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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Boomer Blame, Alabama Angst, and Gay Wedding Cake Blues

  06-12-2017 23:56 via thestranger.com
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  Wealthy Baby Boomers will be the ones benefiting most from the terrible Republican tax bill that just passed the senate. What does “Barely a Boomer” Dan Savage have to say for his generation? Eli Sanders of Gen-X and Millennial spokesmodel Rich Smith want to know. (Meanwhile, The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein thinks he knows exactly what’s going on: “The baby boom is being evicted from the penth
  
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• Bruce King, longtime KOMO-TV sports anchor, dies at age 83

  06-12-2017 23:41
  King, who began his career in TV in 1960 in Eugene, Ore., became KOMO’s sports director in 1968. He made the move to New York City in 1980, but returned to KOMO the next year and remained with the station until his retirement in 1999.
  
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• Seattle December dry spell could be longest in 18 years

  06-12-2017 23:21
  Seattle is witnessing what could be among the longest December dry spells the region has seen.
  
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• The Stranger's Seattle Art and Performance Guide for the Winter Season Is Out Now

  06-12-2017 23:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Our comprehensive A+P guide has everything you need to know about, so you can enjoy something lovely and enriching this winter season.by The Stranger
  It’s winter.
  It’s the season of hanging out in museum coffeeshops, reclining in those huge new seats at the Regal Meridian 16, going to McCaw Hall for an opera or a ballet or a Seattle Arts & Lectures talk, or staying home to read this magazine.
  If you’re a fan of Vince Guaraldi’s jazz soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Chris
  
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• EPA to hold more hearings on planned Clean Power Plan repeal

  06-12-2017 22:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it will hold three additional public hearings on its intention to nullify an Obama-era plan to ratchet down planet-warming carbon emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will take comments on its proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan at upcoming hearings in San Francisco, Gillette, […]
  
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• Seahawks broadcaster and former Husky star Warren Moon sued for sexual harassment

  06-12-2017 22:46
  A California woman who worked for a sports marketing firm led by Warren Moon is suing the Hall of Fame quarterback for sexual harassment.
  
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• Connelly: REI on Trump's monument slash: 'We remain united as a community'

  06-12-2017 22:43
  The outdoor recreation industry takes on Trump over evisceration of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments in Utah.  Is Oregon's Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument next on the chopping block?
  
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• 35 Percent of Homes in Seattle's Market Are Listed at $1 Million or More

  06-12-2017 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"The way things are going, one day I too will become a million-dollar house." Charles Mudede
  From The Seattle PI: "Of the 682 properties currently on the market in Seattle, 238—or almost 35 percent—are listed for $1 million or more, according to data from Seattle-based real estate firm Redfin."How are we supposed to read this information? How do we explain it? Is this Amazon's doing, plain and simple? Certainly the booming economy has played a part in these rising pr
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Wife Cheated On Me So I'm Sleeping With My Mother-In-Law Now — How Do I Break It To My Wife?

  06-12-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a straight married guy who spends the vast majority of every year working on site overseas supervising a large scientific experiment my business partner and I set up. The location is extremely remote and my wife of five years prefers to live at our house in England. Like me, she is 36 and extremely attractive and I was always very suspicious about what she got up to in my absence. We do not have an open relationship and, until recently, I have been faithful to her. But four wee
  
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• SPD: Burglar ransacked historic Panama Hotel

  06-12-2017 22:18
  Police arrested a 25-year-old man early Tuesday morning after catching him walking out the front door of the International District's historic Panama Hotel with two paintings.
  
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• Police say burglar ransacked historic Panama Hotel

  06-12-2017 22:18
  Police arrested a 25-year-old man early Tuesday morning after catching him walking out the front door of the International District's historic Panama Hotel with two paintings.
  
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• "A Different Narrative Altogether" for the Los Angeles Fire, Courtesy of Joan Didion (Who Else?)

  06-12-2017 22:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean Nelson"Whatever one wants to save must be placed in the cars."
  As with the onset of a migraine headache and the retreat of self-respect, the occasion of a wildfire burning out of control in Los Angeles requires that you quote Joan Didion. The reality—as evinced in that video of the blaze shot by the driver of a car in motion (which is v Slouching, one might add)—is too nightmarish, too simultaneously distant and near, not to seek solace in Didion's unbending prose. I know it'
  
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• Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signs MOU to renovate KeyArena

  06-12-2017 22:12
  The MOU was approved by the Seattle City Council on Monday. The $600 million renovation is projected to be completed by October 2020. Seattle soon could attract an NHL team and possibly an NBA franchise down the road.
  
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• Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan pens deal to renovate KeyArena

  06-12-2017 22:12
  The MOU was approved by the Seattle City Council on Monday. The $600 million renovation is projected to be completed by October 2020. Seattle soon could attract an NHL team and possibly an NBA franchise down the road.
  
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• 47 Things To Drink in Seattle in December 2017

  06-12-2017 22:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffOn Thursday, Redhook Brewery will host their Winterhook Release Party, celebrating their seasonal winter-warmer-style beer. Redhook Brewery Facebook
  Tuesday, December 5 is the 84th anniversary of the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment, which repealed the prohibition of alcohol. To celebrate this occasion (otherwise known as Repeal Day), we've compiled the following list of special holiday drinks and events happening all December long so you can exercise your
  
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• Shock of the Mahavishnu—John McLaughlin's US Farewell Show at the Moore Was One of the Greatest Live-Music Experiences of This Century

  06-12-2017 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalJohn McLaughlin and 4th Dimension, enacting a vital transformation. Dave Segal
  Have you ever gone to a concert that was so overwhelmingly stimulating, so crammed with virtuosic musicianship, so spiritually uplifting, that you cried tears of gratitude at the end of it and forgot about the terminal shittiness of the world? Well, that happened to me last night at the Moore Theatre. Jazz-fusion guitar deity John McLaughlin and his band 4th Dimension joined forces with Allman Brothers/Wi
  
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• Jeffery Tambor Says He's Not Quitting Transparent After All

  06-12-2017 21:33 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogJeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman in Transparent Transparent/Amazon
  Contrary to previous reports, the New York Times is now reporting that Jeffrey Tambor, star of the hit Amazon show Transparent, has not, in fact, stepped down from his leading role as Maura Pfefferman, nor does he have any plans to.Tambor was recently accused of sexual misconduct by two Transparentemployees. Van Barnes, Tambor's former assistant, alleges that Tambor groped her, and Trace Lysette, who plays Shea i
  
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• Jury in $15M verdict for police shooting of black man in Pierce County feared backlash, lawyers say

  06-12-2017 21:32
  Attorneys for Lakewood police are asking a federal judge to throw out a $15.1 million civil-rights verdict over the sniper-shooting death of an unarmed black man, arguing the court erred by allowing the plaintiffs' lawyers to “play the race card.”
  
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• Valerie June Does the Damn Thing in Seattle This Week

  06-12-2017 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Santi Elijah Holley JACOB BLICKENSTAFF
  With her Tennessee twang and infectious laugh, Valerie June could charm the dew off a honeysuckle. It’s difficult not to smile and laugh along with her, even as she’s discussing celestial realms and conversations with spirits.
  June has always been interested in the esoteric and the transcendent, but it wasn’t until writing the song “Astral Plane,” from her latest album The Order of Time, that she found a way to fully express
  
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• Seattle's Conscious Eatery Celebrates First Anniversary with Free Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

  06-12-2017 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonMaybe it's at Conscious Eatery?
  Life, Buddhists remind us, is suffering. But other people's suffering is reliably worse than our own. Conscious Eatery, a restaurant and catering company located at 5620 6th Ave S, Building T (between the ID and Georgetown), is attempting to redress both of these situations in a small, delicious way, by offering free grilled cheese sandwiches to all comers (one per comer, to be precise) on Friday from 11 am to 1pm. They'll also have their full lunch
  
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• My Complicated Devotion to Brandon Flowers and the Killers

  06-12-2017 20:30 via thestranger.com
  The last thing 2017 needed was an ode to machismo.by Ciara DolanThe last thing 2017 needed was an ode to machismo, which is why the lead single off the Killers’ brand-new record, Wonderful Wonderful, initially gave me pause. In the chorus of “The Man,” frontman Brandon Flowers brags, “I got gas in the tank/I got money in the bank/I got skin in the game/I got a household name/I got news for you, baby/You’re looking at the man.”I fell in love with the Killers at
  
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• King County Council to Vote on Banning Solitary for Juveniles on Monday

  06-12-2017 20:29 via thestranger.com
  
  This is why we can't forget the King County Council exists.by Sydney BrownstoneThe Maleng Regional Justice Center, where juveniles have been detained in the adult jail.SB
  A major vote is coming up in the King County Council, a legislative body which many often forget exists.King County Council members will vote Monday on a proposal to ban the use of solitary confinement on minors charged with adult crimes in the King County Jail and Maleng Regional Justice Center.Council Members Rod Dembowski, J
  
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• Connelly: Murray, Cantwell say Franken must quit Senate

  06-12-2017 19:41
  Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., join calls for colleague Sen. Al Franken to quit the Senate, after the latest claim of sexual harassment against Franken.  Franken has scheduled an announcement for Thursday on his future in the Senate.
  
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• Costco founder and boyhood friend give $50 million for precision medicine at UW

  06-12-2017 19:30
  Among the goals of the new institute are more sophisticated gene tests for breast cancer and improved screening for children with genetic disease.
  
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• Costco co-founder and boyhood friend give $50 million for precision medicine at UW

  06-12-2017 19:30
  Among the goals of the new institute are more sophisticated gene tests for breast cancer and improved screening for children with genetic disease.
  
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• White House: We'd Be Fine With Bakers Hanging "No Gays" Signs In Their Windows

  06-12-2017 19:14 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageDuring oral arguments before the Supreme Court yesterday about a homophobic baker in Colorado and the wedding cake he refused to sell to a gay couple there—a case that could gut civil rights protections for LGBT people (things don't look good, says Mark Joseph Stern at
  Slate)—a Trump administration lawyer argued that bakers should be legally allowed put signs in their windows saying that they don't make cakes for gay weddings. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee S
  
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• U.S. Sens. Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell and six other Democratic women in the Senate say Al Franken should resign

  06-12-2017 19:07
  Sen. Patty Murray and eight of her Senate colleagues, six women and two men, call on Sen. Al Franken to resign as accusations of sexual harassment mount against the Minnesota Democrat.
  
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• U.S. Sens. Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell and 7 other women in Senate say Al Franken should resign

  06-12-2017 19:07
  Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are among nine female Democratic senators to call on Sen. Al Franken to resign after another woman accused him of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Super big black hole from early universe farthest ever found

  06-12-2017 19:04
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a super-size black hole harkening back to almost the dawn of creation. It’s the farthest black hole ever found. A team led by the Carnegie Observatories’ Eduardo Banados reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday that the black hole lies in a quasar dating to 690 million […]
  
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• Judge: State’s lawsuit over detainee pay can proceed

  06-12-2017 19:04
  The judge on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss the case, filed by the GEO Group, a for-profit company that runs the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
  
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• Judge: State can sue detention center over inmate pay

  06-12-2017 19:04
  The judge on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss the case, filed by the GEO Group, a for-profit company that runs the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
  
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• New dinosaur looks like odd mix of duck, croc, ostrich, swan

  06-12-2017 19:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a bill like a duck but teeth like a croc’s, a swanlike neck and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr. Seuss could have dreamed up. It also had flippers like a penguin, and while it walked like an ostrich it could also swim. That’s […]
  
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• Sen. Patty Murray Among Several Senators Calling for Al Franken's Resignation

  06-12-2017 18:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Murray is the highest ranking woman in the Senate.by Katie HerzogSen. Patty MurrayChip Somodevilla/Getty Images
  Washington Sen. Patty Murray and six of her female colleagues in the Senate are calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign amid allegations of groping and other inappropriate contact. In a statement, Murray said:
  I’m shocked and appalled by Sen. Franken’s behavior.It’s clear to me that this has been a deeply harmful, persistent problem and a clear pattern over a long period
  
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• Seattle family sues Greyhound after son is fatally struck by bus

  06-12-2017 18:30
  The lawsuit, which doesn’t ask for a specific dollar amount, accuses Greyhound Lines of gross negligence and violations of federal safety rules.
  
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• Nuclear fusion project hails halfway construction milestone

  06-12-2017 18:01
  BERLIN (AP) — A vast international experiment designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy is halfway toward completion, the organization behind the project said Wednesday. Construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, in southern France has been dogged by delays and a surge in costs to about […]
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle Now Among Five Most Expensive Cities for Renters, Women Sue Harvey Weinstein

  06-12-2017 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Plus, thousands of Washington children could lose health insurance.by Heidi GrooverWashington State Rep. Nicole Macri plans to introduce legislation to repeal the state ban on rent control. nate gowdy
  Seattle Is Now the Fifth Most Expensive City for Renters: New census data shows that the median amount paid by Seattle renters reached $1,448 last year. Gene Balk crunches the numbers (and tells us why maybe we should all just move to Wichita).Another Effort for Rent Control in Washington? Democrat
  
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• 2 teens arrested, 1 suspect sought in shooting near Graham-Kapowsin High School that injured 2 students

  06-12-2017 16:15
  Two 17-year-old suspects have been arrested and a third suspect is being sought in connection with the shooting outside Graham-Kapowsin High School that injured two 16-year-old students on Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting in Graham followed a fight on school grounds, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. One suspect was arrested at his home […]
  
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• 1 arrested, 2 suspects sought in shooting near Graham-Kapowsin High School that injured 2 students

  06-12-2017 16:15
  Pierce County sheriff’s detectives have arrested a 17-year-old suspect and are seeking information about two others in connection with a shooting outside of Graham-Kapowsin High School in Graham on Tuesday that injured two 16-year-old students, authorities said. The shooting followed a fight on school grounds, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office posted images Tuesday […]
  
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• Seattle rents now rank among top 5 most expensive in U.S.; Tacoma joins $1,000 club

  06-12-2017 15:45
  Seattle leapfrogged Washington, D.C., to become one of the most expensive cities in the country for renters, according to new census data.
  
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• ‘Tribute towers’ honoring fallen service members visit Port Angeles

  06-12-2017 15:00
  On a quiet block in Port Angeles, ‘tribute towers” will display photos of those who died in the post 9/11 wars. The mobile memorial is being brought to the community by a mother who lost her only son in Afghanistan.
  
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• These are Washington state’s top 5 most popular locations tagged on Instagram

  06-12-2017 15:00
  Can you guess the Washington state locations most frequently tagged on Instagram? Here’s a hint: They’re almost all in Seattle. Instagram last week released its 2017 Global Data that lists the social-media app’s most popular photos, videos, celebrities, hashtags (#love is the world’s most popular) and more. While Seattle did not make the list of the […]
  
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• ‘She just needed some support’: Youth Eastside Services builds up a mom

  06-12-2017 15:00
  Youth Eastside Services helps children, youth and families suffering violence, emotional distress or substance abuse in East King County, Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland.
  
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• Delays in Congress threaten health coverage for thousands of Washington children

  06-12-2017 15:00
  The federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired Sept. 30 and has not been renewed. While some states are running out of money to provide coverage, Washington has kept the program going — for now.
  
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• After all the mass shootings, what’s Congress’ answer? Make gun laws looser

  06-12-2017 15:00
  Congress is responding to our autumn of slaughter mostly by doing nothing, or even pushing to relax our already laid-back gun laws. A group of local lawmakers has a different idea in Olympia.
  
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• Rare skeleton shown of human ancestor, 3.6 million years old

  06-12-2017 14:48
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers in South Africa have unveiled what they call “by far the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found.” The University of the Witwatersrand displayed the virtually complete Australopithecus fossil on Wednesday. The skeleton dates back 3.6 million years. Its discovery is expected to help […]
  
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• Washington’s grad rate is low compared with other states — here’s why that may be

  06-12-2017 14:00
  Washington has one of the lowest on-time graduation rates among all 50 states and Washington D.C., but state education officials aren’t worried about the ranking.
  
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• Valerie June Does the Damn Thing

  06-12-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Talking subatomic cosmic blues with the Brooklyn singer-songwriter.by Santi Elijah HolleyWith her Tennessee twang and infectious laugh, Valerie June could charm the dew off a honeysuckle. It’s difficult not to smile and laugh along with her, even as she’s discussing celestial realms and conversations with spirits.June has always been interested in the esoteric and the transcendent, but it wasn’t until writing the song “Astral Plane,” from her latest album The Order
  
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