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• Man, 3 teen girls break into South Park home, wield Taser

  18-10-2016 23:55
  
  Three teenage girls and a 20-year-old man were jailed after a South Park home invasion robbery in which two people were assaulted and stunned with a Taser.
  
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• Study: Uber reduces traffic congestion

  18-10-2016 23:43
  
  That Uber you grabbed Friday after work when the weather was bad? It might actually have helped ease traffic in Seattle. At least according to a new study.
  
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• In 2002, Kathleen Wilson Was Waiting for the Return of Shoegazer—Her Favorite Genre of Music

  18-10-2016 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathleen Wilson
  Originally published on December 19, 2002
  Nearly a decade ago, I was at an awards ceremony featuring an interesting panel pitting young upstart music journalists against some of the old guard. The young insulted and dismissed the old while the old just let it roll off their backs. One young writer referred to Lester Bangs as a sexist, racist pig, unaware that she was seated next to the executor of Bangs' written legacy. Later, that reserved executor said something I've never f
  
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• Investigators unsure what led to man’s drowning at Wild Waves, report says

  18-10-2016 23:26
  
  Lifeguards interviewed by investigators said they did not struggle to see the bottom of the pool, according to investigators.
  
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• 91 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do In Seattle This Week: October 18-23

  18-10-2016 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, get your Sherlock Holmes fix at the Sherlock Seattle Convention, or the Pacific Science Center's 21+ Science of Spirits evening, where you'll get after-hours access to The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes.
  Our arts critics have already recommended 42 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 37 best concerts, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones
  
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• FBI Runs Biggest National Sex Trafficking Sting to Date, Arrests 14 in Washington State

  18-10-2016 22:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneFBI director James Comey announced the results of "Operation Cross Country X" on Monday. Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole is third from the right. FBI.GOV
  The FBI and other law enforcement agencies arrested 14 people in Washington State suspected in connection with "commercially exploiting children and/or adults and related crimes" over the weekend.
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  This year’s Operation Cross Country—the largest to date—involved 55 FBI field offices and 74
  
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• What Washingtonians Google: How to survive an earthquake — and how to look hot

  18-10-2016 22:42
  
  What do Americans want to know how to do? We look at the most-often Googled "how-to" searches from across the country. Washington residents want to know how to eat, drink — and be hot.
  
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• Pro-Inslee PAC spends $700K on ads bashing Bill Bryant

  18-10-2016 22:37
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee has raised a lot of money for his re-election campaign. But Democratic groups are still spending on his behalf in an effort to defeat GOP challenger Bill Bryant.
  
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• Murray isn't waiting to announce for reelection in 2017, unveils big dreams

  18-10-2016 22:37
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is running for reelection in 2017 even before the 2016 election is over.  The challenge of racism in the city "cannot end with police reform," he argues.
  
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• Murray isn't waiting to announce for re-election in 2017, unveils big dreams

  18-10-2016 22:37
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is running for reelection in 2017 even before the 2016 election is over.  The challenge of racism in the city "cannot end with police reform," he argues.
  
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• Man arrested in unprovoked 2014 Seattle slaying

  18-10-2016 22:28
  
  Seattle police arrested a 22-year-old man earlier this month in connection with a 2014 Seattle shooting that killed one man and injured another.
  
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• Early Bird 2017 Bumbershoot Passes to Go on Sale Oct. 21

  18-10-2016 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal
  If you like to plan your Labor Day weekend's cultural activities almost a year in advance, you can order Bumbershoot passes for next year's festival (the 47th annual, happening September 1-3) at 10 am on October 21. Programming announcements come out next spring. For more information and updates, go here.After the jump, check out Bumbershoot 2016 performances by Erik Blood and Kamasi Washington as well as the official Bumbershoot recap clip.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to t
  
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• I, Anonymous: Drown Owned

  18-10-2016 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous Steven Weissman
  A sweet summer memory: It was a nice day at Mount Baker Beach. As the kids splashed in the water, the other dozen or so of us watched ospreys and eagles glide above. Suddenly your noisy drone appeared, and we watched you controlling it from the Colman stairs.
  
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• I, Anonymous: Drone Owned

  18-10-2016 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous Steven Weissman
  A sweet summer memory: It was a nice day at Mount Baker Beach. As the kids splashed in the water, the other dozen or so of us watched ospreys and eagles glide above. Suddenly your noisy drone appeared, and we watched you controlling it from the Colman stairs.
  
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• HUMP! 2016 Film Lineup Announced!

  18-10-2016 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  The HUMP! Jury was blown away by the number and the quality of films submitted for HUMP! this year. Deciding which films were going to make it into the festival was difficult for the best possible reason: We had so many great films to choose from. And while most of the films came from Seattle and Portland, we also got submissions this year from in from New York, Colorado, Illinois, Germany, Kansas, Connecticut, Australia, New Jersey, New Mexico, and the United Kingdom. So we're goi
  
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• 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

  18-10-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonVedder: "We did it, lads! We're on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long list! EVENFLOW!!!!" (Not a real quote) KT WRIGHT/NEGATIVE1PHOTO.COM for The Stranger, 2013
  The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may not be as august as the Nobel committee, but people will debate the new long list of nominees for induction in the former just as intensely as they did the latter's selection of a certain popular musician last week. Any list that includes Bad Brains, Tupac Shakur, Janet Jackson, and the Z
  
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• Potential Trump News Network Means Trump Might Never Go Away

  18-10-2016 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithTrump's once and future marks.mikeledray / Shutterstock.com
  During the Trump tax release fiasco earlier this month, we were all reminded that Trump is only worth as much as his name.Several recent allegations of sexual assault, over a year of constant dissembling, and a sustained drop in the polls have rightfully deflated the value of that name so much that the Trump Organization is planning new hotels without the wannabe despot's golden moniker glued to their facades.Trump's name s
  
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• The Body Swappers: Can a Machine Create Empathy?

  18-10-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesUse the Machine To Be Another in Seattle this weekend. Courtesy of the artists
  Yesterday before breakfast, two friends told me about their sexual assaults and workplace sexual harassments. Before breakfast. A few days ago, my best friend wrote publicly for the first time about her rape, in a piece called "What it's like to survive an assault by a man like Donald Trump."
  What it's like to survive a man, in other words, who doesn't even recognize sexual violence when he sees it, or co
  
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• Astronaut describes career detour to U.S. health director

  18-10-2016 21:05
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Kate Rubins applied to be an astronaut while she was procrastinating about writing a grant application to the National Institutes of Health. So on Tuesday, from orbit, she thanked the director of the NIH for her career. Rubins, an infectious-disease specialist who is the first virus hunter in space, was […]
  
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• The Future of Toyota: You Stop Paying, We Shut Off Your Car

  18-10-2016 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeJarretera/shutterstock.com You asked for it, you got it, a blockchain Toyota.
  Capitalism is now dreaming of a future that has few owners and lots of borrowers. The technology that might make this kind of society possible is blockchain, a kind of Napster for ownership rights. The leading idea for what we can call hyper-ownership society forms at the point of intersection for peer-to-peer networking and the sharing economy, which so far has been dominated by cars (Uber) and rooms
  
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• Washington-born stars ranked by IMDB

  18-10-2016 20:51
  
  Check out the slideshow above for a look at the top 30 Washington-born celebrities, as ranked by IMDB.
  
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• Meet the Man Whose Job Is to Build Bridges Between Seattle and Mexico

  18-10-2016 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith Stanton Stephens
  According to Moises Himmelfarb, the Mexican consulate in Seattle connects “the Mexican heritage community” living in Washington, Alaska, and a few counties in Idaho with state and local services. The consolate mostly helps with documentation, but they also promote “economic, commercial, educational, and cultural relations.” Himmelfarb heads up the cultural affairs department, and his job is to encourage cultural exchange between here and Mex
  
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• The Best Bars in Seattle to Take Your Tinder Date

  18-10-2016 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithJarrBar in Downtown/Pike Place Market Barry Penland
  Congratulations! You're single! Or you're polyamorous? Or you're a unicorn? Whatever the case, you're on your phone and you're looking for love.
  But once you find a match, where do you go on that first date? You can't stop by the place you always go, unless you want to have this awkward conversation with all your friends: "Oh, hey friend! Uh. Yeah, this person claims to be Terry. We're just, you know, tacitly admitting to each othe
  
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• Labor Leader to Seattle Police Union: Don't Isolate Yourselves, Show Solidarity With Other Workers

  18-10-2016 20:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel Herz"Not being so specific to their own issues is important." Ansel Herz
  Nicole Grant, the King County Labor Council's Executive Secretary-Treasurer, sat down with us recently to talk about the labor movement and police unions. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.Ansel Herz: The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG), which represents about 1,200 rank-and-file Seattle cops, is the focus of a lot of suspicion and activism among Black Lives Matter activists. The Block the
  
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• The BBQ at Vashon Island's Gravy Is So Delicious, I Think Might Become a Ferry Regular

  18-10-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSUNDAY BBQ We ordered the sampler platter ($35)—a scoop of pulled pork, a smoked Andouille Sausage, and four ample ribs, plus cornbread, collards, and mac salad. Andre " Dre" Neeley
  My dear old mum recently decided she'll be retiring on Vashon Island, assuring me a future of ferrying over to change lightbulbs and clean gutters when her belabored knees finally give. The first thing I noticed about Vashon, after a few Sunday house-hunting trips with mom, was that it r
  
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• The BBQ at Vashon Island's Gravy Is So Delicious, I Think I Might Become a Ferry Regular

  18-10-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSUNDAY BBQ We ordered the sampler platter ($35)—a scoop of pulled pork, a smoked Andouille Sausage, and four ample ribs, plus cornbread, collards, and mac salad. Andre " Dre" Neeley
  My dear old mum recently decided she'll be retiring on Vashon Island, assuring me a future of ferrying over to change lightbulbs and clean gutters when her belabored knees finally give. The first thing I noticed about Vashon, after a few Sunday house-hunting trips with mom, was that it r
  
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• Woman charged after wild brawl leads captain to turn Bremerton ferry around

  18-10-2016 18:49
  
  “These folks were fighting and would not stop fighting,” says a spokesman for Washington State Ferries. “Apparently it got pretty violent.”
  
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• Bremerton ferry turns around due to wild brawl between passengers

  18-10-2016 18:49
  
  Some crew members were assaulted when they tried to break up the fight during the 7:55 sailing Monday night.
  
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• Bremerton ferry captain ‘had enough’ when he turned boat around during wild brawl

  18-10-2016 18:49
  
  “These folks were fighting and would not stop fighting,” says a spokesman for Washington State Ferries. “Apparently it got pretty violent.”
  
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• The Strange Phenomenon of Women Who Vote Trump

  18-10-2016 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Megan MurnaneBaffling. Just baffling. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com
  Last week, Donald Trump faced a flood of sexual assault accusations. The week before, a leaked Access Hollywood tape heard Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women. Yet in spite of all this, some women are still enthusiastically supporting Donald Trump. (With Melania "Pussy Bow" Trump and Ivanka Trump leading the way.)
  If anything, Trump's female supporters have become more outspoken in the wake of the allegations, mob
  
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• Howard Schultz, Bill and Melinda Gates were considered as Clinton’s running mate

  18-10-2016 18:28
  
  The Clinton campaign considered the trio of Seattle luminaries for the vice presidency, according to hacked campaign emails released by WikiLeaks.
  
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• Howard Schultz, Bill and Melinda Gates considered as Clinton’s running mate

  18-10-2016 18:28
  
  The Clinton campaign considered the trio of Seattle luminaries for the vice presidency, according to hacked campaign emails released by WikiLeaks.
  
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• Earth’s 16-month record heat streak ends but warming remains

  18-10-2016 18:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s 16-month sizzling streak of record high temperatures is finally over, according to one group of federal meteorologists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said last month’s 60.6 degrees (15.9 Celsius) was merely the second hottest September on record for the globe. That’s ever so slightly cooler — a few hundredths of […]
  
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• Former UW track star might have chased suspects’ car before beating

  18-10-2016 18:12
  
  Robert “Drew” Schreiber may have jumped out of a second-story window and chased down the people charged with later attacking him, court records show.
  
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• The Morning News: Redmond Man Rescued from Garbage Truck, Former WA First Lady Speaks Publicly About Sexual Assault

  18-10-2016 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThe Redmond Fire Department rescued a man from a garbage truck this morning. Redmond Police Department
  A Man Was Inadvertently Dumped into a Garbage Truck This Morning: He was in a Redmond dumpster when Waste Management came by to empty out its contents early this morning. He's been treated for injuries, though we don't know how serious those injuries are.
  "I Am So Sick to My Stomach That I Have to Speak Out": These are words from former First Lady of Washington State Mona Le
  
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• Car swerves onto sidewalk, strikes child in Renton

  18-10-2016 17:53
  
  The child suffered serious injuries when a car drove onto the sidewalk trying to avoid a collision on the road, officials said.
  
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• ICYMI: Brent McDonald's Killer Has Been Convicted of Murder

  18-10-2016 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneBrent McDonald, far right, taught at nonprofit arts program Coyote Central for 11 years before he was shot in Belltown late last year. Photo courtesy of Carl Smool
  The family of Brent McDonald, the 49-year-old artist-teacher who was shot to death in Belltown this past December, has arrived at some justice. Richard Roundtree, a 55-year-old man who had previously served prison time for having been convicted four times on cocaine delivery charges, has been convicted of McDonald'
  
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• DNA study reveals European bison’s extinct parentage

  18-10-2016 17:34
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they’ve unlocked the evolutionary origins of the European bison — and solved a riddle posed by Stone Age cave art in the process. European bison, or wisent, first appeared almost 12,000 years ago and are distinct from their American counterpart. By analyzing DNA taken from ancient remains, researchers discovered a […]
  
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• Valve tells state it does not support illegal gambling

  18-10-2016 17:31
  
  Valve said it does not support illegal gambling and does not want to turn off services in its Steam platform.
  
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• Man in Redmond rescued after being dumped into garbage truck

  18-10-2016 16:53
  
  The man was treated at the scene for injuries, police said.
  
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• Army and Tufts study how people think, respond under stress

  18-10-2016 15:50
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Army and Tufts University are working together to learn more about how people think and respond under stress. Their new cognitive sciences center officially opened Tuesday in Medford, Massachusetts. The research aims to help soldiers and civilian first responders, such as firefighters. Scientists and engineers are figuring out how to […]
  
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• WSU student remains in critical condition after balcony fall

  18-10-2016 15:34
  
  The 18-year-old student fell 11 feet onto a slab of concrete, police said.
  
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• WSU student critically injured after balcony fall

  18-10-2016 15:34
  
  The 18-year-old student fell 11 feet onto a slab of concrete, police said.
  
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• Issaquah’s rush hour gives you plenty of time to admire downtown

  18-10-2016 15:00
  
  Sketched Oct. 11, 2016 Have you been following my posts of sketch-worthy traffic chokepoints? The list of notable gridlock spots I’ve drawn so far will probably sound very familiar: I-405 in Bothell, I-5 downtown and the Ship Canal Bridge. But here’s a location where I would have never expected to find gridlock hell: picturesque downtown […]
  
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• For female athletes, equal pay is not a game

  18-10-2016 15:00
  
  Sen. Patty Murray has joined the five U.S. Women’s National Soccer players in a fight against pay disparities.
  
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• Bloomberg to make $50M gift to Boston science museum

  18-10-2016 14:40
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s charitable foundation is making a large gift to the Museum of Science in Boston. The museum confirmed Tuesday the $50 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Details were expected to be announced later in the day. Bloomberg grew up outside of Boston, in Medford. In an […]
  
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• Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam lead rock hall of fame ballot

  18-10-2016 14:03
  
  Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pearl Jam would be the second band, following Nirvana in 2014, with roots in Seattle's grunge scene to make the hall.
  
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• Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur lead rock hall of fame ballot

  18-10-2016 14:03
  
  Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pearl Jam would be the second band, following Nirvana in 2014, with roots in Seattle's grunge scene to make the hall.
  
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• That pilot in the cockpit may someday be a robot

  18-10-2016 09:16
  
  MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — From the outside, the single-engine Cessna Caravan that took off from a small airport here on Monday looked unremarkable. But inside the cockpit, in the right seat, a robot with spindly metal tubes and rods for arms and legs and a claw hand grasping the throttle, was doing the flying. In […]
  
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