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• Accuser Re-Files Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Ed Murray. And Now He's Also Suing the City.

  23-10-2017 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Delvonn Heckard thinks he'll have a better shot with Murray out of office.by Steven HsiehMayor Ed Murray resigned last month. CITY OF SEATTLE / THE STRANGER
  Delvonn Heckard, the man whose withdrawn child sex abuse lawsuit against former Seattle mayor Ed Murray opened the doors for four more allegations against the mayor and eventually led to his resignation, re-filed his suit in King County Superior Court today.Read the lawsuit, first reported by Seattle Times, here.
  This time, Heckard is also s
  
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• Ed Murray accuser renews legal battle against former mayor

  23-10-2017 23:34
  On Monday, Delvonn Heckard sued former Mayor Ed Murray and the City of Seattle after repeating his allegations of child sex abuse and child prostitution. The complaint also accused Murray and his "political hit team" of defamation after three other men made similar to Heckard's and one filed a declaration in support of Heckard's claims
  
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• New Crowdfunding Project Asks Seattle Residents to 'Pay Rent' on Native Land

  23-10-2017 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The organizers say they understand why some people, especially indigenous people, would be wary of a project benefitting a Native tribe that is run by whites.by Amber Cortes IMAGE BY NATE TREAT/COURTESY DUWAMISH SOLIDARITY GROUP
  If you’re a renter, every month you pay a certain amount (in Seattle, a large amount) to your landlord in order to be able to live on the property that they own. But what about paying rent to the original owners of the land—Native Americans—specifically
  
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• Accuser files new suit against former mayor Ed Murray, adds city of Seattle as defendant

  23-10-2017 22:54
  Delvonn Heckard’s new lawsuit not only accuses former mayor Ed Murray of repeatedly raping and molesting him as a teenager, but also blames the city of Seattle for enabling Murray to use his political office to slander Heckard and other alleged victims.
  
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• Sighting of wanted felon in Mount Vernon triggers manhunt

  23-10-2017 22:44
  Skagit Valley College has gone into lockdown Monday as police pursue an armed suspect in the area.
  
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• Charleena Lyles’ ex-boyfriend arrested in assault case filed before she was killed by police

  23-10-2017 22:38
  Jeffries Butts had been wanted on an arrest warrant for more than four months after he allegedly strangled and punched Lyles, the mother of his two children, in May. Lyles was fatally shot by Seattle police three weeks later during an unrelated encounter.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Potential Perfect Boyfriend Mocks Handsome Gay's Small Cock

  23-10-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Is this common?by Dan Savage
  I am a pretty handsome gay (I have been told often) and I am dating a really gorgeous man. I am 34 and he is 31. I am bottom only and he is top only. So it's already a good match. He seems sincerely interested in me and we are talking about being together. But here is the thing: He noticed that I have a rather small penis. I must admit that I am a bit under the average and that his dick is quite big and long.
  Since he discovered this, he fancies about "humiliating" m
  
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• Resist/Recharge: Come Talk Immigrant and Refugee Empowerment With The Stranger and El Centro de la Raza!

  23-10-2017 22:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Don't miss it!by Steven HsiehOur first Resist/Recharge event with SOMOS.
  Free Tuesday evening? Swing by St. John's Bar and Eatery on Capitol Hill for the sixth installment of Resist/Recharge, The Stranger's series of talks with community leaders and nonprofits opposed to President Trump's agenda. We've chatted with SOMOS, Northwest Harvest, Greenpeace, 21 Progress, Langston, Totem Star and Red Eagle Soaring.
  This week, we're hosting El Centro de la Raza and the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Ne
  
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• Sound Transit misled lawmakers on tax plan, Republican-led Senate panel says

  23-10-2017 22:07
  Democrats on the committee did not endorse or even vote on the findings of the investigation, and they didn’t know the report had been prepared before it was released to the public Monday.
  
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• Wow, Blade Runner 2049 Was Unbelievably Boring

  23-10-2017 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Ryan Gosling is not objectified like the women are, even though he's literally an object.by Christopher FrizzelleIf I could somehow show how bad the dialogue was in an image, I would put that here.
  What was with that dialogue? Robin Wright saying, "This breaks the world"? Other examples I can't remember now because I died of boredom? Why do producers spend millions on stars and special effects and forget to hire writers?As for that image above from Blade Runner 2049: Moments later, that hologram
  
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• Solar energy company makes $1 billion bet on Oregon

  23-10-2017 21:43
  A national solar-energy company, Cypress Creek Renewables, is betting nearly $1 billion on an Oregon development spree, including five new solar farms in Marion and Polk counties.
  
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• 5 years after Superstorm Sandy, the lessons haven’t sunk in

  23-10-2017 21:18
  Five years after Superstorm Sandy was supposed to have taught the U.S. a lesson about the dangers of living along the coast, disaster-planning experts say there is no place in America truly prepared for climate change and the tempests it could bring. That is true even in New York and New Jersey, where cities and […]
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ J-Justice

  23-10-2017 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  "Connecting with dancers is paramount, but so is challenging them."by Dave SegalJ-Justice: Connecting with dancers is paramount, but so is challenging them. @twodrsdwn
  J-JUSTICE (aka Jason Justice; City Soul)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Waajeed, "Shango" (Dirt Tech Rec)
  "My homie in Detroit is putting out gritty dance-floor jams on his Dirt Tech Rec label. He produces his own music videos, too." Joe, "Tail Lift" (Hessle Audio)
  "More wonderful weirdness from Joe and Hessle Audio."
  Harvey Sutherland &am
  
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• Waaah: Crying babies push same ‘buttons’ in mothers’ brains worldwide

  23-10-2017 21:07
  NEW YORK (AP) — Crying babies push the same “buttons” in their mothers’ brains no matter what their culture, a new study suggests. The research found that mothers in 11 countries tend to react the same way to their bawling child — by picking up and talking to the baby — and that the way […]
  
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• Study: NYC could see bad flooding every five years

  23-10-2017 21:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Within the next three decades, floods that used to strike the New York City area only once every 500 years could occur every five years, according to a new scientific study released just days before the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. The study, performed by researchers at several universities and published […]
  
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• Study: NYC could see bad flooding every 5 years

  23-10-2017 21:03
  NEW YORK (AP) — Within the next three decades, floods that used to strike the New York City area only once every 500 years could occur every five years, according to a new scientific study released just days before the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. The study, performed by researchers at several universities and published […]
  
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• Seattle mayoral aide sees conflict of interest in lobbying by political consultants

  23-10-2017 20:59
  Should political consultants be allowed to lobby city officials they helped elect? David Mendoza, an aide to former mayor Ed Murray, wants the practice banned, saying he's seen evidence of possible conflicts of interest.
  
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• Bob Dylan Pays Tribute to Tom Petty by Singing Discernible Words with a Recognizable Melody on a Stage

  23-10-2017 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  "I thought the world of Tom. He was a great performer, full of the light, a friend, and I’ll never forget him."by Sean NelsonTwo Bob. MICHAEL WERTZ
  Listen, my admiration for Bob Dylan runs incredibly deep. Don't believe me? Read this. Or this. Or even this. And it's because I love him so much that I feel fine saying that seeing him in concert is a dodgy business.You're so thrilled to even be in the same room with him (even if that room is a sports arena) that it takes a few minutes before
  
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• Fire burns office, warehouse at Oregon mill

  23-10-2017 20:21
  CRESWELL, Ore. (AP) — Fire damaged a mill in Creswell, Oregon, south of Eugene. The Register-Guard reports an office and warehouse at Creswell Forest Products caught fire Sunday night, sending flames high into the night sky. The fire also torched a 40- to 50-foot evergreen tree, but large stacks of lumber remained unscathed. No one […]
  
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• Seattle Food News: Kushibar Closed, Happy Grillmore Open, Happy Hour at Kokakku, and More!

  23-10-2017 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  What else do you need with a greasy burger besides a tall can of Rainier?by Tobias Coughlin-BogueKushibar's wonderfully prismatic pork fried rice. Kushibar FB
  Kushibar is Kaputt
  "Can you please please find out why one of my fav restaurants in Belltown, Kushibar, closed, seemingly without warning?!" a reader recently wrote to ask. Indeed, their closing was not marked with any big announcement or farewell party, simply a message on their website that read, "We are sad to announce that Kushibar is
  
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• Stephen Hawking’s Ph.D thesis goes online, website crashes

  23-10-2017 20:05
  LONDON (AP) — Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when Hawking was 24, “Properties of Expanding Universes” explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientist’s career. The university says the thesis was already the […]
  
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• The 31 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: October 23-29, 2017

  23-10-2017 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheck out Hockey Dad, an Australian duo whose clap-along rhythms and jangly guitar licks joyfully belie their icy name, on Sunday.
  Halloween weekend is quickly approaching, but there's more going on in Seattle this week than just autumnal cheer and costume parties — there's also plenty of excellent live music from local and touring bands. This week, we've got everything from a new soundtrack for modern romance (Stas Thee Boss), to one of this year's biggest po
  
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• Durkan Camp Releases Ad

  23-10-2017 19:43 via thestranger.com
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• Seahawks Dispatch The Giants, Make Winning Easy Look Hard

  23-10-2017 19:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike FriedmanGo team. Bello/Getty Images
  The Seahawks don’t make it easy, even when they make it easy. They comprehensively beat the New York Giants 24-7 on Sunday, a final score that doesn’t fully capture how many times the Seahawks tripped over themselves early in the game, keeping the contest in question deep into the fourth quarter.
  The Seahawks outgained the Giants 425 yards to 177. Russell Wilson outthrew Eli Manning 321-131 yards, and was a couple of near misses away from
  
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• There's a New Stranger in Town! Here's Where You Can Find Us.

  23-10-2017 18:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  If you haven't noticed, The Stranger has gotten bigger, better, and more biweekly, and papers are going super fast. However! In addition to street boxes all over Seattle and environs, you can find us at these Stranger hubs, which are extra well-stocked and will continue to be: Whole Foods Roosevelt Square, Whole Foods Interbay, PCC Edmonds, PCC Columbia City, PCC Issaquah, the Great Wall Mall, Loretta's Northwesterner, West Seattle Thriftway, Third Place Books, Boulevard Park Thr
  
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• Highway 101 reopens after heavy flooding in Tillamook

  23-10-2017 18:46
  TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) — Highway 101 through Tillamook has reopened after 5 inches of rain shut down part of the road and caused flooding that damaged cars and forced at least one business to close. KGW-TV reports that the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office says the mountains got 10 inches of rain and the Wilson River […]
  
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• State Republicans Run Fake Manka Dhingra Ads to Make Fun of Seattle Liberals

  23-10-2017 18:36 via thestranger.com
  
  "Manka Dhingra will give us free stuff."by Heidi GrooverCan we get the number for your button maker? screenshot via youtube
  Finally, we can see ourselves the way Washington State Republicans see us. The state GOP has funded a new campaign ad ostensibly showing Seattleites praising Democratic state senate candidate Manka Dhingra but in fact showing mediocre actors portraying Republicans' favorite stereotypes about Seattle."We don't have enough liberal politicians," says a young person hilariously
  
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• 200 scientists send letter defending fisheries management

  23-10-2017 18:11
  More than 200 scientists say Congress should protect federal sustainable fishing laws in advance of a key hearing about the future of the way the government manages fisheries. The Senate commerce committee is holding a hearing on Tuesday about reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The act is the main law governing […]
  
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• Welp, Eating That Arby's Venison Steak Sandwich Was a Mistake

  23-10-2017 18:06 via thestranger.com
  
  I hope I never see it again.by Rich SmithDeer meat of dubious provenance. RS
  The aroma of day-old meatloaf hit me when I opened the cardboard clamshell encasing Arby's limited-time only Venison Sandwich, made with farm-raised New Zealand deer and available only on October 21st of this year.According to Forbes, the sandwich sold out in under an hour in Minnesota and Georgia. But, paradoxically, revulsion compelled me to break my sacred lunch routine (don't ask), hop the light rail to the Sodo Arb
  
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• La David T. Johnson's Widow: Trump "Made Me Cry Even More"

  23-10-2017 18:04 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavagePresident Trump responds to my conversation with Sgt. LaDavid Johnson's widow, Myeshia Johnson, this morning on @GMA pic.twitter.com/zEsMWzHaTt
  — GeorgeStephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) October 23, 2017
  TPM:
  Johnson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that Trump seemed to forget her husband’s name on the call and told her that her husband knew what he was signing up for, as Wilson told the press last week. “The President said that he knew what he si
  
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• Bighorn sheep thrive in Santa Catalina mountains near Tucson

  23-10-2017 18:02
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An estimated 85 bighorn sheep were living in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson this spring after a reintroduction effort that began four years ago, according to Arizona Game and Fish Department officials. Game and Fish spokesman Mark Hart said a March survey revealed the extent of the bighorn population. Another […]
  
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• Bighorn sheep near Tucson appear to be thriving

  23-10-2017 18:02
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — State Game and Fish officials say an estimated 85 bighorn sheep were living in the Santa Catalina Mountains outside Tucson this spring after a reintroduction effort that began four years ago. Agency spokesman Mark Hart says those are the numbers shown by a March survey. The department must wait for new […]
  
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• Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer Franklin

  23-10-2017 17:56
  LONDON (AP) — Britain will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who tried to chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic in 1845. The Ministry Of Defense said in a statement it would transfer the ownership of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to Parks Canada, but retain a small sample […]
  
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• Suspect’s bite severs tip of Oregon deputy’s index finger

  23-10-2017 17:48
  ALOHA, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an Oregon sheriff’s deputy suffered a bite wound while trying to arrest a suspect. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says 24-year-old Erik Rodriguez-Reyes got into a confrontation Monday with deputies who responded to a complaint that he was assaulting his pregnant girlfriend at an apartment in Aloha, west of […]
  
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• The Morning News: New York Times Posts Rubbish About Amazon and Seattle's Soul, Tires Slashed During Depeche Mode Concert

  23-10-2017 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: Unlike Seattle, Portland is trying to do something about its housing crisis.by Charles MudedeBusiness as usual... Charles Mudede
  Let Us Not Get All Nostalgic About the Days Before Amazon: Amazon did not take Seattle's soul, as the god-awful New York Times post claims. Seattle has never had a soul to take or steal or kill from day one. As the former Stranger columnist Clark Humphrey pointed out in his post "Ten Things Every Seattleite Needs to Know," this city has always been about making m
  
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• Searchers find 2 hikers missing along Pacific Crest Trail

  23-10-2017 17:32
  An emergency beacon was activated by one of the hikers on Saturday. Searchers found them Monday morning.
  
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• Search for 2 missing hikers on Pacific Crest Trail to resume Monday

  23-10-2017 17:32
  An emergency beacon was activated by one of the hikers on Saturday, but avalanche danger and communication difficulties have hampered the search effort.
  
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• ‘The Big Dark’ lifts for a sunny end to October in Seattle area

  23-10-2017 16:06
  The past week's rain pushed our monthly rainfall total above average. But get ready for an end-of-month respite.
  
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• Soaring temperatures prompt Southern California fire alerts

  23-10-2017 15:25
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Temperatures in some parts of Southern California climbed into the upper 90s and over 100 on Monday as authorities warned of several days of dangerously high heat plus gusty Santa Ana winds that boost the risk of wildfires. Temperatures were expected to top out as high as 105 even near the […]
  
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• Heat, Santa Ana winds raise Southern California fire danger

  23-10-2017 15:25
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Records fell as temperatures soared into triple digits across Southern California on Monday and authorities warned of more dangerous heat plus gusty Santa Ana winds that boost the risk of wildfires. Downtown Los Angeles topped out 24 degrees above normal with a record of 102 for the date, besting the old […]
  
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