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• Heaven and Hell Clash in Clear and Sweet at On the Boards

  19-10-2016 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThe blind leading the blind but in a good way.James MorganStranger Geniuses in performance zoe | junpier have teamed up with a local sacred harp choir to produce the most intense, backwoods Armageddon fever dream spiked with moments of meta-theatricality that I have ever experienced, and I'm a retired drama kid who was raised a Jehovah's Witness in western Missouri.The show is called Clear & Sweet, and it combines spooky shape-note singing, atmospheric sludge metal, Zoe Scofield
  
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• Green groups boost Franz with more greenbacks in Lands Commissioner race

  19-10-2016 23:36
  
  The Washington Conservation Voters Action Fund is the latest green group to mount an expensive "independent expenditure" campaign to elect Hilary Franz, the Democratic candidate for State Land Commissioner.
  
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• What If Donald Trump Were Gay?

  19-10-2016 23:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageTwo failed marriages, five children by three different women, multiple bankruptcies, scams (Trump University), ripping people off (contractors and suppliers), bragging about the size of his dick during a nationally televised debate. As others have already asked: What would they be saying if Donald Trump was a black man? Would Republican pundits, elected officials, operatives, and voters be calling him "presidential"? Or would they be calling him something else?
  Way back in February&
  
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• Germ Warfare: That Time Dan Savage Gave Gary Bauer the Flu Bug at the 2000 Iowa Caucuses

  19-10-2016 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Illustrations by Hank Trotter
  Originally published in The Stranger on January 7, 2000
  Bauer 2000 Headquarters is a $12 cab ride from downtown Des Moines — or was a $12 cab ride from downtown Des Moines. By the time you read this, Gary Bauer's campaign headquarters in Iowa will probably be deserted, its computers, staffers, and fax machines broken up and redistributed among more viable Republican candidates, like, oh, Alan Keyes. But when I arrive three days before the Iowa Ca
  
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• NASA: Jupiter spacecraft detects problem, turns off camera

  19-10-2016 23:03
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA says a spacecraft circling Jupiter has hit another snag. The space agency said Wednesday that Juno detected a problem, went into safe mode and shut off its camera and instruments. The spacecraft can communicate with Earth, but its activities are limited. Engineers are trying to determine what went wrong. It’s […]
  
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• The misleading promise of IVF for women over 40

  19-10-2016 22:52
  
  Centers for Disease and Prevention statistics from 2013 show fewer than 30 percent of women at age 40 became pregnant with IVF using fresh eggs or embryos. Fewer than 20 percent gave birth to live babies as a result.
  
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• Divisive bid to build telescope in Hawaii faces new hearing

  19-10-2016 22:52
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A $1.4 billion project to build one of the world’s largest telescopes is up against intense protests by Native Hawaiians and others who say building it on the Big Island’s Mauna Kea mountain will desecrate sacred land. Hearings for the project’s construction permit are set to begin Thursday and expected to last […]
  
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• WSU medical school gets preliminary accreditation

  19-10-2016 22:42
  
  Washington State University’s new medical school passed an important milestone Wednesday when it received preliminary accreditation for the school.
  
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• Three Cheap Happy Hours at Seattle Dive Bars

  19-10-2016 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sarah Galvin louie rafflouer
  The Streamline Tavern
  174 Roy St, 206-283-0519
  While I've enjoyed trying Seattle's new array of kale-infused tequilas, I will always be a beer and shot guy. That's why it delights me when an old favorite like the Streamline perseveres and flourishes amidst polished, soulless condo construction. I first visited the Streamline in its original home at 121 West Mercer Street, where it had been in operation since the 1950s. A red-and-yellow sign of that vintage, lightl
  
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• Refuge occupier Bundy urges jurors to ‘stand for freedom’

  19-10-2016 22:23
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — National wildlife refuge occupier Ryan Bundy twice referenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his closing argument Wednesday, and he told jurors to “stand for freedom” and find him not guilty. Bundy, 43, is among seven defendants being tried on a charge of conspiring to impede federal workers from doing […]
  
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• Stabbed Uber driver: 'Oh my God, I'm dead'

  19-10-2016 22:01
  
  Prosecutors believe a 36-year-old man stabbed a 40-year-old acquaintance earlier this month while the victim was picking up Uber customers at the Sea-Tac airport.
  
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• Keeping Secrets: In 1997, Matthew Stadler Came Face to Face With NAMBLA

  19-10-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matthew StadlerWhat must it look like, to any man camped in the prolonged shadow of our most demonized subculture, gazing out at the bright, noisy shambles of victoriously liberated gay life?
  Originally published in The Stranger on March 20, 1997
  A number of the men in this article requested anonymity. Where no last name is given, a pseudonym has been used.
  A year ago September I got a message on my machine from a man named Dennis Beejin inviting me to "give a talk"—no time, no date or
  
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• Sound Transit won’t face legal action from Attorney General’s Office over release of email addresses

  19-10-2016 21:50
  
  The state Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday it won’t pursue legal action against Sound Transit for the agency’s improper release of ORCA cardholders’ email addresses to the campaign promoting a ballot measure to expand regional light rail.
  
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• The DelBenes and Jewells attend Obama's last state dinner

  19-10-2016 21:47
  
  U.S. Rep. Suzan Delbene, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and spouses make up Washington contingent at President Obama's last state dinner
  
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• Next razor clam digs at Twin Harbors could be finalized Friday, and diggers will get a few extra days

  19-10-2016 21:20
  
  The next round of coastal razor clam digs is expected to get underway Oct. 28-Nov. 1 at Twin Harbors only, and final approval will be announced Friday. “We decided to add a few extra days to this upcoming dig at Twin Harbors,” said Dan Ayres, the head state Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish manager. “Unfortunately we […]
  
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• "They Were Taken Alive, We Want Them Back Alive!" (Artists for Empathy, Part 2)

  19-10-2016 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesAbel Garcia Hernández and I can't be a match in Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's 2015 installation Level of Confidence, but I want us to be. Photo by The Stranger
  I'm standing in front of a large monitor where my face is being projected live, and compared to a set of other faces. The computer is searching for a match.
  As I tilt my head or move my lips, the facial recognition software keeps trying. It lines up faces next to mine, pulled from a grid of black-and-white headshots. Why do y
  
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• Dear D.C., you can’t call yourself ‘State of Washington.’ That’s our name.

  19-10-2016 20:45
  
  The District of Columbia is pushing for statehood. It’s a longshot bid, supported by Democrats. But proponents in the nation’s capital are pitching a name that’s a lot like ours.
  
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• Whew! Okay! Maybe If I Just Start Shimmying I Can Get Through Tonight's Debate Without Throwing Up (Again)

  19-10-2016 20:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleThe preparer in chief gets a 10 out of 10 for the first two debates. But who knows what will happen tonight. Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com
  Yesterday morning, after a fitful night's sleep, I got out of bed and threw up. I thought it had to do with Thai food leftovers, but maybe it had something to do with tonight's debate.According to the New York Times:
  Mr. Trump’s aides are preparing him with a sharp escalation in attacks on Mrs. Clinton’s character and a f
  
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• 2 San Francisco-area earthquake faults found to be connected

  19-10-2016 20:19
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new study finds the most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco Bay Area is connected to another fault. Together, they could produce a major quake. A team from the U.S. Geological Survey has discovered a previously unknown strand of the Hayward Fault that connects to a less active fault […]
  
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• Charge: Kirkland school worker viewed child pornography at campus

  19-10-2016 20:08
  
  A 35-year-old Everett man was charged with viewing child pornography at a Kirkland technical school, where he was arrested last year after his manager gathered evidence against him.
  
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• Jay Inslee and Bill Bryant meet in final governor debate tonight

  19-10-2016 20:02
  
  After the presidential candidates square off Wednesday night, keep the TV on to see Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Bill Bryant in their third and final debate.
  
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• Rock-smashing monkeys make flakes like early stone tools

  19-10-2016 19:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Call them knockoffs. Rock-smashing monkeys in Brazil make stone flakes that look a lot like tools made by our ancient ancestors. Scientists watched as Capuchin monkeys in a national park pounded stones against each other, splitting off sharp-edged flakes that resemble cutting tools used by the forerunners of humans. The monkeys […]
  
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• Guest Editorial: Why A Vote for Steve Litzow is a Vote for the NRA

  19-10-2016 19:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ralph FascitelliThe author, Ralph Fascitelli of Gun Safety Washington, argues Republicans' majority in the state senate gives the gun lobby a stranglehold in Olympia. Brad Sauter/Shutterstock
  Gun Violence is perhaps our country’s most significant public health challenge. America’s level of gun violence is approximately 20 times that of the average for all other modern industrialized societies. Approximately 117,000 Americans are shot every year with about 34,000 fatalities. Accord
  
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• I Spent 45 Minutes Listening to Shingy and Now I'm Even More Afraid of the Future

  19-10-2016 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer CampbellShingy at another conference Jarle Naustvik/Licensed under Creative Commons
  I heard Shingy speak yesterday.
  If you don't know (lucky!), Shingy is AOL's "digital prophet," a bullshit title that Shingy—aka David Shing—himself acknowledges is bullshit, but is also very effective in making us all talk about Shingy. His actual job, as he describes it, is to think about "the etherealness of why." I think his job is basically just to go to conferences and be Shingy.Shing
  
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• 2,000 Seattle teachers wear ‘Black Lives Matter’ shirts to class

  19-10-2016 18:07
  
  The “Black Lives Matter at School” rallies attracted hundreds of students, parents and teachers on Wednesday.
  
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• The Morning News: Our Endorsements Are Here and the Final Presidential Debate Happens Tonight!

  19-10-2016 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverYou better fucking vote. JAMES YAMASAKI
  Our General Election Endorsements Are Here: Hillary Clinton, mass transit, climate change, the minimum wage, and a fuckton of judicial and legislative races. It's a huge ballot. Here are all of our endorsements. (There's a cheat sheet at the bottom.) Ballots are mailed today. Vote! Vote! Vote!
  The Final Debate Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is Tonight: Check back here for our live-Slog. Also: You're going to need to be drinking. H
  
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• Did you see last night’s incredible sunset? You’ve got to see these photos

  19-10-2016 17:21
  
  The setting sun lit up Seattle's skyline last night, making for a dramatic scene as cloud hung over the city.
  
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• O, Canada! Thanks for the kind words

  19-10-2016 15:29
  
  Canadians put together a social media campaign, #letstellamericaitsgreat, to help Americans get through this presidential election.
  
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• Seattle teachers hope their cause isn’t lost amid noise over Black Lives Matter shirts

  19-10-2016 15:00
  
  Teachers at Seattle’s John Muir Elementary have been criticized and celebrated for wearing T-shirts that say “Black Lives Matter” - “We Stand Together.” But they just hope their original intent of supporting their students doesn’t get lost.
  
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• Puyallup officer shoots ‘serial robber’ after chase, police say

  19-10-2016 14:58
  
  The suspect had robbed a restaurant and was chased by officers before being shot, police said.
  
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• The Stranger's Endorsements for the November 2016 General Election

  19-10-2016 14:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control BoardVOTE! Our future depends on it. Seriously. James YamasakiIT'S ALMOST OVER!
  We mean the election. We mean Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton vs. Your Sanity. That's almost over. But in the final weeks of this fucked-up, race-baiting, Muslim-smearing, face-punching, pussy-grabbing presidential election season, it feels like our democracy could be coming to an end, too. Donald Trump is ramping up the apocalyptic rhetoric, promising to jail his opponent (if he wins) a
  
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• Super typhoon slams into northeastern Philippines

  19-10-2016 13:03
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Super Typhoon Haima slammed into the northeastern Philippine coast late Wednesday with ferocious winds and rain that rekindled fears and memories from the catastrophe wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Haima, which has sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 315 kph (195 mph), […]
  
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• Haiyan-like deluge feared as super typhoon nears Philippines

  19-10-2016 13:03
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forecasters are warning that a super typhoon set to slam into the country’s northeast may bring widespread damage similar to that wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and have asked people to flee out of harm’s way. They say Typhoon Haima, which was packing sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 […]
  
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• Seattle Poet Jane Wong's Hard Work Pays Off in Her Debut Collection, Overpour

  19-10-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle Poet Jane Wong's Hard Work Pays Off in Her Debut Collection, Overpourby Rich SmithOctober has been a big month for Seattle poet Jane Wong. Her first full-length book of poems, Overpour, was just released on Indiana's Action Books. The book launch will be held Friday, October 21, at the Hugo House. She also just published an innovative and actually interesting digital dissertation project called The Poetics of Haunting in Asian American Poetry. Wong has been working on these two significa
  
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• Man of La Mancha at the 5th Avenue Offers a Surprisingly Trenchant Social Critique

  19-10-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Man of La Mancha at the 5th Avenue Offers a Surprisingly Trenchant Social Critiqueby Rich SmithIn case Don Quixote, the greatness of Miguel de Cervantes, and "Dul-cin-eh-aaaahhhh!" fly either above or below your referential radar, here's the setup for Dale Wasserman's Man of La Mancha: Spanish inquisitors have thrown Cervantes and his friend Sancho in the dungeon for foreclosing on a church.The two have committed the sin of attempting to force governors to play by the same rules as the governed,
  
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• Indonesia’s parliament ratifies Paris climate change deal

  19-10-2016 11:52
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s parliament ratified the Paris climate change agreement on Wednesday, obligating one of the world’s biggest polluters to limit its carbon emissions. All 10 political parties in Indonesia’s parliament endorsed the agreement, paving the way for it to become part of the country’s laws. The deal aims to curb the emissions […]
  
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• Mars probe enters atmosphere; word on landing awaited

  19-10-2016 10:54
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency’s experimental Schiaparelli probe entered the atmosphere of Mars on Wednesday, and scientists awaited confirmation that the craft had touched down safely. Its mother ship, which will analyze the atmosphere, went into orbit around the red planet. Schiaparelli was released from the mother ship, the Trace Gas Orbiter, on […]
  
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• Experimental European Mars probe set for landing on Mars

  19-10-2016 10:54
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency is preparing to land an experimental probe on Mars, part of a mission that also will analyze the red planet’s atmosphere to help determine whether there is or was life there. ESA plans to put the Schiaparelli lander on the surface Wednesday following a controlled descent lasting less […]
  
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• European Mars lander’s fate unclear, signs ‘not good’

  19-10-2016 10:54
  
  The lander's mother ship, which will analyze the Martian atmosphere, entered orbit successfully. But several hours after the lander was supposed to have touched down, there was no firm word on its fate.
  
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• European Mars lander’s fate unclear, ‘not good signs’

  19-10-2016 10:54
  
  DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — A senior European Space Agency official says that the signal from the experimental Schiaparelli probe cut off before its landing on Mars, which he says isn’t a good sign. Paolo Ferri, ESA’s head of operations, said the signal “stopped shortly before landing.” He cautioned that more analysis of the data was […]
  
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• Soyuz rocket carrying crew of 3 blasts off from Baikonur

  19-10-2016 10:13
  
  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russians and an American has blasted off for the International Space Station. The crew of Roscosmos Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough lifted off as scheduled from the Russian-operated Baikonur launch facility in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 2:05 p.m. local time […]
  
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• Want a self-driving car? Regulators consider public use

  19-10-2016 09:31
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators are asking members of the public what they think about proposed regulations that would — eventually — permit self-driving cars that lack a steering wheel or pedals on public roads. The California Department of Motor Vehicles is hosting the hearing Wednesday in the state Capitol. Among those planning to […]
  
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• Want a self-driving car? California considers public use

  19-10-2016 09:31
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators asked members of the public Wednesday what they thought about proposed regulations that would — eventually — allow self-driving cars that lack a steering wheel or pedals on public roads. For the most part, the message was the regulations still need a lot of work. In a workshop at […]
  
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• Underwater drone to investigate sonar contacts in MH370 hunt

  19-10-2016 07:21
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone that will examine several sonar contacts of interest on the remote seabed west of Australia, officials said Wednesday. None of the sonar contacts exhibit the characteristics of a typical aircraft debris field, […]
  
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• Biden to speak about White House push to find cancer cure

  19-10-2016 07:12
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Boston to talk about the White House’s push to find a cure for cancer. Biden will speak Wednesday afternoon about the so-called “Cancer Moonshot” initiative at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate. President Barack Obama announced the initiative in his final State […]
  
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• Brush-up work for new Seattle business

  19-10-2016 05:48
  
  Future Nostalgia will cater to the gardening lifestyle.
  
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• Photo: Demolition started on Old Seattle Times building

  19-10-2016 05:18
  
  Crews begun demolishing the north side of the former Seattle Times building last week. The vacant property now owned by Onni Group, based in Vancouver, B.C., has been the home of squatters and the scene of at least two fires since mid-November. Demolition plans were sped up due to public-safety concerns.
  
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• Writer to share field notes from life among Trump’s core base

  19-10-2016 05:14
  
  Wondering how in the world Trump ever happened? A sociologist spent five years immersed in Trump’s white, working-class base, and she’s coming to Seattle to talk about what she found.
  
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