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• The 23 Best Movies Playing in Seattle This Weekend

  11-08-2016 23:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCatch Road House (aka Showgirls for boys) this weekend at Central Cinema.
  There are many, many movies playing in Seattle this weekend, and while you could see Suicide Squad or Sausage Party, our film critics would advise you see these movies instead. Whether you want to relive childhood nostalgia with the remake of Pete's Dragon, watch an existential thriller about the war in Afghanistan, or are in the mood for a screening of goofball fantasy Spaceballs in Cal Ander
  
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• Man who went on Puyallup shooting rampage sentenced

  11-08-2016 23:32
  
  Nathen Terault was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and five counts of second-degree assault.
  
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• Seattle’s pioneering Redhook beer will soon be all brewed in Oregon

  11-08-2016 23:31
  
  The popular brand’s parent is moving to consolidate the brewing of its own beers in Portland while using the Woodinville brewery for contract production of other companies’ beers.
  
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• Redhook beer, imported from Oregon

  11-08-2016 23:31
  
  The popular brand’s parent is moving to consolidate the brewing of its own beers in Portland whlle using the Woodinville brewery for its contract brewing business.
  
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• Savage Love: Vacation

  11-08-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage JOE NEWTON
  DEAR READERS: I'm on vacation for the next three weeks—but you won't be reading old columns while I'm away. You'll be getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me.
  Dan Savage is a sports writer and the assistant director of digital content for OrlandoMagic.com, and he will be answering your questions this week. Dan has covered six NBA finals and 10 NBA All-Star Games; he's appeared on CBS, ESPN, NBA TV, and First Ta
  
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• Head of Seattle FBI office is retiring; replacement named

  11-08-2016 22:59
  
  Frank Montoya Jr., the special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the FBI, is retiring. He will be succeeded by Jay S. Tabb Jr., a former Marine infantry officer and deputy assistant director at FBI headquarters.
  
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• Hillary Clinton on Trump's Economic Plan: "The Trump family gets a $4 billion tax cut and 99.8 percent of Americans get nothing."

  11-08-2016 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Hillary Clinton gives a speech in Michigan detailing her economic plan.by Christopher Frizzelle"If you add up all of Trump's ideas, from cutting taxes for the wealthy and corporations to starting a trade war with China to deporting millions of hardworking immigrants, the result would be a loss of 3.4 million jobs."According to a speech Hillary Clinton just concluded, the same economist who predicted that 3.4 million job-loss number under Trump's plan (he's a former economic advisor to Republican
  
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• Terminally ill woman in California holds party before ending her life

  11-08-2016 21:55
  
  A 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, held a 2-day gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state's new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.
  
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• Terminally ill woman holds party before ending her life

  11-08-2016 21:55
  
  A 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, held a 2-day gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state's new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.
  
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• Dan Savage to Daily Beast: Take Down Your Creepy Olympic Grindr “Exposé”

  11-08-2016 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf lazyllama / Shutterstock
  In recent years, the Olympic games have become synonymous with sex. And the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro are no different.
  Usually, the reports focus on the hundreds of thousands of condoms that are being handed out to athletes in the Olympic Village. But this year, Nico Hines, a reporter for the Daily Beast, took that reporting to a deeply fucked-up place.
  In a story published early this morning, Hines, who is straight and married, published an "expos
  
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• Joe McDermott Endorses Brady Piñero Walkinshaw in Race for Washington’s 7th Congressional District

  11-08-2016 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThe competition against state senator Pramila Jayapal is heating up. Today, defeated candidate Joe McDermott (right) endorsed Jayapal's challenger, State Representative Brady Walkinshaw (left).
  King County Council Member Joe McDermott, the defeated candidate for the 7th Congressional District who happens to have the same last name as retiring 7th District Congressman Jim McDermott, has endorsed his once-competitor, Brady Piñero Walkinshaw.This is big news: McDermott's
  
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• These animals outlive humans: Top 10 longest living critters

  11-08-2016 21:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone. Here are the animals that the scientific longevity database AnAge says have lived the longest. Many of these live in […]
  
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• Lakes Washington and Sammamish will stay open in September/October for trout and other game-fish

  11-08-2016 21:09
  
  It is now apparent that state Fish and Wildlife has decided to not close Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish in early fall for trout and other game-fish. These areas were planned to be closed under an agreement between the state and tribal fishery co-managers to protect coho salmon, but both parties have now decided that […]
  
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• Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish will stay open in September, October for trout and other game-fish

  11-08-2016 21:09
  
  It is now apparent that state Fish and Wildlife has decided to not close Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish in early fall for trout and other game-fish. These areas were planned to be closed under an agreement between the state and tribal fishery co-managers to protect coho salmon, but both parties have now decided that […]
  
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• Police: Man trying to hack Seattle real estate market arrested for trespassing

  11-08-2016 20:50
  
  Police arrested a 23-year-old man Tuesday after he ripped out a "for sale" sign in front of a South Seattle home and "moved in," even MacGyvering a toaster with a grate and cigarette package.
  
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• Grizzly bear that killed Montana man previously was captured

  11-08-2016 20:42
  
  KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials say the bear that attacked and killed a mountain biker near Glacier National Park was an 18- to 20-year-old male grizzly that had been previously captured. Brad Treat, a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer, surprised the bear June 29 while riding his bicycle along a trail with […]
  
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• After Shaming Gay Couple for Kissing in Stadium, Mariners Acknowledge "We Can Do Better"

  11-08-2016 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzAlmost the exact same thing happened in 2008. Maybe, just maybe, there's a problem here. Ffooter / Shutterstock.com
  OutSports reports:An incident involving a lesbian couple at a Seattle Mariners game Friday night has the team both apologizing to and pointing fingers at the couple. The two women are left wondering why they were told that their basic displays of public affection were deemed inappropriate by the people who complained, including a Mariners staffer.
  During the seventh in
  
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• Are the Rams a Threat to the Seahawks? Let's Ask Hard Knocks

  11-08-2016 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike FriedmanNFL Films and HBO's annual collaboration in pulling back the curtain on the NFL just enough to make it feel like you're learning something while what you're actually doing is watching a reality show is back. That's right, it's Hard Knocks season! And the first episode dropped on Tuesday.
  This season of Hard Knocks is special because it's the first year to feature an NFC West team, the Los Angeles Rams, and means that it's the first time we can use Hard Knocks to scout a direct r
  
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• Greenland shark now oldest living animal with backbone

  11-08-2016 20:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth’s oldest living animal with a backbone. They estimated that the gray shark, part of the species named after Greenland, was born in the icy waters roughly […]
  
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• Mr. Robot Recap: Remembrance of Things '80s in Episode 6

  11-08-2016 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeYou are looking right at the cliffhanger of Mr. Robot's episode six.USA NetworkThe penultimate decade of the 20th century, the '80s, is the cultural and technological cradle for Mr. Robot, a TV series about a team of hackers, fsociety, who set into motion a world-wide revolution by attacking and destroying the computer system of a bank that's based in Manhattan and is too big to fail. The '70s has its back turned to Mr. Robot, but the '80s face it directly with movies likeTron,
  
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• Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry

  11-08-2016 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists carefully probe a placenta donated after birth, bluish umbilical cord still attached. This is the body’s most mysterious organ, and inside lie clues to how this giver of life forms — and how it can go awry, leading to stillbirth, preterm birth, even infections like the Zika virus that somehow sneak […]
  
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• Forecasters: Busy Atlantic hurricane season is more likely

  11-08-2016 19:16
  
  MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters say it’s more likely this could be the busiest Atlantic hurricane season since 2012. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s updated outlook predicts 12 to 17 named storms, including five to eight hurricanes, two to four of which could be “major.” On average, the U.S. gets 12 named Atlantic storms […]
  
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• Pot in the potty? Cops find marijuana plants in Oregon portable toilet

  11-08-2016 19:10
  
  Rogue River police say it’s the largest seizure of marijuana the department has made. Marijuana grows are common in Southern Oregon, which has great conditions for outdoor cultivation.
  
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• Politics/Comedy Podcast Throwing Shade is Heading to TV. Can The Seattle Process Be Next, Please?

  11-08-2016 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike FriedmanErin Gibson and Bryan Safi. Just look at all that shade they're throwing.
  Throwing Shade, the politics and pop culture podcast on the Maximum Fun network, is coming to Neumos tonight. Comedians Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi, who pledge to tackle “all the issues important to ladies and gays,” are also busy drumming up interest in the half-hour TV version of the podcast that will premiere on TV Land in January.What makes Throwing Shade’s podcast and future televisio
  
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• Frye Art Museum names new director

  11-08-2016 19:00
  
  Joseph Rosa, from the University of Michigan Museum of Art, takes over as director of the Seattle museum on Oct. 1.
  
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• Solutions to Seattle’s Growing Housing Crisis: Part Four

  11-08-2016 18:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe Evans family of the sitcom Good Times lived in apartment 17C, at 963 N. Gilbert Ave., in a housing project called Cabrini–Green. CBSWe followed up with writer Cary Moon about the Seattle housing crisis series on today's Blabbermouth, our week-in-review podcast.
  What do we want future Seattle to be? If we want our city to be welcoming, diverse, creative, affordable, and with a local economy that builds well-being for everyone, then how do we get there?Our assessment of
  
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• The Morning News: Feds Dash Hopes of Pot Legalization, Seattle Women's Commission Confronts Online Harassment

  11-08-2016 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzStill not decriminalized. Canna Obscura/Shutterstock
  Feds Dash Hopes of Pot Legalization: "Marijuana advocates who hoped the cascade of states moving to legalize medical marijuana would soften the federal stance on the drug faced disappointment Thursday," USA Today reports, "as the Drug Enforcement Administration indicated it will keep marijuana illegal for any purpose."
  Drive-By Shooting on Aurora: "Three men were injured in a drive-by shooting late Wednesday as they were walking a
  
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• DEA Says Cannabis Isn't Medicine, Denies Rescheduling

  11-08-2016 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverCannabis will remain a Schedule 1 drug, alongside heroin and LSD. Yarygin/Shutterstock
  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is disappointing cannabis advocates this week, claiming there's not enough evidence that the drug has medical value and refusing to reschedule it.Today, cannabis is listed in Schedule 1, the same category as heroin, with "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse." Meanwhile, 25 states have approved cannabis for medical use.
  "This
  
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• The Frye Art Museum Hires Joseph Rosa As Its New Director

  11-08-2016 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesJoseph Rosa, incoming director of the Frye.
  Joseph Rosa, the 56-year-old director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, has been hired to run the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. He starts October 1.
  For the last decade, the Frye has been the most consistently interesting of Seattle’s three main art museums, so I called and emailed people from all stages of Rosa's career to get a sense of what he might mean for art here.
  “I don’t know what the Frye is, to tell yo
  
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• Man found shot in backyard of Tukwila home

  11-08-2016 16:17
  
  Tukwila police are investigating after a man was found collapsed in a backyard with an apparent gunshot wound.
  
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• U.S. government won’t reclassify marijuana, but allows research

  11-08-2016 15:49
  
  The Obama administration isn't going to reclassify marijuana and remove it from the list of the most dangerous drugs, but will allow more research into its possible medical benefits. The DEA says it reviewed the classification after requests from the ex-governors of Washington and Rhode Island.
  
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• US government won’t reclassify marijuana, allows research

  11-08-2016 15:49
  
  The Obama administration isn't going to reclassify marijuana and remove it from the list of the most dangerous drugs. The DEA says it reviewed the classification for marijuana after requests from the former governors of Washington and Rhode Island.
  
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• Drive-by shooting in North Seattle injures 3 men

  11-08-2016 15:16
  
  The Seattle Police Department gang unit is investigating after three men were shot near North 96th Street and Aurora Avenue North.
  
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• Throwing the Book at Seattle’s Housing Crisis & Diving Into an Epic Art Fair, This Week on the Blabbermouth Podcast

  11-08-2016 15:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersEpisode 62 of the podcast tackles Seattle's housing crisis from two different directions. Then it takes a deep dive into the Seattle Art Fair. steve estvanik/Shutterstock
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  Last year, Stranger reporter Heidi Groover exposed some sweetheart move-in deals that Seattle landlords were offering only to tech workers and other high-income apartment hunters. (Not eligible for sweetheart deals: poorer apartment hunters.) This week, the
  
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• South Florida swimmer contracts brain-eating amoeba

  11-08-2016 12:36
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A person has been hospitalized after health officials say they contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Broward County, Florida. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the infection Tuesday. Officials say the person’s infection stems from Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic, single-cell amoeba commonly found in freshwater lakes, ponds and rivers. […]
  
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• Indonesia urged to take stern action on illegal bird trade

  11-08-2016 10:56
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who are driving several species toward extinction. Traffic, a U.K.-based group, said Thursday that its latest survey recorded nearly 23,000 birds in five markets in three cities in eastern and central Java. It […]
  
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• Wildfires spare Marseille in France; danger high elsewhere

  11-08-2016 09:32
  
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Authorities say wind-whipped fires are no longer threatening the French city of Marseille, but hundreds of people remained evacuated. At least two wildfires had been burning toward the Mediterranean port city, forcing the airport to reroute incoming flights to make way for firefighting aircraft. With winds still high, authorities said Thursday […]
  
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• Wildfires spare Marseille in France, but danger high nearby

  11-08-2016 09:32
  
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Firefighters in southern France brought in reinforcements from across the country on Thursday to help smother the last flames and douse dry brush after wind-whipped wildfires devastated thousands of acres and destroyed homes but spared Marseille, the nation’s second-largest city. There was no letup in the high southern winds, known as […]
  
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• Throwning the Book at Seattle’s Housing Crisis and Diving Into an Epic Art Fair, This Week on Blabbermouth

  11-08-2016 06:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Last year, Stranger reporter Heidi Groover exposed some sweetheart move-in deals that Seattle landlords were offering only to tech workers and other high-income apartment hunters. (Not eligible for sweetheart deals: poorer apartment hunters.) This week, the Seattle City Council passed a law against such deals and at 1:35, Heidi explains what the new law means.Then, at 5:20, local urban planning activist Cary Moon is on to tal
  
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• Throwing the Book at Seattle’s Housing Crisis and Diving Into an Epic Art Fair, This Week on Blabbermouth

  11-08-2016 06:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Last year, Stranger reporter Heidi Groover exposed some sweetheart move-in deals that Seattle landlords were offering only to tech workers and other high-income apartment hunters. (Not eligible for sweetheart deals: poorer apartment hunters.) This week, the Seattle City Council passed a law against such deals and at 1:35, Heidi explains what the new law means.Then, at 5:20, local urban planning activist Cary Moon is on to tal
  
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• Get ready for Perseid meteor shower: Best places to watch

  11-08-2016 05:57
  
  This year’s Perseid meteor shower is expected to be unusually intense. Here’s where — and how — to see the show.
  
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• Get ready for Perseid meteor shower

  11-08-2016 05:57
  
  This year’s Perseid meteor shower is expected to be unusually intense. Here’s where — and how — to see the show.
  
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• Limited banking access puts pot businesses at risk for crime

  11-08-2016 05:50
  
  A panel of experts heard testimony on the issue this week at Olympia City Hall.
  
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• A primer on Seattle’s new first-come, first-served renters law

  11-08-2016 05:50
  
  The new law requires landlords to rent their housing units to qualified applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. So how will the policy work, and will it succeed in reducing discrimination?
  
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• I-405 choke point getting a fix sooner than expected

  11-08-2016 05:39
  
  Far more drivers are choosing the I-405 express toll lanes than expected, bringing in so much revenue that the state says it has the money now to convert a highway shoulder to a traffic lane.
  
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