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• Man with monkey on his back — a real monkey — flees from Burien crash

  04-05-2016 23:59
  
  A man with monkey on his back — a marmoset, to be exact — was quickly arrested after a car crash in Burien on Wednesday morning, according to police.
  
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• Why I'm Glad, But Not Psyched, About Bernie Sanders' Comeback Victory in Indiana

  04-05-2016 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzBernie Sanders at Safeco Field. Alex Garland
  As per usual, the media is hardly covering the news of Bernie Sanders' shock comeback victory in the Indiana Democratic primary: The New York Times slotted it below the story of John Kasich pulling out; TV networks didn't carry his victory speech. But it's an important story. Sanders won by outflanking Clinton on the left on the issue of trade, promising to reverse the effects of NAFTA and other neoliberal free-trade pacts on blue-collar
  
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• As opioid epidemic hits home, what officials are doing about it

  04-05-2016 23:24
  
  In Washington state and across the nation, overdoses have surpassed traffic accidents as the No. 1 cause of accidental death.
  
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• What Are You THINKIN'?

  04-05-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Mandy Patinkin
  I realize that to be in the presence of an international star of stage, screen, and radio can be intimidating. I don't think it's arrogant to acknowledge that I have a certain quality—call it an aura, call it a vibe, call it "It"—that puts people off their game. Disarms them. Always has. Bound to. God blesses you with talent, looks, sexual prowess, voice of an angel, brains of an Einstein, instincts of a jaguar, and believe you me, boychik, people notice. Is it a bu
  
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• Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" Will Be Simulcast at 3:07pm PST Today, Seven Hours and 13 Days Later, Seven Hours and 13 Days After His Death

  04-05-2016 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonWilling to give it another try Kathryn Rathke
  Prince mourning continues apace, and without apology, at Stranger HQ and elsewhere, including, for example, KEXP, which will participate in a nationwide simulcast of "Nothing Compares 2 U" today in about an hour, at 3:07pm PST, which will mark "seven hours and 13 days" since Prince's death. They'll be playing the very good Prince version, and not the superior (to my taste, sorry) Sinead O'Connor version that was a massive hit in 1990. T
  
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• Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" Will Be Simulcast at 3:07pm PST Today, Seven Hours and 13 Days After His Death

  04-05-2016 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonWilling to give it another try Kathryn Rathke
  Prince mourning continues apace, and without apology, at Stranger HQ and elsewhere, including, for example, KEXP, which will participate in a nationwide simulcast of "Nothing Compares 2 U" today in about an hour, at 3:07pm PST, which will mark "seven hours and 13 days" since Prince's death. They'll be playing the very good Prince version, and not the superior (to my taste, sorry) Sinead O'Connor version that was a massive hit in 1990. T
  
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• Hillary vs. Donald

  04-05-2016 22:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt Baume"Bye, Felicia Cruz." a katz / Shutterstock.com
  So here we are, in the same place that we were two months ago: it's going to be Trump versus Hillary in the general election.
  And before you get too excited about Hillary devouring Donald in the coming debates, just remember: smugly dismissing Trump is what got Republicans into this mess.
  For now, it's looking pretty good. In a head-to-head race, Hillary beats Trump by 54 to 41 percent. Of course, popular votes don't matter; it's the el
  
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• DOJ: Anti-LGBTQ North Carolina Law Violates Federal Civil Rights Act

  04-05-2016 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe law prevents transgender people from using bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity and, according to today's Justice Department decision, could risk millions in federal funding for North Carolina schools. The Charlotte Observer:
  U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday notified Gov. Pat McCrory that House Bill 2 violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
  The department gave state officials until Monday to address the situation “by confirming that the State will n
  
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• Bothell city manager fired after 11 years on job

  04-05-2016 21:52
  
  The Bothell City Council fired longtime city manager Bob Stowe, saying they wanted a change in leadership.
  
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• Toll bills often mailed to wrong address, state audit finds

  04-05-2016 21:32
  
  A new audit confirms many drivers’ complaints about Washington’s toll system: It is rife with mistaken data and uncollectable bills, and quality control hasn’t been the top priority.
  
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• Charges: Freed child killer molested girl fishing at park

  04-05-2016 21:30
  
  A child killer released in June is back behind bars as prosecutors claim he molested a girl in a random attack at a Federal Way park.
  
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• As Bertha digs under viaduct, commuters use other options to get around

  04-05-2016 21:21
  
  Tunneling machine Bertha had cleared 144 feet of the section beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct as of Wednesday morning, but officials aren't ready to suggest the viaduct closure might end early.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Media Blackout Continues

  04-05-2016 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonWhen will the press stop pretending he doesn't exist?
  
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• Annex's Funny, Surprisingly Moving Puny Humans Is Like Altman's Nashville for Nerd Culture

  04-05-2016 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithIf you giggled with recognition at the sight of these characters, then you'll love this play despite its length.Chris Leher
  The proposition that nerd culture isn't mainstream, that nerds don't have enough turf already (I'm looking at you, the entire internet, even the dark parts I cannot see)—makes me groan. The most popular form of entertainment today is watching other people play video games. Comic-cons are line-around-the-block consumerist parades. Superhero movies dominate
  
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• This Brownie Macaroon Is the Best Thing I've Put in My Mouth in Weeks

  04-05-2016 20:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSean Nelson just bought this for me at Amandine Bakeshop. Christopher Frizzelle
  Twice over the last week I've seen bakery paraphernalia marked Amandine on Sean's desk. He calls it "a bakery for rich people." He keeps talking about their brownie macaroon. It's four dollars. I'm usually somewhat opposed to macaroons because I don't like coconut, but this morning, I got to work hungry, so hungry I was willing to eat a macaroon even if it had coconut in it, and I texted him t
  
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• This Brownie Macaron Is the Best Thing I've Put in My Mouth in Weeks

  04-05-2016 20:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSean Nelson just bought this for me at Amandine Bakeshop. Christopher Frizzelle
  Twice over the last week I've seen bakery paraphernalia marked Amandine on Sean's desk. He calls it "a bakery for rich people." He keeps talking about their brownie macaron. It's four dollars. I'm usually somewhat opposed to macarons* because I don't like coconut, but this morning, I got to work hungry, so hungry I was willing to eat a macaron even if it had coconut in it, and I texted him to
  
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• Seattle police say they’ve saved 3 people with overdose drug

  04-05-2016 20:05
  
  Seattle police bicycle officers have saved three people from potentially fatal heroin overdoses since mid-March.
  
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• First Zika case in King County confirmed in male traveler

  04-05-2016 20:04
  
  The first case of Zika virus in King County has been confirmed in a man who traveled to Colombia, one of the countries where the virus linked to devastating birth defects has been detected.
  
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• Amber Alert issued for Auburn toddler taken by father

  04-05-2016 19:44
  
  Authorities issued an Amber Alert for a 15-month-old girl who was taken by her father after a domestic-violence incident in Auburn.
  
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• Amber Alert for Auburn toddler canceled; girl found safe

  04-05-2016 19:44
  
  Authorities issued an Amber Alert Wednesday morning for the 15-month-old girl who was taken by her father after a domestic-violence incident in Auburn. Police are still looking for the father.
  
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• All of These Pundits Were Wrong About Trump

  04-05-2016 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzNice job, guys. Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  And there are many more, collected over at The Intercept: PREDICTION: Trump won't be the Republican nominee. http://t.co/F3Nsg8AnTD
  — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 6, 2015
  Horse race campaign coverage is stupid and pointless. Punditry takes up far too much space in our media landscape. This could be a lesson the media learns: Cover the impacts of their policies and rhetoric on ordinary people, the actual records of the cand
  
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• Amazon Offers up Greenhouse Space to House Rare Plants From UW

  04-05-2016 19:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufAmazon offered up greenhouse space to UW Botany's plant collection in its Redmond, Wash. greenhouse, which is growing plants for the retail giant's strange biospheres in downtown Seattle. Charles Mudede
  As of Tuesday, about 9,000 plants formerly residing in the University of Washington's Botany Greenhouse, were moved to a Redmond, Wash. greenhouse owned by Amazon. According to GeekWire, the space was once a Molbak’s Garden + Home, but it's now being used to store and prop
  
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• Laboratory advance provides view of early embryo development

  04-05-2016 19:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New lab techniques have provided the first good look at a crucial but mysterious stage in the development of human embryos, scientists reported Wednesday. The researchers said follow-up research might eventually lead to new treatments for infertility and perhaps new forms of birth control. The work extends the amount of embryonic […]
  
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• Washington Supreme Court trades Olympia for Ellensburg on Thursday

  04-05-2016 18:48
  
  The state Supreme Court will travel to Ellensburg to hear cases at Central Washington University on Thursday.
  
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• Washington Supreme Court to hear cases at CWU Thursday

  04-05-2016 18:48
  
  The state Supreme Court will be traveling to Ellensburg to hear cases at Central Washington University on Thursday.
  
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• State Supreme Court trades Olympia for Ellensburg Thursday

  04-05-2016 18:48
  
  The state Supreme Court will be traveling to Ellensburg to hear cases at Central Washington University on Thursday.
  
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• New rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths

  04-05-2016 18:36
  Companies could kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles a year without penalty —nearly four times the current limit, under the Obama administration's revision of a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years.
  
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• New federal rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths

  04-05-2016 18:36
  Companies could kill or injure up to 4,200 bald eagles a year without penalty —nearly four times the current limit, under the Obama administration's revision of a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years.
  
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• Fire at condo near Pike Place Market contained to balcony

  04-05-2016 18:18
  
  At a seven-story high-rise near Pike Place Market, residents woke up to fire alarms after a blaze on one unit’s balcony. No one was injured.
  
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• It's All Over Except the Shouting, Hating, Punching, Protesting, Race-Baiting, Tweeting, Debating, and (Come November) Voting

  04-05-2016 18:11 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageKasich drops out. Politico:
  John Kasich is dropping his presidential bid, according to a senior campaign adviser, one day after Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee and Ted Cruz bowed out of the race. The Ohio governor had long ago been mathematically eliminated from clinching the GOP nomination outright but had hoped to emerge as a consensus candidate at a contested convention.Good morning, @JohnKasich! May the fourth place be with you. pic.twitter.com/BG4k2wI0fZ— side
  
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• The Morning News: Trump to Be the Nominee, Bar Complaint Filed Against Lawyer after Threatening Email to City Council

  04-05-2016 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverDump Trump, obviously.mikeledray/Shutterstock
  Republican Voters Abandon Whatever Small Amount of Shame They May Have Still Had About Being Racists and Nominate Donald Trump for President: As you've heard by now, Trump won Indiana last night and Ted Cruz dropped out. (Now, it sounds like John Kasich will drop out this morning too.) Nothing is guaranteed until the convention, but that means Trump will almost definitely be the Republican nominee. Brace for an ugly six months. On the
  
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• The "Yes in My Backyard" Movement Builds in Seattle

  04-05-2016 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverNew construction: Seattle needs more of this.KELLY O
  "Meditate on this," San Francisco activist Sonja Trauss tells a crowd in a conference room overlooking Lake Union. "What's the difference between being able to afford something that's not available... and not being able to afford something that is available?"
  The room sits in polite quiet.
  "Nothing," Trauss says emphatically. "There's no difference. These are both ways that [housing] shortage manifests."
  Trauss is preaching to
  
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• Missing Spokane teen found safe in Ohio

  04-05-2016 17:31
  
  Spokane police put out an Amber Alert for the 16-year-old girl on Monday, saying she appeared to have run away with a 30-year-old man she met online.
  
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• Learning From New York City's Subway Riders

  04-05-2016 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeNew Yorkers waiting for a train. Charles Mudede
  This happened the last time I was in New York City. I entered the car of an A train at Broadway Junction. My destination was Hoyt–Schermerhorn. The time was nearing 8 a.m.. The car was packed with people heading to jobs in Manhattan. At some point, a black middle-aged woman stood up from her seat and, with a very strong Jamaican accent, began preaching. She went on and on about how Jesus died on the cross, died for our sins,
  
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• Cartoon Jehovah's Witness Mom Encourages Her Cartoon Brat to Harass Cartoon Classmate With Two Cartoon Moms

  04-05-2016 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  New Civil Rights Movement:
  "People can change," a mother tells her daughter after comparing same-sex marriage to a criminal trying to smuggle weapons on a plane in a new cartoon released on the official Jehovah's Witnesses website.... The official website for Jehovah’s Witnesses just released a short cartoon video with the purposes of teaching kids that same-sex marriage is wrong. The video propaganda is disturbing on so many levels. Not only does it push a view that marriage
  
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• King County deputy shoots, kills suspect in Burien

  04-05-2016 16:44
  
  A King County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot an armed man in Burien after a brief police chase.
  
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• King County deputy shoots, kills armed man in Burien

  04-05-2016 16:44
  
  A King County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot an armed man in Burien after a chase through residential areas and on Highway 509.
  
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• Angry and often overlooked, children of the incarcerated are hidden in plain sight

  04-05-2016 15:10
  
  The number of kids with incarcerated parents has ballooned in recent decades, yet these children remain largely invisible to lawmakers.
  
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• Lemonade Required Seven Directors to Capture the Magnitude of Beyoncé's Broken Heart

  04-05-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lemonade Required Seven Directors to Capture the Magnitude of Beyoncé's Broken Heartby Charles MudedeNothing wants answers more than a broken heart. You loved, you believed, you were betrayed. What went wrong? Was it me? Was it my performance? Something I said? My looks? My age? My manner? Maybe it's not me but just him/her. Maybe this has something to do with the way he/she is or the way men/women are.When the heart is broken, it turns over every rock in your world. And this is exactly w
  
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• School board rebukes Bellevue football program; possible two-year ban for coach Butch Goncharoff

  04-05-2016 09:11
  
  District leaders declare that there was “evidence of misconduct.”
  
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• School Board rebukes Bellevue football program; possible 2-year ban for coach Butch Goncharoff

  04-05-2016 09:11
  
  Bellevue School District leaders rebuked the Bellevue High football program, declaring that there was “evidence of misconduct” and setting up a potential two-year ban for the team’s head coach in an acrimonious meeting that lasted past midnight.
  
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• Charges: Squatter guru bilked Seattle-area followers

  04-05-2016 06:27
  
  Naziyr Yishmael, 46, is alleged to have swindled desperate people out of thousands of dollars each selling the dream that homeownership could be achieved through a legal loophole. He has been charged with first-degree theft and five related counts, and has not been jailed.
  
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• UW parks its prime plant collection at Amazon.com spot

  04-05-2016 04:57
  
  The University of Washington is moving most of its collection of 9,000 greenhouse plants to a temporary, free greenhouse space, offered by Amazon.
  
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• Mexican officials searching for missing Seattle woman

  04-05-2016 04:07
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say they are searching for a Seattle woman who disappeared while backpacking in southern Mexico. Authorities in the state of Oaxaca have issued an alert for information on Jenney Chen, saying she was last heard from around April 11. They say she had been hitchhiking and was headed to […]
  
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• Boeing’s historic tax break from state even bigger than thought

  04-05-2016 04:07
  
  The numbers are in for the first two years of Boeing’s big tax break from the state. And so far they are blowing the lid off even the historic cost estimates made at the time.
  
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• Sport fishermen protesting in La Conner on Wednesday as tribal gill-net salmon fishery gets underway

  04-05-2016 04:06
  
  Despite what is regarded as an unprecedented salmon fishing closure in all of Puget Sound by sport, tribal and non-tribal commercial fishermen, it appears the Swinomish Tribe has gotten approval to conduct a nine-day gill-net fishery directed at spring chinook on the Skagit River and Skagit Bay. The 25 boat Swinomish Tribal gill-net chinook salmon […]
  
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• Contractors test to see whether Roosevelt sinkhole is spreading

  04-05-2016 03:31
  
  Contractors are trying to learn whether a large sinkhole is spreading, south of the future light-rail station in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood.
  
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• NTSB: pilot’s inability to fly in clouds caused deadly crash in North Cascades

  04-05-2016 02:25
  
  A small airplane that crashed into the Cascade Mountains last July was caused by the pilot’s decision to fly during bad weather despite knowing that he was not trained to fly in the clouds, investigators say.
  
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• Why Rescheduling Cannabis Won't End Prohibition

  04-05-2016 02:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Why Rescheduling Cannabis Won't End Prohibitionby Tobias Coughlin-BogueExcitement is growing as the Drug Enforcement Administration decides whether or not to reschedule cannabis, which it's expected to do in the next few months. But as Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Irvine's School of Law, explains in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, federal rescheduling won't end prohibition. That's because it won't change state drug laws."Completely legalizing marijuana in the United States would require
  
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