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• Amazon workers rail against company ads on Breitbart

  17-04-2017 23:34
  
  Amazon workers are not happy about product ads on Breitbart News.
  
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• Tony Reed sentenced to 14 months for helping brother bury slain Arlington couple

  17-04-2017 23:32
  
  Snohomish County prosecutors say Tony Reed helped hide the bodies of Patrick Shunn, 45, and his wife, Monique Patenaude, 46, after they were killed last April near Arlington.
  
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• Someone forgot to tell NOAA that climate change is a ‘hoax’

  17-04-2017 23:30
  
  President Donald Trump has called climate change a "hoax." But the earth science people Trump inherited at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration? They're still preaching science.
  
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• Joel Connelly: Inslee calls Trump budget cuts 'devastating'

  17-04-2017 23:21
  
  Gov. Inslee puts our state's congressional delegation on the spot.  Help rescue Washington (and the West Coast, and America) from budget cuts "devastation" to poor people, scientific research, salmon and water quality.
  
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• Police: Man had threatened woman before she shot him on Capitol Hill

  17-04-2017 22:11
  
  The woman called police and claimed she was responsible for the shooting, Seattle police say. The man has been hospitalized.
  
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• ‘Embers the size of golf balls’: Historic Sedro-Woolley building burns, front topples

  17-04-2017 22:03
  
  The three-story brick structure was a landmark in downtown Sedro-Woolley dating from the 1920s. It most recently housed a video-rental store.
  
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• 1 critically injured in Capitol Hill shooting

  17-04-2017 21:35
  
  One man was critically wounded in a Capitol Hill shooting Monday morning.
  
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• Northbound I-5 repaving starts this week: 3 years, 22 miles, ‘some rough commutes’

  17-04-2017 21:07
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation is beginning a massive repaving project of 22 miles of northbound Interstate 5 in and around Seattle.
  
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• I-5 repaving starts this week: 3 years, 22 miles, ‘some rough commutes’

  17-04-2017 21:07
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation is beginning a massive repaving project of 22 miles of northbound Interstate 5 in and around Seattle.
  
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• Molly Moon's Ice Cream Launches Mooncrew Record Label with Cataldo's Keepers

  17-04-2017 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave Segal
  Seattle ice cream merchants Molly Moon's is launching its in-house record label, Mooncrew Records, with the release of Keepers by local pop artist Cataldo. To celebrate the album, Cataldo (aka Eric Anderson) will perform at Molly Moon's Capitol Hill branch Saturday, April 22, at noon. Mooncrew is a vinyl-centric imprint devoted to releasing music created by Molly Moon's employees. Judging from the two songs available on Keepers, its mellow, pretty pop songcraft will appeal to fans
  
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• Who is Mike McGinn? The basics on former Seattle mayor who wants his job back

  17-04-2017 20:43
  
  Mike McGinn was a fiercely independent mayor who clashed with the City Council over police reform and the Highway 99 tunnel project and pushed for bike lanes and light rail. Here’s what you need to know about the man.
  
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• McGinn: 'I think I can do a better job than Ed'

  17-04-2017 20:37
  
  Mike McGinn made it official: He's running for mayor of Seattle again.
  
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• Kids find syringes at Portland Easter egg hunt

  17-04-2017 20:26
  
  The syringes were in a bottle that was hidden in bushes at a playground that’s across from a church.
  
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• Andrew Sullivan to Black and Brown People: You're Poor Because You're Not Hardworking Like Asians

  17-04-2017 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  If you doubt that is what he said, then read the third section of his April 14 post "Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton?" Referring to the Asian American Dr. Dao, who was famously and brutally removed from an overbooked United flight, Sullivan makes the point that the incident had nothing to do with race (or white supremacy) by making the further point that "Asian-Americans, like Jews... [have] done so well... in a profoundly racist society." I wish white commentat
  
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• Blunt Language: A Crossword Puzzle (Answers)

  17-04-2017 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  A pot puzzle to tickle your brain.by Brendan Emmett Quigley[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• I Just Spent the Weekend Listening to Kendrick Lamar's New Record, and All I Can Say is DAMN.

  17-04-2017 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Mohammed KloubA new LP, courtesy of the greatest rapper of our time.
  Kendrick Lamar has been quietly making us say the name of his fourth album for years. I’ve been ready to name him the greatest rapper of our time since good kid, m.A.A.d city arrived in 2012. Another masterpiece and an incredible b-sides record since then only reinforced this opinion. And after spending the last three days with Lamar’s latest, it’s clear to me that he is second to no one. DAMN., indeed.Brev
  
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• KUOW Employee Woke Up to Find Swastikas Painted on Her Cars, and Cars All Down the Block

  17-04-2017 20:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneEdmonds resident Bond Huberman and her husband found swastikas spray-painted on several cars on their street this morning. Bond Huberman
  Bond Huberman, social media producer at KUOW, woke up this morning to find that someone had spray-painted a swastika on her car. But it wasn't only her car. The Vanpool Community Transit car she drives and eight other cars on her block had swastikas on them too.A ninth had been spray-painted with something different: "Trump."Huberman, who li
  
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• Poll: Americans think marijuana’s safer than opioids, but pregnant women shouldn’t use

  17-04-2017 20:03
  
  With the opioid epidemic getting a lot of attention these days, and 2 million Americans are thought to be hooked on the pills, could cannabis be an alternative? Doctors technically don't prescribe it for pain, but medical use is permitted in some states, including Washington.
  
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• NASA providing 1st live 360-degree view of Tuesday rocket launch

  17-04-2017 19:55
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Want the world’s best, up-close view of a rocket launch without being right there at the pad? For the first time, cameras will provide live 360-degree video of a rocket heading toward space. NASA will provide the 360 stream Tuesday as an unmanned Atlas rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, […]
  
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• NASA providing 1st live 360-degree view of rocket launch

  17-04-2017 19:55
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Want the world’s best, up-close view of a rocket launch without being right there at the pad? For the first time, cameras will provide live 360-degree video of a rocket heading toward space. NASA will provide the 360 stream Tuesday as an unmanned Atlas rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, […]
  
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• Cascade Mall Shooter Found Dead in Jail

  17-04-2017 19:50 via thestranger.com
  by Steven HsiehReport: #CascadeMall shooter found dead in jail cellhttps://t.co/T5KrJn4PpP— MyNorthwest.com 🌲 (@Mynorthwest) April 17, 2017
  The man charged with killing five people at the Cascade Mall in Burlington last September was found dead at Snohomish County Jail Sunday evening, reports the Skagit Valley Herald.Skagit County prosecutor Rich Weyrich told reporters that Arcan Cetin, 20, appeared to have hung himself in his jail cell.Cetin faced five aggravated first-degree murd
  
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• Our Music Critics Recommend These Concerts This Week

  17-04-2017 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  The Zombies, Thunderpussy, Seagaze Festival, And Picks For April 17-23by Stranger Things To Do StaffFestivals, intimate record store sets, arena shows—whatever your pleasure, we've got it all this week. Our music critics have picked everything from the intimate return of a community staple (Mount Eerie) to the leader of North London's grime surge (Skepta), and from a celebration of a gauzy, dreamy subgenre (Seagaze Festival) to live movie soundtracks from local drone ensembles (the Drone C
  
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• Woman hit by light rail in Sodo

  17-04-2017 19:46
  
  A woman was injured after being hit by the light rail in Sodo Monday morning.
  
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• The 39 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: April 17-23, 2017

  17-04-2017 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWitness one of the 20 greatest rock albums of all time re-created in its entirety at the Zombies' 50th anniversary show on Saturday. Zombies
  Festivals, intimate record store sets, arena shows—whatever your pleasure, we've got it all this week. Our music critics have picked everything from the intimate return of a community staple (Mount Eerie) to the leader of North London's grime surge (Skepta), and from a celebration of a gauzy, dreamy subgenre (Seagaze Fest
  
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• Prosecutor: Burlington Mall shooter killed himself in jail

  17-04-2017 19:27
  
  The Skagit Valley Herald reports that the accused Burlington Mall shooter who killed five people in September killed himself in jail.
  
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• Joel Connelly: Political rematches are fierce, unpredictable, rarely pretty

  17-04-2017 19:12
  
  Election rematches, like revenge matches in the NFL or NBA, make political reporters and activists salivate.  But as Mike McGinn announces his comeback, a question:  Will a second McGinn-Ed Murray contest be good for the Emerald City?
  
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• Arcan Cetin, man accused of killing 5 in Cascade Mall shooting, dies in jail

  17-04-2017 18:53
  
  Arcan Cetin was accused of opening fire with a Ruger .22-caliber rifle on Sept. 23, 2016, killing five people.
  
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• Trump reportedly ‘very upset’ with Amanda Knox for voting for Hillary Clinton

  17-04-2017 18:39
  
  Trump was a vocal supporter of Knox during her incarceration and trial in Italy and, according to The New York Times, is not happy that the Seattle native voted for Hillary Clinton for president.
  
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• Search suspended for 2 men missing in Olympic National Park

  17-04-2017 18:38
  
  One man, from Bellevue, has been missing since April 5. The second man, from New Jersey, was reported overdue on April 10.
  
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• Woman struck by light-rail train in South Seattle

  17-04-2017 18:18
  
  A woman was struck by a light-rail train Monday morning. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening, officials said.
  
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• Woman struck by light-rail train in Sodo

  17-04-2017 18:18
  
  A woman was struck by a light-rail train Monday morning. Her injuries were not considered life-threatening, officials said.
  
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• The Morning News: Why Cars Are Allowed in Pike Place Market, Andrew Sullivan to Black and Brown People: You're Poor Because You're Not As Hardworking As Asians

  17-04-2017 18:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe SUV in the picture is only performing ritual in Pike Place Market.SLOG TIPPER SARAH
  Seattle Times Wonders: "[Why] are vehicles allowed on Seattle’s Pike Place?" And the answer they get from SDOT: Because they are cars. This is the way things have been since the early 1920s, and it's not going to change any time soon. It's a "a deeply rooted Seattle ritual," and rituals are not meant to make sense of anything. It's a behavior that's repeated because it has been repeated
  
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• Mike McGinn Is Running for Mayor Again

  17-04-2017 18:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWe're doing this again. Kelly O
  Probably not exactly what the Seattle Times Editorial Board meant when they urged Ed Murray to get out of the mayoral race and make way for "better mainstream candidates." Former mayor of Seattle Mike McGinn is running for mayor again.As Mayor Ed Murray is embroiled in allegations that he sexually abused teenagers in the 1980s, which he denies, McGinn made the announcement on Twitter this morning:
  pic.twitter.com/xMfUxdYiMO
  — Mike McGinn (@ma
  
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• Canada glacier melt rerouted in rare case of ‘river piracy’

  17-04-2017 18:08
  
  Scientists have witnessed the first modern case of what they call "river piracy" and they blame global warming. Most of the water gushing from a glacier in northwest Canada last year suddenly switched from one river to another.
  
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• The Big Lie About Girls is That It Was Remotely Realistic

  17-04-2017 18:00 via thestranger.com
  Girls seemed like it depicted a real version of living in New York City; it was a fantasy.by Tricia Romano Mark Schafer/HBO
  When Girls debuted in 2012, the spin was that it was it was a grittier Sex and the City, set in Brooklyn instead of Manhattan. And while it was true that Girls featured more realistic rundown apartments in less-manicured neighborhoods, it was also true that money on Girls was barely an issue, and the reality is that even those shitty Brooklyn apartments cost upwards of $250
  
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• Experts: Ship may have hit endangered whale found dead off Cape Cod

  17-04-2017 17:49
  
  BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Researchers say preliminary findings show a North Atlantic right whale may have been struck by a ship before the animal was found dead in Massachusetts waters. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say bruising consistent with blunt trauma could be evidence of a ship strike. North Atlantic right whales […]
  
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• Experts: Ship may have hit endangered whale found dead

  17-04-2017 17:49
  
  BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Researchers say preliminary findings show a North Atlantic right whale may have been struck by a ship before the animal was found dead in Massachusetts waters. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say bruising consistent with blunt trauma could be evidence of a ship strike. North Atlantic right whales […]
  
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