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• Your Guide To 4/20 Events In Seattle

  12-04-2017 23:57
  
  On Our Complete Weed Calendarby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• Seattle area's best middle schools

  12-04-2017 23:51
  
  Middle school is the worst time in a young person's life, but why not send your kids to the best institution for that suffering?
  
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• Renton man found fatally shot in apartment stairwell

  12-04-2017 23:49
  
  Renton police believe the man’s body had been in the apartment stairwell for more than five hours before it was discovered Monday night.
  
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• Help Us Track Hate Crimes in Seattle and King County

  12-04-2017 23:30
  
  by Steven Hsieh PRO PUBLICA
  With Donald Trump comes hate: In the immediate aftermath of the presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported a spike in bias-based crimes and harassment across the country.
  Now, nearly four months into the Trump presidency, reports of hate crimes and hate speech continue to raise fears and rattle communities.
  
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• McCormick's in South Lake Union closed

  12-04-2017 23:28
  
  Another day, another Seattle restaurant seems to have shut its doors.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: How Soon Should He Bring Up His DUIs?

  12-04-2017 23:25
  
  by Dan Savage
  I'm exactly 40 years old and have started seriously dating again for the first time in 8+ years.Go me, I'm proud of myself for doing this! I'm going on a date tomorrow for the first time in over a year. Since I've started dating, I keep running into an issue...I have 2 DUIs in my past. Now, because I'm so good at my job (HS teacher, helping to keep future generations positive) and have such a fabulous family support system, the only consequences I've suffered have been financial. I
  
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• Trump 'chicken' by Seattle artist ready to roost for local tax march

  12-04-2017 23:09
  
  Donald Trump is known as many things to Seattleites: The president the majority of us didn't vote for, the man who brags about sexual assault, and the thing lighting a fire under our representatives. Soon Seattle will know him as a chicken – or at least be able to see him realized as one.
  
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• One Day at a Time: Kendall Jenner and the Clown from It, Together at Last

  12-04-2017 23:05
  
  by Ann RomanoKENDALL JENNER Teaming up with Pepsi to solve America's problems. YAY! GETTY / PASCAL LE SEGRETAIN
  MONDAY, APRIL 3As the American experiment continues its shuddering slide into abject failure, there was a dream that, perhaps, one thing could bring us together: objective truth. Turns out that dream is bullshit. “Hopes that science and its unending quest for the truth can mend the cracks in a divided society have taken a hit as new research has found liberals and conservatives s
  
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• Talks to end hunger strike by immigrant detainees in Tacoma showing promise, activist says

  12-04-2017 22:46
  
  An anti-detention group run by detainees said negotiations with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the private prison contractor that operates the Northwest Detention Center have been promising.
  
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• Man found dead in Renton apartment stairwell

  12-04-2017 22:33
  
  Renton police Wednesday that a man was fatally shot at an apartment complex Monday evening.
  
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• Photos of serial killer Ted Bundy found in old Colorado safe

  12-04-2017 22:21
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado newspaper has discovered 40-year-old photos of serial killer Ted Bundy that were locked in an antique safe in the newsroom, recalling anxious times in 1977 when Bundy escaped from local law-enforcement agencies twice in six months. The long-forgotten images were found at the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, the newspaper […]
  
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• Trump and the Politics of "I Live the Life You Wish You Had"

  12-04-2017 22:12
  
  by Charles MudedeWe pay Jay Z to live the life we want. Roc-A-Fella Records
  In the way Jay-Z or Wiz Khalifa supply black youth with spectacles of black opulence ("Going places, rolling J's, I live the life you wish you had./Throwing up dollar bills, puttin' shit on my tab"), Trump is a kind of mainstream rapper for a large segment of the stagnant and increasingly precarious white middle class.
  Trump says he told President Xi about US missile strikes in Syria over “the most beautiful piece
  
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• Illinois judge grants innocence certificate to Seattle man wrongly convicted in 1957 murder

  12-04-2017 22:03
  
  The certificate will allow Jack McCullough to sue Illinois for damages for his wrongful 2012 conviction in the killing of a 7-year-old girl.
  
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• Endangered right whales deliver fewest births in 17 years

  12-04-2017 21:51
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. — Endangered North American right whales gave birth last winter to the fewest calves seen off the U.S. coast in 17 years, troubling scientists who say the low births support other evidence that the imperiled species’ population may be declining. Researchers estimate only about 500 of the rare whales still exist. Each winter […]
  
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• The Orange Is the New Black Trailer Shows Us... Not Much At All

  12-04-2017 21:45
  
  by Leilani PolkThe new trailer for Netflix's darkly humorous series about women experiencing life in a minimum-security federal prison (based on Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, although at this point, pretty loosely) shows the story picking up right where it left off: with most of the women in full-scale riot mode and Daya pointing a gun at a guard's head, trying to decide whether or not to shoot while her fellow inmates scream for her to pull the tri
  
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• Accuser’s lawyer wants to depose Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on May 2 — the mayor’s birthday

  12-04-2017 21:27
  
  The lawyer for a Kent man suing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for allegedly sexually abusing him as a drug-addicted teenager three decades ago has filed a formal court notice to have Murray deposed on May 2.
  
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• Accuser’s lawyer wants to depose Seattle Mayor Ed Murray on May 2

  12-04-2017 21:27
  
  The lawyer for a Kent man suing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for allegedly sexually abusing him as a drug-addicted teenager three decades ago has filed a formal court notice to have Murray deposed on May 2.
  
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• Beverly Cleary Turns 101 Years Old Today

  12-04-2017 21:25
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleBeverly Cleary in 1971.State Library Photograph Collection, Washington State Archives
  The beloved author of intermediate-level young adult novels, who got her master's degree at the University of Washington and has sold 91 million copies of her books since they were first published in 1950, turns 101 years old today.
  On this list of authors who have lived past the age of 100, she is literally the only one I've heard of.A few of the titles on the shelf at Elliott Bay Book
  
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• Mayor Murray to city retirement fund: Get rid of coal company stocks

  12-04-2017 20:57
  
  Divest holdings in companies that mine or burn coal, Mayor Ed Murray tells the board of the Seattle City Employees Retirement System.  The Mayor wants a reevaluation of fossil fuel investments.
  
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• Teen killed in Federal Way shooting

  12-04-2017 20:51
  
  Federal Way police are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old man late Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to the Best Italian Restaurants in Seattle

  12-04-2017 20:45
  
  by Stranger StaffTavolàta's Smoked Fish and Pickled Onion Bruschetta.GEOFFREY SMITH
  Part of a series of restaurant recommendations offered in The Stranger’s 2017 Guide to Food and Drink (International Edition).
  Tavolàta
  An Ethan Stowell pasta spot, this Belltown restaurant is in a more accessible, less-precious setting, but with many similar dishes as Rione. On my last stop, I had the tonnarelli carbonara, with guanciale and cured egg yolk. The noodles were hollow—each
  
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• Belltown welcomes new brewery

  12-04-2017 20:24
  
  The core of Belltown is now home to a brewery and taphouse of the upscale, happy-hour variety.
  
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• Getting Dragged Off a United Airlines Flight? Here's How To Kick Some Ass.

  12-04-2017 20:23
  
  by Wm.™ Steven HumphreyEveryone has seen the horrifying video of an Asian doctor being dragged off a United Airlines flight, because the company wanted his seat for their own employee. And if you're like me, you may have been wondering what to do if you found yourself in such a situation. Well, check out the wise words and hilarious tips on how you can use the art of Ju-Jitsu to overcome and OWN anyone who tries to drag you by your arms off a plane (or out of a Dollar Tree, or after a long
  
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• Skier killed in Snoqualmie Pass avalanche remembered as ‘true educator’

  12-04-2017 20:13
  
  Morgan Miller, 36, an experienced ski mountaineer from Snoqualmie, was killed Tuesday in an avalanche on Red Mountain in the Snoqualmie Pass area.
  
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• Backcountry skier killed in Snoqualmie Pass avalanche

  12-04-2017 20:13
  
  A 36-year-old man was killed after an avalanche on Red Mountain in the Snoqualmie Pass area.
  
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• German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus dies at 81

  12-04-2017 20:03
  
  The publisher of German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who worked with Martin Scorsese on "Gangs of New York," ''Goodfellas" and "The Departed," says Ballhaus has died. He was 81.
  
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• The wild survival story about an Air Force pilot who got his plane stuck atop Mount Rainier

  12-04-2017 20:00
  
  The pilot landed on Mount Rainier's summit on April 12, 1951, only to become stranded when his plane wouldn't restart. After a night in the cold, he did the unthinkable, gliding his lightweight airplane off the side of the mountain.
  
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• The wild survival story about Air Force pilot who got his plane stuck atop Mount Rainier in stunt

  12-04-2017 20:00
  
  The pilot landed on Mount Rainier's summit on April 12, 1951, only to become stranded when his plane wouldn't restart. After a night in the cold, he did the unthinkable, gliding his lightweight airplane off the side of the mountain.
  
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• High Society: Sparking Up in the Moroccan Closet

  12-04-2017 20:00
  
  by David Schmader Mike Force
  The e-mail was ambitious, revelatory, and sent from the other side of the world: "I am Nahla and I am a pothead. I'm also a college student, and I live in a third-world country—Morocco. Some of the few close people that know I use marijuana don't understand that it's not because I'm depressed and trying to escape reality, but because it gives me time to myself, to think about the perfection that is nature, to imagine myself on a sunny beach or down by the river
  
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• How American Apparel Helped Me Realize I Was Gay

  12-04-2017 19:30
  
  by Chase Burns“Emo’s dead. Everything’s all gay now.”ANNA BRYXKHANOVA / GETTY
  American Apparel is dead. I heard it give a final, breathy moan as a sales associate told me, "You can take home the mannequins if you want. They're free." (I felt almost disrespectful when I responded, "No. I'm only here for the jelly shoes.") The company was acquired by Gildan Activewear in January for $88 million, and all of its stores must close by the end of April. Boxes of discounted panti
  
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• Church gets offspring to replace now-dead 600-year-old tree

  12-04-2017 19:30
  
  BERNARDS, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey church has planted an offspring of a now-dead white oak that was believed to be the oldest in the U.S. NJ.com reports (http://bit.ly/2oyMpDU ) that the younger tree has been moved to the grounds of a Bernards church to replace its so-called father tree. The old tree, declared […]
  
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• Oak View Group plans to spend $564 million on KeyArena renovation, keep iconic roof

  12-04-2017 19:24
  
  The Oak View Group (OVG), based in Los Angeles, has produced a $564 million plan it says can have the arena renovated by approximately October 2020 – leaving it ready for the 2020-21 NBA or NHL season – spokesperson Steven Gottlieb said Wednesday. The company’s plan involves maintaining the integrity of KeyArena’s iconic roof, designed by local architect Paul Thiry for the 1962 World’s Fair.
  
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• Skier dead after apparent avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass

  12-04-2017 19:22
  
  A backcountry skier was found dead Tuesday after an apparent avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass.
  
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• Reptile fossils hint at wide diversity of dinosaur ancestors

  12-04-2017 19:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fossils of a four-legged, meat-eating reptile are helping paint a more complicated picture of the ancestry of dinosaurs than scientists had understood. The creature was not a direct ancestor, but was more like a cousin. It lived about 245 million years ago, roughly 10 million years before dinosaurs appeared. It’s the […]
  
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• Facing Allegations of Child Sex Abuse, Mayor Ed Murray Vows to Stay in Office and Keep Running for Reelection

  12-04-2017 19:00
  
  by Heidi Groover PHOTO BY KELLY O, PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MIKE FORCE
  At 3:13 p.m. on April 6, everything about the final year of Mayor Ed Murray's first term changed.
  The Seattle Times dropped a shocking report that Murray faces a civil lawsuit from a man who claims the mayor repeatedly "raped and molested" him when he was 15, which is under the age of consent in Washington State. Two other men alleged to the Times that Murray sexually abused them in the 1980s, when Murray was in his 20s and 30s.
  
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• David Letterman’s mom, who became unlikely star, dies at 95

  12-04-2017 18:48
  
  The moment Dorothy Mengering went on her son’s late-night TV show she became a hit, with a cheerful “Hi, David!” in her Indiana accent starting every appearance. The two had great on-air chemistry, her homespun sincerity proving the perfect foil for her son’s urban acerbity.
  
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• I, Anonymous: Are You Just Going to Watch or Are You Going to Join In?

  12-04-2017 18:45
  
  by Anonymous STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Hey Peeping Tom neighbors: I'm glad that my partner and I impressed you with our loud BDSM display with a riding crop the other night.
  
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• Russian cosmonaut says he has taken relics of saint to space

  12-04-2017 18:28
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian cosmonaut who has returned to Earth after a mission on the International Space Station said on Wednesday he had taken a relic of a Russian Orthodox saint with him. Astronauts and cosmonauts routinely take small items such as their children’s toys or CDs with them as reminders of home. Sergei […]
  
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• Drag Becomes Him, the Fantastic Jinkx Monsoon Documentary, Makes Its Television Debut on Thursday

  12-04-2017 18:20
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleJinkx Monsoon will be on Logo TV at 5 pm PST on April 13, in a film by Alex Berry.
  "Not many 23-year-old boys make such a good 40-year-old woman," Jerick Hoffer says in Drag Becomes Him as he is transforming into Jinkx Monsoon. He's in his apartment on First Hill. The year is 2011. Jinkx's starring turn on RuPaul's Drag Race is two years away. The person holding the camera is aspiring Seattle filmmaker Alex Berry, who's uploading footage to YouTube as he goes.Jinkx Monsoo
  
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• The Morning News: Please Read This. I Promise It's Not All Mayoral Mole News.

  12-04-2017 17:57
  
  by Heidi GrooverA lawyer for Mayor Ed Murray a doctor's exam disproves a new abuse allegation against Murray and calls older allegations "debunked."City of Seattle
  Yes, We Do Have to Talk About the Mayor's Genitals for a Second: I'm sorry. In response to bombshell allegations that Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused teenagers in the 1980s, the mayor's lawyer last night released a doctor's report to attempt to refute those claims and it has to do with what the mayor's genitals look like. A civil laws
  
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• Councilmember Kshama Sawant says Seattle ‘shaken’ by Mayor Ed Murray sex-abuse allegations

  12-04-2017 17:45
  
  In a departure for City Council members, Kshama Sawant commented on allegations of sexual abuse by Mayor Ed Murray, saying “ ... it is vital to not remain silent on a matter such as this.”
  
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• Sawant: Sex abuse cases shouldn't be tried by public opinion

  12-04-2017 17:00
  
  Councilmember Kshama Sawant said sex abuse cases should always be taken seriously, and not tried in a court of public opinion.
  
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• 3 killed in Seattle, Burien, Federal Way shootings

  12-04-2017 16:49
  
  Three men are dead in separate shooting incidents in Seattle, Burien and Federal Way. Authorities said detectives were investigating whether the shootings were related.
  
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• Gov. Inslee visits Western State, talks up gains since last year’s high-profile escape

  12-04-2017 16:00
  
  Western State Hospital has added hundreds of new workers and improved safety measures and treatment. But time is running out for improvements at the psychiatric hospital before a high-stakes review by the federal government.
  
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• Seattle Rep rips out seats for dance floor, bets big on disco musical by David Byrne, Fatboy Slim

  12-04-2017 15:30
  
  Seattle Rep has torn up half its mainstage floor to build an immersive set for “Here Lies Love,” an ambitious new production of a musical about Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. The risks are high, but so are the hopes for a show about a complex character.
  
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• Scoop app’s limited entry in Seattle offers carpools without commitment — and free rides for Amazon employees

  12-04-2017 15:00
  
  Scoop, a carpooling app, just debuted in Seattle for trips to and from downtown-South Lake Union, and is getting some funding from the city. It aims to match drivers with riders on daily commutes. Riders pay a fee to cover drivers’ costs, and the app takes a small cut.
  
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• LeBron James to open public school for at-risk kids

  12-04-2017 14:55
  
  AKRON, Ohio — LeBron James understands what it’s like being a kid on the outside looking for hope. He’s giving them some. James, who has been committed to helping kids in his hometown through a variety of educational programs, is teaming up with Akron public schools to open the “I Promise School” dedicated to aiding […]
  
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• Yuzu Is the Asian "Superfruit" Seattle Bartenders Are Currently in Love With

  12-04-2017 13:00
  
  Lemon-like Asian fruit yuzu has been popping up in cocktails all over the Emerald City.by Michael RietmulderBartenders love new toys, and their constant search for unique and promising ingredients happily results in flavorful experiences for the rest of us.The current favorite plaything of Seattle drink shakers isn't an obscure amaro or esoteric Bolivian brandy (don't worry, they have those too). Rather, it's a Far Eastern citrus once used only sparingly in cocktails and now finding favor with b
  
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