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• Weekend travelers face more snow in mountains

  24-11-2016 23:07
  
  More snow is expected in mountain passes as people make their way to the Apple Cup and elsewhere. But Friday in Seattle is looking less damp.
  
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• Weather could pose a challenge for travelers

  24-11-2016 23:07
  
  More snow is expected in mountain passes for people making their way to the Apple Cup and elsewhere. But Friday in Seattle is looking less damp.
  
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• Thanksgiving travelers face more snow in mountains

  24-11-2016 23:07
  
  More snow is expected in mountain passes as people make their way to the Apple Cup and elsewhere. But Friday in Seattle is looking less damp.
  
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• The Worst Thanksgiving Ride: Going Home on the Seattle Streetcar

  24-11-2016 23:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThere is nothing sadder than sitting alone in a slow-moving streetcar. JOE A. KANZLER PHOTO, AVGEEKJOE PRODUCTIONS
  Sound Transit had money to build a station on First Hill. But the plan for the stop was soon scrapped because of its "high construction and engineering risk." Sound Transit did not want another Beacon Hill Station, one of the deepest train stops in the country. First Hill Station would have been deeper in the ground and suffered from more structural problems than Be
  
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• Anti-pipeline protesters demonstrate on Thanksgiving Day

  24-11-2016 22:31
  
  MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — About 300 opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline demonstrated in a North Dakota city on Thanksgiving Day, while protesters near the construction site where hundreds of demonstrators have camped out for months attempted to build a wooden bridge to reach what they say are tribal burial sites. The protesters blocked traffic […]
  
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• Go to Karaoke at Hula Hula After Your Sad, Lonely Thanksgiving Meal

  24-11-2016 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock
  Karaoke is the most earnest form of performance. You can test this.
  When someone takes the stage and sings an ironic song or a jokey song—Tenacious D, for instance—the performance flops. Transparently populist appeals to current chart-toppers flop. Excessively good singing flops when it's bloodless, when there's no risk there.
  Everything flops unless it's clear that the person onstage has put in some serious shower-time or serious car-time.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Let's Give Thanks for Threesomes!

  24-11-2016 21:33
  by Dan Savage
  A few weeks ago, my live-in boyfriend (let's call him James) sat down next to me after a particularly stressful week of grad school and said "I have a hard question. A former sex partner (let's call her Allison) wants to have sex with me. Or us." I broke. I felt threatened. I felt inadequate, I felt body shame, and I wanted to run away from our relationship. James spent the evening consoling me.I heard your voice in my head and realized how ridiculous I was being about the whole th
  
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• Seattle to set aside money for undocumented students

  24-11-2016 20:52
  
  The $250,0000 allotment, aimed at helping students in Seattle Public Schools, is part of an executive order Mayor Ed Murray signed Thursday to reaffirm Seattle’s status as a sanctuary city.
  
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• ‘Sanctuary city’ Seattle sets aside money to help immigrant students

  24-11-2016 20:52
  
  The $250,0000 allotment, aimed at helping students in Seattle Public Schools, is part of an executive order Mayor Ed Murray signed Thursday to reaffirm Seattle’s status as a sanctuary city.
  
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• Have a Thanksgiving Dinner that Tastes Like Nothing at Claim Jumper

  24-11-2016 20:31
  by Heidi GrooverEmbed from Getty Images
  If you're really dedicated to this, you need to get the fuck out of Seattle. There are too many other people doing what you're doing, too many good restaurants and bars open, too much likelihood of some charming chance encounter. You're trying to be miserable, after all.
  So head to the suburbs. Specifically: Claim Jumper in Tukwila (5901 S 180th St). This faux-rustic chain of restaurants opened its first location in Los Alamitos, California, in 1977, accor
  
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• Ruin Your Thanksgiving by Watching The Edge of Seventeen

  24-11-2016 19:30
  
  by Charles Mudede
  I have always found that teenagers are far more interesting in person than they are in the movies. In person, they often reveal the kind of individual they will become for life—this individual is totally absent from children, who are just a mess and do the same stupid things as all other children. You can actually hold a conversation with a teenager, and sometimes you even forget you are talking to a young person with a basic education and barely any experience. But once
  
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• Savage Love: Eat Me

  24-11-2016 19:00
  
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a very sex-positive girl and I finally convinced my boyfriend to open up about his fetishes. I could tell he was ashamed and torn about sharing them with me, but I've been with my fair share of guys and surfed the net for years, and I was convinced nothing would shock me. Well, it turns out he's into soft vore. I'm not gonna lie, I was a bit put off, but of course I didn't tell him. I started looking for information about his fetish, and it's not as uncommon as I thought. I stu
  
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• The Morning News: Jill Stein's Recount Is Probably a Huge Waste of Money, Trump Plans to Kill NASA's Climate Science Division

  24-11-2016 18:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeHumans: Born in Africa, died in America. NASA
  Jill Stein Has So Far Raised 3,000,000 Bones for a Recount Effort That Will Probably Not Change the Dangerous Course of History: And she is very much accountable for the course we are now on. The thing is this: Michigan already revised its initial count and shrank Trump's lead from 13,107 votes to 10,704. Also revealed in this revision is that Jill Stein, who stepped back on the national stage yesterday with a demand for recounting v
  
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• A Thanksgiving Reminder: It's Never Too Early to Start Drinking

  24-11-2016 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufKaraoke at Baranof. TYLER MARTIN
  The Baranof (8549 Greenwood Ave N) is kind of like the Swiss Army knife of gritty dive bars. It has everything you could possibly need: dirt-cheap Rainiers and freakishly strong Jell-O shots, greasy hangover hash browns, grumpy bartenders, leering older men, and dust-caked nautical-western decor.
  It's the perfect place to feel alone, even if you're surrounded by other barflies. So slump yourself into one of the Baranof's booths and commit—
  
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• ‘Jurassic World’ comes alive at Philadelphia exhibit

  24-11-2016 17:04
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dinosaurs in museums tend to be of the fossilized variety, but a new exhibit in Philadelphia is bringing the creatures and their world to life. “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” opens at the Franklin Institute on Friday. Based on the blockbuster dinosaur movie franchise, the experience mixes the vibe of a theme park […]
  
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• ‘Somebody in his corner’: Big Brothers Big Sisters offers kids a vital bond

  24-11-2016 15:00
  
  Keilen Young had trouble in school. Now, he’s in a gifted program. One likely reason: Seyi Oshinowo, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound. The organization, which creates bonds that can last into adulthood, is part of The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• ‘Somebody in his corner’: After 4 years of waiting, this Federal Way boy finds his Big Brother and a fresh start

  24-11-2016 15:00
  
  Keilen Young had trouble in school. Now, he’s in a gifted program. One likely reason: Seyi Oshinowo, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound. The organization, which creates bonds that can last into adulthood, is part of The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• ‘Somebody in his corner’: After 4 years of waiting, this Federal Way boy finds his Big Brother

  24-11-2016 15:00
  
  Keilen Young had trouble in school. Now, he’s in a gifted program. One likely reason: Seyi Oshinowo, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound. The organization, which creates bonds that can last into adulthood, is part of The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• ‘Somebody in his corner’: After 4 years of waiting, this Federal Way boy finds a mentor

  24-11-2016 15:00
  
  Keilen Young had trouble in school. Now, he’s in a gifted program. One likely reason: Seyi Oshinowo, a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound. The organization, which creates bonds that can last into adulthood, is part of The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• Israel evacuates thousands as fire spreads in northern city

  24-11-2016 13:20
  
  HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel has ordered the evacuation of thousands of people and called up hundreds of military reservists to battle a spreading fire in the northern city of Haifa. Police said at least eight neighborhoods had been evacuated by early afternoon, as smoke spread over the city. At least 17 people were hospitalized […]
  
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• What’s open, closed over the holiday

  24-11-2016 08:52
  
  Many businesses and government offices will close or operate on a holiday schedule Thursday, Nov. 24, for the Thanksgiving holiday and on Friday, Nov. 25.
  
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• Scientists go big with first aquatic species map for US West

  24-11-2016 08:28
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It sounds like a big fish story: a plan to create a biodiversity map identifying thousands of aquatic species in every river and stream in the western U.S. But scientists say they’re steadily reeling in that whopper and by next summer will have the first Aquatic Environmental DNA Atlas available for […]
  
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• Slow as molasses? Sweet but deadly 1919 disaster explained

  24-11-2016 06:35
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 — one of Boston’s most peculiar disasters — killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured. Now Harvard University researchers think they know why the wave of sticky stuff claimed so many lives: A winter chill rapidly cooled the […]
  
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• Otto weakens to tropical storm as it moves across Nicaragua

  24-11-2016 06:05
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Otto weakened rapidly as it moved across southern Nicaragua on Thursday after making landfall on that country’s Caribbean coast as a dangerous Category 2 storm. It was the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Otto had faded to a tropical storm by […]
  
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• Hurricane Otto weakens as it moves across southern Nicaragua

  24-11-2016 06:05
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Otto weakened rapidly as it moved across southern Nicaragua on Thursday after making landfall on that country’s Caribbean coast as a dangerous Category 2 storm. It was the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Otto had weakened into a Category 1 storm […]
  
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• Hurricane Otto nears the coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica

  24-11-2016 06:05
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Otto churned toward the sparsely-populated Caribbean coast border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica early Thursday as an unusually strong late-season storm. Heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama. Otto was forecast to make landfall Thursday in Nicaragua, just north of the Costa Rican border. Officials […]
  
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• Hurricane Otto makes landfall on coast of Nicaragua

  24-11-2016 06:05
  
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Otto made landfall as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane on a sparsely populated stretch of Caribbean coast in Nicaragua Thursday, becoming the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the unusually strong late-season hurricane hit land just north of the Costa Rican border […]
  
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• Nooksack tribe boots out 300 members, faces showdown with feds

  24-11-2016 04:22
  
  After a long fight, the Nooksack tribe has declared roughly 300 members disenrolled. A showdown looms with the federal government, which considers the tribal council illegitimate. Taxpayer dollars are at stake, as well as the homes of dozens on Nooksack land.
  
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• The 18 Best Movies Playing This Thanksgiving Weekend

  24-11-2016 03:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Moana, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in Smell-o-Vision, Sacro GRA, And More Critics' Picks For November 23-27, 2016by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur critics have picked the best movies for this long holiday weekend, from lighter fare like the latest Disney princess movie Moana or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in Smell-o-Vision, to heavier films including the poetic documentary Sacro GRA and classic romance Casablanca. See them all below.
  ALL WEEKEND
  1. Arrival
  Arrival is an omino
  
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• The 18 Best Movies Playing in Seattle This Thanksgiving Weekend

  24-11-2016 03:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff"I have nothing but love for Moana," says Ana Sofia Knauf about the new princess movie out this weekend.
  Trying to escape your family? Go see a movie. Trying to make them shut up and stop talking about politics for a couple hours? Drag them along. And if you're spending Thanksgiving alone, going to the movie theater will give you something to tell people about when they ask what you did (besides "got drunk in my apartment.") Below are a variety of choices, from ligh
  
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• Snow falls in November in Tokyo for first time in 54 years

  24-11-2016 03:15
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo residents have woken up to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years. An unusually cold air mass brought wet snow to Japan’s capital on Thursday. Above-freezing temperatures kept the snow from sticking, but forecasters said there could be an accumulation of up to 2 centimeters (1 inch). The last […]
  
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• Feds: Hanford contractors to pay $125 million settlement

  24-11-2016 03:00
  
  The settlement resolves allegations that for 13 years, Bechtel and subcontractor URS Corp. knowingly charged the government for materials and services that didn’t meet standards for nuclear facilities.
  
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• Northshore schools to delay start times starting next year

  24-11-2016 02:33
  
  The Northshore School District voted earlier this week to delay school start times by 25 minutes in the 2017-18 school year.
  
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• The past wrong of internment leaves lesson for our present

  24-11-2016 02:30
  
  The National Park Service wants to make better use of a U.S. Japanese internment site. That’s good not just for survivors and their families but for all Americans.
  
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• Oscar-winning ‘Heaven Can Wait’ production designer dies

  24-11-2016 02:05
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Sylbert, a prolific production designer who won an Oscar for his work on Warren Beatty’s “Heaven Can Wait,” died Saturday at age 88 outside of Philadelphia, producer Hawk Koch said Wednesday. A Brooklyn native and Korean War veteran, Sylbert and his late twin brother Richard Sylbert became some of the […]
  
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• Seattle unveils rules for unionizing Uber, Lyft drivers

  24-11-2016 01:54
  
  The city has released rules for its Uber-driver unionization ordinance, including a rule setting out which drivers will have a say in whether to opt for collective bargaining — and which won’t.
  
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• How to Get Through Thanksgiving at Your Right-Wing Family's House

  24-11-2016 01:52
  
  by Ansel Herz Levi Hastings
  If you hang with your right-wing family this Thanksgiving, you're likely to hear and experience tacit or outright racism. You're going to hear praise for the misogynist in the White House. You're going to watch your grandma regurgitate that conspiracy theory about Killary Clinton feeding on the heads of children that she heard on Fox News while she pecks at her meal across the table from you.
  What do you do? You have three options:
  1. Grit your teeth and ignore it unt
  
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• Southern Oregon University exhibit explores gold rush

  24-11-2016 01:45
  
  Through art and excerpts from letters and diaries, Kyle Peets’ exhibit “Gold Fever” explores humanity’s past and continuing obsession with gold. The exhibit in the university’s Art Building in Ashland continues through Dec. 9.
  
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• Forecasters say Otto gains strength and again a hurricane, moving closer to Central America

  24-11-2016 01:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Otto gains strength and again a hurricane, moving closer to Central America.
  
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• Puyallup Food Bank seeks help for low donations

  24-11-2016 01:26
  
  The food bank typically receives 60 percent of its annual donations within the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But donations are down and it’s not looking like that will be the case this year.
  
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• Babe: Pig in the City Says More About the Post-Trump Age Than You Might Think

  24-11-2016 01:23
  
  by Sean NelsonA great, weirdly relevant film, tonight at 7:30pm at NW Film Forum
  A couple weeks ago, I went to see the "Black and Chrome Edition” of Mad Max Fury Road and found it to be the only piece of art I’d witnessed that effectively addressed the prospect of life in post-Trump America. But tonight, at the Northwest Film Forum, another film by the great George Miller offers a vision of urban dystopia that’s likely to strike a much deeper chord than one might expect.Babe: P
  
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• Free Will Astrology For the Week of November 23

  24-11-2016 01:00
  
  by Rob Brezsny
  SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22–Dec 21): Despite your sign's reputation, you Sagittarians don't always require vast expanses to roam in. You aren't ceaselessly restless, on an inexhaustible quest for unexpected experiences and fresh teachings. And no, you are not forever consumed with the primal roar of raw life, obsessed with the naked truth, and fiercely devoted to exploration for its own sake. But having said that, I suspect that you may at least be flirting with these extreme states
  
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• Manhunt under way after man shot in Des Moines

  24-11-2016 00:45
  
  Des Moines police are searching for a gunman who shot another man in the back on Wednesday afternoon in the city’s Pacific Ridge neighborhood.
  
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• Manhunt under way after man is shot in Des Moines

  24-11-2016 00:45
  
  Des Moines police are searching for a gunman who shot another man in the back on Wednesday afternoon in the city’s Pacific Ridge neighborhood.
  
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• This Week on the Blabbermouth Podcast: Speaking Truth to Rural Power

  24-11-2016 00:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersEpisode 77 plays calls to action from all over America, fights with Dan Savage over how to share urban truth with rural voters, and argues about how to fix Facebook's fake news problem. Richard Wayne Collens/Shutterstock.com
  Subscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!We received calls to action from all over the country in response to last week’s show. Thank you! We’re playing a bunch of your action items right off the bat.After that: Dan Savage has return
  
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• Depress Yourself: Stay Home and Watch Leaving Las Vegas on Thanksgiving

  24-11-2016 00:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesNicolas Cage was once a good actor. Another reason to drink.
  If you don't find it depressing to watch a movie that will make it impossible for you to drink on the day of the year when you need it most, then just leave it to the sheer slow-motion suicide, sadistic pimping, frat-guy gang rape, and near-necrophilia of Leaving Las Vegas to bring you down.
  Nicolas Cage is brilliant—which is another reason to be depressed: What happened there?—and plays a screenwriter named Be
  
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