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• State Sen. Andy Hill dies of lung cancer

  01-11-2016 23:58
  
  Washington state Sen. Andy Hill has died, according to a statement from a fellow legislator.
  
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• The Election is 7 Days Away: Here's Your Voting Cheat Sheet

  01-11-2016 23:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  There are just seven days to go before election day, so what are you waiting for? Get your damn ballot in.The Stranger Election Control Board has boiled down their legally-binding endorsements into one easy-to-read Cheat Sheet. Click the link below and VOTE!
  
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• Your Guide To November 2016 In Seattle: 100 Events To Get Tickets For Now

  01-11-2016 23:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLyricist Howard Ashman was a stone-cold genius and he was taken from this mortal coil too soon. Go pay your respects and see Disney's The Little Mermaid. Curtis Brown
  November means more than just Election Day and Thanksgiving—in Seattle, it's also a time for many art events, theater performances, and food festivals. Many events happening this month have already sold out (including Jen Graves' talk with Marina Abramovic and John Hodgman's new one-man show), bu
  
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• Tear Down I-5 in Central Seattle and Replace It With Apartments?

  01-11-2016 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeI-5 could become Seattle's High Line. ANDREW S. WILLIAMS/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  What is better than putting a lid on I-5 in central Seattle? Removing it altogether and replacing it with a row of business and residential buildings. This is what Doug Trumm at The Urbanist recommends. His argument: Pulling down the flying section of the highway would liberate about 50 blocks for developers. The land around I-5 is expensive, and so all of that land the highway hogs has got to be worth a f
  
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• Tear Down I-5 Central Seattle and Replace It With Apartments?

  01-11-2016 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeI-5 could become Seattle's High Line.ANDREW S. WILLIAMS/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  What is better than putting a lid on I-5 in central Seattle? Removing it altogether and replacing it with a row of business and residential buildings. This is what Doug Trumm at The Urbanist recommends. His argument: The destruction of that flying section of the highway would liberate about 50 blocks for developers. The land around I-5 is expensive, and so all of that land the highway hogs has got to be wor
  
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• The Stranger Endorses Anthony Gipe for Superior Court Judge Position No. 52

  01-11-2016 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control Board
  Anthony Gipe almost lost the SECB's endorsement when we noticed on his campaign website that he identifies as "a self-described 'foodie.'" But the self-described assholes on the SECB are gonna let that slide. While both candidates in this race are qualified for the job—both are rated "well qualified" or "exceptionally well qualified" by multiple bar associations in the state—Gipe stands out over his opponent, Kristin Richardson, thanks to his experi
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: An HPV Diagnosis—To Disclose Or Not To Disclose?

  01-11-2016 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageI'm a 28-year-old straight guy who generally doesn't make monogamous commitments. I'm sexually active and I use condoms religiously. Almost two years ago I had HPV. (The wart kind of HPV, although I prefer the less loaded "bump kind of HPV.") Planned parenthood removed the (very small) bump, about a year later it returned, and was removed again. (Planned Parenthood helps men directly too!) There is no HPV test for men, only visual identification. From what I understand, that could h
  
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• Donald Trump Gets Coveted Ku Klux Klan Endorsement

  01-11-2016 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven HumphreyCourtesy Daily Kos
  While Donald Trump may be suffering from a lack of endorsements—even reviled Republicans such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker accidentally gave Hillary the thumbs up—he will be undoubtedly thrilled to learn he has received a glowing endorsement from one of his biggest supporters... the Ku Klux Klan.From the Daily Kos:
  Not all Donald Trump supporters are white supremacists, but all white supremacists appear to be Donald Trump supporters. T
  
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• Charge: SWAT roots out barricaded pair who robbed friend at gunpoint

  01-11-2016 21:38
  
  A woman set up a meeting with her friend in Northgate as a pretext for her accomplice to assault the friend before they robbed her at gunpoint, prosecutors say.
  
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• Lawsuit over use of barefoot marathoner’s name dismissed by Tacoma judge

  01-11-2016 21:28
  
  The family of Abebe Bikila, the legendary Ethiopian runner who won the 1960 Olympics marathon barefoot sued shoemaker Vibram in U.S. District Court in Tacoma early last year, seeking $15 million in damages.
  
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• WA Secretary of State Accused of Voter Suppression After Mailing Mistranslated Spanish Voters Guides

  01-11-2016 21:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufKim Wyman Secretary of State's OfficeOctober has been rough for Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman.
  In addition to being accused of committing campaign finance fraud (trial date pending), Wyman, who is up for reelection this year, is also under fire for mailing out thousands of incorrect Spanish language voters guides in mid-October.After being threatened with a lawsuit by the Washington State Central Democratic Committee and calls from other organizations including OneAme
  
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• How the Fight to Legalize Cannabis Balms and Lotions Gave People with Chronic Pain More Options

  01-11-2016 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufCANNABIS EMPOWERMENT: Massage therapist Jennifer Chan and Cannabis Basics founder Ah Warner provide cannabis education at the Senior Center of West Seattle with NORML Women of Washington.COURTESY OF JENNIFER CHAN
  In her first year as a massage therapist, Jennifer Chan became used to her hands aching at the end of a day's work. But one day, one of her clients brought her own massage oils for Chan to use.
  Afterward, Chan noticed that her hands, normally sore after eight hours of
  
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• Explaining new jolts rattling earthquake-ravaged Italy

  01-11-2016 20:20
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wave of earthquakes has rocked central Italy in recent months, shattering medieval towns and destroying ancient homes, churches and landmarks. The latest — a magnitude 6.6 — over the weekend struck a cluster of historic mountain towns, the most powerful temblor to hit Italy in more than three decades. The […]
  
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• Explaining new jolts ratting earthquake-ravaged Italy

  01-11-2016 20:20
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wave of earthquakes has rocked central Italy in recent months, shattering medieval towns and destroying ancient homes, churches and landmarks. The latest — a magnitude 6.6 — over the weekend struck a cluster of historic mountain towns, the most powerful temblor to hit Italy in more than three decades. The […]
  
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• The Stranger Endorses Hilary Franz for Commissioner of Public Lands

  01-11-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control BoardHilary Franz may seem normal at first, but if you get her talking about public lands, sustainability, urban sprawl, and climate change, she turns into ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HULK. In a good way. A great way. Franz is the executive director of statewide environmental group Futurewise, wants to invest in clean-energy jobs, and opposes dangerous crude-by-rail transport. She fucking gets it. Her opponent, Steve McLaughlin, on the other hand, supported the Bundy ranch
  
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• Get your HUMP! tickets now!

  01-11-2016 19:56 via thestranger.com
  
  HUMP! STARTS THIS WEEK! HURRY! SHOWS ARE SELLING OUT!by Dan Savage
  
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• If Your Nerves Are Fried from this Presidential Race, Here's What You Can Do

  01-11-2016 19:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleIn eight days, the internet can go back to what the internet does best: showing us what kittens look like. Kitten/Shutterstock
  When. Is this. Going to be over. Longest, most draining election of all time? Easily. Some news sources say "Trump continues to narrow the gap with Clinton." Others say "Comey's bombshell changes few votes." All I can tell you is: I. Can't. Take. This. Any. More.
  Can you? No, you can't. None of us can. So what can you do?1. Sign Sheryl Crow's peti
  
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• 9th child hospitalized with mysterious, polio-like illness

  01-11-2016 19:25
  
  A Snohomish County child has been admitted to Seattle Children’s with symptoms of a rare, polio-like illness, bringing the total in the rare, mysterious cluster of Washington cases to nine, health officials said Tuesday. A 6-year-old Bellingham boy in the cluster has died.
  
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• Attorney asks for new trial in Kitsap County double homicide

  01-11-2016 19:16
  
  Geraldo DeJesus was convicted of killing Heather Kelso and her roommate’s 2-year-old son, Kaden Lum, in East Bremerton in March 2015.
  
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• Over 1M state voters have voted as last-minute campaign donations come in

  01-11-2016 19:05
  
  More than 1 million Washington voters, out of 4.1 million, have already mailed in or dropped off their ballots. As voting period winds down, special interests are pouring big bucks into selective campaigns.
  
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• Charge: Man engaged in I-5 shootout, carjacking, ran from cops twice

  01-11-2016 19:04
  
  A 20-year-old man is accused of engaging in a freeway shootout, a carjacking and running from police twice on a Saturday afternoon in South Seattle.
  
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• Ybarra testifies victims of SPU shooting had disrespected him

  01-11-2016 18:28
  
  Jurors also heard a recording of a phone call Aaron Ybarra made from jail in which he talked excitedly about his newfound notoriety after the Seattle Pacific University shootings. “I’m the big guy on the news,” he said.
  
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• Ybarra testifies that SPU shooting victim resembled a friend he was mad at

  01-11-2016 18:28
  
  Jurors on Tuesday also heard a recording of a phone call Aaron Ybarra made from jail in which he talked excitedly about his newfound notoriety after the Seattle Pacific University shootings. “I’m the big guy on the news,” he said.
  
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• The African Gyros from Al Shukr Mini Market and Bakery Are Worth the Trip to Angle Lake

  01-11-2016 18:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
  The first time I visited Al Shukr Mini Market and Bakery was the day Angle Lake Station opened, September 24, 2016. It was a Saturday, and the sun was mostly out but not bright. I caught the southbound train in Columbia City. I saw the city's trees preparing for winter. I saw traffic on I-5 and a cluster of apartment complexes that were near the highest station on the line, the Tukwila International Boulevard Station.
  When I arrived at Angle Lake (a 25-minute tri
  
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• Meet the Two Powerful Women Behind Seattle's Oldest Print Shop, Davidson Galleries

  01-11-2016 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Power Duo: The Women Behind Seattle's Oldest Print Shop, Davidson Galleriesby Jen Graves"Im here about the Rembrandt," said the older man carrying a brown-paper package up to the art gallery's front desk. Directed to a table in the back, he unwrapped his treasure.The woman who came to greet him was the one who would decipher its value. Her name is Shayla M. Alarie, and she faces someone like this man almost every day in her role as the director of antique and modern prints at Davidson Galleries.
  
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• Man dies of injuries from Everett fight

  01-11-2016 17:41
  
  The Oct. 27 incident began as a verbal altercation between two men and then escalated, police say.
  
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• The Morning News: Men Are Babies About Birth Control, Cynthia Whitlatch Trial Begins

  01-11-2016 16:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneBut babe, it just feels better when we don't use a condom. Photographee.eu/Shutterstock
  Men Can't Handle a Fraction of What Women Have Been Experiencing Most of Their Adult Lives: A study found that a shot of hormones in men prevented pregnancy 96 percent of the time, but the experimental trial was halted after 20 (out of 320) men dropped out. Why? "Six men left due to changes in mood; six for acne, pain, or 'panic' at first injections, palpitations, hypertension, or erectile
  
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• How much exercise will it take to burn off that Halloween candy?

  01-11-2016 16:23
  
  Before you eat another piece of candy, contemplate the mighty burpee.
  
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• Husband and wife pistol-whipped in Covington home-invasion robbery, police say

  01-11-2016 16:05
  
  Deputies are looking for three armed men who broke into a Covington home and injured two residents there.
  
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• Couple pistol-whipped in Covington home-invasion robbery, police say

  01-11-2016 16:05
  
  Deputies are looking for three armed men who broke into a Covington home and injured two residents there.
  
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• Leader of Oregon standoff: ‘We will continue to stand’

  01-11-2016 16:02
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The leader of a federal wildlife refuge takeover in Oregon said his group will “continue to stand” after he and six others were acquitted last week of charges in the case. Ammon Bundy told The Oregonian/OregonLive (https://goo.gl/lmyEHm ) in a phone call from the Multnomah County Detention Center on Monday that […]
  
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• Ammon Bundy: “We will continue to stand”

  01-11-2016 16:02
  
  PORTLAND (AP) — The leader of a federal wildlife refuge takeover in Oregon says his group will “continue to stand” after he and six others were acquitted last week of charges in the case. Ammon Bundy told The Oregonian/OregonLive (https://goo.gl/lmyEHm ) in a phone call from the Multnomah County Detention Center on Monday that it […]
  
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• Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry to be down this weekend

  01-11-2016 16:00
  
  If you're planning to travel between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend this weekend, you might want to rethink your plans, because the ferry will be out of service for dock work.
  
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• King County Sheriff's Office Says Renee Davis Pointed an Unloaded Gun at Officers Before They Shot Her

  01-11-2016 16:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThe new release of information says that both deputies involved in the shooting had received eight hours of crisis intervention training required by the state. WELLPHOTO/SHUTTERSTOCK
  Ten days after two King County Sheriff's deputies fatally shot Renee Davis, a pregnant, 23-year-old Muckleshoot tribal member, during a welfare check, the department has released more information on what the deputies say happened the night of October 21.
  According to the sheriff's office, one of
  
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• Boy, 7, hit by SUV while trick-or-treating in Tacoma

  01-11-2016 15:39
  
  Witnesses held the driver, who tried to flee, until authorities arrived, police said.
  
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• Abuse, crime haunted adoptee from South Korea who is set to be deported

  01-11-2016 15:15
  
  Adam Casper was adopted, then abandoned by his parents and abused while in the foster-care system, he has said. Now feds are targeting him based on his past crimes. His attorney says he suffers from PTSD.
  
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• Guest Editorial: Initiative 732 Is a False Promise for Climate Justice

  01-11-2016 15:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jill MangalimanThe writer, Jill Mangaliman (far right), is the executive director of Got Green. She argues that we can do better than I-732. Renatography
  [On October 24, we published a guest editorial from the Yes on I-732 campaign. Toady's guest editorial comes from the No on I-732 campaign.]
  1. Urgency is not an excuse to get it wrong
  The I-732 campaign was built on, and still runs on, the politics of urgency without the policy substance of getting something done. First, it was an excuse fo
  
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• Bezos family lends name to new Fred Hutch immunotherapy clinic

  01-11-2016 15:00
  
  Fred Hutch has opened a new cancer clinic that focuses on immunotherapy, which uses a patient’s own cells to fight the disease. The center is named for Seattle’s Bezos family, who are longtime supporters.
  
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• Lynnwood man dies after being detained by Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies

  01-11-2016 14:45
  
  Snohomish County authorities are investigating the death of a Lynnwood man who died suddenly after being placed into handcuffs by Snohomish County deputies.
  
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• ‘The Lost Girls’: A midsummer night’s nightmare

  01-11-2016 14:01
  
  In “The Lost Girls” at Annex Theatre, five counselors at an all-girls’ summer camp talk sex, politics and how to kill a metaphorical monster at the bottom of a lake.
  
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• Kirkland tech institute lets students decide what math and English classes to take

  01-11-2016 14:01
  
  New students at Lake Washington Technology can now choose the level of math or English they think they can handle.
  
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• The Stranger Endorses a "YES" Vote on City of Seattle Initiative No. 124

  01-11-2016 14:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control Board shutterstock
  Half of all Seattle hotel workers surveyed report experiencing sexual harassment or assault on the job. Fifty-two housekeepers reported 262 total incidents, including being flashed, groped, and asked for sexual favors. That harassment disproportionately hits women and people of color. Of non-management hotel workers, a majority are immigrants and people of color, according to Puget Sound Sage. More than 80 percent of housekeepers are women.
  Hotel w
  
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• Proposed light-rail expansion includes 8,560 park-and-ride stalls — but is it enough?

  01-11-2016 14:00
  
  Sound Transit 3’s investment in parking is likely critical to some voters’ support to expand light rail deep into the suburbs — north to Everett, east to Issaquah and Redmond and south to Tacoma. But some say it’s too costly and a waste of land.
  
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• Mom killed by deputies reportedly refused to put down gun

  01-11-2016 14:00
  
  According to the Sheriff’s Office, the 23-year-old woman was shot after pointing a handgun at deputies who were at her home on Oct. 21 checking on her welfare. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• ‘I never thought I’d see it’: voters in their 90s on seeing a female presidential nominee

  01-11-2016 14:00
  
  Whatever their politics, this presidential election means a lot to women who have fought for equality and civil rights all their lives. Here are the stories of two voters in their 90s.
  
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• Bigger park-and-rides find place in Sound Transit ballot measure

  01-11-2016 14:00
  
  Sound Transit 3’s investment in parking is likely critical to some voters’ support to expand light rail deep into the suburbs — north to Everett, east to Issaquah and Redmond and south to Tacoma. But some say it’s too costly and a waste of land.
  
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• Staving Off the Apocalypse in Cleveland

  01-11-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Canvassing in Ohio to Stave Off the Apocalypseby Adrienne DayI'm a native New Yorker, but my fate has been entwined with Cleveland since 2008, when I went there to canvas for Barack Obama, mostly because Sarah Palin scared the bejesus out of me. As you may know, Ohio tends to be a swing state, and I don't think it's entirely coincidental that the state itself is shaped like a hanging chad.I'm back to sell locals on Hillary Clinton, this time with a new sidekick: the best-selling novelist Gary Sh
  
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• Novelist Sunil Yapa on How the Road to Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist Ran Through Seattle

  01-11-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Lost Drafts and Thwarted Threesomes That Led Novelist Sunil Yapa to Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fistby Rich SmithSunil Yapa moved to Seattle at 19. He spent his few years here mowing lawns for Magnolia Lawn Service, moved into a basement apartment in Wallingford in 1996, surviving on ramen noodles, Tom Robbins novels, and fine BC Kush. On the weekends, he'd tool around the neighborhoods and camp in the Cascades. He left for college and world travel, but something about this city see
  
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• I Saw You Pussy Grabbing

  01-11-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I Saw You Pussy Grabbingby Sydney BrownstoneIt was a warm and sunny day in September when Stranger city hall reporter Heidi Groover and I went for a walk outside our Capitol Hill office. We were talking when we saw a man approach us from the opposite direction.When I'm alone on the street, I usually keep my earbuds in my ears. Usually, but not always, this prevents men from speaking to me. I also lower my eyes. This avoids eye contact that a man might interpret as an invitation to speak to me or
  
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• Healing with Massage and Cannabis

  01-11-2016 12:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Jennifer Chan Uses Massage and Cannabis to Heal Aching Bodiesby Ana Sofia KnaufIn her first year as a massage therapist, Jennifer Chan became used to her hands aching at the end of a day's work. But one day, one of her clients brought her own massage oils for Chan to use.Afterward, Chan noticed that her hands, normally sore after eight hours of kneading, didn't hurt as much."My hands weren't as swollen or as achy as I expected them to be after a really long day of massage,'" she said. "I was sta
  
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