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• Report: Motive remains unclear in Shoreline double shooting

  04-11-2016 23:46
  
  Detectives are still investigating the motive behind a Shoreline double shooting that left its victims seriously wounded in the hospital Wednesday night.
  
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• Rare, polio-like illness confirmed in 8 kids, not boy who died

  04-11-2016 23:40
  
  Eight of nine Washington children hospitalized this fall with a mysterious, polio-like illness have been confirmed to have acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
  
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• Cafe Racer teetering on closure, starts fundraising

  04-11-2016 23:34
  
  Seattle's well-known espresso bar, Cafe Racer, seems to have fallen on hard times.
  
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• Tonight: NW Musicians Revisit the "Everett Massacre" in 100 Years Ago Tomorrow

  04-11-2016 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithTonight at 8pm at the Historic Everett Theatre Courtesy Everett Music Initiative
  November 5th marks the 100th anniversary of the Everett Massacre, the violent clash between Sheriff McRae’s goon squad and two boatloads of union workers at the docks of Port Gardner Bay.The gun battle left at least seven men dead and dozens injured. But just stating those bald facts fails to account for the human complexities of the story that sailed up to those docks a century ago.Here’s w
  
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• Police: Little emotion, no motive for Cascade Mall shooting suspect

  04-11-2016 23:08
  
  Police records released Friday indicate suspect Arcan Cetin declined to reveal a motive in the September shooting that left five dead.
  
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• California’s drought divide — rainy north, dry south

  04-11-2016 22:59
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Waterfalls are rushing in Yosemite National Park as the state’s five-year drought eases in Northern California. But lawns in Southern California were the same old brown Thursday, with nearly a quarter of the state locked in the deepest category of drought. University of California at Davis water expert Jay Lund says […]
  
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• ST3 Is a War On the Expensive Individual

  04-11-2016 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeWhat will it be? You or me? Charles MudedeIn standard economics, an individual is a rational actor who makes rational choices in a market. What he or she wants is the best deal out there. And if one is to make sense of how this kind of individual operates (to get more with less at every opportunity), they must make models that relate the individual to market options. There is no history, just choices and the individual. But what is never mentioned in this literature is the true
  
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• Jay Inslee and Bill Bryant: Together at last

  04-11-2016 22:35
  
  A Bryant-Inslee encounter in the City of Destiny.  The governor initially declines to share the stage with his challenger.
  
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• Inslee and Bryant in Tacoma: Was it a debate or a forum?

  04-11-2016 22:35
  
  A Bryant-Inslee encounter in the City of Destiny.  The governor initially declines to share the stage with his challenger.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 52 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do This Weekend

  04-11-2016 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe leaves are changing color, the days are getting shorter, and we're all about to hunker down and enter a cathartic and chilly Seattle autumn. But before you become permanently glued to the couch, go outside and enjoy one last summer weekend. Fill a park with glowing lanterns, stomp the patriarchy, eat Thai food, and shake your ass to Beyonce and Rihanna—all for $10 or less. And as always, if you have a slightly larger budget, make sure to check out our comp
  
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• Eiffel Tower lit green in honor of Paris climate change deal

  04-11-2016 22:05
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris have temporarily been lit in green as a reminder to the world to enact the Paris Agreement on climate change. The eco-colored warning on Paris’ most recognizable monuments Friday night was the joint initiative of the Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and French […]
  
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• Kim Wyman pushes back, says meetings with lobbyists were to ‘provide information’

  04-11-2016 21:53
  
  Secretary of State Kim Wyman is pushing back against the revelation that she met privately with corporate lobbyists to discuss ballot initiatives in Washington. She says she was just providing information, while her opponent accused her of undermining voter confidence.
  
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• Sketch released in Covington home invasion, pistol-whipping

  04-11-2016 21:35
  
  The King County Sheriff's Office released a sketch Thursday night of one of the three suspects in a Covington home invasion robbery earlier this week in which a couple was pistol-whipped in their bedroom.
  
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• Mary Fairhurst elected chief justice of state Supreme Court

  04-11-2016 21:29
  
  The state Supreme Court this week selected Mary Fairhurst to be its next chief justice.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 107 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: November 4-6

  04-11-2016 20:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCelebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, at the Asian Art Museum or Seattle Center this weekend. Shutterstock
  Panicking because you haven't made plans for the weekend yet? We've got you covered, with plenty of last-minute options that won't cost more than $10, including European markets (like the Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar and the Annual Fall Polish Bazaar), events celebrating the art of comics (like the Short Run Comix & Arts Festival and the Outsider C
  
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• Big-money corporate lobbying reaches into offices of secretaries of state

  04-11-2016 20:32
  
  Big-money corporate lobbying has reached into the offices of secretaries of state — the people charged with running elections impartially and often with wording ballot measures.
  
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• Rolling Stone Found Liable for Defamation in UVA Rape Story Suit

  04-11-2016 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Megan MurnaneBuilding on campus of University of Virginia JOSEPH SOHM | SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  Rolling Stone has been found liable for defaming former University of Virginia associate dean Nicole Eramo in their retracted 2014 story about the alleged gang rape of a student. Eramo claims she was portrayed as the villan of the story.
  Hawes Spencer, a journalist in central Virginia, was one of the reporters to break the news:
  #BREAKING: All three defendants liable and committed actual malice in #Rollin
  
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• So Long, APRIL Festival: Seattle's Best Literary Showcase Folds

  04-11-2016 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThe best literary festival in recent memory is calling it quits.Cassandra BellI'm sad to report that after 5 years of thoughtfully curating readings in celebration of independent literature, APRIL Festival is closing up shop.From the festival's director of marketing, Frances Chiem:After spending the last half-decade as arts organizers, we feel we need to spend more time on our own creative work and pay more attention to our endlessly patient families.We also feel that this is an ide
  
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• The Stranger Endorses David Keenan for Superior Court Judge Position No. 26

  04-11-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control Board
  David Keenan's résumé is so deep, it'll make your head spin. He's an attorney at a high-powered law firm called Orrick, he's been in the trenches on police reform as a Seattle Community Police Commission member, and he's the board president for the Northwest Justice Project, which represents indigent clients. Oh, and he's been endorsed by the entire Washington State supreme court. As a child whose parents struggled with poverty and crime, Keenan a
  
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• Here Is Your Shopping List For Tomorrow's 2016 Short Run Comix & Arts Festival

  04-11-2016 18:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithFiguring out which comics to buy is hard. Let the Stranger help!ALEX STONEHILL
  Short Run is back! On Saturday, November 5, 270 cartoonists, artists, and drawers of all kinds will crowd into the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center to sell their zines, comics, poems, buttons, shirts and jean jacket accoutrements of all kinds. Now in its 6th year, the festival is bigger than ever, and it has easily become one of the most anticipated comics events on the west coast.Aimlessly roaming from
  
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• How the NRA and Other Right-Wing Groups Bought Influence with Our Republican Secretary of State, Kim Wyman

  04-11-2016 18:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWashington Secretary of State Kim Wyman is in a competitive reelection contest this year. Her Democratic challenger, Tina Podlodowski, is seizing on today's news. secretary of state's office
  As activists across Washington State were gathering signatures this spring for ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and restrict gun access, Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman was taking closed-door meetings with the National Restaurant Association and National Rifle Association, th
  
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• How the NRA and Other Rightwing Groups Bought Influence with Our Republican Secretary of State, Kim Wyman

  04-11-2016 18:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWashington Secretary of State Kim Wyman is in a competitive reelection contest this year. Her Democratic challenger, Tina Podlodowski, is seizing on today's news. secretary of state's office
  As activists across Washington State were gathering signatures this spring for ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and restrict gun access, Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman was taking closed-door meetings with the National Restaurant Association and National Rifle Association, th
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Man Starts a Conversation in a West Seattle Bar

  04-11-2016 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
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• The Election Is 4 Days Away: Here's Your Voting Cheat Sheet

  04-11-2016 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  There are just four 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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• Fall fog rolls through Puget Sound, making for stunning scenes

  04-11-2016 17:08
  
  Check out spectacular scenes from around the Puget Sound as heavy fog rolled through the region, making for a stunning sunrise.
  
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• The Stranger Endorses Bob Hasegawa for Legislative District No. 11 State Senator

  04-11-2016 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control Board
  In 2013, during his very first state senate term, Hasegawa, a longtime labor organizer and social justice advocate, voted against $8.7 billion in tax breaks for Boeing. He was one of only two state senators who voted against the gargantuan tax break, which was the largest tax break given to any private company by any state in American history. Hasegawa supports a capital gains tax, has been an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ Washingtonians, and successfully pushed
  
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• Watch: Motorcyclist’s helmet cam shows close call in wreck on I-5

  04-11-2016 16:55
  
  Software developer Jeffrey Chen, 22, said he was lucky to walk away from the crash in the Interstate 5 express lanes .
  
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• The Morning News: State Prisons to No Longer Label Prisoners "Inmates," SPD to Give Bodycam Contract to Taser

  04-11-2016 16:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzDo we want prisoners to be rehabilitated and effectively re-enter society? Removing stigma helps. NSF.gov
  Department of Corrections Attempting to Remove Stigma from Prisoners: "They were once prisoners, inmates or offenders," KOMO reports. "Now, the nearly 19,000 residents of Washington’s 12 state prisons will be referred to another way." Instead, according to a new memo, they'll be called "students" if they're attending classes behind bars, "patients" if they're receiving med
  
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• Person struck, killed on I-5 while in foot chase with police

  04-11-2016 15:15
  
  Some southbound lanes on Interstate 5 were closed after the incident, officials said.
  
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• 12 arrested in Western Washington heroin-smuggling ring

  04-11-2016 14:55
  
  The arrests came after 24 search warrants were executed in King, Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Yakima and Franklin counties.
  
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• Police release sketch of suspect in Covington home invasion, pistol-whipping

  04-11-2016 14:33
  
  King County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking for help identifying a man they say participated in a Tuesday home-invasion robbery in Covington.
  
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• New food banks pop up in unexpected place: the UW

  04-11-2016 14:02
  
  The idea of college students living on cheap Ramen noodles has become a trope. But officials on the UW campus say a surprising number are struggling to balance costs, and flocking to a new food-bank program.
  
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• Turn back the clocks: 9 things to do with that extra hour instead of sleeping

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  It's time to fall back — daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• SPD close to finalizing body-camera contract

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  After a competitive selection process involving at least six manufacturers, the city’s purchasing blog shows the agency’s top choice for the recording technology is Taser International.
  
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• Sexual harassment, put-downs and progress: Northwest women leaders tell their stories

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  With Hillary Clinton battling to become the nation’s first woman president, Washington female political leaders reflect on how far they’ve come and the barriers that still remain.
  
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• Politics podcast: Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline and debating ST3, on The Overcast

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  In episode 9 of The Overcast, we host a debate about Sound Transit 3 and talk with Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda V. Mapes about her reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
  
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• Election-night parties in the Seattle area

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  Here are some of the places in the Seattle area where you can watch Tuesday’s election results roll in with a crowd.
  
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• Daylight saving time ends: 9 things to do with that extra hour instead of sleeping

  04-11-2016 14:00
  
  It's time to fall back — daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• Paris climate deal enters force ahead of schedule. Now what?

  04-11-2016 11:05
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force Friday — faster than anyone had anticipated — after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases. It means the world has moved a little closer to fixing what scientists say […]
  
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• Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens

  04-11-2016 07:20
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take root. Amid these unforgiving conditions, a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue. A subsidiary of a local […]
  
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• Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics

  04-11-2016 07:20
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for boreal roots to take hold. Amid these unforgiving conditions, a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue. A subsidiary of a local […]
  
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• Authorities arrest man in double shooting in Shoreline

  04-11-2016 06:11
  
  Detectives arrested the 27-year-old Renton suspect at his parents’ home Thursday evening, the King County Sheriff’s Office reported. It’s unclear what motivated the crime.
  
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• China says new rocket brings space station plans closer

  04-11-2016 04:51
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China says its plans for a permanent space station remain on track with the successful launch of its new heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket. The towering rocket that blasted off Thursday night from the Wenchang launch center on the southern island of Hainan will be used to launch the Tiangong 2 space […]
  
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• More young adolescents died from suicide than car crashes in 2014

  04-11-2016 03:53
  
  There are concerns that the pervasiveness and pressures of social media are contributing factors to a rising suicide rate for children ages 10 to 14.
  
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• Would Sound Transit 3 proposal ease traffic?

  04-11-2016 03:30
  
  Sound Transit Proposition 1 is a high-stakes, three-decade commitment. Here are some answers to questions that could help you decide how to vote by Tuesday.
  
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• Still deciding on Sound Transit 3? Here’s a Q&A

  04-11-2016 03:30
  
  Sound Transit Proposition 1 is a high-stakes, three-decade commitment. Here are some answers to questions that could help you decide how to vote by Tuesday.
  
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• Sound Transit 3 proposal down to the wire

  04-11-2016 03:30
  
  Sound Transit Proposition 1 is a high-stakes, three-decade commitment. Here are some answers to questions that could help you decide how to vote by Tuesday.
  
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• Region’s growing Indian-American population celebrates Diwali

  04-11-2016 02:53
  
  The desire to raise the profile of the important Hindu holiday of Diwali is increasingly urgent. Diwali officially fell last Sunday but will be celebrated through this weekend.
  
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• After the viaduct: More waterfront traffic

  04-11-2016 02:47
  
  In a post-Alaskan Way Viaduct world, navigating Seattle's waterfront is definitely going to be different.
  
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