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• The Design Elements of the New Salad Bar Chop't

  24-10-2017 23:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Chop't serves very hearty salads.by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
  Chop't opened over the summer. It's owned by Makini Howell, the head chef of the popular Plum Bistro, Sugar Plum, and the Plum Burgers food truck (and Stevie Wonder's former chef). Chop't serves very hearty salads. Many of us fear that our stomachs will never be fully satisfied by just a salad. That we need something to keep the system busy and out of mind for the hours between the main meals. Chop't makes very heavy and tasty sal
  
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• Rat Film Looks at Rats, Redlining, and Racial Segregation

  24-10-2017 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  This odd, amazing, nearly uncategorizable documentary does a lot of things in a short span of time.by Christopher Frizzelle
  This odd, amazing, nearly uncategorizable documentary does a lot of things in a short span of time. Though it initially appears to be about rats—how high they can jump, how they infest poor neighborhoods, why studying them is useful for scientists—it turns out to be about other things, too.
  For example, the redlining of Baltimore. Also, the results of experiment
  
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• Lawsuit: State worker colluded with White Center day care under investigation

  24-10-2017 23:19
  A licensor for the state agency that regulates day cares tipped off two White Center day care operators who were under investigation for reports of negligence and abuse, coaching them on how to respond to state inspections of their business, according to an updated lawsuit filed Friday.
  
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• Flu shots at the pharmacy: Easy for the patient, profitable for the retailer

  24-10-2017 23:12
  Health insurers pay enough for flu shots that pharmacies can afford to offer coupons and gift cards to win themselves customer loyalty. Flu vaccines have become a business worth $4 billion to $5 billion a year.
  
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• How Seattle Folkie Larry Conklin Survived Leeches and Recorded the Reissued 1980 Cult Classic, Jackdaw

  24-10-2017 23:04 via thestranger.com
  
  The story behind Seattle folk songwriter Larry Conklin's just-reissued cult 1980 LP Jackdaw—and how he survived leeches.by Andrew HamlinGuitarist Larry Conklin (right) and blues violinist Jochen Blum's Jackdaw has been rescued from obscurity. Tompkins Square Records
  “The best [story] is when I got out. The worst is when I went in.”
  That’s Larry Conklin—guitarist, singer, songwriter, journalist, world traveler, and former soldier—on the best and worst stories o
  
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• Forest Service buys key wildlife habitat area in eastern Idaho

  24-10-2017 23:00
  LAST CHANCE, Idaho — The U.S. Forest Service has purchased about 60 acres of private land inside the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in eastern Idaho that contains key spawning habitat for Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The agency in a news release Tuesday says the Duck Creek area of Henry’s Lake is also important habitat for elk, deer, […]
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: His Cousin Has Really Sexy Feet

  24-10-2017 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  What's the difference between a rub and a massage?by Dan Savage
  My cousin is straight and I'm gay. He has some of the sexiest feet ever, and I have an intense foot fetish. Let's say I offer to massage his feet and he's down, should I massage his feet? For the record, I've already rubbed his feet. Is this wrong?
  Somehow Obsessively Contemplating Kinky ShitAs I've said before, SOCKS, it isn't a crime for a shoe salesman to have a foot fetish. It is a problem, however, if the shoe salesman with a f
  
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• 2 injured when helicopter crashes in lake southeast of Arlington

  24-10-2017 22:47
  King Lake is southeast of Arlington
  
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• Why Didn't Durkan Sign Onto Union Letter Against Harassment of Hotel Workers?

  24-10-2017 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  "That is simply not true."by Heidi GrooverJenny Durkan at a recent candidate forum. ULYSSES CURRY
  Unite Here Local 8, a union that represents local hospitality workers, is calling out Jenny Durkan for comments she made during a recent candidate forum.During a debate on Sunday, Durkan's opponent Cary Moon asked Durkan about big business spending on her behalf, including some funding from hotel groups. Durkan was the only major mayoral candidate during the primary who did not sign a letter calling
  
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• Helicopter crashes at King Lake in Arlington

  24-10-2017 22:36
  Snohomish County Sheriff's officers are responding to reports of a helicopter crash at King Lake in Arlington on Tuesday.
  
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• State’s Pot Tracking Software Causes Headaches for the Legal Weed Industry

  24-10-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black Ethan Miller/Getty Images
  A shutdown of the state’s pot tracking software next week is already causing confusion and headaches for the more than 1,500 legal weed businesses in the state. While legal weed retail sales are unlikely to be affected, some pot shops are already stocking up on hundreds of thousands of dollars of extra pot products just in case.
  The state had planned to switch to a new software vendor for managing the state’s seed-to-sale database on Nov. 1,
  
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• Seattle police officer charged with theft for allegedly skipping 55 days of work

  24-10-2017 22:28
  Seattle police say an investigation found the officer was paid just under $24,000 for 55 days he didn't work.
  
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• US considers higher entry fees at 17 popular national parks

  24-10-2017 22:27
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service is floating a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the West, to address a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects. Visitors to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion and other national parks would be charged $70 per vehicle, up […]
  
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• Fee at Rainier, Olympic and other national parks could leap to $70 in busy months

  24-10-2017 22:27
  The plan would almost triple the entry fee at Mount Rainier and Olympic national parks.
  
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• Your Complete Guide to Halloween 2017 in Seattle

  24-10-2017 22:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThere are several pet-friendly Halloween parties in Seattle this year. Tom Feist/Shutterstock
  Halloween is one week from today, and many of the city's biggest parties are happening this weekend. Do you know what you're doing yet? If not, check out our Halloween calendar for more than 250 ideas.
  Our calendar is sortable by date (starting today and running through October 31), category (including concerts, haunted houses, performances, and parties), neighborhood, and
  
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• Oregon state senator chastised, pulled from committees, after reports of inappropriate touching

  24-10-2017 22:16
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The top counsel to the Oregon Legislature has released a letter from the Senate president to a state senator who was accused of inappropriate touching on women in the Capitol. In the letter written Friday, Sen. Peter Courtney told Sen. Jeff Kruse that two new allegations had surfaced against him. Courtney […]
  
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• Longtime Oregon state senator is warned not to touch women

  24-10-2017 22:16
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A longtime Oregon state senator has been warned bluntly by the Senate president not to touch any women following complaints of inappropriate contact. “Let me very clear,” says a letter from Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney to Sen. Jeff Kruse, a Republican. “Women in the Capitol do NOT want you to […]
  
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• Alaska senators tell Trump they want mountain’s name to stay

  24-10-2017 22:16
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One Obama administration action may be safe under President Donald Trump — the long-sought renaming of North America’s tallest peak to Denali. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said the Alaska mountain came up during an hourlong meeting he and fellow Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski had with Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke […]
  
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• Alaska senators tell Trump they want mountain’s name to remain Denali

  24-10-2017 22:16
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One Obama administration action that may be safe under President Donald Trump is the renaming of North America’s tallest peak to Denali. The Alaska mountain came up during a lengthy conversation that the state’s Republican U.S. senators had with Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in March. The Alaska Public Radio […]
  
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• Kid Rock Says He's Not Running, You're Dumb for Thinking He Was, and It Was All Steve Bannon's Idea Anyway So Bawitdaba

  24-10-2017 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThe Sweet Southern Sugar strategy? Due out "November, whatever, third or something like that."
  Kid Rock went on Howard Stern's satellite radio show yesterday to A) promote his forthcoming U.S. tour and B) declare unreservedly that he would not be challenging Michigan's incumbent democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow in the midterm elections next year, despite the best efforts of Breitbart News chairman and disgraced White House stooge Steve Bannon.The Daily Beast confirmed that Bannon
  
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• Another Republican Senator Flips On Trump—Kinda, Sorta

  24-10-2017 21:54 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageGOP's Jeff Flake slams Trump's "flagrant disregard for truth... we must never regard these things as normal." pic.twitter.com/2dBoX854jd
  — Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 24, 2017
  This morning Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) went another round with Trump. This afternoon Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced that, like Corker, he won't be seeking reelection and then condemned Trump and Trumpism from the floor of the Senate. Not exactly profiles in courage—Corker campaigned fo
  
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• Cary Moon: Stop Asking Nikkita Oliver to Endorse Me

  24-10-2017 21:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Can this be over soon?by Steven HsiehCan this be over soon? Nate Gowdy
  Cary Moon just published a Facebook post asking journalists to stop pressuring community organizer Nikkita Oliver and the Peoples Party to endorse her for mayor. In the same post, she also expressed regret over not condemning a comment made by her opponent, Jenny Durkan, during a radio debate. Oliver had called the comment racist.
  "Neither Nikkita nor the Peoples Party has any obligation to endorse any campaign. Nikkita herse
  
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• SPD officer charged with theft

  24-10-2017 21:18
  King County prosecutors charged a Seattle Police Department officer Tuesday with first-degree theft, according to the police agency.
  
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• Former Roq La Rue Proprietor Is Bringing Creatura House to Pike Street

  24-10-2017 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonSoon you'll be able to buy a meatball sandwich, a butt plug, and a painting without even crossing the street!Logo by Derek Nobbs
  The block of Pike St. between Harvard and Boylston has had its share of turnover—sometimes fair, sometimes maybe possibly slightly not entirely fair—in keeping with the ordinary churn of urban retail. But because every vacant storefront brings the dual threat of a Quiznos or a wrecking ball, it's always nice when a new neighbor is also a famil
  
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• Crabbing shut down along southern Oregon Coast

  24-10-2017 21:15
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Crabbing has been shut down along the southern Oregon Coast because of elevated levels of a naturally occurring toxin. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced late Monday that the closure encompasses the ocean and estuaries south of Bandon. Crab harvesting remains open from the north jetty of the Coquille River […]
  
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• Supreme Court justices ask lots of tough questions in latest hearing on McCleary school-funding case

  24-10-2017 20:48
  Washington’s Supreme Court justices on Tuesday weighed whether lawmakers have done enough to fulfill the court’s landmark school-funding ruling, known as the McCleary decision.
  
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• Is McCleary plan enough? Justices appear frustrated

  24-10-2017 20:48
  Washington’s Supreme Court justices on Tuesday weighed whether lawmakers have done enough to fulfill the court’s landmark school-funding ruling, known as the McCleary decision.
  
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• Longview coal-export terminal backer sues Washington state over permit denial

  24-10-2017 20:39
  SEATTLE (AP) — A company proposing to build a terminal in Washington state to export U.S. coal to Asia sued the state Tuesday, arguing regulators unfairly denied the project a key permit. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview’s lawsuit claims the state Department of Ecology violated federal and state laws when it denied the project a water quality […]
  
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• Coal-export terminal backer sues state over permit denial

  24-10-2017 20:39
  SEATTLE (AP) — A company proposing to build a terminal in Washington state to export U.S. coal to Asia sued the state Tuesday, arguing regulators unfairly denied the project a key permit. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview’s lawsuit claims the state Department of Ecology violated federal and state laws when it denied the project a water quality […]
  
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• Polish band members plead not guilty to raping woman on bus

  24-10-2017 20:02
  The alleged victim told police she was invited onto the band's tour bus following an August concert and was then attacked in the bathroom.
  
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• Seattle/King County's Massive, Four-Day Free Health, Vision, and Dental Clinic Launches This Thursday

  24-10-2017 19:58 via thestranger.com
  
  The fourth year in a row.by Sydney BrownstonePublic health worker Meredith Li-Vollmer helped bring on comics artists to come to the four-day clinic and tell patient stories last year. Jen Graves
  For the fourth year in a row, the Seattle/King County Clinic will repurpose KeyArena into something that in looks and scale resembles an emergency response after a natural disaster. But as former Stranger art critic Jen Graves once put it, the disaster is wholly unnatural: "This time, the disaster is the
  
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• Seattle/King County's Massive, Four-Day Free Health and Dental Clinic Launches This Thursday

  24-10-2017 19:58 via thestranger.com
  
  The fourth year in a row.by Sydney BrownstonePublic health worker Meredith Li-Vollmer helped bring on comics artists to come to the four-day clinic and tell patient stories last year. Jen Graves
  For the fourth year in a row, the Seattle/King County Clinic will repurpose KeyArena into something that in looks and scale resembles an emergency response after a natural disaster. But as former Stranger art critic Jen Graves once put it, the disaster is wholly unnatural: "This time, the disaster is the
  
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• Seattle has another chance to see Northern Lights this week

  24-10-2017 19:50
  Seattle does not historically have a great track record for astronomical events. But this week the stars may align just right, so to speak.
  
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• Woman's burned body dumped in Pierce Co.; suspects at large

  24-10-2017 19:46
  Detectives have launched a homicide investigation after a woman's partially burned body was found Tuesday morning along the side of the road in Pierce County.
  
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• Woman’s burned body found near Lake Tapps

  24-10-2017 19:31
  The unidentified victim is believed to have been in her late 20s to early 30s, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
  
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• Mega-quake could be bad or worse for Seattle

  24-10-2017 19:22
  A new UW study looked at 50 simulations of how "the Big One" might play out for the region and found that epicenters closer to Seattle would actually be better for the city (but not so good for surrounding cities).
  
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• 50 ways a 9.0 earthquake could rock Seattle: A study

  24-10-2017 19:22
  A new UW study looked at 50 simulations of how 'the Big One' might play out for the region and found that closer epicenters to Seattle would actually be better for the city (but not so good for the farther off cities).
  
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• 50 ways a 9.0 earthquake could rock Seattle

  24-10-2017 19:22
  A new UW study looked at 50 simulations of how "the Big One" might play out for the region and found that epicenters closer to Seattle would actually be better for the city (but not so good for surrounding cities).
  
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• Einstein’s theory of happiness sells for $1.3M at auction

  24-10-2017 19:19
  JERUSALEM (AP) — While Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday. The Nobel-winning scientist’s musings, on a handwritten note, may not be as famous as his groundbreaking theory of relativity, but they still shed light on one of the great modern minds. Winner’s Auctions […]
  
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• $1.3M auction bid buys Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness

  24-10-2017 19:19
  JERUSALEM (AP) — While Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday. The Nobel-winning scientist’s musings, handwritten on a note, may not be as famous as his groundbreaking theory of relativity, but they still shed light on one of the great modern minds. Winner’s Auctions […]
  
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• That Fake Manka Dhingra Ad? Republicans Ran Nearly Identical Spots Against Jon Ossoff

  24-10-2017 18:52 via thestranger.com
  
  A D.C.-based firm made the ad.by Heidi GrooverMore taxes pls! screenshots from youtube
  A few more facts about that hilariously bad anti-Manka Dhingra ad from yesterday:
  First: I missed a recently filed report from the PAC that funded the ad, Eastside Values. They have indeed reported how much it cost them: $50,000. ("When we saw they dropped $50,000 to produce it, we expected a fucking seaplane," a Democratic operative working with a separate PAC in the same race told me.) Eastside Values report
  
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• Guest Editorial: You Better Vote!

  24-10-2017 18:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Turnout is my job, but it's your job too.by Julie WiseJulie Wise, King County Director of Elections Courtesy of King County Department of Elections
  There is a pretty consistent refrain I hear from election administrators both here in Washington State and across the country: “We aren’t responsible for turnout.” And, don’t get me wrong, turnout is an incredibly complex and fickle figure. Any number of factors can drive turnout—from an issue that unexpectedly captures
  
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• The Morning News: City Lobbyist Faces Questions About Conflict of Interest, New Case Against Ed Murray, NIMBYs Win

  24-10-2017 17:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: Some dry noodles shut down the governor's office.by Heidi GrooverFormer mayor Ed Murray and mayoral frontrunner Jenny Durkan have the same consultant. That consultant also lobbies the mayor on behalf of corporations. Is that a conflict of interest? HG
  Should the Consultants Who Get Candidates Elected Be Allowed to Lobby Them Once They're In Office? It's not a hypothetical. Political consultant (and former Stranger writer) Sandeep Kaushik worked for former mayor Ed Murray’s campaign.
  
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• World Series gets underway in triple-digit Los Angeles heat

  24-10-2017 17:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series got underway Tuesday evening with the temperature over 100 degrees as Southern California baked in a fall heatwave that shattered weather records and had firefighters chasing every outbreak of flames to prevent another wildfire calamity in the state. Downtown Los Angeles topped out at 104 degrees in the […]
  
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• Record heat, strong winds bake and dry Southern California

  24-10-2017 17:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball fans were heading to Dodger Stadium for the first game of the World Series Tuesday as temperatures in downtown Los Angeles hit a record-breaking 103 degrees by early afternoon. The day started out extra hot and dry as winds, known as the Santa Anas, kept overnight temperatures in the 80s […]
  
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• Man, 70, fatally stabbed in Stayton, Oregon; 1 arrest

  24-10-2017 17:50
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 70-year-old man was fatally stabbed southeast of Salem. Lt. Chris Baldridge of the Marion County’s Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday morning that Jere Moody of Stayton died at a hospital after being found in critical condition. Baldridge says 26-year-old Taylor Samuel, also of Stayton, has been booked into the […]
  
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• California hit with 2nd day of stifling heat, wildfire risk

  24-10-2017 17:50
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extra firefighters are on duty in Southern California with the risk of wildfires way up because of a record-breaking heat wave that could bring the hottest ever start to the World Series. Overnight temperatures from Monday to Tuesday stayed stuck in the 80s and 90s in some areas thanks to hot, […]
  
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• Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies

  24-10-2017 17:37
  Paul Weitz, who as a NASA astronaut in 1973 piloted the Skylab orbiting space laboratory and in 1983 commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger, has died in Flagstaff, Ariz., at 85.
  
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• $1.4 million in grants announced to fight disease in bats

  24-10-2017 16:50
  HOUSTON (AP) — A public-private partnership is granting nearly $1.4 million to test treatments to halt a disease threatening the nation’s bat population. The white-nose syndrome fungus, first detected in New York state in 2006, has spread to 31 states and five Canadian provinces. Texas and Nebraska are the most recent states infected. [From Seattle […]
  
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• Manhunt underway for 2 men who shot at trooper, fled into Yakima County vineyard

  24-10-2017 16:46
  The two men shot at a trooper and his patrol car before fleeing into a vineyard Monday night, authorities said.
  
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