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• I-405 toll lanes to be free on nights, weekends starting Friday

  15-03-2016 23:58
  
  All lanes of Interstate 405 will be toll free on nights and weekends, beginning Friday, the state Transportation Commission decided Tuesday.
  
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• Fire under Interstate 5 reported in downtown Seattle

  15-03-2016 23:51
  
  Traffic officials are urging commuters to take precautions as a result of the fire at a makeshift homeless camp under I-5.
  
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• Fire out under Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle

  15-03-2016 23:51
  
  Traffic officials urged commuters to take precautions as a result of the fire at a makeshift homeless camp under I-5 Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Dad who killed little daughter: ‘My demons came out’

  15-03-2016 23:47
  
  A Burien man who beat his 8-month-old daughter to death with an Xbox controller has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  
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• Celebrate St. Patrick's Day At These 8 Irish Pubs In Seattle

  15-03-2016 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFadó Irish Pub is getting started early for St. Patrick's Day, with 7:30 am Kegs and Eggs, and continuing all day. "This year don't just party. Paddy hard," they say. Kelly O
  Thursday is St. Patrick's Day, and there are nearly 50 events happening to mark the occasion. You can see all of your options on our St. Patrick's Day calendar—including the highly anticipated Irish Wake for Lost Seattle Places, the delicious-sounding Feast of St. Patrick at Bottle
  
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• Sorry Seattle, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) isn't real, research finds

  15-03-2016 23:15
  
  Seasonal affective disorder(SAD, oh so SAD) is as much a part of our Northwest identity as Mount Rainier and the Seattle Freeze. We swear by it, often in fact. We buy boxes of full-spectrum light bulbs and take hot baths and max out our credit cards for migratory trips to sunny places.
  
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• Republican Attacks Will Only Make Trump Stronger

  15-03-2016 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeDid you see the negative ad about Trump Savage put on Slog earlier today?ICYMI:It's from the Our Principles PAC, which is a bunch of Romney-adjacent folks, and it highlights some of the worst things that Trump has said about women, read by women. I agree with Savage: It will probably help Donald Trump more than hurt him. The ad makes Trump look bad only if you are the kind of person who cares about treating women with respect. Do you suppose that is a high priority for Trump voters?
  
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• Poll Shows Many Seattle Voters Support New Scheduling Protections for Low-Wage Workers at Major Corporations

  15-03-2016 23:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverStarbucks baristas are among those fighting for secure scheduling legislation in Seattle. SORBIS/SHUTTERSTOCK
  A majority of Seattle voters support a proposal to give workers at large companies more certainty of their schedules, according to new union-funded polling. The poll comes as the Seattle City Council considers new scheduling regulations for large businesses.The EMC Research poll—part of a larger poll on labor issues funded by the Service Employees International Unio
  
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• Bumblebees studied for US protection; found coast to coast

  15-03-2016 23:02
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two species of bumblebees found from Alaska to North Carolina and in Canada are under consideration for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it will study Western bumblebees and yellow-banded bumblebees to see if they warrant protection. Defenders of Wildlife, which asked the […]
  
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• Bumblebees found coast to coast are studied for protection

  15-03-2016 23:02
  
  DENVER (AP) — Two species of wild bumblebees found from Alaska to North Carolina and in Canada will be considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. government said Tuesday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to study the Western bumblebee and yellow-banded bumblebee to see if they warrant listing as threatened […]
  
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• State Supreme Court hears arguments on tax initiative

  15-03-2016 22:59
  
  The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of a tax-limiting ballot initiative that was struck down by a lower court.
  
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• An Interview with Laser Harp Inventor/Dark Synth Prophet Bernard Szajner

  15-03-2016 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalOne of the greatest cold-war synth LPs ever. InFiné Records
  Bernard Szajner’s phenomenal synthesizer music is little known, but his invention the Laser Harp has been heard by millions of people, thanks to it being a key component of popular French composer Jean Michel Jarre’s live setup (Little Boots also uses it). The Laser Harp is an electronic-musical interface with which musicians can generate majestic, harp-like sounds by palming the laser beams projecting ou
  
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• Burien man gets 12 years for beating his baby to death with video-game controller

  15-03-2016 22:38
  
  A Burien man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week for beating his 8-month-old daughter to death with a video-game controller in November 2014.
  
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• Burien father gets 12 years for beating his baby to death

  15-03-2016 22:38
  
  A Burien man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week for beating his 8-month-old daughter to death with a video-game controller in November 2014.
  
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• Boring Report: Hollywood Lights Have Arrived at the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station

  15-03-2016 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleDo you see?Christopher Frizzelle
  Here, I'll zoom in.
  Does this truck contain search lights that will be set up for opening day? Christopher FrizzelleI feel about Hollywood searchlights the way I feel about balloon arches: I love them. Unpopular opinion, maybe, but popularity isn't everything.I very excitedly emailed Sound Transit to find out if the presence of this truck means there'll be searchlights set up at the station on opening weekend, and I got this bummer of a re
  
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• SPD: West Seattle middle school student, 12, robbed at knifepoint

  15-03-2016 22:22
  
  Seattle police are looking for a pair of robbers who reportedly stole a West Seattle middle school student's cell phone at knifepoint Tuesday morning.
  
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• Building a better football helmet: Seattle startup aims to save players’ brains

  15-03-2016 21:32
  
  A Seattle startup relies on neuroscience and automotive design to build a football helmet that might lower the risk of concussion.
  
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• I Don't Think Those Forever 21 T-Shirts Were Rapey Either

  15-03-2016 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason weighs in on Forever 21's "rapey" t-shirt:
  But beyond that—i.e., even if you think mine is a naive interpretation and clearly the shirt is laden with sexual connotations—the interpretation of it as promoting rape or diminishing the importance of consent directly contradicts the words on the shirt. If anything, the shirt promotes good sexual consent etiquette and encourages assertiveness about one's sexual wishes. Read as a message about s
  
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• Being Female in the Museum

  15-03-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThis is the sign on the door of the Jake gallery for Amelia Saul's exhibition this month. It makes perfect sense, but just as easily could say, "The world often contains terrible cruelty that gets covered up in museums and galleries. Don't expect that here." JG
  Several years ago on a trip to Paris, I searched the walls of the famed Musee d'Orsay to find the 1866 painting of a vagina that I knew to be there.
  Finally, in Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du Monde (The Origin of the World),
  
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• 3 students hurt in Ducks crash want to sue Seattle, state

  15-03-2016 20:51
  
  Three students seriously injured when a Ride the Ducks tourist vehicle crashed into a charter bus on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge in September are now seeking to hold the city and state partly responsible for the deadly accident.
  
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• Defense motion for mistrial denied as Troy Kelley trial opens

  15-03-2016 20:13
  
  It didn’t take long for fireworks to erupt in the trial of State Auditor Troy Kelley as his defense attorney sought a mistrial even before opening statements were completed.
  
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• The Atlantic Describes a "Self-Defeating Radicalism" at Western Washington University

  15-03-2016 20:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersOld Main Hall at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The Atlantic magazine says well-meaning Western students are currently embracing a "self-defeating radicalism." Jim Feliciano/Shutterstock
  Conor Friedersdorf:
  At Western Washington University, a public institution with roughly 15,000 students, a group of leftist activists calling itself the Student Assembly for Power and Liberation has issued a sweeping list of demands that would radically reshape its school. The demands
  
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• Another Uber, Lyft driver accused of sexually assaulting women

  15-03-2016 20:06
  
  A Seattle rideshare driver accused of attacking women while driving for Uber and Lyft now faces sexual assault charges.
  
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• State finds high levels of toxic cadmium, lead in childrens' jewelry

  15-03-2016 19:48
  
  Several accessories to childrens' clothing were found to have high levels of the toxic metals cadmium and lead.
  
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• 8 things to know about Seattle’s love affair — or love-hate relationship — with bikes

  15-03-2016 19:40
  
  Bicyclists are a small fraction of Seattle commuters, but they’re a visible and vocal presence in the local discourse.
  
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• Breaking News: My Dad Just Voted For Hillary

  15-03-2016 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith Bob Smith (my dad, and yes that's his real name) flashes a peace sign. He just voted for Hillary in the Missouri primary. When asked to reconcile his peace sign with Hillary's hawkish ways, he said: "In her heart, she's a dove. We grew up with her. She's one of us."RS
  I'll be liveslogging the results of Super Tuesday III: The Potential Turning Point for Maybe Rubio and Kasich or Mega Ultra Tuesday: Bernie's Potential Big 12 Surge or Super Caesarian Tuesday: Which Candidate Will Unn
  
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• 34 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do This Week

  15-03-2016 19:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffMoisture Festival, a celebration of local circus, burlesque, and variety performers like Brittany Walsh (pictured), starts on Thursday. Mark Gardiner
  Our critics have already recommended 52 great things to do this week, but there are hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the stranger, quirkier, and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the Moisture Festival to Shrinky Dink making, and from a Saturd
  
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• Suspected serial rapist charged in 3 attacks along Aurora Avenue North

  15-03-2016 18:51
  
  A Level 3 sex offender has been charged in connection with three rapes involving women working as prostitutes on Seattle’s Aurora Avenue North. Seattle police are investigating him in connection with five additional rapes.
  
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• Report: Commuters waste dozens of hours in Seattle traffic

  15-03-2016 18:42
  
  Unsurprisingly, Seattle traffic isn't getting better. 
  
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• 1 killed, 1 hurt in Stevens Pass crash

  15-03-2016 18:37
  
  One person is dead and another taken to the hospital after a two-car crash Tuesday morning near the summit at Stevens Pass on Highway 2.
  
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• Xerox laying off 325 in Redmond customer-service center

  15-03-2016 18:36
  
  The move would effectively close the facility, but the company is keeping the lease on the office.
  
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• Vancouver, BC Provides Seattle With Yet Another Excellent Lesson About the Dangers of an Overvalued Housing Market

  15-03-2016 18:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLovely Commercial Drive in Vancouver, BC.Charles Mudede
  When I visited Vancouver, BC late last month, I had a conversation with a tech worker who had recently moved to that city from Montreal. The tech worker, who's also an old friend, was actually mad about the housing situation in Vancouver, the most beautiful city in the Pacific Northwest. He was nowhere near poor but the cost of a house or apartment was way out of his reach."I missed making my million," he said to me rather
  
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• CDC guidelines aim to curb painkiller prescribing

  15-03-2016 18:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prescription painkillers should not be a first-choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin. Amid an epidemic of addiction and abuse tied to these powerful opioids drugs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
  
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• Donald Trump's Butler Gave a Tour of the Candidate's Florida Mansion and UGH.

  15-03-2016 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufAccording to Trump's butler, Anthony Senecal, red caps mean "don't fucking talk to me." Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  I don't know what I was hoping to find when I saw The New York Times received a butler-guided tour of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A MTV Cribs-style visit that revealed the racist Oompa Loompa's fridge really is stocked with bottled children's tears? That the butler, who has spent nearly 30 years working for Trump, secretly had it out fo
  
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• Since they can’t ‘ask the whales,’ experts gather to share other research tactics

  15-03-2016 17:14
  
  “The importance of what we’re doing now is going to be felt 100 years from now ... It will make a bigger splash then,” said the founder of the Center for Whale Research.
  
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• Inmate, 19, dies at Benton County jail

  15-03-2016 17:06
  
  The death is under investigation. The man, who had been arrested on misdemeanor warrants, had mental-health issues, according to his family.
  
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• What are you curious about when it comes to education in Washington? (Round 2)

  15-03-2016 14:00
  
  It's time for the next round of Education Lab IQ, short for Interesting Questions.
  
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• Site of 1503 shipwreck tied to Vasco da Gama found off Oman

  15-03-2016 12:38
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The 500-year-old wreckage of Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of explorer Vasco da Gamma has been found off the coast of Oman, archaeologists said Tuesday, a discovery that included the recovery of an incredibly rare coin. The Esmeralda sank during a violent storm near al-Hallaniyah Island in the […]
  
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• Fossil find sheds light on how evolution produced T. rex

  15-03-2016 12:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — How did evolution produce a monstrous killer like T. rex? A fossil find in Central Asia is giving scientists a glimpse of the process. T. rex and other tyrannosaurs were huge, dominant predators, but they evolved from much smaller ancestors. The new discovery from Uzbekistan indicates that this supersizing happened quickly, […]
  
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• Dallas Seavey wins fourth Iditarod crown, sets course record

  15-03-2016 10:33
  
  Dallas Seavey won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Tuesday morning, crossing under the burled arch on Front Street in Nome for his fourth overall title in the last five years.
  
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• Dallas Seavey has knack for winning Iditarod with few dogs

  15-03-2016 10:33
  
  Dallas Seavey won his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Tuesday morning, crossing under the burled arch on Front Street in Nome for his fourth overall title in the last five years.
  
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• 35 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do This Week

  15-03-2016 06:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Moisture Festival, An Early Morning Dance Party, Holi Festivities, And More Extraordinary Picks For March 15-20by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur critics have already recommended 52 great things to do this week, but there are hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the stranger, quirkier, and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the Moisture Festival to Shrinky Dink making, and from a Saturday morning yoga and dance party to the
  
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• Marijuana clinical trial a victory for epileptic kids, not legalization

  15-03-2016 05:46
  
  In what could be a landmark clinical trial on the benefits of a marijuana-derived drug for epilepsy, a UK-based pharmaceutical company says it's drug has significantly reduced seizures in the hardest hit kids.
  
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• Tree clearance delays JBLM rocket tests this week

  15-03-2016 05:06
  
  The tests called for the firing of 27 rockets over a three-day period, and about 1 acre of trees already had been removed from the firing site.
  
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• Biden to talk about cancer ‘moonshot’ at Hutch

  15-03-2016 05:02
  
  Vice President Joe Biden will talk about the Obama administration’s cancer “moonshot” in an event at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center next week.
  
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• Forecast: After fatal windstorm and more rain, sun

  15-03-2016 04:14
  
  After Sunday’s windstorm ripped through the region, forecasters expect rain showers in Seattle on Tuesday and then sun Wednesday through Friday.
  
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• Deputies investigating reports of a Lynnwood kidnapping

  15-03-2016 03:53
  
  Two witnesses reported a man shoved a young woman into a vehicle around 6 p.m. as she was walking east along Larch Way, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Juvenile-justice reforms aim to steer King County youths away from detention

  15-03-2016 03:47
  
  Changes to how quickly some juvenile arrests are reviewed by a judge and the type of warrants issued when a juvenile fails to appear in court were launched last week. Both are incremental steps in reducing the number of King County kids who get locked up in juvenile detention.
  
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