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• Bellevue massage therapist accused of groping clients

  02-05-2016 23:44
  
  A Bellevue massage therapist accused of groping three women has been charged with sex crimes.
  
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• The Things Are Against Us Is Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink Surrealism

  02-05-2016 23:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithSolange (Samie Spring Detzer, left) tries in vain to contact her sister Tessa (Allison Standley, right). Standing next to a haunted bed and breakfast really messes up your signal.Chris Bennion
  In my preview of Washington Ensemble Theatre's production of Susan Soon He Stanton's The Things Are Against Us at 12th Ave. Arts through May 16, I encouraged theatergoers to approach the show with an open mind. Things contains lots of surreal elements. In order to enjoy it, you have to try to
  
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• Jeff Bezos offers to match up to $1 million in donations to Mary’s Place

  02-05-2016 22:43
  
  A blog post on Mary’s Placeweb site says the Amazon CEO had reached out to the organization Saturday morning with a “One Day Match Challenge” for donations received on Tuesday, the day the non-profit holds its spring fund raising luncheon.
  
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• After Eight Years of Music, Cairo Is Closing Its Doors

  02-05-2016 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufWe'll miss you. Kelly O
  Sad news, folks: Music venue/art gallery/café/quirky clothing retailer hybrid Cairo announced today that is closing up shop after eight years at it's home on East Summit Avenue and East Mercer Street. Now, the venue joins a number of other shuttered arts and music spaces. Some venues stopped hosting live music performances—the reopened Comet Tavern and Atlas Clothing, for example—and other venues are long gone.
  Shop co-owners Joel Lesh
  
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• City says 23 property owners broke fair housing laws

  02-05-2016 22:18
  
  Seattle found 23 property owners had discriminated against potential renters in round of fair housing testing.
  
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• Warrant: Slain pregnant Texas teen found with uterus removed

  02-05-2016 22:16
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — A mentally disabled West Texas teenager who told a school worker she had been impregnated by her stepfather was found with her uterus removed when authorities discovered her body in her family’s partially burned home, according to an arrest warrant. The mother of the 18-year-old who was found dead in Idalou, northeast […]
  
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• Game of Thrones Recap! "Home" Is Where I Want to Be

  02-05-2016 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned LannamannGAMA THRONES!
  Now that’s what I’m talking about!
  After a disappointingly sleepy first episode, Game of Thrones’ sixth season kicked into high gear in its second, proving that the HBO series hasn’t exploded on the launchpad since diverging from George R.R. Martin’s source books. Dragons, giants, murder, time travel, revenge, red magic, and A LOT more made last night's one of the most satisfying episodes of the entire series. Let’s break down the
  
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• Live coverage: Seattle City Council members vote on whether to give up street for proposed Sodo arena

  02-05-2016 22:00
  
  Seattle City Council members are holding a vote Monday at 2 p.m. on whether to give up Occidental Street for a proposed multisport arena in Sodo. Follow live for the latest updates throughout the day.
  
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• Bertha under the viaduct: Drilling that closed highway is about 20 percent done

  02-05-2016 21:54
  
  Bertha has advanced 78 feet since the morning of April 29, when the viaduct was closed to traffic as a safety precaution. The shutdown is estimated to last two weeks.
  
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• A Note on the Indisgestion Caused By Eating Class Struggle

  02-05-2016 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeOld forager at the Columbia City Station. Charles Mudede
  In 2011, the University of Washington Press, in association with UW's Department of Geography, published Seattle Geographies, a collection of essays that explored and explained the human geography of our region. One of the essays in the "Social Geographies" section of the book focused on gentrification in Columbia City. The author, Gary Simonson, who is currently an associate planner for the Puget Sound Regional Council, s
  
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• A Note on the Indigestion Caused By Eating Class Struggle

  02-05-2016 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeOld forager at the Columbia City Station. Charles Mudede
  In 2011, the University of Washington Press, in association with UW's Department of Geography, published Seattle Geographies, a collection of essays that explored and explained the human geography of our region. One of the essays in the "Social Geographies" section of the book focused on gentrification in Columbia City. The author, Gary Simonson, who is currently an associate planner for the Puget Sound Regional Council, s
  
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• The 42 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week

  02-05-2016 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  The Bacon and Beer Classic, First Thursday, A Performance on a Metro Bus, And More Picks For May 2-8by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our arts critics have recommended the best events in every genre—from the Bacon and Beer Classic to a performance set on a Metro bus to the First Thursday Art Walk. 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 Things To Do newsletter.
  Jump to: Monday | Tuesday | W
  
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• Viageddon continues: Bertha under viaduct, traffic not completely miserable -- yet

  02-05-2016 21:16
  
  Bertha is making progress and the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct hasn't yet made it impossible to get around Seattle -- just slightly worse.
  
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• Musical Gear and More Stolen from Ex-Rose Windows Singer Rabia Qazi

  02-05-2016 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalQazi (front and center, holding flower) is dealing with the loss of her most valued possessions. Molly Bauer
  On April 21, someone broke into Seattle musician Rabia Shaheen Qazi's apartment and stole nearly everything of worth to her: musical instruments and gear, records, clothes, money, and mementos. The former vocalist for the Sub Pop-backed psychedelic-folk band Rose Windows—who's now pursuing a new global-folk project with multi-instrumentalist Mike DeBe—now has to s
  
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• Carly Fiorina Pulls a Bob Dole/Gary Bauer

  02-05-2016 20:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageCarly Fiorina falls off stage at Ted Cruz's Indiana event https://t.co/skcrLkVXuu pic.twitter.com/J8m3avZYe4— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 2, 2016
  Usually a bad omen for the candidate, a good one for the country.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Watch President Obama's Speech at His Last White House Correspondents' Dinner

  02-05-2016 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  It happened on Saturday night, and there are some good lines, like: "Eight years ago I said it was time to change the tone of our politics. In hindsight, I clearly should have been more specific."
  But his jokes had nothing on his jokes—including Trump jokes—in 2011. Remember? I could watch this over and over for the rest of time:[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Military tests unmanned ship designed to cross oceans

  02-05-2016 20:25
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is launching tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board. The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military’s maritime service but commercial shipping […]
  
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• Military tests unmanned ship designed for seafaring missions

  02-05-2016 20:25
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military is starting tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board. The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military’s maritime operations but commercial shipping, […]
  
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• Bicyclist hurt in collision with Everett school bus dies

  02-05-2016 20:19
  
  A bicyclist who was involved in a collision with a school bus in Everett on April 25 has died, according to Everett police.
  
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• Bicyclist dies of injuries from crash with school bus in Everett

  02-05-2016 20:19
  
  A bicyclist who struck school bus in Everett on March 25 has died, according to Everett police.
  
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• Reminder: The Summer Seattle Art and Performance Deadline is Approaching!

  02-05-2016 20:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSubmit your events by Wednesday, May 4.
  If the weather today is any indication, summer is fast approaching—which also means a brand new edition of our comprehensive arts guide, Seattle Art and Performance!
  If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you'd like your events to be included, it's time to let us know. The summer edition of Seattle Art and Performance covers visual arts, readings, theater, dance, jazz, classical, opera, comedy, film, and drag/
  
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• For the Theater Fags

  02-05-2016 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage"Nice to see a musical clip on Slog," writes NC, "but I think the movie version of Camelot is one of the most listless films ever made of a Broadway musical. Here’s an altogether more spirited—and beautifully sung—performance of “It’s May," from a BBC Proms concert, with Sierra Boggess, the Maida Vale Singers, and the John Wilson Orchestra. There’s a lengthy orchestral introduction, so the lead-in to the vocal part (and Boggess’ arrival on s
  
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• Twenty-Three People Shot by American Toddlers So Far This Year

  02-05-2016 19:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThis is disturbing. Iva Barmina/Shutterstock
  Washington Post:
  Last year, a Washington Post analysis found that toddlers were finding guns and shooting people at a rate of about one a week. This year, that pace has accelerated. There have been at least 23 toddler-involved shootings since Jan. 1, compared with 18 over the same period last year.
  In the vast majority of cases, the children accidentally shoot themselves. That's happened 18 times this year, and in nine of those cases the
  
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• John Kasich Confident he Could "Probably, I Mean, I Don't, I Don't Know," be President

  02-05-2016 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeJohn Kasich: Coming in third in a two-man race. Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  "I don't know how it all works, okay?" said last-placer John Kasich at a campaign appearance that was supposed to demonstrate his mastery over issues facing the country.He was responding to questions at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, a sort of open-mic night for rich people, and a gay guy had just peppered him with questions about a variety of queer issues. The Q&A started with "Do you belie
  
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• Another Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser, This Time with Ed Murray in the 36th Legislative District

  02-05-2016 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneRepublicans aren't the only ones capitalizing on Cinco de Mayo. The 36th District Democrats are also hosting a Cinco de Mayo party with Mayor Ed Murray. City of Seattle/Flickr
  Last week I published a poster from the South Sound Republicans' Cinco de Mayo fundraiser. The poster featured a cactus in a sombrero, and noted that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant would be emceeing. Bill Bryant has repeatedly avoided taking a position on Donald Trump's candidacy, even w
  
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• 230 million-year-old dinosaur footprint found in north Spain

  02-05-2016 19:17
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain says a footprint of a dinosaur that roamed the area 230 million years ago has been found in northeastern Catalonia, and says it’s the best preserved dinosaur print seen so far in the Iberian Peninsula. The print of a reptile-like creature called an Isochirotherium — an ancestor of dinosaurs and crocodiles […]
  
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• Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle’s $15 minimum wage

  02-05-2016 18:36
  
  The justices made no comment in refusing to hear a challenge from five franchises and the International Franchise Association.
  
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• Franchise Association Loses in Latest Attempt to Stop Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage

  02-05-2016 18:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverMcDonald's is running out of ways to try to get out of paying $15 an hour. Working Washington
  The Associated Press and Reuters are reporting that the Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge from franchise owners who say Seattle's $15 minimum wage discriminates against them by treating them like large companies.Seattle's minimum wage law requires locally owned franchises of big companies like McDonald's and Subway to raise employees' wages to $15 an hour sooner than small bu
  
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• Sinkhole forms above Sound Transit light-rail tunnel in Roosevelt area

  02-05-2016 17:47
  
  Sound Transit’s tunneling operations apparently caused a sinkhole next to a Roosevelt-area home, the agency said Sunday.
  
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• Ted Cruz's Youth Pastor Watch

  02-05-2016 17:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageGEORGIA: "A South Georgia man is in the Lee County jail on Cobb County child molestation charges. In 2013, Alexander Edwards was arrested for inappropriate Internet conduct with a child. This is his mugshot from that arrest. At the time he worked as a substitute teacher in Lee County and was a youth pastor at Providence Church, but has since been fired. Edwards was picked up last week by Lee County deputies for a new child molestation charge in Cobb County."MISSOURI: "A former Misso
  
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• 3 planets orbiting dwarf star prime spots to search for life

  02-05-2016 17:08
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life may need to look no farther than a small, nearby star. That’s the word Monday from a Belgian-led team that has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years away. It’s the first time planets have been found around these types […]
  
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• City Council Members Will Vote on the Arena Street Vacation Today—Because the Mayor Pressured Them To

  02-05-2016 17:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverIn an earlier committee vote, Seattle City Council member Sally Bagshaw told her colleagues, "I cannot fathom why we're offering up this street vacation at this time."seattle arena
  After a split vote in committee, the full Seattle City Council will vote today on whether to sell Occidental Avenue South to rich guy Chris Hansen, who wants to build a new basketball arena nearby. But today's vote may only be happening because of "forceful, last-minute intervention in late January by
  
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• Woman dies in fall from Columbia Gorge trail; 3-year-old survives

  02-05-2016 17:00
  
  PORTLAND (AP) — A 3-year-old boy survived a 50-foot fall at a popular Oregon hiking trail that killed his 37-year-old mother. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Capt. Steve Alexander says deputies responded late Sunday afternoon after learning that two hikers had fallen off a cliff at Horsetail Falls along the Columbia River Gorge. The woman and the […]
  
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• 3-year-old survives fall from cliff that kills his mother

  02-05-2016 17:00
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy survived a 50-foot fall at a popular Oregon hiking trail that killed his 37-year-old mother. Multnomah County Sheriff’s Capt. Steve Alexander says deputies responded late Sunday afternoon after learning that two hikers had fallen off a cliff at Horsetail Falls along the Columbia River Gorge. The woman and […]
  
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• The Morning News: May Day, Viadoom Day Two, and Our Neighbors in the Jungle

  02-05-2016 16:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufBy Sunday evening, arrested nine protesters were arrested and five SPD officers were injured. Anel Herz
  Yesterday Was May Day: We ran a play-by-play here. Festivities began peacefully, including an El Comite march for immigrant and worker rights. In the evening, things escalated when the black bloc protesters began throwing rocks, fireworks, molotov cocktails, and other objects at police officers, who responded with pepper spray and blast balls. According to The Seattle Times,
  
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• The Morning News: May Day

  02-05-2016 16:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufBy Sunday evening, arrested nine protesters were arrested and five SPD officers were injured. Anel Herz
  Yesterday Was May Day: We ran a play-by-play here. Festivities began peacefully, including an El Comite march for immigrant and worker rights. In the evening, things escalated when the black bloc protesters began throwing rocks, fireworks, molotov cocktails, and other objects at police officers, who responded with pepper spray and blast balls. According to The Seattle Times,
  
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• FDA effort aims to curb smoking in LGBT community

  02-05-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s latest anti-smoking campaign takes aim at young adults in the LGBT community, who officials say are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as their peers. The $35.7-million effort targets the estimated 40 percent of the 2 million LGBT young adults in the U.S. who occasionally smoke. […]
  
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• Highway 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct closure, Day 2: What you need to know

  02-05-2016 15:20
  
  It’s the first Monday morning commute during what's expected to be a two-week closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Officials predicted Monday’s traffic would be worse than Friday’s. Check back here for updates.
  
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• Cambodia sending students home early to cope with heat wave

  02-05-2016 11:58
  
  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has shortened the school day by one hour to help students cope with a heat wave that has pushed temperatures as high as 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 degrees Fahrenheit). Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron signed the rule into effect Monday, and it will remain in place until the cooling […]
  
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• Physicists abuzz about possible new particle as CERN revs up

  02-05-2016 09:54
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Was it a blip, or a breakthrough? Scientists around the globe are revved up with excitement as the world’s biggest atom smasher — best known for revealing the Higgs boson four years ago — starts whirring again to churn out data that may confirm cautious hints of an entirely new particle. Such […]
  
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• Solar plane takes off from California for Arizona

  02-05-2016 09:26
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane took off from California for Arizona early Monday to continue its journey around the world using only energy from the sun. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 flew from Mountain View south of San Francisco shortly after 5 a.m. Monday for an expected 16-hour trip to Phoenix. Swiss […]
  
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• Solar plane prepares to leave California for Arizona

  02-05-2016 09:26
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane is preparing to leave California for Arizona to continue its journey around the world using only energy from the sun. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 will take off from Mountain View before dawn Monday for what should be a 16-hour flight to Phoenix. Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg […]
  
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• Solar plane on global trip soars from California to Arizona

  02-05-2016 09:26
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered airplane soared above the clouds Monday after taking off from California for Arizona to resume its journey around the world using only energy from the sun. The Swiss-made Solar Impulse 2 left Mountain View south of San Francisco shortly after 5 a.m. Monday for an expected 16-hour trip […]
  
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• Wildfires sweep through mountain forests in north India

  02-05-2016 07:45
  
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Massive wildfires that have killed at least seven people in recent weeks were burning through pine forests in the mountains of northern India on Monday, including parts of two tiger reserves. With dense black smoke billowing in the skies for kilometers (miles), authorities were urging villagers to be on alert and […]
  
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• Forest fires sweep across north India

  02-05-2016 07:45
  
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Massive forest fires sweeping across the north Indian state of Uttarakhand have killed at least seven people in recent weeks, and were threatening two tiger reserves, officials said Monday. After state firefighters were unable for months to put the fires out, the Indian government sent Air Force helicopters over the weekend […]
  
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• Air force copters douse massive forest fires in north India

  02-05-2016 07:45
  
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Massive forest fires are sweeping through the north Indian state of Uttarakhand and have killed at least seven people in recent weeks with no signs of abating. The Indian government joined state firefighters over the weekend in trying to douse the blaze. Air force helicopters were deployed Sunday to drop water […]
  
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• Missing boy, 6, found dead near Big Four Ice Caves

  02-05-2016 07:14
  
  GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- A 6-year-old boy was killed Sunday after he got separated from his family near the Big Four Ice Caves.
  
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• 9 arrested, 5 police injured: Another May Day in Seattle

  02-05-2016 06:45
  
  Seattle police arrested nine demonstrators and five officers were hurt Sunday evening during the annual anti-capitalist march that proved to be less chaotic than last year's protest.
  
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• Boy, 6, missing near Big Four Ice Caves

  02-05-2016 06:04
  
  Search crews are looking for a 6-year-old boy reported missing near the Big Four Ice Caves near Verlot in Snohomish County.
  
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