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• Mukilteo shooting suspect charged with aggravated murder; could face death

  02-08-2016 23:05
  
  Snohomish County prosecutors have filed of three counts of aggravated first-degree-murder against the teen suspected of killing three classmates in Mukilteo early Saturday. The charges could carry the death penalty.
  
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• Meet Anthony Hickerson Jr., the Poet Laureate of 10th Avenue

  02-08-2016 22:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet Anthony Hickerson Jr., the Poet Laureate of 10th Avenueby Rich Smith"Are you interested in good poetry?"In the last year, if you've walked past Elliott Bay Book Company, or strolled by Pike Place Market, or taken a respite near the fountain in Seattle Center, then you're likely to have heard Anthony Hickerson Jr. bellow out that phrase in his theatrical cod British accent.If you answer his question in the affirmative, he offers you a deal. You provide a topic or a word, and then he freestyl
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Men In Her Life

  02-08-2016 22:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageI'm a mostly heterosexual woman in my mid-30s in a very vanilla relationship with my husband for the past 14 years. My husband is a great guy. We get along really well as do our families, which is so important to me. Our domestic lives and the day to day are comfortable, easy and we make a great team. We've had relationship issues all along, and we've never really resolved things in a way that makes me feel like he's taking my concerns seriously.For years I've struggled with our sex
  
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• Following a Suicide Attempt, Chelsea Manning Reportedly Faces the Possibility of "Indefinite Solitary Confinement"

  02-08-2016 22:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleManning's supporters marching in the New York City pride parade in 2014.LEE SNIDER PHOTO IMAGES / Shutterstock.com
  The soldier who leaked horrifying secrets about how the United States conducted itself during the Iraq War, including that infamous video of American soldiers in an Apache helicopter shooting civilians and Reuters journalists, in addition to thousands of other files that were "useful and important" in "about a dozen underdeveloped debates about our wars and f
  
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• Get Your August Primary Election Ballots in Today!

  02-08-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe Stranger Election Control Board sat through hours of grueling interviews to figure out who you should elect. Fill out your ballots and submit them today!
  Wait. So, despite our barrage of reminders and creating this handy dandy cheat sheet, you still haven't submitted your primary election ballot?GET ON IT, FOLKS. You have until 8 p.m. today to do your civic duty and pop your ballot into the ballot box nearest to you.Lose your ballot? NBD, you can print out a replacement!Ove
  
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• Don't Be a Dingus. Get Your August Primary Election Ballots in Today!

  02-08-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe Stranger Election Control Board sat through hours of grueling interviews to figure out who we should elect. Please vote.
  Wait. So, despite our barrage of reminders and creating this handy dandy cheat sheet, you still haven't submitted your primary election ballot?GET ON IT, FOLKS. You have until 8 p.m. today to do your civic duty and pop your ballot into the ballot box nearest to you.Lose your ballot? NBD, you can print out a replacement!Overseas or in the military? You can
  
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• Womenspreading During Seattle Art Fair Week

  02-08-2016 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesMarita Dingus created this standing sculpture from castoff materials. Ann-Marie Stillion's large-scale photographic print on fabric, lit from behind, is in the background, on the wall. Images JG
  They had no backing and no space. But they had the conviction that local women should plant a footprint in Seattle Art Fair weekend (preview here, full calendar here). They were inspired in part by exhibitions like this recent one in LA.
  So Barbara Robertson and Ann-Marie Stillion created In
  
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• What Seattle Can Learn from Vancouver's Real-Estate Crisis

  02-08-2016 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  Amos Latteier, a tech worker in Vancouver, British Columbia, is talking about what everyone in Vancouver can't stop talking about: the city's skyrocketing property values and its seemingly endless construction boom, where one luxury condo after another has been built, is being built, will be built.
  It is a story that should now sound familiar to Seattleites.
  "All property holders in Vancouver literally won the lottery," Latteier says, sitting in a restaurant called Havana, with
  
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• A City of Empty Towers

  02-08-2016 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  What Seattle Can Learn from Vancouver's Real-Estate Crisisby Charles MudedeAmos Latteier, a tech worker in Vancouver, British Columbia, is talking about what everyone in Vancouver can't stop talking about: the city's skyrocketing property values and its seemingly endless construction boom, where one luxury condo after another has been built, is being built, will be built.It is a story that should now sound familiar to Seattleites."All property holders in Vancouver literally won the lottery," Lat
  
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• Fruit matters: How a day camp connects kids to their cultures and community

  02-08-2016 21:21
  
  The kids at Fruit Science Summer Camp in Rainier Beach learn to love spiders (almost) as much as strawberries.
  
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• FBI: Washington sex tourist paid hungry kids for child porn

  02-08-2016 21:15
  
  A Washington state man accused of paying impoverished Filipino women to sexually abuse their children on camera now faces federal charges.
  
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• Hillary is Smashing Poor Little Rich Trump in Fundraising

  02-08-2016 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt Baume"But wait, there's more!" Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com
  It's been a very good July for Hillary Clinton. Oh sure, she had to endure a lot of chatter about email servers. But she also beat Donald Trump at the only game that actually matters to him: making money.
  Hillary and the Democrats raked in $63 million last month just for her campaign — $89 million when you include money raised for the party and local candidates. Not bad! Somebody please draw a cute little caricature of
  
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• The City's Best Sushi Is in Ravenna

  02-08-2016 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's Best Sushi Is in Ravennaby Angela GarbesThis sounds weird, but halfway through my omakase meal at Wataru, as I was savoring a piece of local geoduck, a few lines from Henry David Thoreau's Walden popped into my mind. (It was certainly weird to me, as I haven't considered the words much since I read them in high school.) As I watched chef and owner Kotaro Kumita work diligently behind his sushi bar made of gorgeous slabs of live-edge elm, Thoreau's words colored my view: "If a man does
  
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• A City of Empty Towers: What Seattle Can Learn From Vancouver's Real-Estate Crisis

  02-08-2016 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Vancouver's housing crisis offers Seattle a glimpse of what is to comeby Charles MudedeAmos Latteier, a tech worker in Vancouver, British Columbia, is talking about what everyone in Vancouver can't stop talking about: the city's skyrocketing property values and its seemingly endless construction boom, where one luxury condo after another has been built, is being built, will be built.It is a story that should now sound familiar to Seattleites."All property holders in Vancouver literally won the l
  
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• Which Is Better: Jill Stein's '90s Folk Band or Her Chance of Being Elected President?

  02-08-2016 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithJill Stein: Somebody's Sister, lead vox. RIYL a Trump presidency. Courtesy Jill Stein for President
  As the internet has recently discovered, Jill Stein is more than just a politician. She is also a lead singer. Now it all makes sense. Before she stood for the Green Party, Stein and Ken Selcer led the alt-folk-rock band Somebody's Sister,which was active during the 1990s. Though the band drew on many different influences, most of the tracks on their albums—1999's Circuits to th
  
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• Drones Are Interfering with Range 12 Firefighting Efforts, Crews Say

  02-08-2016 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufPSA from firefighters: Don't fly your damn drones over wildfires.Range 12 Fire
  As if fighting wildfires wasn't challenging enough, firefighting crews battling the Range 12 wildfire in southeastern Washington are dealing with drones hampering their aerial relief efforts.
  Drones have become a relatively common nuisance for firefighters in the last four years despite flight restrictions over wildfire areas. Curious residents are using the small aircrafts to take photos and videos
  
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• 1 dead in Madison Valley shooting

  02-08-2016 20:18
  
  First responders found a woman dead of apparent gun violence at a Madison Valley home Tuesday morning.
  
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• Ryan Lewis’ Magnolia home on the market

  02-08-2016 20:09
  
  Don't go looking for a thrift-shop deal here.
  
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• Seattle bans use of ‘conversion therapy’ on gay youth

  02-08-2016 20:06
  
  The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to ban mental-health counselors from using so-called “conversion therapy” to try to turn gay youth straight.
  
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• Columbia summer chinook return so far is sixth largest since 1938

  02-08-2016 19:53
  
  While the Columbia River sockeye run waxed expectations this summer and is the fifth largest on record, it looks like another salmon run could be headed in a positive direction. According to Joe Hymer, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist in Vancouver, the 84,192 adult summer chinook counted from June 16 to July 31 is the […]
  
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• Donald Trump Throws Baby Out of Rally. He's the #1 Baby, Okay?

  02-08-2016 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer Campbell@lrozen Whole exchange here. Ugh. pic.twitter.com/0j0vlRjj0A
  — Jake Godin (@JakeGodin) August 2, 2016
  Let it be known that Donald Trump is the only infant permitted to be at a Donald Trump rally.
  The Republican nominee faced some competition in the race for Baby-in-Chief at a rally in Virginia this morning. An infant called from the back of the room out in anguish, probably trying to make sense of Trump's claims about China's currency devaluations.Trump played it, like,
  
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• Donald Trump Throws Baby Out of Rally. He's the #1 Baby

  02-08-2016 19:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer Campbell@lrozen Whole exchange here. Ugh. pic.twitter.com/0j0vlRjj0A
  — Jake Godin (@JakeGodin) August 2, 2016
  Let it be known that Donald Trump is the only infant permitted to be at a Donald Trump rally.
  The Republican nominee faced some competition in the race for Baby-in-Chief at a rally in Virginia this morning. An infant called from the back of the room out in anguish, probably trying to make sense of Trump's claims about China's currency devaluations.Trump played it, like,
  
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• Woman found shot to death in Madison Valley home

  02-08-2016 19:32
  
  A passer-by reported that the victim, a woman, appeared to have been shot inside a home.
  
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• Seattle police investigating fatal shooting near arboretum

  02-08-2016 19:32
  
  The shooting was reported around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. Details, including gender and age of the victim, were not immediately released.
  
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• The Biggest Art Event Seattle Has Ever Known Just Got Bigger. Will Year Two of Seattle Art Fair Also Bring Bigger Sales?

  02-08-2016 18:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesCute, beautiful, ugly, all of it. Seattle Art Fair, featuring Jeffry Mitchell’s wild and woolly ceramics, will have it all. COURTESY OF SEATTLE ART FAIR
  Last year, even the birds showed up.
  Under the silent gaze of a few unticketed pigeons in the rafters of CenturyLink Field Event Center, 15,000 people swarmed the inaugural Seattle Art Fair, a network of 60 booths of paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and at least one virtual reality trip.
  Outside, a city typically ar
  
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• Wildfire near Hanford site larger than first thought; high winds a concern

  02-08-2016 18:20
  
  The Range 12 fire, near the Hanford nuclear site, is now 175,000 acres — much bigger than crews first realized. Wind gusts of up to 35 mph expected Tuesday will test firefighters’ preparations.
  
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• The Morning News: Voting Happens Today. Do It.

  02-08-2016 17:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneA Stranger staffer will even bring you a stamp for your ballot! James Yamasaki
  Today's the Last Day to Turn in Your Ballot for the August Primary: And we made it so easy to figure out who should be winning what! Here's the cheat sheet.
  Turnout Looks Really Depressing So Far: Maybe people are experiencing national election fatigue? DOESN'T MATTER. Vote. Heidi has even offered to bring you a stamp.We'll Be Covering Election Parties Tonight: Check back here later for the good, t
  
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• Scientists’ annual physical of planet: ‘Earth’s fever rises’

  02-08-2016 17:30
  
  Soon after 2015 ended, it was proclaimed the hottest on record. Scientists blame much of the intense and record-breaking weather on a combination of a natural El Niño and human-caused global warming.
  
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• Vote YES on Proposition No. 1 (Affordable Housing Levy)

  02-08-2016 17:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control BoardThe $290 million housing levy would build or save 2,150 units of affordable housing in Seattle, according to the mayor's office. STEVE ESTVANIK/SHUTTERSTOCK
  Nobody is against this levy. No, we mean it. There's no "No" campaign. The person who showed up at the SECB to argue against it identified herself as "just a homeowner" and claimed both that property taxes are too high and that the city should make this levy bigger. (She also wore perhaps the hugest rock on
  
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• Highway pole rips through bus in California crash, killing 5

  02-08-2016 15:19
  
  The bus was headed to Washington state when it crashed around 3:30 a.m. in central California.
  
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• Bus crash survivor violently tossed awake to horrific scene

  02-08-2016 15:19
  
  The bus was headed to Washington state when it crashed around 3:30 a.m. in central California.
  
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• We need to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s moment — then let her get back to work

  02-08-2016 15:00
  
  When Hillary Clinton officially became the first female nominee for president at the Democratic National Convention last week, columnist Nicole Brodeur wanted a fuss, then none at all.
  
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• Let’s celebrate Hillary Clinton’s moment — then let her get back to work

  02-08-2016 15:00
  
  When Hillary Clinton officially became the first female nominee for president at the Democratic National Convention last week, columnist Nicole Brodeur wanted a fuss, then none at all.
  
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• CDC: Mosquito eradication difficult in Miami neighborhood

  02-08-2016 13:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says officials are finding it challenging to eradicate mosquitoes in a part of Miami where 14 people appear to have contracted the Zika virus. CDC Director Tom Frieden told ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday that officials issued a rare travel warning advising […]
  
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• Authorities ID 5-year-old killed in N.C. lightning strike

  02-08-2016 12:06
  
  CAROVA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 5-year-old boy killed by a lightning strike while he and his family vacationed on a North Carolina beach. Currituck Fire and EMS Chief Ralph Melton tells local news outlets that Stephen Little of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, was vacationing with his family when he was struck around 4 p.m. […]
  
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• Lack of water drove Alaska island mammoths to extinction

  02-08-2016 09:40
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water. Mammoths lived on Alaska’s St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea until about 5,600 years ago. They never came into contact with humans, who only arrived on the island in […]
  
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• Zika outbreak prompts travel warning for area of Miami

  02-08-2016 09:11
  
  MIAMI (AP) — In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. Health officials last Friday announced that mosquitoes have apparently started spreading Zika on the U.S. mainland, citing four cases they strongly believe were caused by bites. […]
  
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• ‘Little ninja’: Zika-spreading mosquito puts up tough fight

  02-08-2016 09:11
  
  Health officials advised pregnant women to avoid Miami's Wynwood arts district, where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans.
  
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• Eradicating Zika-spreading mosquito is proving difficult

  02-08-2016 09:11
  
  Health officials advised pregnant women to avoid Miami's Wynwood arts district, where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans.
  
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• India flooding kills 96, forces 1 million into relief camps

  02-08-2016 08:16
  
  GAUHATI, India (AP) — The death toll in flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has climbed past 90, with about a million people taking shelter in government-run relief camps, officials said Tuesday. Incessant downpours have damaged swaths of land, uprooted trees and snapped telephone cables in dozens of districts in the states of Bihar […]
  
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• Death toll in India monsoon rains climbs past 90

  02-08-2016 08:16
  
  GAUHATI, India (AP) — Indian officials say the death toll in heavy monsoon rains has climbed past 90, with over 700,000 taking shelter in government-run relief camps. Incessant downpours have damaged swaths of land and snapped telephone cables in dozens of districts in the states of Bihar in the east, Assam in the remote northeast […]
  
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• Mukilteo shooting: How to help the grieving families of victims

  02-08-2016 07:38
  
  For each of the victims who died — Anna Bui, Jordan Ebner and Jake Long — a GoFundMe has been established to help cover memorial expenses.
  
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• Battle within tiny Indian Muslim sect on circumcising girls

  02-08-2016 07:34
  
  MUMBAI, India (AP) — When Bilqis talks about having circumcised her daughter, she goes back and forth on how she feels — sometimes within the same sentence. The 50-year-old doctor defends what is widely known as female genital mutilation within her small, prosperous Shia Muslim sect in India, saying it’s a mild version that amounts […]
  
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• Seattle-area man who spent five years in Philippines jail acquitted of rape

  02-08-2016 07:28
  
  A crisis-management group working to free Scott McMahon said a Manila judge issued the ruling Tuesday. McMahon was in jail for more than five years.
  
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• Study answers the evolutionary mystery of the female orgasm

  02-08-2016 06:13
  
  While orgasms have an important role in a woman’s intimate relationships, the evolutionary roots of the experience — a combination of muscle contractions, hormone release, and intense pleasure — have been difficult to uncover.
  
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• Medical benefits of dental floss unproven

  02-08-2016 06:08
  
  HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) — It’s one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities. Except there’s little proof that flossing works. Still, the federal government, dental organizations and manufacturers of floss have pushed the practice for decades. Dentists provide samples to their patients; the American […]
  
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• Typhoon Nida moving northwest across southern China

  02-08-2016 05:50
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Nida is moving northwest across southern China, bringing high winds and heavy rain but no immediate reports of deaths or destruction. The storm made landfall at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday near Hong Kong and was expected to churn across the manufacturing center of Guangdong province, gradually weakening as it moved into the […]
  
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• Homeless family adjusts to new apartment after donation from Washington State Patrol trooper

  02-08-2016 05:24
  
  The family says they are grateful to have somewhere to go at the end of the day — something that might not have happened if not for the trooper who took an interest in them.
  
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• 2 months after trooper’s help, homeless family adjusting to life in new apartment

  02-08-2016 05:24
  
  Alyssa Dunn and Murray Duncan said they are grateful to have somewhere to return to at the end of the day — something that might not have happened if not for the state trooper who took an interest in them.
  
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• Don’t change housing ‘grand bargain,’ industry coalition warns City Council

  02-08-2016 05:02
  
  A Seattle City Council committee is hearing from many parties before an expected vote on housing legislation, including from real-estate-industry players who’ve been bankrolling political campaigns.
  
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