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• Charges: Toddler shot self in face while mom, boyfriend were sleeping

  12-07-2016 23:58
  
  A 2-year-old boy who shot himself in the face Monday at a South Seattle motel found his mother's boyfriend's gun while his guardians were sleeping, charges say.
  
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• Charge: Toddler shot self in face while mom, boyfriend slept

  12-07-2016 23:58
  
  A 2-year-old boy who shot himself in the face Monday at a South Seattle motel found his mother's boyfriend's gun while his guardians were sleeping, charges say.
  
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• Puget Sound Energy to shut part of Montana coal power plant

  12-07-2016 23:54
  
  Puget Sound Energy has announced an agreement to close two of its Montana coal-power generating units by July 2022. The Colstrip Generating Station is considered one of the highest-polluting coal plants in the country.
  
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• Puget Sound Energy agreement to shut part of Montana coal- power plant

  12-07-2016 23:54
  
  Puget Sound Energy has announced an agreement to close two of its Montana coal-power generating units by July 2022. The Colstrip Generating Station is considered one of the highest-polluting coal plants in the country.
  
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• Beloved Seattle Rock/Soul Vocalist Shawn Smith Is "Technically Homeless"

  12-07-2016 23:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalRenowned vocalist Shawn Smith is too proud to beg, but he needs a bit of help.
  Shawn Smith, the soulful and expressive Seattle vocalist for groups such as Pigeonhed, Brad, and Satchel, is reportedly in a distressed mental state and without a fixed address. A friend named Xana La Fuente started a GoFundMe campaign, which has raised $10,150 so far (the goal was $6,000).After the jump, La Fuente explains Smith's situation in a paragraph taken from her GoFundMe page:I do not know many d
  
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• Port Angeles Woman Leaves $9 Million for a Performing Arts Center

  12-07-2016 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithI wonder what they're asking for rent up there? Ken Schulze / shutterstock.com
  According to the Peninsula Daily News, resident of Port Angeles and "avid bowler," Donna M. Morris, trusted $9 million for the "design, construction and maintenance” of a performing arts facility in her hometown to the Peninsula College Foundation following her death in 2014. Last Friday, a living person named Dorothy Field stepped up and dropped $1.4 million to secure a 70,000-square-foot waterfron
  
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• What We Know About Today's Power Outage in South Seattle

  12-07-2016 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf yochika photographer / Shutterstock
  Around 10,000 South Seattle residents between East Union Street and South Jackson Street lost power around 12 p.m.According to a spokesperson from Seattle City Light, the outage was caused when a crane, which was attached to a truck, ran into some power lines.
  @jamnhen Not a bird, definitely a vehicle.
  — Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) July 12, 2016
  At least it wasn't a raccoon. https://t.co/BYuqMBzxkc— (((Brownstone))) (@sydb
  
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• What We Know About Today's Power Outage in Central Seattle

  12-07-2016 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf yochika photographer / Shutterstock
  Around 10,000 Central Seattle residents between East Union Street and South Jackson Street lost power around 12 p.m.No, the mass power outage wasn't caused by another rogue critter. According to a spokesperson from Seattle City Light, the outage was caused when a crane, which was attached to a truck, ran into some power lines.@jamnhen Not a bird, definitely a vehicle.
  — Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) July 12, 2016
  At least it wasn'
  
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• Parts of Pike Place Market evacuated because of gas leak

  12-07-2016 22:36
  
  A natural-gas leak was reported near Pike Place Market just after noon Tuesday, resulting in the temporary evacuation of some parts of the Market.
  
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• Why Did the Parks Department Decide to Returf Cal Anderson in the Middle of Summer?

  12-07-2016 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufNo soccer. No frisbee. No getting stoned in the park after work. ASK
  "The end of June is the perfect time to shut down a park in Seattle to replace turf that doesn't need replacing," read one comment on a post about the Seattle Parks Department's turf replacement project in Cal Anderson Park. Other commenters echoed the sentiment.
  And we can't help but agree. Since The Stranger's office overlooks the park, which has been a field of grey since the astroturf was rolled up and hau
  
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• Holocaust Museum in DC Would Really Like People to Stop Playing Pokémon Go There

  12-07-2016 20:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleThe exterior of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Holocaust Museum/Shutterstock
  Guys, playing Pokémon Go in the Holocaust Museum is an awful idea. It's tacky and it's disrespectful. It's worse than bringing your dog to the grocery store. Way worse.According to a museum spokesperson quoted in the Washington Post, the museum is "trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game."The Holocaust Museum's plight highlights how apps that layer a dig
  
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• Sixteen People Are Fasting on the Capitol Steps to Protest the Governor's Draft Clean Air Rule

  12-07-2016 20:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneDeborah Woolley, pictured third from the left, holds a sign of her children and grandnephew as she embarks on a three-day fast. Alec Connon
  In three days, the state will hold a public hearing on a draft Clean Air Rule that aims to cut carbon emissions from 70 of the state's biggest polluters by 1.7 percent a year. But for some Washington parents and grandparents, that doesn't go nearly far enough.
  "It's basically business as usual," Deborah Woolley, 66, said. "It's not consis
  
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• Watch Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Campaign Together Today in New Hampshire

  12-07-2016 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Their comments—Bernie first—start just after the 38:30 mark.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• My Philosophy: This Goddamn Week

  12-07-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Larry Mizell Jr.Black Lives Matter protesters outside Westlake Center. JAMES ANDERSON / ISTOCK
  Every time I try to write something about this week, this goddamn week, there's something else going on. But ain't nothing else going on—just the same shit, the same war, people over here, people over there. By the time you read this, who knows?
  I hope you're safe, I hope your loved ones are safe, I hope you and they stay that way. Not that it feels like safety really exists. Not for a Muslim
  
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• Democratic Party Officially Favors Pot Legalization, Thanks to Bernie Sanders and His Movement

  12-07-2016 19:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzGiving stoners something to believe in. Crush Rush / Shutterstock.com
  Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton today. Why did it take so long? Because he had work to do.Check out this Vox rundown on all the ways Bernie Sanders' delegates pulled the Democratic Party in a less milquetoast, more firmly progressive direction late last week. This one jumps out:
  Marijuana legalization: The committee also agreed to include a "reasoned pathway to future legalization" of marijuana on
  
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• Democratic Party Feels the Bern, Officially Endorses Pot Legalization

  12-07-2016 19:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzGiving stoners something to believe in. Crush Rush / Shutterstock.com
  Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton today. Why did it take so long? Because he had work to do.Check out this Vox rundown on all the ways Bernie Sanders' delegates pulled the Democratic Party in a less milquetoast, more firmly progressive direction late last week. This one jumps out:
  Marijuana legalization: The committee also agreed to include a "reasoned pathway to future legalization" of marijuana on
  
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• Watch Live: President Obama's Remarks at the Memorial for Slain Police Officers in Dallas

  12-07-2016 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersSpeaking soon, in Dallas. Pete Souza / White House
  According to The New York Times, President Obama...
  ...huddled with his speechwriters for much of Monday, hoping to find words that would not only console the officers’ grief-stricken families but also reassure a nation fearful that racial divisions are worsening after the Dallas slaughter and the killing days before of black men by the police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
  Mr. Obama approached the effort with the frustration of
  
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• Brady Walkinshaw Endorses Nicole Macri to Replace Him in State House

  12-07-2016 19:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverBrady Walkinshaw (right) says Nicole Macri (left) should be the next 43rd District state rep. Photos courtesy of campaigns
  As Democrat after Democrat has jumped into the race for the 43rd Legislative District, current State Representative Brady Walkinshaw has stayed mostly quiet on who he thinks should replace him. Today—one day before ballots are mailed for the August 2 primary—he finally endorsed housing advocate Nicole Macri.From Walkinshaw's statement:Nicole has t
  
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• Maybe a Little More Pandering from Hillary Wouldn't be Such a Bad Thing

  12-07-2016 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt Baume"Thank you so much for coming on the show for sweeps week." Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com
  One of the problems with writing about Hillary is that she is, generally speaking, a reasonable person doing sensible things — not exactly the stuff of memorable headlines. Finding news about Hillary is sometimes like reading a plot synopsis of The Odd Couple if there was no Oscar; or Sesame Street if Bert lived alone; or if you like, Star Wars if the rebels were really passionate but d
  
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• D.B. Cooper investigation wrapped up – mostly

  12-07-2016 19:28
  
  The FBI has wrapped up its investigation into the 1971 "D.B. Cooper" skyjacking, which saw a still-unidentified man leap from a passenger jet into a rugged, wooded area of Washington state.
  
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• Weird tales about Seattle’s urban animals: an 8-foot sturgeon, a ‘top dog’ pig and squirrel risotto

  12-07-2016 19:20
  
  Whether it's an octopus beating or a neighborhood dispute over crows flocking to a home in Portage Bay, animals have made dozens of headlines over the past decade. Here are the most interesting stories The Seattle Times has covered.
  
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• Tales of Seattle’s charismatic, controversial or curious megafauna

  12-07-2016 19:20
  Whether it's an octopus beating or a neighborhood dispute over crows flocking to a home in Portage Bay, animals have made dozens of headlines over the past decade. Here are the most interesting stories The Seattle Times has covered.
  
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• FBI no longer looking for D.B. Cooper

  12-07-2016 18:36
  
  Forty-five years after a man skyjacked a Seattle-bound plane, parachuted out with $200,000 in cash and disappeared, the FBI is closing one of its most captivating unsolved cases.
  
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• Case closed: FBI no longer looking for D.B. Cooper

  12-07-2016 18:36
  
  Forty-five years after a man skyjacked a Seattle-bound plane, parachuted out with $200,000 in cash and disappeared, the FBI is closing one of its most captivating unsolved cases.
  
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• The Morning News: Sound Transit 3 Cost Drops, Two-Year-Old Shoots Self with Handgun, Sanders Endorses Clinton

  12-07-2016 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverIf ST3 is approved, more new light rail stations will open in the next 20 years. Sound Transit
  Good News for Those of You Trying to Sell Your Tax-Nervous Parents on Sound Transit 3: The agency recently announced that ST3—the tax package to double light rail in the region—will cost the average taxpayer $169 a year in new taxes, down from its original estimate of $200. How? ST3 would come from sales, property, and car tab taxes. The agency was using average car values i
  
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• Morning Brief: Obama to honor fallen officers in Dallas

  12-07-2016 17:02
  
  (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning! Here’s what’s happening: NEED TO KNOW President Obama travels to Dallas today to honor the five police officers killed there last week. It’s sure to be a somber, emotional occasion. And he’ll likely note that Dallas’ police chief had taken bold steps to […]
  
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• Morning Brief: Obama in Dallas, Boeing at Farnborough, Pokemon everywhere

  12-07-2016 17:02
  
  (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning! Here’s what’s happening: NEED TO KNOW President Obama travels to Dallas today to honor the five police officers killed there last week. It’s sure to be a somber, emotional occasion. And he’ll likely note that Dallas’ police chief had taken bold steps to […]
  
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• Digs uncover buildings in Cyprus’ 11,000-year-old village

  12-07-2016 16:46
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Recent archaeological digs have uncovered more than 20 round buildings in what is believed to be Cyprus’ earliest known village, dating as far back as the 9th century B.C., the east Mediterranean island’s Department of Antiquities said Tuesday. The department said in a statement that excavations, which concluded last month in […]
  
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• Starbucks raises coffee prices, but also wages

  12-07-2016 16:08
  
  Is it a fair deal that the very next day after announcing wage and benefit increases for its partners (employees), Starbucks says it will be soaking us addicts for 10 to 30 cents more per drink?
  
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• Seattle police have found missing 73-year-old man

  12-07-2016 15:44
  
  Police reported on Tuesday afternoon that the man, who was last seen in downtown Seattle on Monday, had been found.
  
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• 73-year-old man missing in Seattle

  12-07-2016 15:44
  
  Soo Bong Choi was last seen in downtown Seattle on Monday, police say.
  
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• Tourism officials address algae fears in southwest Florida

  12-07-2016 14:23
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Officials are responding to fears in southwest Florida about a massive algae bloom fouling waters on the state’s Atlantic coast. The News-Press reports (http://newspr.es/29FD9WP ) that the Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau updated its website with water-monitoring information and live video of beaches overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The […]
  
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• Storms, tornadoes cause damage in north-central Minnesota

  12-07-2016 13:20
  
  LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — At least two tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds damaged homes, forced the evacuation of a nursing home and flooded highways in north-central Minnesota. Up to 20 homes were damaged by a tornado in Meeker County on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The communities of Litchfield and nearby Watkins were hard hit […]
  
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• Storms tear up small communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin

  12-07-2016 13:20
  
  LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Storms carrying tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds damaged homes, deposited a snow plow in a tree and flooded highways in north-central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. Audrey Schoenberg took shelter at a restaurant in Litchfield, Minnesota, after a tornado Monday flipped her home off its foundation. “I’m numb. I’m numb. I […]
  
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• Storms hit rural Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

  12-07-2016 13:20
  
  LITCHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Storms spawned tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds that damaged homes, deposited a snowplow in a tree and flooded highways in north-central Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency Tuesday in eight Wisconsin counties after heavy rains caused flooding, power outages […]
  
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• Trump’s denial of climate science at odds with world leaders

  12-07-2016 09:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If elected president, Donald Trump would be the only head of state in the world to contend that climate change is a hoax, according to a study. The Sierra Club compiled public statements from the leaders of the 195 nations recognized by the State Department. An advance copy of the group’s report, […]
  
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• California governor looks to extend climate-change efforts

  12-07-2016 09:12
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a campaign to extend some of the most ambitious climate-change programs in the country and ensure his environmental legacy when he leaves office in two years. The centerpiece of the push is a cap-and-trade program that aims to reduce the use of fossil fuels by […]
  
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• Fiorini jabs at Patty Murray, Clinton in fundraiser for Vance

  12-07-2016 07:10
  
  Former Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina was in Bellevue Monday night to raise money for the Senate campaign of Chris Vance.
  
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• Fiorina jabs at Patty Murray, Clinton in fundraiser for Vance

  12-07-2016 07:10
  
  Former Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina was in Bellevue Monday night to raise money for the Senate campaign of Chris Vance.
  
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• Yesler Terrace transition: Many families leave area

  12-07-2016 06:29
  
  More than one-third of the 493 families who called Seattle’s Yesler Terrace public-housing project home in 2012 now live elsewhere, the City Council was told Monday.
  
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• Research: Humans copied monkey tools, then moved clouds

  12-07-2016 05:13
  
  Two new scientific studies when taken together suggest human beings could have stolen the whole ideas of tools that led to technology from monkeys and then used that technology to indirectly move clouds to the north and south pole while making them taller.
  
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• New research: Humans copied monkey nut industry, then moved clouds

  12-07-2016 05:13
  
  Two new scientific studies when taken together suggest human beings could have stolen the whole ideas of tools that led to technology from monkeys and then used that technology to indirectly move clouds to the north and south pole while making them taller.
  
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• O’Toole accused of retaliation in trial over police transfers

  12-07-2016 05:12
  
  An attorney for a sergeant, lieutenant and captain told a King County jury his clients were the targets of retaliation by the Seattle Police Department, but the city challenged the claim.
  
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• Chief O’Toole accused of retaliation in trial over police transfers

  12-07-2016 05:12
  
  An attorney for a sergeant, lieutenant and captain told a King County jury his clients were the targets of retaliation by the Seattle Police Department, but the city challenged the claim.
  
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• Seattle home, vandalized and unsafe to enter, fetches $467k

  12-07-2016 04:29
  
  On the surface, the Central District home had a bit of curb appeal ... And yet the 116-year old house at 805 23rd Avenue was so unsafe, even the listing agents wouldn't go inside.
  
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• Socialist Sawant backs fed-up REI workers over hours, wages, right to union

  12-07-2016 04:12
  
  Seattle’s well-known Socialist City Councilmember, Kshama Sawant, picked up the worker fight again Monday, this time backing REI workers who say the company falls short of its ethical reputation.
  
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• Workers at some Hanford tanks stop in dispute over vapors

  12-07-2016 03:29
  
  A coalition of labor unions on the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state stopped work Monday at some of the radioactive waste tank farms because of health concerns over chemical vapors.
  
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• Workers at some Hanford radioactive waste tank farms stop work in dispute over vapors

  12-07-2016 03:29
  
  A coalition of labor unions on the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state stopped work Monday at some of the radioactive waste tank farms because of health concerns over chemical vapors.
  
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