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersSpotlight—a movie about a type of journalism that's expensive, important, and increasingly rare—won Best Picture at last night's Oscars.
  Spotlight Wins Best Picture: "In a ceremony that became a raucous diversity lesson under the guidance of its host, Chris Rock, 'Spotlight,' a newspaper drama about the Roman Catholic Church cover-up of sexual abuse by priests, snatched top honors at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday," the New York Times reports. "It beat out 'The Reven
  
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• Fire damages small Ravenna home; 3 squatters flee

  29-02-2016 17:34
  
  Three people, believed to be squatters, left the home unharmed, the fire department said.
  
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• Fourth victim of Belfair shooting identified as neighbor

  29-02-2016 17:32
  
  The Mason County coroner’s office identified the last victim in a Friday shooting near Belfair as Donna S. Reed, a neighbor of the shooter.
  
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• Series of crashes tangles traffic Monday morning

  29-02-2016 15:19
  
  A mid-morning fatal crash near Auburn has a stretch of Highway 18 closed. Earlier, collisions in both directions on Interstate 5, and one nearby on U.S. Highway 2, caused major backups in the Everett area during the morning commute.
  
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• Math challenge starts Monday, teaching algebra through a game

  29-02-2016 15:05
  
  An online math game aims to teach students the concepts of algebra in just two hours.
  
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• High style: Seattle designer Luly Yang refashions Alaska Airlines uniforms

  29-02-2016 15:00
  
  Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang, known for her one-of-a-kind creations, has been hired to do something entirely different: Design new uniforms for the entire Alaska Airlines workforce — 12,000 people.
  
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• Despite protests, the Dan Savage-influenced ‘Real O’Neals’ to debut on ABC

  29-02-2016 15:00
  
  The show is loosely based on the coming of age of Seattle-based syndicated columnist Dan Savage. Conservative groups wanted the show killed, but it will debut March 2 before settling into its regular time slot on March 8.
  
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• Alabama to be hub of scientific study of Southern tornadoes

  29-02-2016 14:13
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — About 40 scientists from around the nation are expected to participate in “VORTEX Southeast,” an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South, weather researchers say. Like earlier studies in the Midwest, the research based in Huntsville, Alabama, will include mobile radars, drones and other equipment that […]
  
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• The 51 Best Things To Do This Week

  29-02-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Daniel Handler, Shabazz Palaces, Bacon and Bourbon Fest, And More Picks For Feb 29-March 6by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our arts critics have recommended the best events in every genre—from the Silent Reading Party to a night at Hugo House with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) to a Shabazz Palaces concert to the bourbon and bacon festival. 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 Stranger Thin
  
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• Battling outbreak, Hawaii faces small staff, pesticide fears

  29-02-2016 08:17
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — On a farm in the heart of Hawaii’s ongoing dengue outbreak, coffee grows wild among the ferns, and vanilla vines climb guava trees. It’s hard to know where nature ends and the farm begins, and that’s the way organic farmers there like it. But state efforts to combat the outbreak — and […]
  
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• Inmate found dead of apparent suicide in Kitsap

  29-02-2016 07:03
  
  A Kitsap County Jail inmate found unconscious in his cell late Saturday died of an apparent suicide.
  
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• Emails suggest UW regents decided on new president days before public vote

  29-02-2016 05:48
  
  The chairman of the University of Washington’s Board of Regents and other key officials communicated as if they knew Ana Mari Cauce would be named the university’s president days before the board publicly voted to appoint her last October, emails and other records show.
  
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• Liveslogging the Racy Oscars

  29-02-2016 05:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede9:00 One of these days I'm going to have to write about Morgan Freeman's earrings.8:58 Person of color has to win anything. And I think this is how thing will end tonight. And eating grapes just gave a long speech.
  8:38 It's almost 9 and white Oscars ain't over. White people be like that.
  8:38 Alejandro González Iñárritu deserves it. Best Director. He is a great director. Enough said.
  8:31 Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) is keeping it black: "Room full of white pe
  
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• Hundreds cycle hard in Seattle to beat rare cancers

  29-02-2016 04:46
  
  Cycle for Survival, a nationwide fundraising event, which included about 400 Seattle participants, raised money for cancer research and trials.
  
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• Mill Creek centenarian celebrates a rare leap-day birthday

  29-02-2016 04:21
  
  Mill Creek centenarian celebrates rare leap-day birthday.
  
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• Hundreds kick off cycling season with Chilly Hilly

  29-02-2016 04:11
  
  The Chilly Hilly kicks off the Northwest’s cycling season with a 33-mile route around Bainbridge Island.
  
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• Half of Seattle’s female homicide victims last year were homeless

  29-02-2016 04:02
  
  Seattle police investigated 24 homicides last year. Seventy-five percent of victims were male and two thirds of all homicide victims died from gunshot wounds.
  
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• China plans to launch 2nd space station, crewed mission

  29-02-2016 03:45
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Rising space power China is preparing to place a second experimental space station into orbit this year followed by a pair of astronauts who will dock with it and live on board for several days. The government’s China Manned Space Agency said Sunday the Tiangong 2 space lab will lift off sometime […]
  
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