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• One in 6 U.S. adults say they have taken psychiatric drugs, report says

  12-12-2016 23:16
  
  The analysis, which was published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found the most commonly used type of drug was an antidepressant like Zoloft and Celexa, followed by an anti-anxiety or sleeping pill like Xanax and Ambien.
  
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• Trump Names Walter White Head of the DEA on This Week's SNL

  12-12-2016 23:06 via thestranger.com
  by Jennifer Campbell
  Trump's cabinet picks are feeling increasingly like the administration of Upside-Down (OR Community's darkest timeline OR Biff Tannen's alternate reality 2015, take your horrible pick) with near daily opposite-world announcements of your worst nightmare picks for all the top government jobs. There's an oil-drilling proponent on tap to head the interior, a Goldman Sachs exec to lead the Treasury, and a minimum wage critic up for Labor Secretary. Sad! (Really, it's so sad.)Sat
  
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• Trump Names Walter White Head of DEA on This Week's SNL

  12-12-2016 23:06 via thestranger.com
  by Jennifer Campbell
  Trump's cabinet picks are feeling increasingly like the administration of Upside-Down (OR Community's darkest timeline OR Biff Tannen's alternate reality 2015, take your horrible pick) with near daily opposite-world announcements of your worst nightmare picks for all the top government jobs. There's an oil-drilling proponent on tap to head the interior, a Goldman Sachs exec to lead the Treasury, and a minimum wage critic up for Labor Secretary. Sad! (Really, it's so sad.)Sat
  
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• Congressional Leaders, aka Republicans, Call for Investigation Into Russian Hacking

  12-12-2016 22:49 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageNYT:
  Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said on Monday that he supported congressional investigations of possible Russian cyberattacks to influence the American election, setting up a potential conflict with President-elect Donald J. Trump in the early days of his administration. Mr. McConnell’s support for investigations is a major moment for the Republican-controlled Congress given that Mr. Trump has ridiculed and dismissed the findings
  
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• Eastern Washington its own state? Legislation offered

  12-12-2016 22:14
  
  The weeks before Washington's Legislature convenes are a time to roll out bizarre legislation.  Two examples this year:  Legislation that would allow fans to pack guns into CenturyLink and Safeco Fields, and a bill to divide up Washington.  It would create a new state of "Liberty" east of the Cascades.
  
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• Erosion causes dangerous sinkhole on cliff in Pacifica, Calif.

  12-12-2016 22:06
  
  PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Large waves, known as king tides, could have caused a sinkhole that emerged over the weekend on the coast south of San Francisco. KNTV reports (http://bit.ly/2gydWma ) Monday that the hazardous sinkhole emerged Saturday on a cliff in Pacifica. The sinkhole closed access to a popular beach and caused concerns about […]
  
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• Concrete pumped into sinkhole on eroded California cliff

  12-12-2016 22:06
  
  PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Workers pumped sand and concrete into a sinkhole that opened up over the weekend on the coast south of San Francisco, plugging most of it ahead of a storm expected this week. Monday’s work came after the sinkhole emerged Saturday on a cliff in Pacifica. It closed access to a popular […]
  
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• The Walking Dead Recap: And Now We Fight (for Apples)! RAH! RAH! RAH!

  12-12-2016 22:00 via thestranger.com
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey"Just hanging around, stealing apples from people because I'm pregnant. HEY! YOU! GIVE ME THAT FAWKING APPLE!!" Courtesy AMC
  Good afternoon, Walking Dead fans! Did you happen to catch last night's mid-season finale that was intended to PUMP YOU UP for taking on Trump in 2017? (That was probably not the intention, but since we're grasping at straws anyway, why the hell not?) Let's CHITTY CHAT about it with my spoiler-filled recap of last night's episode! RAH! RAH! RAAA
  
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• The Sounders' MLS Cup Win Made Me Understand Why People Get Emotional About Sports

  12-12-2016 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufSaturday's victory made me experience what you humans call "emotions." ASK
  In my world, football, baseball, basketball, and all other non-ball- and ball-related sports fall under the umbrella of "sportsball." (Yes, I'm one of those assholes who revels in fans' irritated glares as they blabber on about Super Cups and National Bowls and the like.)
  Despite this, I attended—and dare I say, followed—my fair share of Seattle Sounders FC games this year, watching the team
  
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• The 45 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: December 12-18, 2016

  12-12-2016 21:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss the Dina Martina Christmas Show this year, because Grady West, who inhabits her horrible fashion choices, is a world-class artist, a first-rate writer, and a comedy genius. David Belisle
  Our music critics have already chosen the 23 best concerts this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to choose the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks for this week—from the Feast of the Seven Fishes Filipino holiday pop-up to the Bure
  
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• Our Arts & Culture Critics Recommend These Events This Week

  12-12-2016 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  45 Picks For December 12-18, From The Dina Martina Christmas Show to Dava Sobelby Stranger Things To Do StaffOur arts and culture critics have picked the best events happening this week in their areas of expertise, and we've compiled them all below—ranging from the Feast of the Seven Fishes Filipino holiday pop-up to the Bureau of Arts & Culture, and from the touring production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch to a talk featuring The Glass Universe author Dava Sobel. MONDAY
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• Crews rescue driver who spent night trapped in his car after Snoqualmie Pass crash

  12-12-2016 21:14
  
  The car went over an embankment off Interstate 90 at about 9 p.m. Sunday and plummeted 100 feet down a steep slope, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Crews rescue driver who spent night trapped in car after Snoqualmie Pass plunge

  12-12-2016 21:14
  
  The car went over an embankment off Interstate 90 at about 9 p.m. Sunday and plummeted 100 feet down a steep slope, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Moonlight Winning Big Awards and Nominations. Will the Oscars Follow Suit?

  12-12-2016 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeBrother to boy in Moonlight A24
  Moonlight has received six nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards and won two awards at the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards. The Globe's Moonlight nominations matched four of the nine I believe fully deserve Oscar nominations in 2017 (best picture; best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali; best director: Barry Jenkins; best screenplay: Barry Jenkins; best score: Nicholas Britell). The Critics' only matched one of my picks, best supporting actor for
  
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• Council takes aim at high Seattle rents by trying to limit move-in costs

  12-12-2016 20:38
  
  The Seattle City Council is set to vote Monday on an ordinance that would cap the move-in money landlords are allowed to charge and give renters the right to pay their move-in costs in installments.
  
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• City Council approves limits on renters’ move-in costs, taking aim at housing crisis

  12-12-2016 20:38
  
  The Seattle City Council on Monday passed an ordinance capping the move-in money that landlords are allowed to charge and giving renters the right to pay their move-in costs in installments.
  
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• City council approves limits on move-in costs, taking aim at high Seattle rents

  12-12-2016 20:38
  
  The Seattle City Council on Monday passed an ordinance capping the move-in money that landlords are allowed to charge and giving renters the right to pay their move-in costs in installments.
  
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• City council approves limit on move-in costs, taking aim at high Seattle rents

  12-12-2016 20:38
  
  The Seattle City Council on Monday passed an ordinance capping the move-in money that landlords are allowed to charge and giving renters the right to pay their move-in costs in installments.
  
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• Cold air coming, more snow could hit Seattle this week

  12-12-2016 20:36
  
  With cold air moving into the lowlands of Western Washington, snow is a possibility for Seattle again this week.
  
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• ICYMI: Watch Sydney Brownstone Discuss Standing Rock Media Coverage on Al Jazeera's The Listening Post

  12-12-2016 20:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufWater protector Christiana Eala at Standing Rock The Stranger
  Back in September, Stranger news reporter Sydney Brownstone was on the ground at the Standing Rock Sioux camp documenting water protector's peaceful protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline construction project. She and a handful of other journalists, including Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, were some of the few reporters who trekked out to North Dakota in the midst of a mainstream media blackout on this movement.
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• Defendant’s outbursts get him banned from his child-rape trial in Kitsap County

  12-12-2016 20:29
  
  The 45-year-old defendant is charged with nine different crimes, including the assault and rape of children.
  
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• Seattle council to ask Trump: Please take stand against hate speech, attacks

  12-12-2016 20:24
  
  The Seattle City Council, in a resolution on Monday’s agenda, is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to denounce recent hate incidents.
  
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• Seattle council asks Trump: Please take stand against hate speech, attacks

  12-12-2016 20:24
  
  The Seattle City Council passed a resolution Monday calling on President-elect Donald Trump to denounce recent hate incidents.
  
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• Bullet fired into Boeing credit-union building in Tukwila

  12-12-2016 20:12
  
  No one was injured in the shooting, Tukwila police said. They said it appears unlikely someone was trying to hit the building.
  
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• Bullet fired into BECU building in Tukwila

  12-12-2016 20:12
  
  No one was injured in the shooting, Tukwila police said. They said it appears unlikely someone was trying to hit the building.
  
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• Food News: Cats, Video Games, Pizza, and Other Proof That Everything Is Gonna Be Okay

  12-12-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSome of that deep-dish deliciousness at Windy City Pie. Windy City Pie
  Windy City Pie Gets a Batch of Seats
  Seattle's favorite destination for Chicago-style deep dish slices now has a proper space. They're inside Batch 206 Distillery's Batch Bar, and they have actual seats. No more shady text-message-fueled parking lot exchanges. (Unless Batch is closed, then you still have to do the shady pickup thing.)Dine in hours are 4 pm-10 pm Mon, Wed-Fri, and 12 pm-10 pm Sat-Sun. C
  
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• Food News: Cats, Video Games, Pizza, and More Proof That Everything Is Gonna Be Okay

  12-12-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueSome of that deep-dish deliciousness at Windy City Pie. Windy City Pie
  Windy City Pie Gets a Batch of Seats
  Seattle's favorite destination for Chicago-style deep dish slices now has a proper space. They're inside Batch 206 Distillery's Batch Bar, and they have actual seats. No more shady text-message-fueled parking lot exchanges. (Unless Batch is closed, then you still have to do the shady pickup thing.)Dine in hours are 4 pm-10 pm Mon, Wed-Fri, and 12 pm-10 pm Sat-Sun. C
  
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• La La Land and Moonlight Lead the 2017 Golden Globe Nominations

  12-12-2016 19:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer CampbellMahershala Ali received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as "Juan" in Barry Jenkins's Moonlight
  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unleashed their nominations for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. Leading the pack with seven nods is La La Land, a musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone—both of whom received nominations. Moonlight will contend in six categories, including best picture (drama), best director for Barry Jenkins and acting nods for Mahershala
  
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• Check Out Our Complete New Year's Eve 2016 Calendar

  12-12-2016 19:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffShutterstock
  The end of 2016 is almost here, finally, and we know you want to celebrate accordingly. Luckily, there are plenty of options in Seattle for doing just that, and we've compiled them all on our complete New Year's Eve calendar, ranging from the massive Spectra 2017: New Year's Under the Arches at Seattle Center to New Year's Eve: Party Like It's 1939 at the Royal Room to Shine at Kremwerk to 2016 Can Kiss My You-Know-What at the Lo-Fi. Stay tuned for more
  
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• The 23 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: December 12-18, 2016

  12-12-2016 18:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSweet candy punks Tacocat will spread some holiday cheer this Thursday.Kelly O
  Yes, it's freezing outside, but the local music scene still promises plenty of excellent, body-warming shows. This week, our critics have picked everything from a solid acoustic-driven possibility that you'll cry in public, to a crowd-favorite Aussie queen from RuPaul's Drag Race, to a chance to see Busta Rhymes without a fish-eye lens. All of our winter cures and more can be found on our
  
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• Plenty of new snow at local ski areas with excellent conditions, weather in days ahead are a mixed bag

  12-12-2016 18:51
  
  The recent storms brought one to three feet of snow along the Cascade hillsides boosting already solid base depths – with some hitting the century mark – at all ski areas and providing excellent conditions. This should offer plenty of fun times heading into the holidays for skiers and snowboarders, and a couple of weaker […]
  
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• 2 missing brothers found dead after Idaho car crash

  12-12-2016 18:36
  
  Police say the brothers had not been seen or heard from since Nov. 30.
  
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• All the Island Marble Butterflies on San Juan Island Might Die if Jenny Shum and her Team Don’t Save Them

  12-12-2016 18:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThe island marble butterfly spends the majority of its life—10-12 months—in a cocoon. At this stage, it’s a living bug soup. If you touch it, it’ll move.GARY TARELTON
  I'm crammed into a moss-covered hut with a handful of poets from the University of Washington's poetry and science program at Friday Harbor, and we're all going googly-eyed and sparkle-brained over biologist Jenny Shrum. She's pointing at laminated maps, fiddling with improvised scientific instr
  
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• Freezing temps could lead to ‘tricky’ week for commuters

  12-12-2016 18:06
  
  Frigid temperatures and the potential for snow and ice are in the forecast again.
  
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• The Morning News: Trump-Drunk Washington Lawmakers Want Guns in CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field, Seattle Still Very White

  12-12-2016 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeGuns, beer, and football—that's the American way. Mat Hayward/shutterstock.com
  GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill in Olympia That Will Permit People to Bring Guns to Sporting Events at CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field: Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times calls the bill insane, but he also notes that we happen to live in insane times. If the country can put a person like Trump into power, then our lawmakers could very well beat the odds and pass a bill that allows men and women
  
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• Mount St. Helens shakes 120 times within week as volcano recharges, scientists say

  12-12-2016 17:56
  
  The tiny quakes, 1 to 2 miles beneath the volcano’s surface, do not indicate when the next eruption might be.
  
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• Mount St. Helens shakes 120 times within a week as volcano recharges, scientists say

  12-12-2016 17:56
  
  The tiny quakes, 1 to 2 miles beneath the volcano’s surface, do not indicate when the next eruption might be.
  
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• Sounders rally, march planned for Tuesday in Seattle to celebrate title

  12-12-2016 17:48
  
  The team and the city were working out the details of the event, including exact location and timing.
  
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• Sounders MLS Cup victory rally in Seattle: March time, route

  12-12-2016 17:48
  
  The Sounders will celebrate their first MLS Cup championship with a victory march through downtown Seattle and a rally near Seattle Center on Tuesday.
  
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• Titans of new industry spring $1 billion clean energy fund

  12-12-2016 17:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some big names with big money have jumped into the alternative energy race. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which counts among its members Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, George Soros, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Richard Branson, announced a $1 billion investment fund to support new energy ventures. The […]
  
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• Scientists say reindeer may be shrinking due to warming

  12-12-2016 16:39
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller — and scientists say climate change may be the cause. Scientists from Britain and Norway have found that adult Svalbard reindeer born in 2010 weigh 12 percent less on average than those born in 1994. Ecologist Steve Albon of Scotland’s James […]
  
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• Check Out Our Complete 2016 New Year's Eve Calendar

  12-12-2016 16:29 via thestranger.com
  Find Everything From Blowout Parties to DJ Nights to Festive Dinners Hereby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• All The Shows Our Music Critics Recommend This Week

  12-12-2016 16:12 via thestranger.com
  
  23 Picks For December 12-18, From Tacocat to Busta Rhymesby Stranger Things To Do StaffYes, it's freezing outside, but the local music scene still promises plenty of excellent, body-warming shows. This week, our critics have picked everything from a solid acoustic-driven possibility that you'll cry in public, to a crowd-favorite Aussie queen from RuPaul's Drag Race, to a chance to see Busta Rhymes without a fish-eye lens. DECEMBER 12Muuy Biien with GuestsIt’s become increasingly rare to be
  
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• Epic Eric Garland Twitter Thread/Novella/Opus

  12-12-2016 15:38 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThis is the Twitter thread everyone is talking about, endorsing, condemning. Enjoy.I’m now hearing this meme that says Obama, Clinton, et al. are doing nothing, just gave up.Guys. It’s time for some game theory.
  — Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016ACTOR ANALYSIS: The Russians enter the Game with a broad objective, flexible tactics, and several acceptable outcomes.
  — Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 11, 2016This subversion can take many forms: d
  
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• Will a White Guy Replace the Washington State Senate's Only Woman of Color?

  12-12-2016 15:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi Groover"The Democratic Party as a whole needs to continue make sure we promote women and people of color into office," says outgoing state senator Pramila Jayapal. courtesy of pramila jayapal
  In Pramila Jayapal’s campaign for Congress this year, one fact came up over and over again: Jayapal was the only woman of color in Washington’s State Senate, a body with only 17 women total last session. Jayapal argued that her personal experience lent a perspective the powerful legisla
  
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• Study: Early support for children reaps big benefits

  12-12-2016 15:01
  
  New research suggests far-reaching benefits from early-childhood programs, including better long-term health and higher lifetime earnings — and that the earlier the help begins the better.
  
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• Transit tourism: Explore Seattle by Link light rail

  12-12-2016 15:00
  
  It’s urban, suburban and industrial. At just over 20 miles long, Sound Transit’s Link light rail connects more than a dozen diverse communities with 16 stations in King County.
  
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• Seattle’s new Involvement Commission: more voices or less pushback?

  12-12-2016 15:00
  
  Some are suspicious of Seattle officials’ decision to cut ties with neighborhood-based district councils and form a Community Involvement Commission whose members will be appointed by City Hall. Supporters say the hope is to bring younger and more diverse groups into civic life.
  
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• Portland targets CEO pay to save the American dream

  12-12-2016 15:00
  
  A lot of research now suggests the American dream of earning more than your parents is pretty much dead. Don’t look to the federal government for help in the near future. Look to your local jurisdiction — and don’t give up.
  
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• Skier dies after falling in tree well near Snoqualmie Pass

  12-12-2016 14:53
  
  Another man skiing with the victim saw him fall into the tree well, authorities said.
  
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