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• Environmental group says California crabbers harming whales

  14-11-2017 23:58
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An environmental group wants the federal government to declare that California’s crab fishing industry is dangerous to whales. The Center for Biological Diversity says it’s petitioned the government to rank the Dungeness crab fishery in the top category of concern for marine mammals. It wants restrictions on where and how much […]
  
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• Remembering the Black Central District, Part Two: Race and Chicken Wings In Brooklyn

  14-11-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Hollow Nickle bartender apologized and apologized.by Charles MudedeDown the road from the wing incident at the Hollow Nickle. Charles Mudede
  This happened last week in a small bar/restaurant in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, called the Hollow Nickle. I was enjoying a glass of pinot grigio at a section of the bar that faced the main door. My bartender was white, middle-aged, and very friendly. He filled my wine glass to the brim. I liked watching him work and talk to regulars. And his voice had a ple
  
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• Democratic Candidates for Washington's 8th District Are Continuing To Distinguish Themselves

  14-11-2017 23:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Five of these people have GOT to go.by Rich SmithOne of these people will likely face off against Dino Rossi in 2018. But who will it be? Screenshot / NCW UnitedRepublicans have ruled Washington's 8th congressional district since it's creation in 1983. But now the open seat, recently abandoned by Congressman Dave Reichert, is up for grabs in 2018. The Republicans are running interim state Senator Dino Rossi, who has spent the last week reminding people by e-mail that he's already raised a millio
  
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• This Barbie Isn't Blonde, and She Wears a Hijab

  14-11-2017 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  She's modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.by Anna KaplanOlympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and her Barbie. Getty / Craig Barritt
  Since 1959, Mattel, the company behind Barbie, has been inspiring girls to dream... and to diet. For decades Barbie has been known for her smooth blonde hair, pale white skin, and impossible proportions.
  However, over the past few years Mattel has worked on diversifying the range of Barbie dolls, which, to date, come in three body sizes (tall, petite, and curvy)
  
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• Connelly: Western Washington elects a wave of female mayors

  14-11-2017 22:28
  Washington voters have elected women as mayors up and down the Interstate 5 corridor, from Bellingham to Vancouver, Wash. Victors last Tuesday include newly elected women mayors in Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver and Everett.
  
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• Lars Larson and His Listeners Are TERRIFIED of the Pacific Northwest!

  14-11-2017 22:25 via thestranger.com
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey patty_c / Getty Images
  We already know that the GOP and its followers thrive on one emotion: TERROR! They are absolutely TERRIFIED of the following (in no particular order): women, equal pay, health care, black people, brown people,some Asian people, LGBTQ people, atheists, immigrants, Russia investigations, sexual assault investigations, protesters, and especially SCIENCE. (Science? Quick! Buy as many guns as you can!)And apparently, local conservatives have added a
  
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• Oregon county pays $2.8M in mentally ill inmate’s death

  14-11-2017 22:22
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The estate of a mentally ill inmate in Oregon will receive $2.85 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit that alleged the man died of dehydration and starvation after jail staff failed to get him medical treatment during a severe depressive episode. Bradley Thomas was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and […]
  
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• Arrest made in shooting death of Oregon man

  14-11-2017 22:21
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the killing of a man whose body was found in a car in northeast Salem. Salem police said Tuesday that an Oregon State Police SWAT team assisted with the arrest of 21-year-old Jose Ricardo Barboza-Manzo. He was found Monday afternoon at a home in unincorporated […]
  
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• Bobby Doerr, Hall of Fame Red Sox second baseman, dies at 99

  14-11-2017 22:19
  Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman who was a smooth fielder, timely hitter and immensely popular figure through 14 seasons with the Boston Red Sox, died Monday in Junction City, Oregon. He was 99 and had been the oldest living former major-leaguer.
  
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• Grays Harbor County settles lawsuit over teens in solitary confinement

  14-11-2017 22:07
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of a mother who said her now-17-year-old son was repeatedly placed in solitary for minor infractions.
  
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• County settles ACLU lawsuit over teen solitary confinement

  14-11-2017 22:07
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of a mother who said her now-17-year-old son was repeatedly placed in solitary for minor infractions.
  
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• Seattle City Council Kills Head Tax for Homelessness Services

  14-11-2017 22:04 via thestranger.com
  The vote was 5-4.by Heidi GrooverCouncil Members Mike O'Brien and Kshama Sawant supported a new tax on businesses to fund homelessness services. City of Seattle
  Seattle City Council members voted 5-4 today to remove a new tax to fund homelessness services from their proposed 2018 budget. The vote killed the latest effort to tax large businesses through a so-called "head tax."
  More narrowly focused than an earlier proposal, the tax would have charged businesses grossing more than $10 million a ye
  
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• Charge: Serial public masturbator targets woman near Pike Place

  14-11-2017 22:01
  A 46-year-old man two days out of a jail stint for masturbating outside Western Avenue condos in downtown Seattle earlier this year allegedly exposed himself in front of a woman visiting her son near Pike Place Market, according to charges.
  
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• Trump Campaign Releases Another Ludicrous Survey. You Know What to Do.

  14-11-2017 21:41 via thestranger.com
  
  He's baaaaaack!by Katie HerzogWhat's in that glass? Probably Sprite.Getty Images
  An unwelcome name appeared in my inbox for the millionth time today: Donad J. Trump, who, for some reason, keeps calling me Kathy. In this latest nonconsensual email, Trump asked Kathy to fill out a survey that reads more like a push poll or an attempt to get your data than an actual desire to hear from the American public. There are some very interesting questions, a few of which I'm posting here, in bold, followed
  
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• "Drops of Jupiter" Is No Longer Merely a Song. It Is Now Also a Wine.

  14-11-2017 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonEach bottle guaranteed to contain three drops of Jupiter!
  If you think Venus blew your mind, you're going to love drinking Drops of Jupiter wine. That is the hope, at any rate of Train lead singer (and Seattle resident) Pat Monahan. Billboard reports that Monahan has teamed with winemaker James Foster to launch a "$20 portfolio of wines sourced from some of the most beloved wine regions around the planet" named after his band's Grammy-winning 2001 hit song. According to the company
  
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• Take a Sneak Peek of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown Seattle Episode

  14-11-2017 20:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Preview Anthony Bourdain's much-anticipated Seattle edition of Parts Unknown, which airs Nov. 19.by Dave SegalThe Gods Themselves' Dustin Patterson and Astra Elane show Bourdain some Seattle hospitality. Chris Barnes
  Back in September on Slog, we alerted you to peripatetic, TV personality/food appreciator Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown Seattle episode. With the air date of Sunday November 19 approaching (9 pm on CNN), you can take a sneak peek of the show, which includes a visit to the Holling
  
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• Seattle Harbor Patrol rescues 2 kayakers at height of windstorm

  14-11-2017 20:50
  Two kayakers were rescued after they were spotted in distress on Lake Washington during the height of Monday's windstorm.
  
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• Bill Gates Is Not Scared of Artificial Intelligence. He Should Be.

  14-11-2017 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  The billionaire's statements come days after Steven Hawking warned A.I. could devastate humanity.by Katie HerzogHere's an idea: Let's tax the shit out of this guy and give the money to everyone who will be out of work when the robots take over. Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  Just days after Stephen Hawking said that artificial intelligence could be the "worst event in the history of our civilization," Microsoft founder and super rich guy Bill Gates has a more optimistic take: At a panel at the Misk G
  
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• Seattle utility rates to hike $800 per year by 2023

  14-11-2017 20:23
  Seattle Public Utilities got approval for a new rate plan that will hike the average home's utilities by as much as $800 per year by 2023.
  
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• Connelly: Election 2017 signals shift to 'greener' Democratic State Senate

  14-11-2017 20:09
  Elections have consequences.  With the win by State Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, giving Democrats control of the State Senate, Gov. Inslee's climate agenda will no longer be blocked.  The Washington Voting Rights Act may -- at last -- pass. The state is likely to get a capital budget, after months of partisan rancor.
  
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• It's Time to Revisit the Joyous, Jagged Music of Kicking Giant, One of K Records' Best Bands

  14-11-2017 19:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Former K Records badasses Kicking Giant's starry-eyed and turbulent rock gets repackaged for a new generation.by Robert HamA new vinyl retrospective of former Olympia duo Kicking Giant's piquant pop reminds us that they "never really fit into any particular place.” Drawing Room Records
  While not the first band that comes to mind when thinking about Olympia mainstay K Records’ heyday, Kicking Giant were the paragon for what that imprint represented to a generation of music fans.Though
  
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• Teen arrested in White Center slaying

  14-11-2017 19:34
  Detectives with the King County Sheriff's Office arrested a teen boy Monday in connection with the Sunday night slaying of a 27-year-old man in White Center.
  
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• Conservation Group Sues Cooke Aquaculture Over Salmon Release

  14-11-2017 19:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Escaped fish have been found as far south as Puget Sound and as far north as Vancouver Island.by Katie HerzogAtlantic salmon/escape artist Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
  On Monday, the Wild Fish Conservancy announced the group is filing a lawsuit against Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, LLC, for violating the Clean Water Act. Cooke Aquaculture, the group argues, was responsible for the inadvertent release of hundreds of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into public waters, which could potentially ou
  
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• Police ID woman who died in fire at Oregon homeless camp

  14-11-2017 19:12
  OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman who died in a fire at a homeless camp last week. Oregon City police said Tuesday that one of its officers was on patrol early Nov. 8 when he saw the fire that engulfed a homeless camp and trees on a hillside near the Abernethy […]
  
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• Sheriff John Urquhart Concedes, Claiming "Reformers Only Last One Term"

  14-11-2017 18:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Mitzi Johanknecht will take office in January.by Heidi GrooverJohn Urquhart King County
  With the race already decided and the latest results showing him down nearly 13 percentage points, Sheriff John Urquhart conceded Monday.
  Urquhart told supporters in an e-mail Monday that he wishes soon to be Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht "the best of luck.""There is an old saying in politics: reformers only last one term!" Urquhart wrote. "That was especially true in my race. I am pleased with the changes my tea
  
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• Guest Editorial: The Time to De-Escalate Washington Is Now

  14-11-2017 18:31 via thestranger.com
  
  We can save lives.by Riall JohnsonA march for Charleena Lyles in June. Nate Gowdy
  Washington is ranked 8th in the U.S. in terms of states where citizens are killed by police. Thirty-four so far in 2017 as of today, including Charleena Lyles—the 16th person killed this year. Charleena was the pregnant mother of four who was killed in front of her children after she called 911 on to report a burglary.
  Would Charleena Lyles be alive if the proposed Initiative 940 became law? No one can say fo
  
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• Storm to bring 3 feet of mountain snow, ski areas open

  14-11-2017 18:13
  The first barrage of a week of stormy weather brought enough snow Monday to the Cascades to push two ski areas to announce openings.
  
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• Storm brings more heavy snow, ski areas announce opening

  14-11-2017 18:13
  The first barrage of a week of stormy weather brought enough snow Monday to the Cascades to push two ski areas to announce openings.
  
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• It's almost the anniversary of the NYT grunge story

  14-11-2017 18:01
  In 1992, when The New York Times came a-knockin', trying to understand this new cultural touchstone of grunge, locals were already tired of answering questions about it. One of them decided to have some fun. 
  
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• Oregon woman accused of shooting boyfriend

  14-11-2017 17:40
  GASTON, Ore. (AP) — Authorities arrested a woman accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg during an argument near Gaston, Oregon. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says 57-year-old Shannon Main was arrested Monday night on charges of assault, attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Washington County […]
  
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• Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Looks Positively Psyched to Question Jeff Sessions Right Now

  14-11-2017 16:47 via thestranger.com
  Oh man, we hope this gets good.by Sydney BrownstoneUS Attorney General Jeff Sessions is testifying under oath right now in front of the House Judiciary Committee, where he will likely be discussing his contacts with Russians during the presidential campaign—and whether he has accurately described those contacts in the past.Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is the only House member from Washington on the committee, and as of this Facebook posting last night, she looks thrilled to be able ask Se
  
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• The Morning News: Justice Department Probing Clinton, GOP Senators Abandoning Moore, High Winds Slamming Seattle

  14-11-2017 16:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: Rich people, Biden and Tully's Cafeby Dan SavageA fifth woman has come forward to accuse Roy Moore of sexual assault. SCOTT OLSON / GETTY
  JUSTICE DEPARTMENT "WEIGHS INQUIRY" INTO CLINTON FOUNDATION: The toddler-in-chief spent a few days palling around with authoritarian dictators who use their "justice systems" to persecute political opponents and now it looks like Orange Julius Caesar is gonna do the same. "The Justice Department said Monday that prosecutors were looking into whether a sp
  
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• More wind, rain forecast after Monday’s deadly windstorm — but it won’t be as bad, weather service says

  14-11-2017 16:15
  Winds could gust to 40 mph today in the Seattle area, but the bigger story is expected to be the rain: as much as 1.5 inches of it, and possibly "a couple of feet of snow" in the mountains.
  
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• Winds dying down, but rain, snow forecast through Wednesday

  14-11-2017 16:06
  The National Weather Service is calling for rain and breezy conditions in the Seattle area through Wednesday. Monday's 60-plus mph gusts aren't likely to repeat themselves -- winds are expected to be around 25 mph -- but a half-inch of rain could fall in the Seattle area by Thursday.
  
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• FDA warns of injury, death with herbal supplement kratom

  14-11-2017 15:58
  Users of kratom have opposed efforts to regulate the plant, saying it could be a safer alternative to opioid pain pills that have caused an epidemic of abuse. But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments.
  
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• Update: 25,000 still without power after storm; Schools closed

  14-11-2017 15:30
  Thousands were without power as an expected wind storm struck Seattle Monday afternoon.
  
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• What do Seattle-area Girl Scouts and Google have in common? A love for robotics

  14-11-2017 15:00
  A group of 80 Girl Scouts took their robotics skills to Google’s Fremont campus. "These are my people," one Google engineer remarked. The company is giving the Girl Scouts $50,000 to fund more STEM programs.
  
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• Suit filed over Atlantic salmon farm escape

  14-11-2017 15:00
  Atlantic salmon spilled into Puget Sound last summer appear to be gone — but the spill is far from forgotten as conservationists file suit.
  
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• Girl Scouts turning into robot scientists with Seattle-area boost from Google

  14-11-2017 15:00
  A group of 80 Girl Scouts are headed to Google’s Fremont campus next week to show off their robotics skills. “People don’t realize how hard it is to move a cube,” said one 15-year-old engineer.
  
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• Girl Scouts turning into robot scientists with boost from Google

  14-11-2017 15:00
  A group of 80 Girl Scouts took their robotics skills to Google’s Fremont campus. "These are my people," one Google engineer remarked. The company is giving the Girl Scouts $50,000 to fund more STEM programs.
  
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• Escaped Atlantic salmon have disappeared from Puget Sound, but legal fight begins

  14-11-2017 15:00
  Atlantic salmon spilled into Puget Sound last summer appear to be gone — but the spill is far from forgotten as conservationists file suit.
  
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• Shelton cops fired for beating homeless man won’t face criminal charges

  14-11-2017 14:43
  The two former officers struck, pepper sprayed and used a stun gun on 25-year-old Nicholas Heflin, causing broken bones and other injuries, authorities say.
  
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• California launch of new US weather satellite postponed

  14-11-2017 14:32
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Officials have postponed the California launch of a new type of U.S. weather satellite intended to improve the accuracy of extended forecasts. A press release from Vandenberg Air Force Base says the planned launch was scrubbed early Tuesday because of an unspecified issue and managers didn’t have enough […]
  
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• Southeast Washington’s Benton County to vote on pot-production ban

  14-11-2017 14:25
  PROSSER, Wash. (AP) — Officials in a southeast Washington county will consider an emergency ordinance to ban new marijuana production and processing for six months. The Tri-City Herald reports Benton County commissioners will vote Tuesday on the ordinance in Prosser. Like a current retail ban, it would only affect new operators. It would not apply […]
  
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• Southeast Washington county to vote on pot production ban

  14-11-2017 14:25
  PROSSER, Wash. (AP) — Officials in a southeast Washington county will consider an emergency ordinance to ban new marijuana production and processing for six months. The Tri-City Herald reports Benton County commissioners will vote Tuesday on the ordinance in Prosser. Like a current retail ban, it would only affect new operators. It would not apply […]
  
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• A fresh — and expanded — view of community colleges shows they’re doing better than many thought

  14-11-2017 14:00
  Students complete community-college degrees at a much higher rate than previously thought, a new federal analysis shows.
  
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• Space Delivery: Astronauts get ice cream, make-own pizzas

  14-11-2017 11:27
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts got a mouth-watering haul with Tuesday’s Earth-to-space delivery — pizza and ice cream. A commercial supply ship arrived at the International Space Station two days after launching from Virginia. Besides NASA equipment and experiments, the Orbital ATK capsule holds chocolate and vanilla ice cream for the six station astronauts, […]
  
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• Sleep Tight

  14-11-2017 08:20 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageI will be making a major statement from the @WhiteHouse upon my return to D.C. Time and date to be set.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14, 2017
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