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• Study: Cannabis-based medicine may reduce seizures

  20-04-2017 23:58
  
  A new study by the American Academy of Neurology (well-timed for a 4/20 release and the academy's annual meeting in Boston) claims that cannabis-based medicine may be a key for a tough-to-treat epilepsy. It may even cut seizures in half.
  
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• Connelly: TIME 'most influential' list includes 3 from Wash.

  20-04-2017 23:50
  
  AG Bob Ferguson joins two other Washingtonians, philanthropist Melinda Gates and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, on Time's "The Most Influential People of 2017" list.
  
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• The 26 Best Movies Playing in Seattle This Weekend: April 20-23, 2017

  20-04-2017 23:41 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's film critics' picks for April 20-23, 2017.by Stranger Things To Do StaffBelow, you'll find our film critics' picks for the best movies playing in Seattle this weekend, including the new Lost City of Z, the Drone Cinema Film Festival, live scores by Hair and Space Museum and DAKHABRAKHA, and 50th anniversary screenings of The Graduate. There are also many one-night-only events you can't find anywhere else, like BBC documentary HyperNormalisation at Northwest Film Forum and The Haun
  
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• Detailed: Road closures, transit impacts after shooting

  20-04-2017 23:25
  
  Two Seattle police officers sustained minor injuries following a shooting Thursday afternoon in downtown Seattle.
  
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• Savage Love: Dick Monsters

  20-04-2017 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage I'm a queer girl living with a male partner. This weekend, we found ourselves in an after-hours club, made some new friends, and ended up at a house with two other guys and a girl. Things were pretty playful with everyone except for one of the guys. We all wanted him gone, but he wouldn't take the hint. He bought the booze for the after-party, so we were a little unsure of the etiquette of asking him to leave. Neither I nor the other girl was interested. I made it clear that penetr
  
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• Two SPD Officers Shot During Robbery Investigation in Downtown Seattle

  20-04-2017 22:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf Screenshot from Twitter
  UPDATE 2:25 p.m.: This post has been updated with new information.
  The shooting occurred near Madison Street and Western Avenue, just blocks away from the downtown waterfront, the Seattle Police Department announced on Twitter. Officers were investigating a robbery at a 7-Eleven convenience store on 1st Avenue, The Seattle Times reports.
  The Times reports that both officers' wounds appear to be minor.
  This is a developing story. We will keep you updated
  
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• Will Rising Rents Close One of Seattle’s Only Black Owned Galleries?

  20-04-2017 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackEric Salisbury at C Art Gallery Lester Black
  There’s a house-sized hole a hundred yards away from Eric Salisbury’s C Art Gallery. It’s one of those boxy depressions that you can see across the city, just waiting to be filled with steel, concrete and a new building. It’s also one of the reasons Salisbury thinks the rent on his art gallery just shot up from $1,140 to $1,500 a month.
  “I don’t know if it’s because they’re building across
  
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• No Other State with Legal Weed Has This Dumb Rule About Packaging

  20-04-2017 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black The Stranger
  When it comes to packaging legal weed, Washington State is an outlier. Unlike Oregon, Alaska, Colorado, and every other state that allows recreational or medical cannabis sales, state law here prohibits customers from smelling their weed before they buy it. State law requires that cannabis be completely sealed in individual packages before it even enters the retailer's premises. That means we can't use our nose, which is one of our most powerful tools in evaluating c
  
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• What we know about the shooting of 2 Seattle police officers

  20-04-2017 22:48
  
  One suspect was killed and two were arrested after the officers were shot and wounded in downtown Seattle. One officer is hospitalized in satisfactory condition, while the other is in serious condition, officials said.
  
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• Live updates: What we know about the shooting of 2 Seattle police officers

  20-04-2017 22:48
  
  One suspect was killed and a second was arrested after the police officers were shot and wounded in downtown Seattle. One officer is in satisfactory condition, while the other is in serious condition, officials said. Follow our live updates.
  
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• 3 police officers shot in downtown Seattle, 1 suspect dead, 2 in custody

  20-04-2017 22:43
  
  The officers were wounded while responding to a robbery at a downtown 7-Eleven store.
  
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• 3 police officers shot in downtown Seattle

  20-04-2017 22:43
  
  The conditions of the officers were not immediately known.
  
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• 2 police officers shot in downtown Seattle, 1 suspect dead, 2nd in custody

  20-04-2017 22:43
  
  The officers were wounded while responding to a robbery at a downtown 7-Eleven store.
  
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• Seattle cop seriously hurt after 7-Eleven robbery turns deadly

  20-04-2017 22:37
  
  Two suspects in custody and one remains at large after two Seattle police officers were shot while responding to a report of a robbery Thursday afternoon in downtown Seattle.
  
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• 3 Seattle cops shot as 7-Eleven robbery turns deadly

  20-04-2017 22:37
  
  Three Seattle police officers were shot while responding to a report of a robbery Thursday afternoon at a downtown Seattle convenience store. One suspect died in the incident.
  
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• More THC, Please: Self-Medicating with Weed in the Age of Trump

  20-04-2017 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber Cortes The Stranger
  These days, it's easy to feel like you're living in some kind of dystopian novel—or perhaps all of them at the same time (let's call it Fahrenheit Brave New 1984 Handmaid's Tale World). The alt-right is in the White House, the wall is being built, environmental and labor regulations are getting rolled back... let's face it, shit looks dark. On top of that, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been sending mixed messages about legal recreational weed.
  What's a mil
  
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• Stream Queen: Binge on Melissa McCarthy with Nobodies, Saturday Night Live, and the new season of Chelsea

  20-04-2017 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  A weekly digest of streaming TV recommendations, paired with entertaining commentary and photoshopped imagery.by Chase BurnsMelissa McCarthy is making her rounds on TV and it's all for you, baby.
  Melissa McCarthy has been a Hollywood queen ever since Sookie St. James cried over strawberry shortcake on Gilmore Girls. But the past few weeks, McCarthy has been the darling of TV, especially TV you can stream. As the internet keeps reminding us, McCarthy's been killing it with her guest spots on Satu
  
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• WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson Makes TIME's 100 Most Influential People List

  20-04-2017 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufBob Ferguson may have made TIME's "Most Influential People List," but did they give him a Tiger Beat-style makeover? Did they?? The Stranger
  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has been recognized as one of TIME Magazine's "World's 100 Most Influential People" in the "Pioneers" category after his efforts to fight not one, but two of President Donald Trump's infamous Muslim bans. Although The Stranger is usually the one to gush over Hearthrob Bob, actor and activist G
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to the Best Mexican Restaurants in Seattle

  20-04-2017 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger StaffThe house tacos at Tacos Chukis. Tacos Chukis
  Part of a series of restaurant recommendations offered in The Stranger’s 2017 Guide to Food and Drink (International Edition).
  Tacos Chukis
  Capitol Hill / South Lake Union
  Capitol Hill's favorite taqueria just added a second location, in Dexter Avenue's sunless canyon of new apartment buildings. The new spot is a little sleeker, more spacious, and ever so slightly spendier, but the idea is the same: tasty and cheap tacos, torta
  
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• Walking into a Weed Store with a Bunch of Senior Citizens

  20-04-2017 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber CortesGrannies and Grams: “I didn’t even know this existed.” Amber Cortes
  "What did you get?"
  The newest customers of Vela, a cannabis shop in Sodo, stand in a circle in the corner of the store, eagerly poring over their purchases.
  "I got the cream," says one.
  "I got the weed!" says another giddily.
  It's a special day. These senior citizens are part of a field trip organized by Village Concepts, an assisted-living facility in Gig Harbor. They have previously toured a f
  
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• Man confesses on television to being ‘Spokane Spanker’

  20-04-2017 20:10
  
  Numerous women have contacted law-enforcement officers in recent days to report that a man approached them on a popular hiking trail, slapped them on the backside and then fled.
  
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• The origins of 4/20, marijuana’s high holiday

  20-04-2017 19:51
  
  It’s 4/20, the high holiday for marijuana culture. But why?
  
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• Quick Poll: Who Would You Vote For Mayor If You Could Vote Right Now?

  20-04-2017 19:48 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger StaffWe're taking a preliminary poll to gauge how Seattle is feeling about the candidates in this year's mayoral race. Here's a primer on who's running:
  • Mayor Ed Murray is running for re-election. He has doubled down on this in light of allegations of child sex abuse, which he calls "politically motivated." A civil lawsuit against Murray is ongoing.
  • Nikkita Oliver is running with Seattle's Peoples Party. Her campaign focuses on criminal justice reform and gentrification
  
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• Customer set ablaze at Denny’s restaurant near Portland

  20-04-2017 19:34
  
  Police say surveillance video showed the suspect dumping an unknown liquid onto the victim. He then tossed a lit item onto the victim, causing a large flash.
  
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• The Credit Unions and Small Banks That Solved the Cannabis Cash Crisis

  20-04-2017 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black DIJAY/GETTY IMAGES
  Since weed was legalized here in 2012, much has been written about the industry's banking problem. Headlines described retail pot shops as sitting targets because they were supposedly filled with millions of dollars in cash, and owners having nowhere to stash it. That may have been the case in the first few years, but the most current records available show an active relationship has blossomed between Washington's banks and the bud industry.
  In February of 2014
  
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• See who from Washington state is in Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People’

  20-04-2017 19:03
  
  State Attorney General Bob Ferguson was little known outside of Washingtonuntil his time as President Trump's courtroom foe. Now he's among Time's "100 Most Influential People."
  
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• Study: Seattle grows, San Francisco declines with climate change migration

  20-04-2017 18:59
  
  Coastal cities are already drawing up plans to mitigate higher sea levels, but a new study shows that inland, landlocked cities and towns will have to deal with a flood of their own ... not water but people.
  
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• Celebrating 420 Day in shadow of AG Jeff Sessions’ anti-cannabis stance

  20-04-2017 18:50
  
  April 20 marks 420 day, a day to celebrate cannabis culture and push for cannabis legalization.
  
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• Woman charged in fire that killed 4 at Oregon motel

  20-04-2017 18:44
  
  Prosecutors have yet to say what evidence leads them to believe the woman is responsible for the blaze that swept through the motel in Newport last summer.
  
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• The Booming World of $100,000 Bongs

  20-04-2017 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackThis gold-plated water pipe sold for $100,000. Jamie Zill
  The Fab Egg is an intricate bong that sends clouds of weed vapor through a dizzying array of percolators all contained in one egg-shaped chamber. In 2012, Scott Deppe and Jake Colito made their first one and sold it for $1,200. The product captivated the high-end bong market immediately, and the price tag has increased with each new incarnation. In 2016, during an auction in the basement of Seattle's El Gaucho steak house,
  
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• Spokane residents ranked among nation's least attractive

  20-04-2017 18:13
  
  Does Baltimore really deserve to be ranked at the top of the list of ugliest people in the country? Readers of Travel and Leisure seem to think so. The capital city of arguably the most beautiful state in the U.S. ranked third, behind only Baltimore and Sacramento, California, on the list of cities with the least attractive people.
  
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• Connelly: Fremont Brewing's Sara Nelson enters council race

  20-04-2017 18:13
  
  A formidable candidate, Fremont Brewing co-founder Sara Nelson, joins race for the seat of retiring Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess.  She would bring perspectives of a small business owner, and an environmentalist, to the Council.
  
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• Safe Streets Advocate Andres Salomon Drops Out of Mayor's Race

  20-04-2017 17:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverBike/ped advocate Andres Salomon says he doesn't want to split the vote with other challengers like Mike McGinn. courtesy of campaign
  Andres Salomon, one of the first candidates to challenge Mayor Ed Murray's re-election, says he's dropping out of the race because he'd rather support Cary Moon or Mike McGinn than run against them.Salomon, an Ecuadorian immigrant, safe streets advocate, and software developer, says in a statement today that while some people warned him against cha
  
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• Will this rain ever end?! Seattle wet-weather record broken, but warm Friday in forecast

  20-04-2017 17:52
  
  “There’s no dry day in the forecast after Friday,” warns a meteorologist. Seattle has had 140 rainy days since Oct. 1 — blowing past the previous record with more rain to come before the month is over.
  
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• The Morning News: 4/20!!! And the Silence Around Ed Murray's Rape Allegations!

  20-04-2017 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney Brownstone🤘🤘🤘 Yarygin/Getty
  The Silence Is Deafening: KUOW's Isolde Raftery set out to tell a story about "how far we’ve come in talking about victims of sexual abuse." Instead, she found that Democrats, directors of sexual assault organizations, and the Seattle City Council were waving off her requests for comment. Then Raftery spoke to Mary Dispenza, a former nun and advocate for people abused by priests, who told her she wasn't surprised by this. &ldquo
  
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• Fremont Brewing Owner Sara Nelson Launches Bid for City Council On a Platform That Doesn't Stand For Anything

  20-04-2017 16:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverSara Nelson owns Fremont Brewing Company and is now running for Seattle City Council. courtesy of campaign
  Sara Nelson, the co-owner of Fremont Brewing who once worked for former Seattle City Council member Richard Conlin, is announcing her bid for the council today.Nelson, formerly an adjunct professor at the University of Washington and a policy advisor for Conlin, is co-founder and co-owner of Fremont Brewing Company. She lives near Green Lake, is 51 years old, and is running
  
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• With government-transparency site, Steve Ballmer wants to fight truthiness with hard data

  20-04-2017 15:30
  
  Former Microsoft CEO does a good deed by putting civic facts on the table.
  
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• Small earthquake strikes off Port Townsend

  20-04-2017 15:23
  
  More than 100 residents nearby reported feeling the shake.
  
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• Woman convicted for hoarding 100-plus cats in Washington is arrested in Oregon

  20-04-2017 15:07
  
  The woman was convicted last year of animal cruelty for hoarding over 100 cats in her RV.
  
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• Why tens of thousands could turn out Saturday for Seattle’s March for Science

  20-04-2017 15:00
  
  Some want more diversity in science, some want to humanize the research enterprise, some are alarmed by President Trump — and others want to advocate for the value of research and evidence-based decisions.
  
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• Feds seek 30-year sentence for Russian master hacker convicted in Seattle

  20-04-2017 15:00
  
  Roman Seleznev, the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker, was convicted last year of stealing millions of credit-card numbers from U.S. businesses, including restaurants in Washington state.
  
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• Guest Editorial: Don’t Let Statewide Funding for Homelessness Expire

  20-04-2017 14:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rep. Nicole MarciRep. Nicole Macri Washington House of Representatives
  We're days away from the end of the 2017 legislative session, and the state legislature has yet to intervene in our statewide homelessness crisis with the positive solutions right there in front of them. It’s not like this crisis is a secret. We’ve all watched homelessness rise across the state. More than 20,000 people struggle to survive without a home each night in Washington, and nearly 40,000 K-12 students
  
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• Lack of diversity in gifted education: Some readers see segregation

  20-04-2017 13:00
  
  Education Lab’s look at the lack of diversity among students identified as gifted provoked strong reaction from readers. Some suggested taking a similar lens to professional basketball, while others applauded our examination.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Pesticide maker tries to kill risk study

  20-04-2017 09:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dow Chemical is pushing the Trump administration to scrap the findings of federal scientists who point to a family of widely used pesticides as harmful to about 1,800 critically threatened or endangered species. Lawyers representing Dow, whose CEO also heads a White House manufacturing working group, and two other makers of organophosphates […]
  
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• Soyuz space capsule carrying American, Russian blasts off

  20-04-2017 09:25
  
  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station, carrying an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 1:13 p.m. (0713GMT, 3:13 a.m. EDT). They reached […]
  
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• American, Russian cheered as they reach Intl Space Station

  20-04-2017 09:25
  
  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule on Thursday safely delivered an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 1:13 p.m. Thursday (0713 GMT, 3:13 a.m. EDT). […]
  
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• American, Russian arrive at International Space Station

  20-04-2017 09:25
  
  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule delivered an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station on Thursday. NASA’s Jack Fischer and Russia’s Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 1:13 p.m. Thursday (0713GMT, 3:13 a.m. EDT). They reached […]
  
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