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• Seattle visit could make Trump lust for a piece of boomtown

  26-08-2016 23:57
  
  The Donald Trump train is bringing its Crippled America tour through the Emerald City on Tuesday. But when he sees all those construction cranes, I bet the developer deep in his lizard brain will think “opportunity,” not “failure.”
  
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• New Movie Morris From America Compares Old-Skool Rap With the Now Skool

  26-08-2016 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeBlack like father and son. DirecTV Cinema
  It's hard not to like this litttle film, which is directed by Chad Hartigan and opens today at Sundance Cinemas. A black American soccer coach, Curtis (Craig Robinson), moves to Heidelberg, Germany with his son, Morris (Markees Christmas), and both experience not so much culture shock but the shock people who have cultural expectations of black Americans. The thing is this: The white Germans (even those who live in the sticks) know a lot
  
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• Savage Love: Had to Get Away

  26-08-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage JOE NEWTON
  DEAR READERS: This is the final week of my summer vacation—but you've been getting a new column every week I've been gone, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me.
  Our final guest Dan Savage is an independent designer, illustrator, and animation director based in Brooklyn, New York. He created Yule Log 2.0 (watchyulelog.com), a collaborative art project where animators around the world reimagine the famous Yule log fireplace. He has worked wit
  
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• No late start for Puyallup schools despite fire that destroyed 25 buses

  26-08-2016 23:02
  
  Puyallup schools will start as planned on Sept. 6 despite the loss of 25 school buses in Wednesday’s garage fire.
  
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• Air Force Thunderbirds take flight this weekend at JBLM show

  26-08-2016 22:57
  
  The Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airshow & Warrior Expo will be held Saturday and Sunday with the Golden Knights, Thunderbirds and Cascade Warbirds among the performers.
  
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• Science News: Genetic Engineering Will Produce Future Usain Bolts, Trump Is Bad, Bad, Bad on Science

  26-08-2016 22:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ethan LinckIn Gattaca, humans are genetically eningeered to be as perfect as Usain Bolt.Columbia Pictures
  On Genetic Engineering and the Limits of Athletic Performance: Is Usain Bolt the best sprinter the world will ever know? Human athletic ability typically follows what statisticians term a normal distribution, with the number of individuals genetically capable of a given performance at the upper end of the spectrum declining expotentially. This distribution is indicative of the additive pr
  
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• Police: Construction workers pull attacker off Seattle jogger

  26-08-2016 22:16
  
  A Seattle man accused of attacking two women in separate assaults told police he believed he was God until one of the women bit him.
  
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• Private Investigator Gets $65,000 Contract from City to Hunt for Police Whistleblower

  26-08-2016 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThe contract is worth up to ten percent of the budget of the city's Ethics and Elections Commission. Ice.gov
  The City of Seattle is paying up to $65,000, at a rate of $325 per hour, to a private investigator to track down a whistleblower who leaked a confidential document to The Stranger that exposed the city's negotiations with the police union to public scrutiny.
  The investigator is Patty Eakes of the firm Calfo, Eakes and Ostrovsky, according to a copy of the contract obtained th
  
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• Alaska identifies first case of H5N2 bird flu

  26-08-2016 21:37
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The bird flu strain that wiped out millions of turkeys and chickens in the Midwest last year has been found in Alaska for the first time. State health officials say a positive sample of a highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian flu came from a mallard duck. It was among wild […]
  
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• Native-Owned Store Eighth Generation Comes to Pike Place Market

  26-08-2016 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufCraftsman Louie Gong. Ken Yu
  It's been a year since Nooksack artist and entrepreneur Louie Gong first launched Eighth Generation's line of wool blankets crafted by Native American artists. At the time, he told The Stranger he hoped his store would "influence the way consumers experience products featuring Native art. We want them to ask themselves if their dollar is supporting more Inspired Natives or 'Native-inspired.'"The message seems to be sinking in.On Saturday, Gong will
  
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• Black Kids Rock Hard in Breaking a Monster

  26-08-2016 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathy FennessyRock for rock or rock for money? That is the question in this documentary about three young and black metalheads. First Look
  A band of 13-year-olds gets caught in the gears of the star-making machinery in Darkon director Luke Meyer's empathetic and compelling documentary, which opens today at Northwest Film Forum. Power trio Unlocking the Truth, three black kids from Brooklyn, shred like Death by way of Metallica. The way they see it, fame is theirs for the taking. When it arriv
  
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• French Court Suspends Burkini Ban, No Word on Suspending Men Who Tell Women What to Wear

  26-08-2016 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney Brownstone"There's no difference between those who force women to cover and those who force them to uncover." -Mohammed Matter pic.twitter.com/xFZmJj560q
  — Ziya Tong (@ziyatong) August 25, 2016 France's highest administrative court has ruled that a French town trampled on its constituents' rights when it banned burkinis—swimwear that allows devout Muslim women to enjoy the surf—from public beaches.
  The ruling likely sets a precedent for mayors in 30 other French towns
  
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• Donald Trump will hold rally in Everett

  26-08-2016 20:25
  
  Donald J. Trump will hold a rally at Xfinity Arena on Tuesday.
  
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• Screening all blood donations for Zika ‘misguided,’ Seattle-area expert says

  26-08-2016 20:21
  
  The Bloodworks Northwest president objects to a federal move to recommend Zika screening of all donations in the U.S. In Washington, the mosquitoes that spread Zika haven’t been found.
  
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• Expanded Zika blood screening ‘misguided,’ Seattle-area expert says

  26-08-2016 20:21
  
  The Bloodworks Northwest president objects to a federal move to recommend Zika screening of all donations in the U.S. In Washington, the mosquitoes that spread Zika haven’t been found.
  
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• Women across U.S. got voting rights 96 years ago — 10 years after Washington state

  26-08-2016 20:13
  
  Women were granted the right to vote nationwide 96 years ago. These days, they vote in greater numbers than men.
  
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• Maine Governor Leaves Salty Voicemail; Challenges His Rival To a Duel

  26-08-2016 20:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer CampbellSalty sea, salty governor. Aeypix/Shutterstock.com
  This is probably the most exciting thing to come out of Maine since the Zumba madam sex scandal of 2012, and even that we had to look up.
  Maine governor Paul LePage left a profanity-laced voicemail for Democratic Rep. Drew Gattine Wednesday night, after an exchange with a reporter led LePage to believe Gattine had called him a racist.
  In the voicemail, LePage lobs obscenities, calling Gattine a cocksucker, a son-of-a-bitch, a
  
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• There’s Already a Petition Against the Planned Expansion of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park

  26-08-2016 19:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesThese are the current renderings for the addition on the east elevation of Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. It will really be quite a disappointment if the building is not made of fog. Courtesy of Seattle Art Museum/LMN Architects
  Seattle Art Museum hasn't exactly been forthcoming with details about its plans to build an extension on the Seattle Asian Art Museum into Volunteer Park—and some of the neighbors are already unhappy.
  This $45 million expansion is a high-s
  
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• Seahawks Win Preseason Battle Over Cowboys, So Let's Hunt For Bad News!

  26-08-2016 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Seahawks Win Preseason Battle Over Cowboys, So Let's Hunt For Bad News!by Spike FriedmanVICTORY! #GoHawks pic.twitter.com/xNRxlHFfNt
  — Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) August 26, 2016 The Seahawks won their penultimate preseason game 27-17 over the Dallas Cowboys in what is likely the final tuneup for the team's starters. The Seahawks played well and looked like the contenders we at this point expect them to be. But this blog post isn't about how good things are. It's the opposite sort of blog
  
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• 8 local artists in running for $25,000 Neddy Awards

  26-08-2016 19:29
  
  Cornish announced the finalists for this year’s Neddy Artist Awards, the latest news in Seattle’s art-award season.
  
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• SR 530 collision blocks all lanes of traffic

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision on State Route 530 in Arlington has blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to a state Department of Transportation tweet. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. No additional details were immediately made available. On SR 530 eastbound & westbound just east of 211th Pl NE there is a […]
  
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• Log truck overturns in collision on Highway 530 in Arlington

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision between a car and a truck loaded with logs on Highway 530 in Arlington blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to tweets from the state Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. Trooper Mark Francis reported there were minor injuries in […]
  
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• Highway 530 collision in Arlington blocks all lanes of traffic

  26-08-2016 19:11
  
  A Friday collision between a car and a truck loaded with logs on Highway 530 in Arlington has blocked both eastbound and westbound traffic, according to tweets from the state Department of Transportation and the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred near 211th Place Northeast, the department said. Trooper Mark Francis reported there were minor injuries […]
  
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• How much do you eat out? Downtown Bellevue, Queen Anne households spend the most

  26-08-2016 19:01
  
  In downtown Bellevue, the average household spends more than $4,200 per year on food at restaurants, cafes and other eating places. That pencils out to nearly half of total household food expenditures.
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Shoplifter Gets Caught, Provides Cheesy Answer

  26-08-2016 18:44 via thestranger.com
  
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• Businesses evacuated after gas leak in West Seattle

  26-08-2016 18:08
  
  A reported natural gas leak just after 8 a.m. near the 4600 block of 37th Ave. S.W. in West Seattle drew a large response from the Seattle Fire Department, which evacuated nearby businesses for about an hour as a precaution. One of those, the West Seattle YMCA, tweeted that contractors doing road work had hit […]
  
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• The Morning News: More Affordable Housing at Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, New School Start Times, Seahawks Chef Apologizes for Anti-Transgender Stance

  26-08-2016 17:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThirty-eight percent of the units around the Capitol Hill light rail station will be affordable housing. But at future stations, the requirement will be 80 percent.Schemata and Hewitt
  Affordable Housing at Capitol Hill Light Rail Station: At the site, Sound Transit says "21 percent of the more than 300 apartments will be affordable housing," according to KING 5. There are also plans for a farmer's market, and for another apartment building with about 84 units targeting those at the
  
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• Goodbye, herring? Biotech bait gives lobstermen alternative

  26-08-2016 16:43
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Lobster and crab fishermen have baited traps with dead herring for generations, but an effort to find a synthetic substitute for forage fish is nearing fruition just as the little fish are in short supply, threatening livelihoods in a lucrative industry. With about $1 million in funding from the National Science […]
  
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• FDA expands Zika screening to all US blood centers

  26-08-2016 16:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government told all U.S. blood banks Friday to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. Previously, blood testing was mostly limited to parts of Florida and Puerto Rico, where there is local transmission. Screening will initially extend to states along […]
  
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• A teardown a day: Bulldozing the way for bigger homes in Seattle, suburbs

  26-08-2016 15:00
  
  Home demolitions have altered residential neighborhoods across King County, as small bungalows are replaced by large, boxlike houses that on average cost about three times as much.
  
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• Thousands of mussels wash up on shores of Long Island

  26-08-2016 13:43
  
  JAMESPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of dead mussels have washed up this week on the shores of Long Island. A Stony Brook University marine science professor says he examined the blue mussels that have come ashore in Jamesport and says the die-off could have to do with the hot summer. Professor Christopher Gobler says the […]
  
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• Seattle's Downtown Evolution?

  26-08-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The New Thompson Hotel's Rooftop Bar, the Nest, Has an Amazing View and Good Cocktails, But at a Steep Priceby Corina ZappiaRooftop bars are like Vegas pools: expect to pay out.The new Thompson hotel, which opened in June on First Avenue and Stewart Street, makes no bones about its target audience on its website: "Where innovators, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists thrive... on the cusp of Seattle's downtown evolution."
  Known for its private-club-style hotels from New York to London featuring a
  
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• Our Bacteria, Ourselves

  26-08-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Science Writer Ed Yong Will Brighten Your View of Microbes in His Debut Book, I Contain Multitudes:by Angela Garbes{{ image:1, align:right width: 500 }}In his remarkable first book, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, science writer Ed Yong asks us to consider the humid forests of our armpits, the arid deserts of our forearms, and the dark caves of our bowels, all of them teeming with life. "It can be weird to think about our body parts as rolling landscapes,
  
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• My Philosophy: White Rapper Spekulation Is Retiring to Make More Room for Black Artists in Seattle Hiphop

  26-08-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  SUMMARY: My Philosophy: White Rapper Spekulation Is Retiring to Make More Room for Black Artists in Seattle Hiphopby Larry Mizell Jr.In case you missed it: Seattle rapper/producer/agitator Matt "Spekulation" Watson recently announced that he's retiring from rapping. (You can read it on his personal FB page—I only got so much space here.)Despite some mixed feelings, I respected this decision and the thought process greatly. It seemed quietly revolutionary to me. How do "we" stop White Ameri
  
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• In Duels, Murder, Vegetables, Poop Jokes and a Cliché Affair

  26-08-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  In Duels, Nick Stokes and Jose Amador Hit Everyone Over the Head with Insufferable Metaphorsby Rich SmithThe strong smell of soil saturates the air inside 12th Avenue Theater's studio space. Set designer Silas James has laid out pounds of the stuff inside a rectangular garden bed situated center stage. A path splits the plot at a diagonal, and, at opposite corners, two dead bodies lie half-buried with plants and dirt. Giant patty pans, tomatoes, and various greenery surround the corpses. As the
  
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• SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Friday with scientific gifts from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away Friday morning. Six hours later, the spacecraft parachuted into the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded with 3,000 […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with station science, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away, aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded […]
  
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• SpaceX Dragon heads back to Earth with science experiments, gear

  26-08-2016 12:20
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX Dragon capsule headed back to Earth on Friday with a load of science experiments and gear from the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins waved goodbye as the Dragon slowly flew away, aiming for a splashdown in the Pacific, just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. It’s loaded […]
  
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• Flood waters stabilize in India, but thousands evacuated

  26-08-2016 08:37
  
  VARANASI, India (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were evacuated in India’s remote northeast after an artificial lake created by a landslide threatened their lives, even as flood water levels stabilized in the worst-hit areas of the north, officials said Friday. Rakesh Ranjan, a National Disaster Response Force official, said the rescue this week was in […]
  
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• Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore

  26-08-2016 07:26
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanket a swath of Southeast Asia in a smoky haze. Singapore’s air quality deteriorated to unhealthy levels on Friday as winds blew smoke from fires on Sumatra across the city-state and southern Malaysia. The number of hotspots detected by weather […]
  
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• EpiPen maker increases copay, stands firm on high price

  26-08-2016 06:37
  
  The maker of EpiPens offered patients more help to pay for its costly emergency allergy shots but didn’t budge Thursday on the $608 price. The announcement from Mylan triggered a new round of condemnation from consumer groups and politicians, who accuse the company of price-gouging on a potentially lifesaving treatment. Critics stressed that insurers, employers […]
  
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• 3 rescued from capsized vessel in Oregon, including 6-year-old

  26-08-2016 06:33
  
  Coast Guard officials say a boat crew responded Thursday afternoon to a disabled 21-foot pleasure boat that was unable to anchor in the area of Winchester Bay. The boat had reportedly run onto a jetty and capsized.
  
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• 3 rescued from capsized vessel in Oregon; boy, 6, was trapped under hull

  26-08-2016 06:33
  
  Coast Guard officials say a boat crew responded Thursday afternoon to a disabled 21-foot pleasure boat that was unable to anchor in the area of Winchester Bay. The boat had reportedly run onto a jetty and capsized.
  
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• An aerial adventure, minus takeoff

  26-08-2016 05:32
  
  Wings Over Washington, a “flying theater” ride that takes guests over scenic spots in Washington state, opened to the public Thursday at Miners Landing on Pier 57.
  
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• Profanity Peak wolf pack in state’s gun sights after rancher turns out cattle on den

  26-08-2016 04:59
  
  The state is going to wipe out the Profanity Peak wolf pack because they are killing cattle, but a WSU researcher monitoring the den says the conflict is predictable and avoidable.
  
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• Bloom and doom: Pokémon Go-like art project explores climate change

  26-08-2016 04:27
  
  ‘Gardens of the Anthropocene’: Artist Tamiko Thiel, with help from University of Washington scientists, wrangles with climate change and plant species through augmented-reality art.
  
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• Renton police arrest martial-arts instructor on suspicion of child-sex abuse

  26-08-2016 04:12
  
  The man allegedly sent inappropriate Snapchats and texts to teenage students, including one with whom he had multiple sexual encounters, police records say.
  
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• Judge dismisses racketeering lawsuit against former Mars Hill Church pastor

  26-08-2016 03:36
  
  As a judge dismisses the racketeering lawsuit against former Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll, a former executive elder says he’s willing to answer questions about the church’s financial dealings.
  
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• Your coffee habit may be written in your DNA

  26-08-2016 03:21
  
  Researchers describe the discovery of a gene variant that appears to limit coffee drinking in a new paper published in Scientific Reports.
  
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• Elections watchdog investigates complaint that Sound Transit’s email release was no accident

  26-08-2016 03:13
  
  A Tacoma political consultant filed a complaint last week with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission after reading a Seattle Times story about Sound Transit’s disclosure of ORCA cardholders’ email addresses to the Mass Transit Now! campaign.
  
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