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• Row House Cafe Owner Erin Maher Wants to Set the Record Straight

  19-04-2017 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueErin Maher at her Row House Cafe Courtesy Erin Maher The Row House Cafe has been in the headlines quite a bit recently. The funky little conjoined cottages it operates out of was nominated by various community groups, including Historic Seattle, to the city’s Landmarks Preservation Board, where it failed to gain landmark status by one vote. The building, which is nestled amid towering luxury apartments, is evocative of Ballard’s Edith Macefield house (colloqui
  
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• Moses Lake school shooter Barry Loukaitis resentenced to 189 years

  19-04-2017 23:45
  
  Barry Loukaitis was resentenced following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2012 that said people younger than 16 could not receive life sentences without parole.
  
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• Local pot shops share their most popular product

  19-04-2017 23:44
  
  Today we celebrate weed. Why not take a peek at the most popular cannabis products across the board?
  
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• Seattle Art Fair Announces 2017 Exhibitor List

  19-04-2017 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica FuJames Clar, Awake In Your Sleep, 2016
  The third annual Seattle Art Fair will feature 49 galleries, representing 25 cities, from as close as Pioneer Square to as far as Seoul, Korea, a new press release announced.
  Seattle exhibitors include Foster/White, Davidson Galleries, James Harris Gallery, and Linda Hodges Gallery, among many others.In the same press release, SAF also revealed this year's beneficiaries: Coyote Central and Arts Corps. "Coyote Central has built the creativity and
  
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• Weed Events To Help You Celebrate 4/20

  19-04-2017 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Comedy Shows, Food Specials, Pot Shop Parties, And Other Stoner Eventsby Stranger Things To Do StaffSince Seattle is the unofficial capital of all-demographic-encompassing stoners, of course we have a stacked calendar of events for the most illustrious botanical birthday to smoke out them all, 4/20. We know you're too busy packing a bowl in preparation, so we've compiled all of the weed-related concerts, food events, comedy shows, film screenings, and other events happening on Thursday here.POT
  
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• 24 Weed Events On 4/20 2017 In Seattle

  19-04-2017 23:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Comedy shows, food specials, pot shop parties, and other stoner events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSince Seattle is the unofficial capital of all-demographic-encompassing stoners, of course we have a stacked calendar of events for the most illustrious botanical birthday to smoke out them all, 4/20. We know you're too busy packing a bowl in preparation, so we've compiled all of the weed-related concerts, food events, comedy shows, film screenings, and other events happening on Thursday here. Fo
  
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• Thursday Night Is Your First Chance to Watch Seattle's Mayoral Candidates Debate

  19-04-2017 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverUrban planner Cary Moon is the latest addition to a newly competitive mayor's race.nate gowdy
  Incumbent Ed Murray and six other candidates for mayor will answer questions at a panel in North Seattle Thursday night, the first public forum for this race since two well-known Seattle leaders announced their campaigns this week.The forum, hosted by the 46th District Democrats, happens at the Seattle Mennonite Church (3120 NE 125th St.) at 7 pm.All the most credible candidates in the m
  
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• Last chance eclipse campsites are going, going, gone

  19-04-2017 23:18
  
  Well folks, that's a wrap on trying to get campsites for the big, total solar eclipse this summer. The additional 1,000 sites were snapped up in 90 minutes.
  
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• Persons of Interest: Luke Baumgarten and Ginger Ewing, a Power Couple Building Up Spokane's Art Scene

  19-04-2017 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber Cortes Rajah BoseLuke Baumgarten and Ginger Ewing both grew up around Spokane, moved away, and then moved back to the city they loved to start their careers—Ewing was a forensic anthropologist, and Baumgarten is a writer—but they started a community instead.
  Together and with others, Baumgarten and Ewing cofounded Terrain in 2008, an arts organization dedicated to keeping talent in Spokane. Over the years, they've thrown yearly art parties in abandoned buildings, created Baz
  
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• Pest control firm founder Truly Nolen dies in Florida at 89

  19-04-2017 23:11
  
  NAPLES, Fla. — Truly Nolen, founder of the international pest control company known for its fleet of yellow “mouse cars,” has died at his home in Florida. He was 89. The company said in a news release that Nolen died Tuesday in Naples, Florida. A private service is scheduled for Friday. Nolen opened his first […]
  
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• Here's what legal weed looks like in the West

  19-04-2017 22:54
  
  With Canada and California both working to usher in their own recreational markets (though neither is expected to be fully operational this year), Washingtonians can now scoot up and down the West Coast and enjoy a good toke.
  
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• Man found guilty of beating EWU student with baseball bat

  19-04-2017 22:31
  
  John Mellgren faces between 17 and 22 years in prison now that he’s been convicted of attempted murder in the 2016 attack.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Open Relationships Can Work (But This One Doesn't)

  19-04-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I am a 28-year-old homoflexible woman. My girlfriend/partner of eight years (who I co-own a house with) has dumped me after falling for her fuck buddy. I am such a wreck. We decided to open up our relationship about six months ago. It was a mutual decision because we were actually in a good place and both felt secure enough to do that. She has a higher sex drive than me and I wanted her to feel fulfilled so I encouraged her to find someone she could have sex with in addition to me.
  
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• Portland wants to open its streets to self-driving cars

  19-04-2017 22:25
  
  Portland says it wants to be the first city to issue permits for driverless cars, with the goal of getting them on its roads for testing this year. 
  
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• Connelly: McGinn, ex-mayor who 'changed the game', returns

  19-04-2017 22:16
  
  Ex-Mayor Mike McGinn, says of the city he wants again to lead:  "We are looking at massively successful corporations in this city right now who could do more."
  
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• Microsoft’s Gates appeals to Britain to maintain foreign aid

  19-04-2017 22:04
  
  LONDON — Microsoft founder Bill Gates appealed Wednesday for Britain’s leaders to maintain current levels of foreign aid, saying that it is a good investment for both the U.K. and the world. Speaking to an audience of lawmakers, diplomats and aid workers at the Royal United Services Institute, Gates sought to counter recent arguments that […]
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured in S. Seattle crash

  19-04-2017 21:30
  
  A 26-year-old motorcyclist is critically injured after being hit by an SUV in Rainier View Tuesday night, according to Seattle police.
  
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• Washington unemployment rate drops to 4.7 percent

  19-04-2017 21:07
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been in nearly 10 years, dropping to 4.7 percent last month. The latest numbers released by the Employment Security Department Wednesday show that March’s rate dropped from February’s rate of 4.9 percent. March’s rate is the lowest the state has seen since August […]
  
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• Seattle mayor's accuser steps forward; Murray responds

  19-04-2017 21:03
  
  The man suing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray over alleged sexual abuse in the 1980s identified himself in a new complaint, and Murray quickly said he had never had a sexual relationship with him.
  
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• After Accuser's Name is Revealed, Mayor Ed Murray Claims He Doesn't Know Him

  19-04-2017 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThree men accuse Mayor Ed Murray of sexually abusing them as teenagers. The mayor denies the allegations. City of Seattle
  The morning after local media first reported the full name of the man suing Mayor Ed Murray for alleged sexual abuse, Murray released a statement claiming the man's name "is not familiar to me.""I can state categorically that I have never had a sexual relationship with this individual, Delvonn Heckard, of any kind or at any time," Murray says in the statement.
  
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• Old, Schooled: Fox News Fires Bill O'Reilly

  19-04-2017 20:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageAnd that's it for Papa Bear. #BillOReilly pic.twitter.com/PbGYvoy1yN— Kevin Necessary (@knecessary) April 19, 2017
  NYT:
  Bill O’Reilly has been forced out of his position as a prime-time host on Fox News, the company said on Wednesday, after the disclosure of multiple settlements involving sexual harassment allegations against him. His ouster brings an abrupt and embarrassing end to his two-decade reign as one of the most popular and influential commentators in television
  
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• The Ginger-Molasses Cookie at Madeleine's That I Ate vs. the Ginger-Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookie at Atticus That I Didn't

  19-04-2017 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithMmm, cookie.
  Madeleine's Cafe & Patisserie has a startlingly baby-blue French-style storefront that was charming and bright enough to pierce through the heavy fog of my hangover (thanks, Baby Bar!), and also to stand out among its dun-colored neighboring stores on Main Avenue. Besides the sky, the cafe was the only other bright-blue thing I'd seen since I arrived in Spokane, which seemed meaningful considering the town's generally dusty-orange hue.
  Once inside, I was confronted
  
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• Another nearby planet found that may be just right for life

  19-04-2017 19:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found yet another planet that seems to have just the right Goldilocks combination for life: Not so hot and not so cold. It’s not so far away, either. This new, big, dense planet is rocky, like Earth, and has the right temperatures for water, putting it in the habitable zone […]
  
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• Suspected downtown mass shooter detained

  19-04-2017 19:31
  
  The 19-year-old man sought in the downtown shooting in November that injured five people was arrested Tuesday, according to Seattle police.
  
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• Submit Your Events Now For The Summer 2017 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance

  19-04-2017 19:30 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe submission deadline is Wednesday, May 3.
  Believe it or not, summer will be here someday, and it will bring with it a new edition of Seattle Art and Performance. The next issue will be out on the streets on June 7.
  If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you'd like your events to be included in our comprehensive calendars of Seattle arts events, send us the information by Wednesday, May 3. The summer edition of Seattle Art and Performance covers visual
  
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• Arlington, Darrington finalists in America’s Best Communities competition

  19-04-2017 19:07
  
  Arlington and Darrington, together, are vying for millions of dollars in funding in the America’s Best Communities competition. Winners will be awarded Wednesday.
  
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• Scientists say ‘alien’ fungus threatens European salamanders

  19-04-2017 19:03
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s salamanders could be decimated by a flesh-eating alien species that has already wreaked havoc in some parts of the continent, scientists said in a study published Wednesday. Researchers who examined the impact of the alien invader — a fungus native to Asia — on fire salamanders in Belgium and the Netherlands […]
  
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• Report: Can’t blame El Nino as global temps spike in March

  19-04-2017 18:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In what scientists call a clear sign of a warming world, Earth’s temperatures in March were the most above normal on record without an El Nino spiking temperatures. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calculated that the average global temperature in March was 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit (13.8 Celsius), only behind last year’s […]
  
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• Oregon Nonprofit Has Information on the Murray Allegations, But They're Refusing to Share It

  19-04-2017 18:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneVolunteers of America Oregon refused to let The Stranger speak to Jeff Simpson's former counselor, despite Simpson's explicit permission.SB
  Jeff Simpson, the man who came forward to accuse then-state legislator Ed Murray of childhood sexual abuse in 2008, told The Stranger that he has gone to several addiction counselors to treat issues related to his alleged sexual abuse.One of Simpson's counselors worked, and continues to work, for Volunteers of America Oregon (VOA Oregon),
  
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• Trump to call commander of International Space Station

  19-04-2017 18:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will speak next week to the commander of the orbiting International Space Station. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday the call with astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer will take place on April 24. On that date, Whitson, the first woman to command the International Space Station, will […]
  
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• Meet the Man Who Could Turn Eastern Washington Blue: Ben Stuckart

  19-04-2017 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverProgressives from Spokane to Pomeroy are putting their hopes in the 45-year-old city council member Ben Stuckart.Rajah Bose
  Congressional candidate Ben Stuckart is snoring from the back seat of his campaign manager's SUV. We wind through the rolling green and brown hills of Eastern Washington, passing livestock, farmhouses, two big Trump/Pence banners, and one homemade red-and-white sign that reads, "Hey crooked news media, stop lying to us."
  When he wakes up, Stuckart stares out
  
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• Police arrest man suspected of shooting 5 in downtown Seattle in November

  19-04-2017 18:35
  
  The suspect, Alrick Hollingsworth Jr., was arrested on a $1 million warrant on Tuesday night, police said.
  
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• Pilot, meteorologist vying to be 1st German female astronaut

  19-04-2017 17:33
  
  BERLIN — A fighter pilot and a meteorologist have made the finals in the race to become Germany’s first female astronaut. A private group is hoping to raise 50 million euros ($53.6 million) to send a German woman to the International Space Station by 2020. Until now, Germany’s eleven astronauts have all been male, starting […]
  
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• The Morning News: Cary Moon Is Running for Mayor, Murray's Anonymous Accuser Reveals His Name

  19-04-2017 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverCary Moon may self-fund her campaign. nate gowdy
  It's Cary Moon: Moxie Media's much-discussed candidate to challenge Mayor Ed Murray is urban planner, engineer, and founder of the anti-tunnel People’s Waterfront Coalition Cary Moon. She's promising to focus on housing affordability and to “fundraise like hell” but self-fund if she has to. Read more about Moon and her views in Eli Sanders' interview with her right here.We Now Know Who Ed Murray's Accuser, D.H., I
  
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• Dartmouth College settles animal dump contamination case

  19-04-2017 17:16
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College says it has reached a settlement with a family who said they suffered health problems from drinking well water contaminated by runoff from a site where the Ivy League school once dumped animals used in science experiments. The school says it agreed to purchase the home of Richard and […]
  
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• Oregon opens an additional 1,000 campsites for solar eclipse amid high demand

  19-04-2017 16:12
  
  Sites range from basic to full-service, with a three-night minimum for the August 21 eclipse.
  
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• Campers quickly snap up Oregon’s additional 1,000 campsites for solar eclipse

  19-04-2017 16:12
  
  Sites ranged from basic to full-service, with a three-night minimum for the August 21 eclipse.
  
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• Wind power to fuel Sound Transit light-rail trains

  19-04-2017 16:00
  
  Sound Transit is trading some fossil-fuel energy for wind power starting in 2019, for light-rail trains running through SeaTac.
  
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• From moving to music, commuters share how they’re dealing with Seattle-area traffic

  19-04-2017 15:30
  
  Transit riders, pedestrians and drivers across the Puget Sound region say they have specific strategies for coping with long, daily commutes — some more creative than most.
  
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• Seattle’s scratch-and-dent mayoral race

  19-04-2017 15:15
  
  With Mike McGinn’s reprise entry into the Seattle mayoral race, the prospect of a replay between two dented politicians cries out for some fresh contestants.
  
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• Cary Moon, activist who fought Highway 99 tunnel, to run for Seattle mayor

  19-04-2017 15:15
  
  Cary Moon, a landscape designer and engineer best known for her activism against the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, will run for mayor of Seattle.
  
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• Milestone on way to switching on world’s biggest X-ray laser

  19-04-2017 15:07
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they’ve reached a milestone on the way to switching on the world’s biggest X-ray laser, designed to capture images of structures and processes at the atomic level. The DESY research center near Hamburg, Germany, said Wednesday it successfully fired electrons through a 2.1 kilometer (1.3 mile) particle accelerator. It plans […]
  
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• Cary Moon Is Running for Mayor of Seattle: An Interview With the Brand-Newest Murray Challenger

  19-04-2017 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersCary Moon Nate Gowdy
  Mystery solved. The “viable,” “resourced,” but until now unnamed woman we’ve been hearing might enter the mayoral race is Cary Moon.Later this morning, Moon, who founded the People’s Waterfront Coalition and fought to halt the downtown tunnel project, will announce that she’s running for Ed Murray’s seat at City Hall. (Along with three other credible challengers who are already in the race: activist Nikkita Oliver
  
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• Bill Nye is back and trying to save the world in new Netflix series

  19-04-2017 15:00
  
  The former Seattleite and Boeing engineer’s new show, which tackles climate change, vaccinations and more, starts streaming Friday, April 21.
  
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• After travel ban, AG Ferguson’s next fight: deceptive student-loan practices

  19-04-2017 13:01
  
  With a high-profile lawsuit launched against the nation’s largest servicer of student loans, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson says student debt has become his office’s biggest issue.
  
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• What It's Like to Tinder in Spokane (More Guns)

  19-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We came, we saw, we Tindered.by Tricia RomanoWe pulled into Spokane, and I did the first thing I always do when I get to a new city: I opened Tinder and started swiping. It's an anthropological experiment (or at least that's what I tell myself). In Copenhagen, the men are square-jawed and straightforward and direct. In New York, they are either stylish metrosexuals or guidos from Jersey who wear wraparound shades and message aggressively. In Seattle, they are very wan, very passive, and very meh
  
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• We Ate Almost Everything at Durkin's Liquor Bar, and Here's What We Thought

  19-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Is the fried bologna sandwich at Durkin's Liquor Bar the best thing we ate during our Spokane adventure?by Stranger StaffSpokane, like the rest of America's cities, has undergone a foodie revolution. Business is booming, with 17 percent more restaurants since 2007, according to the Washington State Department of Revenue. We had planned to go to what is supposed to be the city's best restaurant, Ruins on North Monroe Street, but its small dining room didn't have the capacity to handle a larger pa
  
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• Wanderlust and Wonderlands in The Lost City of Z

  19-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Wanderlust and Wonderlands in The Lost City of Zby Ned LannamannPercival Fawcett’s name may be nothing more than an eerie coincidence, but writer/director James Gray doesn’t it treat it like one, even though his Percival was unquestionably real. “Percy” is the protagonist of Gray’s astonishing film The Lost City of Z; he’s a British officer tasked with mapping the border between Bolivia and Brazil during the first years of the 20th century.Like Arthur’s
  
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• The Weed Queen of Spokane

  19-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A Spokane City Council Member Puts Down Roots in the Marijuana Bizby Amber CortesAt city council meetings, they call her "Spokanabis Stratton" or "The Weed Queen," and, with a wink, ask her if she brought the brownies. But all teasing aside, 52-year old Spokane City Council member Karen Stratton says she hasn't gotten a lot of flak, in the political arena or from her constituents, about her decision to grow marijuana."I think people were kind of fascinated by it, and interested, because it was s
  
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