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• Game of Thrones Recap! "The Red Woman" Is a Tale of Three Corpses

  25-04-2016 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned LannamannLEMONAAAAAAA—er, GAME OF THROOOOONES!! HBO
  Game of Thrones is back! In this exciting “musical episode,” Queen Bey denounces Ser Carter’s cheating ways, and goes on a rampage with her trusty club (named “Slugger”), smashing up chariots and horseless carriages and—shoot. I’m confused. That was the other thing on HBO this weekend.
  Let’s try this again… Game of Thrones is back! It’s the long-awaited return of everyone
  
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• Teen killed, another loses hand in wreck after Kent street race

  25-04-2016 23:45
  
  A Seattle-area man accused of killing one passenger and maiming a second in a crash after a Kent street race. Passenger Paije Glover, 18, of SeaTac, died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle a day after the wreck, which occurred in the early hours of Dec. 26. She suffered a severe head injury and never regained consciousness. 
  
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• Okay, Mr. Bittorent Monetization Enthusiast, I'll Be Sure To Pass That Along to Prince's Estate. (P.S. Fuck You)

  25-04-2016 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean Nelson"Just when u think u've got more than enough/ That's when it all up and flies away"
  Prince's death remains an occasion for a deep well of reflection, and wallowing in it (while listening to the man himself, loud, on repeat) feels good, the way wallowing always feels good.We have fully entered the phase in which bereavement is necessarily a component of the pop experience. Maybe we entered it long ago, but the deaths of Bowie and now Prince have changed the terms—much as their
  
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• Funding cut threatens biology museum’s specimen collection

  25-04-2016 22:58
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A museum at the University of New Mexico contains the world’s largest archive of frozen tissue samples, but the future of the half-million biological specimens stored there is at risk. Last month, the National Science Foundation indefinitely suspended a program that funds the maintenance of biological research collections like the one […]
  
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• Southern Illinois University leader condemns racist video

  25-04-2016 22:28
  
  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Racial tension on the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale campus is high after a series of recent incidents that include an anonymous video posted on YouTube that called for the lynching and beating of black students. The video drew condemnation from the university’s leader, and YouTube removed it Monday for violating […]
  
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• Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Bryant Is Emcee-ing a Cinco de Mayo Party

  25-04-2016 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneHere is the very uncomfortable South Sound Republicans' event flier:
  Perhaps not the greatest year to have a cactus in a sombrero advertising a "Fiesta Mexican Buffet" in celebration of the Republican party. South Sound Republicans/Facebook
  I've emailed the officials listed on the event flier to ask if they have any comment on the fact that their party's presidential frontrunner has characterized Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, and how they feel about said frontr
  
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• Want to vote in state primary? Today is deadline to register online

  25-04-2016 22:27
  
  Monday is the deadline to register online (or by mail) to vote in the May 24 presidential primary. You can register in person through May 16, though.
  
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• Lack of jurors delays trial for ex-lawmaker accused of slapping boy on bus

  25-04-2016 22:21
  
  The misdemeanor assault trial for former Des Moines City Council member Jeanette Burrage was postponed Monday after not enough people showed up for jury duty.
  
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• Wonder why Harriet Tubman looks a little miffed?

  25-04-2016 22:08
  
  The decision to put a woman on the $20 bill was almost an afterthought. And now we’re supposed to be grateful.
  
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• Putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 hardly acknowledges the value of women

  25-04-2016 22:08
  
  The decision to put a woman on the $20 bill was almost an afterthought. And now we’re supposed to be grateful.
  
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• $20 bill decision: No wonder Harriet Tubman looks a bit miffed

  25-04-2016 22:08
  
  The decision to put a woman on the $20 bill was almost an afterthought. And now we’re supposed to be grateful.
  
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• New twist on T-cell therapy puts leukemia patients in remission

  25-04-2016 22:00
  
  Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have refined a cancer immunotherapy treatment, resulting in no detectable disease in 27 of 29 patients who had been given months to live, a new study shows.
  
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• Seattle photographer’s Yellowstone bison photo to appear on postage stamp

  25-04-2016 21:53
  
  Prolific Seattle photographer Art Wolfe’s picture of two bison backlit in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley has been chosen to represent the park in a series of stamps celebrating national parks.
  
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• New stamps to feature two Seattle-area photographers’ national park photos

  25-04-2016 21:53
  
  Seattle photographer Art Wolfe’s picture of bison backlit in Lamar Valley has been chosen to represent Yellowstone in a series of stamps celebrating national parks. An image by Lynnwood photographer Kevin Ebi has been chosen to represent Haleakala National Park.
  
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• New stamp to feature Seattle photographer’s Yellowstone photo

  25-04-2016 21:53
  
  Prolific Seattle photographer Art Wolfe’s picture of two bison backlit in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley has been chosen to represent the park in a series of stamps celebrating national parks.
  
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• Game of Thrones: Tear Down That Wall!

  25-04-2016 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageGrr, honor, grr, brother, grr... zzz.
  I'm a late adopter. Didn't get a cell phone until after everyone else on earth was on their third, resisted taking questions via email for Ye Olde Sex Advyce Column for a long tyme, and didn't start watching Game of Thrones until the fourth season was underway. Here's an ironic detail (as you'll see in a moment): we were on a snowboarding trip and there was too much fucking snow to go snowboarding—winter was coming all over the place&mdash
  
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• "But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last."

  25-04-2016 21:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesI've loved Violet Strays. Click through.
  
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• Old tests found lead in 2 Tacoma elementary schools

  25-04-2016 21:24
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Two public elementary schools in Tacoma found high levels of lead in their drinking water last May, but the Tacoma Public School district announced the results and informed parents on Monday. District officials on Friday night reviewed the past tests that found “higher than accepted” levels of lead at Mann and Reed […]
  
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• Cruz-Kasich alliance doesn’t apply to Washington, Cruz campaign says

  25-04-2016 21:21
  
  Ted Cruz’s deal to “clear the path” for John Kasich in Oregon — part of their joint effort to deny Donald Trump the GOP nomination — will not extend to Washington’s upcoming Republican primary, Cruz’s state chairman says.
  
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• Seattle man claims wife has gone missing during trip to Mexico

  25-04-2016 21:16
  
  A Seattle man is desperate for answers about what happened to his wife after he says she went missing during a recent trip to Mexico.
  
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• Why My Favorite Things Tours Are My Favorite Things

  25-04-2016 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen Graves
  For several years now, Seattle Art Museum has quietly been doing My Favorite Things tours. I'm not sure whose idea they were; maybe Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the former head of education at SAM, now at the Met; they started under her watch, if I remember right.
  For My Favorite Things tours, SAM invites one person to pick one object and to talk about it in whatever way makes sense to them. There are no restrictions and no guidelines. I've done them, which I've loved, and I watch them f
  
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• Plane in deadly Cowlitz County crash piloted by Woodinville man

  25-04-2016 20:30
  
  A Woodinville man was piloting the plane that crashed last week in Cowlitz County, killing a passenger.
  
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• Obama Tone Policing Black Lives Matter

  25-04-2016 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeObama wants Black Lives Matter activists to change their tone.Rena Schild/shutterstock.com
  The one thing I really admire about Marissa Johnson, the Black Lives Matter activist who is famous for disrupting a Bernie Sanders event in Westlake Park last summer, is how she makes language a core, key, and vivid feature of her activism. This has nothing to do with poetry; it's instead an understanding that recognizes the value of linguistic innovation in a liberatory program. One needs
  
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• The 55 Best Things To Do This Week

  25-04-2016 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  The Taco Libre Showdown, A Classic Photography Show, The National Film Festival for Talented Youth, And More Picks For April 25-May 1by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our arts critics have recommended the best events in every genre—from the Taco Libre Truck Showdown to an adaptation of a Chaim Potok novel at 12th Avenue Arts at to the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.Want this in your inbox
  
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• Nine Photos and a Gif from the Fire Spinning Over the Weekend at Golden Gardens

  25-04-2016 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Alex GarlandCaptain Clint, as he calls himself, not only spins fire, but breathes it as well. Alex Garland
  The "Fire Gathering" at Golden Gardens over the weekend, hosted by a promotion company (with "very chill vibes") called Under Ground Visions, was intended to be much larger, but the larger gathering was cancelled last minute because of possible rain. Despite the weather and the cancellation, over a hundred people gathered at the north end of Golden Gardens, on the west edge of Ballard, i
  
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• 10 Photos and a Gif from the Fire Spinning Over the Weekend at Golden Gardens

  25-04-2016 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Alex GarlandCaptain Clint, as he calls himself, not only spins fire, but breathes it as well. Alex Garland
  The "Fire Gathering" at Golden Gardens over the weekend, hosted by a promotion company (with "very chill vibes") called Under Ground Visions, was intended to be much larger, but the larger gathering was cancelled last minute because of possible rain. Despite the weather and the cancellation, over a hundred people gathered at the north end of Golden Gardens, on the west edge of Ballard, i
  
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• Why Seattle Needs Safe Consumption—Not Just Injection—Sites for Drug Users

  25-04-2016 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverLeonard King spoke in favor of safe consumption sites on Friday. "Without a sense of loving and belonging, [drug users] will not knowwho cares for them," King said. "Without that, they have no self esteem to actually self-actualize who they are as people." HG
  Momentum is building in Seattle for a safe injection site where heroin users could shoot up while under supervision to help prevent overdose. Users would also have access to information about treatment at the site. This must
  
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• Taxes like Texas: Washington’s system among nation’s most unfair

  25-04-2016 19:24
  
  When it comes to how we tax ourselves, Washington and Oregon couldn’t be more different — except in each being heavily dependent on one main source of revenue.
  
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• Zachary Bowen Still Missing; Seattle Police Opened a Case

  25-04-2016 19:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThis photo was taken within the last six months. Courtesy of Suzette Cereghino
  Zachary Bowen, a 27-year-old reported missing in Seattle last month, has still not been heard from by friends or family, according to his mother, Suzette Cereghino. The Seattle Police Department formally opened up a missing persons case on Bowen late last month.
  "He is very special, social and well liked," Cereghino told The Stranger. "Our family is searching for him and won't ever stop."
  Bowen's f
  
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• Cruz and Kasich Team Up to Defeat Republican Voters (by Losing on Purpose)

  25-04-2016 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeWell, this is the end. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  Look, Republicans, it's time to face the facts about your party: it's the party of Donald Trump. It isn't a party he took over, and it's not an election that he hijacked — you've managed to cook up a horrible little petri dish of cruelty where toxic bacteria like Trump can thrive.Now, what are you going to do about it?
  The voter base that the GOP has cultivated for decades has made up its mind: they want a semi-sentient ins
  
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• Illinois impasse sparks fears of the unthinkable: No school

  25-04-2016 18:54
  
  HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — The economic hard times that have hit this Illinois coal town are particularly visible inside its 113-year-old high school, where cracks in the walls and holes in the ceiling go unfixed and paint is peeling off the purple lockers lining the hallways. But lately a greater worry is weighing on Superintendent […]
  
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• Wildfires leave gaps in famed Pacific Crest Trail

  25-04-2016 17:44
  
  Several Southern California segments of the 2,650-mile trail are closed. Long-distance "thru hikers" must shuttle around by van.
  
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• Watch for ‘widow-makers:’ fires create gaps in Pacific Crest

  25-04-2016 17:44
  
  Several Southern California segments of the 2,650-mile trail are closed. Long-distance "thru hikers" must shuttle around by van.
  
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• The Morning News: Racists Vandalize A Seattle Church, Another Racist Plans To Campaign In Washington

  25-04-2016 17:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufA Seattle church, vandalized w/ messages of hate. Police are now investigating. This is at Curry Temple on 23rd Ave. pic.twitter.com/3DZ966PG1M
  — Ted Land (@TedLandK5) April 24, 2016
  April Has Already Been A Scorcher: But it'll be cooler outside this week. There will likely be grey skies for most of the week with a weeklong high of 70 degrees on Sunday.
  Someone Burglarized and Vandalized a Central District Church: Someone spray painted racist messages and slurs including
  
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• We spent two days riding Seattle’s Metro buses and here are the characters we met

  25-04-2016 16:55
  
  King County Metro riders share the pleasures and frustrations of taking the bus, in animated portraits and audio interviews.
  
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• ICYMI: That Time When Donald Trump Attempted to Seduce Rudy Giuliani

  25-04-2016 16:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageThe New York Times offered this up with other supposed evidence of Trump's alleged comfort around gay people:
  His ease with gay people does not seem to be the result of deep soul searching, but, rather, the product of the Manhattan social and political world he has inhabited the past five decades.
  “I live in New York. I know many, many gay people. Tremendous people,” Mr. Trump said in an interview in 2011.
  He has been playful at times, such as in 2000, when he and Mayor
  
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• What’s the purpose of our Bill of Rights? Most eighth graders have no idea

  25-04-2016 15:05
  
  To show kids why their voices matter, Seattle will amp up voter-education lessons for all grade levels.
  
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• Dubai wants 25 percent of all car trips driverless by 2030

  25-04-2016 13:52
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai, already home to the world’s tallest building, is looking to get ahead by getting out of the driver’s seat. Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced plans Monday to have 25 percent of all car trips in this city-state in the United Arab Emirates to be […]
  
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• Cambodian Royal Turtle nearly extinct — less than 10 in wild

  25-04-2016 09:46
  
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Royal Turtle is nearly extinct, with fewer than 10 left in the wild, because increased sand dredging and illegal clearance of flooded forest have shrunk its habitat, a conservationist group warned Monday. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said in a statement that for several years the small remaining […]
  
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• The Artist at the Frye? Yeah, He's One of the Directors on Beyonce's Lemonade

  25-04-2016 07:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThat would be Kahlil Joseph.
  Two earlier works...Shabazz Palaces - "Black Up" from WHAT MATTERS MOST on Vimeo.Shabazz Palaces - Belhaven Meridian from WHAT MATTERS MOST on Vimeo.
  I haven't seen the Beyoncé film but I hear Joseph's segment takes place underwater, like the start of his Flying Lotus piece Until the Quiet Comes. Without explanation, Joseph has yanked that film out of the museum show. He didn't explain. It's online.
  
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• Highway 520 bridge opens to all traffic Monday

  25-04-2016 07:27
  
  The new Highway 520 bridge, with six lanes instead of the four on the old bridge, should allow transit and carpools to move past traffic slowdowns.
  
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• Bridge is opening to all traffic Monday

  25-04-2016 07:27
  
  The new Highway 520 bridge, with six lanes instead of the four on the old bridge, should allow transit and carpools to move past traffic slowdowns.
  
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• Q&A: A look at nonverbal autism, facilitated communication

  25-04-2016 06:54
  
  Benjamin Alexander, the first student with nonverbal autism to attend Tulane University in New Orleans, is an English major and a writer who’s had essays published locally. He uses a form of facilitated communication, or supported typing, and hopes to educate others about living with autism. Here are some questions and answers about nonverbal autism […]
  
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• ‘I am here’ – Silenced by autism, young man finds his voice

  25-04-2016 06:45
  
  METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Though he cannot speak, Benjamin Alexander has much to say, one typed word at a time. Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy a few months before his third birthday. Now 22, he is a writer and a student at Tulane University in New Orleans with a GPA of 3.7. […]
  
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• Test results show city's water is safe to drink, Seattle Public Utilities says

  25-04-2016 04:22
  
  Seattle residents worried over water quality can breathe a little easier. Test results of water in a small percentage of older Seattle homes with galvanized piping showed lead levels well below allowable federal limits, Seattle Public Utilities said.
  
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• Federal decision due on whether coal project violates Lummi tribe’s rights

  25-04-2016 03:47
  
  Lummi Tribe says the proposed giant Gateway coat terminal in Whatcom County — the nation’s largest — will violate fishing treaty
  
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• Bellevue police chief makes strides in rebuilding troubled department

  25-04-2016 03:34
  
  In his first year on the job, Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett has reorganized the department into geographic sectors, met individually with all 221 employees and reached out to the city’s growing minority communities.
  
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• Former sportscaster Tony Ventrella to challenge Reichert in 8th District

  25-04-2016 02:54
  
  Tony Ventrella
  
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• EPA fines Tesoro’s Anacortes oil refinery $720,000

  25-04-2016 02:49
  
  Fines total $720,000 for violations after the 2010 explosion that killed seven workers; the company says the EPA is “on the wrong side of the facts and the law.”
  
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• EPA fines Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes for safety violations

  25-04-2016 02:49
  
  Fines total $720,000 for violations after the 2010 explosion that killed seven workers; the company says the EPA is ‘on the wrong side of the facts and the law.’
  
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