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• Seattle transportation director Scott Kubly won’t be Austin’s city manager

  11-12-2017 23:46
  SDOT Director Scott Kubly had been among six finalists who traveled to Austin last week for interviews. Kubly’s status at the helm of SDOT remains uncertain under new Mayor Jenny Durkan.
  
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• Central Washington University Is Investigating Rep. Matt Manweller for Something, But They Won't Say What

  11-12-2017 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Wonder why.by Rich SmithWonder what for.WALEG
  According to the News Tribune, this morning, Central Washington University put Washington State House Rep. Matt Manweller (R-Ellensburg) on paid leave, took his computer, and told him in a letter that he was under investigation. Manweller is a tenured professor of political science at the university. There's no word yet on why they're investigating him, and none is expected until after the investigation is complete, so stay tuned.However, if you've b
  
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• Washington Republican reps back Dreamers, but will it matter?

  11-12-2017 23:43
  With backing from 34 Republicans, a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives support passing legislation that would revive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.Doing so would allow nearly 800,000 young immigrants -- so-called Dreamers brought to America as little children -- to live and work and learn . . .  in the only country they have ever known.
  
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• Where to Watch the 2018 Golden Globe Nominees

  11-12-2017 23:37 via thestranger.com
  Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, And Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffThe Golden Globe nominations were released this morning, and many of the nominees are currently playing in Seattle theaters—or will be soon. We've rounded them all up below so you can catch up on all the films you have yet to see before the ceremony on January 7. Follow the links for showtimes, trailers, and ticket links.NOW PLAYING
  Battle of the Sexes
  Battle of the Sexes is abou
  
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• Where to Watch the 2018 Golden Globe Nominees in Seattle

  11-12-2017 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLady Bird is nominated for four awards.
  The Golden Globe nominations were released this morning, and many of the nominees are currently playing in Seattle theaters—or will be soon. We've rounded them all up below so you can catch up on all the films you have yet to see before the ceremony on January 7. Follow the links for showtimes, trailers, and ticket links.
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  Battle of the Sexes
  Battle of the Sexes is about the real-life tennis match between Bill
  
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• Cards Against Humanity Sends Thousands of People Checks

  11-12-2017 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  It's all in the name of saving America.by Katie Herzog
  Last month, Cards Against Humanity announced a six-part plan to save America. The first part involves thwarting Trump's proposed and very stupid border wall along the U.S./Mexico border. For a mere $15, CAH promised to use your money to purchase land on the border and tie the Trump administration up in a long and protracted imminent domain battle if/when this idiotic wall comes to fruition. The remaining five parts roll out this month, sort
  
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• Teen suspected of shooting 2 near Graham school arrested

  11-12-2017 23:17
  Authorities say the shooting happened at the site of a prearranged fight between one of the suspects and a Graham-Kapowsin High School student.
  
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• Alex Lahey is Obsessed with Songs—But She’s Not Afraid to Let Them Go

  11-12-2017 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Aussie singer-songwriter plays Chop Suey on Wednesday.by Leilani Polk GIULIA MCGAURAN
  The European leg of her world tour complete, Alex Lahey is relaxing in a Boston hotel room, having just arrived from Glasgow the night before. After playing a handful of stateside gigs toward the beginning of the year, the 25-year-old Australian singer-songwriter is poised to hit the road for her first extended trip across America, and she laughs while reflecting on the “bizarre” reaction to her
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The One That Got Away (But Gave Me Her Name and Enough Info That I Was Able to Track Her Down)

  11-12-2017 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Is this romantic? Or is this stalking?by Dan Savage
  I am 48 years old and straight and I met this amazing woman leaving a pub after our respective work end-of-year parties. We had this great conversation. Flirted, even hugged, cuddled and took selfies, all in the street outside the pub. I felt so happy being near her, and I think at least, her smiles indicated she felt the same way too. But I was a bit drunk, very tired and failed to even offer my number or ask for hers. And it's been driving me
  
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• Woman impaled by limb when tree falls on house in Oregon

  11-12-2017 21:56
  CORBETT, Ore. (AP) — A tree has fallen into a house near Portland, Oregon, impaling a woman who was inside. The incident happened Sunday night in Corbett. The 65-year-old woman had a tree limb in her lower torso. A rescue crew secured the limb and evacuated the woman, who was conscious, to a hospital. A […]
  
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• Trump’s Sexual Harassment Accusers Call for a Congressional Investigation

  11-12-2017 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  At least one Trump administration official says that his accusers “have every right to speak up."by Amber CortesRachel Crooks, Jessica Leeds, and Samantha Holvey, women who are uniting for the first time to hold a press conference accusing Trump of sexual harassment. MONICA SCHIPPER VIA GETTY IMAGES
  Spurred by the recent #metoo revelations that have brought down some of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry, three women held a press conference today with firsthand accounts of
  
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• Washington state Rep. Matt Manweller placed on leave at CWU job

  11-12-2017 21:23
  Central Washington University said Monday it is investigating the conduct of state Rep. Matt Manweller and has placed him on administrative leave from his job as a political science professor. Officials at the Ellensburg school declined to discuss the details of the investigation or what prompted it.  Manweller, who has taught at the university since […]
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ Introcut

  11-12-2017 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Veteran DJ/hiphop producer Introcut reveals 5 tracks currently making dancers break sweats at events like SNAP! '90s Dance Party, Stop Biting, and Swayze '80s Dance Party.by Dave SegalIntrocut advises DJs to "learn to mix with vinyl first"; sync buttons are a copout. Tyler Hill
  INTROCUT (aka MATHEW MORONI; Stop Biting)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Tsuruda, "Brrrap!!" (Division) Siriusmo, "Wixn" (Monkeytown)B. Bravo, "I'm for Real" (Bastard Jazz)Devonwho, "Alphaloop" (Leaving)Introcut, "9Lives" (Care Pa
  
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• Connelly: Cantwell calls for probe on Interior Secretary Zinke's $14K in helicopter flights

  11-12-2017 21:20
  The Inspector General of the U.S. Interior Department should probe $14,250 in helicopter flights taken by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to events within two hours of his Washington, D.C., office, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
  
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• Fatal crash on I-5 in Seattle possibly linked to road rage, police say

  11-12-2017 21:04
  Police say the victim's SUV and another vehicle were reported to have been involved in a road-rage incident before the Sunday morning wreck.
  
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• Trump wants to send man back to moon, on to Mars

  11-12-2017 20:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to send man back to the moon — and on to Mars. Trump signed a policy directive Monday instructing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to “refocus America’s space program on human exploration and discovery.” The move, Trump said, “marks an important step in returning American astronauts to […]
  
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• Pentagon Says Trans People Can Start Enlisting in the Military in 2018

  11-12-2017 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogProtesters in Times Square after Trump announced a ban on transgender troops last summer. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
  After a federal judge again ruled against the Trump administration's ongoing attempt to ban trans people from the military on Monday, a Pentagon official told the Associated Press that the military will begin accepting trans recruits on January 1, 2018, regardless of continuing legal battles. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit brought on behalf of six service
  
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• Mining to resume at nuke waste dump for 1st time since leak

  11-12-2017 20:49
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository are flipping the switch on an interim ventilation system this week, allowing mining to resume for the first time since a 2014 radiation release contaminated part of the facility. Still, they caution it will take a few years and cost hundreds of […]
  
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• "Shadowy" Online Ads Are Targeting an American Election Again, This Time in Alabama

  11-12-2017 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersJust one of many, many pieces of election disinformation that spread on social media during the 2016 presidential election. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
  The Daily Beast reports:
  Three months after Mark Zuckerberg pledged to stop external forces from disproportionately affecting U.S. elections, targeted ads are bombarding voters in a pivotal Senate race.
  Those ads are trying to influence the super-close contest in Alabama between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Yet as t
  
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• A Tribute to Mary J. Blige Happens at the Royal Room This Friday

  11-12-2017 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeOm Johari is organizing a tribute to R&B legend Mary J. Blige.Kelly O
  The thing that has marked Seattle musician Om Johari's music career has been the successful execution of very good ideas. For example, back in 2000, she and Amy Stolzenbach came up with the great idea of an all-female AC/DC tribute band—and they made it happen, and it was a great success. (Johari was Hell's Belles' singer until 2005.) More recently, Johari, who describes herself as an Afro-punk and f
  
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• SPD: Charleena Lyles shooting consistent with policy, training

  11-12-2017 20:14
  The Seattle Police Department's Force Review Board issued a report Friday saying the two officers who fatally shot Charleena Lyles in her home in June acted in accordance with the agency's policies and training.
  
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• That Vice Video About Roy Moore Voters Is Harrowing ... But It's Also a Trap

  11-12-2017 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Costal liberals: let Alabama liberals take care of this.by Rich SmithHanukkah present No. 1 = watching this guy lose.SCOTT OLSON / GETTY
  In case you just fell out of the sky: tomorrow Alabamians will cast their vote in a Senate race between Democratic candidate Doug Jones and alleged child molester (but confirmed bigot) Roy Moore. The race is close.On Friday evening Vice published a video of 12 "conservative" voters—from bus drivers to real estate developers—having a "candid discussi
  
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• Maybe Universities Shouldn't Put the Work of Student Journalists on the Internet

  11-12-2017 19:52 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageSo this op-ed by an administrator at Williams College...
  I recognize myself in [today's students]: intellectually adventurous, skeptical, newly aware of life’s injustices. They’re also different from me in many ways: less Grateful Dead and Dead Kennedys, much more technology. That’s the important bit. Because for all of the supposed liberating power of their digital devices, they might as well be wearing ankle monitors. Technological connectedness has made it much
  
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• The 30 Best Concerts in Seattle This Week: Dec 11-17, 2017

  11-12-2017 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFestive party rockers Dude York will share their effusive holiday spirit (and their new album Halftime For The Holidays) at the Showbox this Saturday.
  Combat that S.A.D. creeping in and head over to a packed and warm concert venue around town for one of these excellent shows. This week, we've got everything from a fresh crop of pop-punk from the Down Under (Alex Lahey), to modern heavy metal cranked out by a local legend (Theories), to the comeback tour of a divisiv
  
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• “Help me,” kidnapped woman mouths, is rescued

  11-12-2017 19:35
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man authorities say kidnapped a woman and her child and held them at their home has been arrested after he took her to a store and she mouthed the words “help me” to several people. Christopher Hahn-Collins, 25, of Salem, is scheduled for a hearing Monday afternoon at Marion County […]
  
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• Microsoft Announces $50 Million Investment to Help Combat Climate Change

  11-12-2017 19:23 via thestranger.com
  
  Because the Trump administration isn't doing squat.by Katie HerzogMicrosoft grantee FarmBeats uses data and tech to increase crop yields.MicrosoftOn Monday, Microsoft announced that the tech giant will be investing $50 million to bring cloud-computing and other Microsoft services to organizations working to combat climate change, as Geek Wire reports.The announcement was made by company President Brad Smith at the One Climate Summit in Paris, a conference for global and business leaders who don'
  
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• SpaceX launching recycled rocket, supply capsule for NASA

  11-12-2017 19:21
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space Age hand-me-downs are soaring to a whole new level. On Tuesday, SpaceX plans to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA. The unmanned Falcon 9 — last used in June — will carry up a Dragon capsule that’s also flown on a previous space station supply run. NASA’s International […]
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Vino and Violence, Part 1

  11-12-2017 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
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• 2018 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

  11-12-2017 18:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri received six Golden Globe nominations, including one for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay
  Though it was long considered a poor relation of movie awards ceremonies (sort of like the American Music Awards to the Oscars' Grammys), the Golden Globes have hung in there to become just as significant and lucrative (sort of like the American Music Awards).
  This year's nominations are led by Guillermo Del Toro's as-yet-
  
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• Ugly Seahawks Loss Caps Off Dispiriting Weekend For Seattle Sports

  11-12-2017 18:57 via thestranger.com
  
  If the Seahawks win next week against Los Angeles they’ll be leading their division and in great shape to make the playoffsby Spike FriedmanK.J. Wright #50 of the Seattle Seahawks lays on the field after an injury during the second half of their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field on December 10, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Logan Bowles/Getty Images
  Heading into the Seahawks critical matchup with the Jaguars, here’s where things stood in the world of Seattle sp
  
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• Two People Locked Themselves to a Crane at the Port of Tacoma

  11-12-2017 18:42 via thestranger.com
  
  One of the protesters, 72-year-old Stephen Way, says he's up there for his grandkids.by Sydney BrownstonePuyallup tribal members protest Tacoma's liquefied natural gas facility in November of 2016.SB
  Two protesters have locked themselves to a crane at the construction site of a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) liquefied natural gas facility at the Port of Tacoma this morning, according to activist group 350 Seattle. A spokesperson for the Port of Tacoma confirmed that Tacoma Police and the fire departme
  
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• Reminder: It's Not Just Actresses Being Sexually Harassed at Work

  11-12-2017 18:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Low-wage industries see high rates of sexual assault claims.by Heidi GrooverIt's not just Harvey Weinstein. ALEXANDER KOERNER/GETTY
  In the flood of news about sexual harassment in professions like filmmaking, comedy, media, and tech, you've probably heard someone remind you #MeToo must help low-wage workers too.Years of federal government data about sexual harassment claims show just how necessary it is for us to include these oft-forgotten voices in the movement.Buzzfeed received 20 years' wort
  
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• Fog continues, air quality takes a hit in Seattle

  11-12-2017 18:00
  A persistent weather system continued Monday morning with more fog, cold temperatures in Seattle and other lowlands, and deteriorating air quality.
  
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• The Morning News: Smoke From LA Wildfires Reaches Seattle, Fog, Fog, Fog, I Heard Black Man Being Shot to Death

  11-12-2017 17:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeAfter the fog, the smoke... @lwolfmother.
  Smoke from LA Fires Reached Seattle: This weekend, the city had fog in the morning, and smokey dusks at the end of the day. The smoke came from what the local weather celebrity Cliff Mass describes as "unusually late wildfires over southern California." That blaze is the fifth-biggest in the state's history and covers an area larger than "New York City and Boston combined." The region has not had rain for a stunning 250 days. No rain is
  
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• Twin Falls charter school considers expansion project

  11-12-2017 17:51
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A free public charter school in Twin Falls is low on classroom space, prompting a committee to consider how to accommodate increasing student enrollment. The Times-News reports that Xavier Charter School has become overcrowded with about 700 K-12 students and a waiting list of nearly 300 children a decade after opening. […]
  
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• Dollar Tree co-founder Macon Brock dead at 75

  11-12-2017 17:21
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Macon Brock, a retailer who co-founded the Dollar Tree chain of discount stores that grew into a Fortune 500 company, has died. He was 75. News outlets report Brock died Saturday at his home in Virginia Beach. His wife said he died of complications from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. […]
  
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• Woman dies after early-morning house fire in Salem

  11-12-2017 17:05
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A woman has died following a house fire in Salem. The Statesman Journal reports that more than a dozen firefighters responded to reports of smoke billowing out of the home early Sunday morning. Firefighters noticed fire in the back portion of the building, entered the home and knocked the fire down […]
  
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• Woman says she complained about Washington state Rep. Manweller’s conduct this year

  11-12-2017 15:00
  After a dinner in Olympia with state Rep. Matt Manweller, a legislative staff member complained about his conduct. Manweller said he was just being polite and helping the woman find a job.
  
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• Woman says she complained about Washington state lawmaker’s conduct this year

  11-12-2017 15:00
  After a dinner in Olympia with state Rep. Matt Manweller, a legislative staff member complained about his conduct. Manweller said he was just being polite and helping the woman find a job.
  
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• Tips for getting around Seattle safely, on foot and behind the wheel

  11-12-2017 15:00
  We’ve compiled tips and tricks for getting around safely and lawfully, ranging from rules on parking to pedestrian do’s and don’ts at intersections.
  
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• A lost ship, a billionaire’s discovery and what a Seattle woman learned about the father she never knew

  11-12-2017 15:00
  Jae Anderson’s father died on the USS Indianapolis weeks before the end of World War II and months before she was born. After a team led by Paul Allen found the ship this year, she answered a question she’d always had about her father: What parts of him are parts of me?
  
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• This week we’ll be on Reddit answering questions about gifted education in Washington

  11-12-2017 14:00
  The term “gifted” is a loaded one. Education Lab reporter Claudia Rowe will be on the r/SeattleWA subreddit to answer your questions about what being gifted means in Washington’s classrooms.
  
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• Snow wreaks havoc on travelers in Britain, schools closed

  11-12-2017 10:41
  LONDON (AP) — Snow and wintry weather are still wreaking havoc on travelers in Britain, with flights cancelled, roads sheathed in ice and rail travel disrupted Monday. With temperatures predicted to drop overnight to as low as minus 12 Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit), transport officials worked on cleanup. Hundreds of schools were closed and airports […]
  
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• US Nobel laureate fears US politics could undermine science

  11-12-2017 09:51
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — An American scientist who shared this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine bluntly criticized political developments at home in his address at the awards’ gala banquet, saying that U.S. scientists are facing funding cutbacks that will hurt research. Michael Rosbash, who was honored for his work on circadian rhythms — commonly called the […]
  
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• France to name winners of anti-Trump climate change grants

  11-12-2017 09:42
  PARIS (AP) — Several U.S.-based climate scientists are about to win multi-year, all-expenses-paid grants to relocate to France. The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants are an effort by French President Emmanuel Macron to counter U.S. President Donald Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a competition for the grants hours after Trump declared […]
  
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• France to lure climate scientists with lucrative ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ awards

  11-12-2017 09:42
  PARIS (AP) — Several U.S.-based climate scientists are about to hit the jackpot, as French President Emmanuel Macron prepares to award them multiyear, all-expenses-paid grants to relocate to France. The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants are part of Macron’s efforts to counter U.S. President Donald Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a […]
  
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• France names winners of anti-Trump climate change grants

  11-12-2017 09:42
  PARIS (AP) — Eighteen climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere hit the jackpot Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term. The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” […]
  
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• Subway paleontology: LA construction unearths fossil trove

  11-12-2017 09:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east […]
  
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• Los Angeles subway work uncovers array of Ice Age fossils

  11-12-2017 09:12
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — As part of the crew digging a subway extension under the streets of Los Angeles, Ashley Leger always keeps her safety gear close by. When her phone buzzes, she quickly dons a neon vest, hard hat and goggles before climbing deep down into a massive construction site beneath a boulevard east […]
  
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• A cafe where no one is homeless: one solution to youth on Seattle streets

  11-12-2017 09:00
  Homeless youth are often kicked out of cafes in the cold winter months when it’s not easy to be outside. Yet in the U District, many youth don’t choose to take shelteror access services. So advocates are experimenting with opening a cafe for them.
  
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