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• Talks start on Highway 99 tunnel tolls under Seattle. How high should they go?

  12-12-2017 23:57
  Tolls might begin March 1, 2019, ranging from $1 overnight to a top rate of $2.50 for an afternoon-commute trip between Sodo and South Lake Union, under one leading option.
  
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• Superintendent’s Robert E. Lee compromise gets cold shoulder from Wenatchee Scool Board

  12-12-2017 23:48
  The board didn’t reject the proposal to drop “Robert E.” from a school’s name, and two members indicated an openness to discussing it. But no motion was made to approve the proposal, and the topic was put on the board’s Jan. 8 agenda.
  
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• Superintendent’s Robert E. Lee compromise gets cold shoulder from Wenatchee School Board

  12-12-2017 23:48
  The board didn’t reject the proposal to drop “Robert E.” from a school’s name, and two members indicated an openness to discussing it. But no motion was made to approve the proposal, and the topic was put on the board’s Jan. 8 agenda.
  
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• Man charged in mysterious Des Moines killing

  12-12-2017 23:34
  Prosecutors charged a 20-year-old man with murder Tuesday in the Nov. 10 slaying of a man who was shot in the head in his own Des Moines apartment.
  
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• The Radical Politics of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

  12-12-2017 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"Welcome to Great Zimababwe..."
  It has been explained to me that every point in the universe appears to be the center of the universe. Where ever you go, the center is where you are. One physicist described this as being in a container of milk: where ever you move in it, you see the same thing. But the universe is not contained or limited in a way we understand. The concept of a border collapses much like our mathematics does when approaching the first moment of all we know to b
  
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• Boy, 16, charged as an adult in shooting at Graham school

  12-12-2017 22:46
  A 16-year-old boy was shot in the thigh and a 17-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. Both are students at Graham-Kapowsin High School and were among a group of youths who had gone off campus to watch a fight that never happened.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Welcoming a New Reader to the "Savage Love" Family

  12-12-2017 22:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Reader: I'd like to ram a steel post right up your ass until it hits your brain.by Dan Savage
  Originally posted Oct 31, 2014.
  While waiting for my lunch to be prepared at Shiraz, I casually opened up Leo Magazine and stumbled on to your page.
  What a way to ruin my day. Your advice is the epitome of stupidity and foolishness. Your counsel to the parents concerning their kid who is putting tampons and other objects up his ass makes me want to ram a steel post right up your ass until it hits your b
  
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• Suspected Pierce Co. school shooter charged as adult

  12-12-2017 22:24
  A 16-year-old student was charged as an adult Tuesday for the school shooting in Graham that police say started with a cafeteria argument.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Has Arrived ...

  12-12-2017 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Clinton is in town for a book signing at Elliott Bay and the line is looooooong.by Katie HerzogHillary Clinton devotees Andie Ptak (left) and Fiona Jackson (right) KHHundreds (maybe thousands?) of mostly middle-aged white people are currently standing in a line that stretches down 10th Avenue, around the block, across the street, and halfway down Pine Street to get into Elliott Bay Book Company for a book signing with the winner for the 2016 popular vote: one Hillary Rodham Clinton. While Bernie
  
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• Hillary Clinton Has Arrived.

  12-12-2017 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Clinton is in town for a book signing at Elliott Bay and the line is looooooong.by Katie HerzogHillary Clinton devotees Andie Ptak (left) and Fiona Jackson (right) KHHundreds (maybe thousands?) of mostly middle-aged white people are currently standing in a line that stretches down 10th Avenue, around the block, across the street, and halfway down Pine Street to get into Elliott Bay Book Company for a book signing with the winner for the 2016 popular vote: one Hillary Rodham Clinton. While Bernie
  
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• Hormonal birth control and cancer risk: How to sort it out

  12-12-2017 22:10
  The answer will be different for each woman and will depend on such factors as age and general health. But many doctors who prescribe contraceptives say there’s no cause for alarm — and no one should throw away her pills and risk an unwanted pregnancy.
  
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• The Central Comedy Show Last Thursday Was Alarmingly Good

  12-12-2017 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  A review of last week's Central Comedy Show featuring Arrested Development writer Gareth Reynolds, four great locals, and a fire alarm.by Dave Segal
  On December 7, Central Cinema hosted a strong edition of the Central Comedy Show, featuring a headlining set by Gareth Reynolds, famous for his work on Harold and Kumar 3, MTV's Failosophy, the comedy podcast The Dollop—which he co-hosts with comedian Dave Anthony—and writing credits for Arrested Development. He received strong support f
  
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• Mentally ill defendant re-charged in 2013 Pioneer Square slaying

  12-12-2017 21:29
  A man deemed too mentally ill to face a murder trial two years ago was charged again last week with the slaying of a Shoreline Community College professor and stabbing his girlfriend in 2013.
  
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• Where to Celebrate Hanukkah

  12-12-2017 21:24 via thestranger.com
  21 Events with Menorah Lightings, Latke Cook-Offs, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffHanukkah, the weeklong Jewish Festival of Lights, is filled with food, games, music, and merriment. This year, it begins on the evening of Tuesday, December 12 and continues until the evening of Wednesday, December 20, and there are lots of different ways to celebrate in Seattle, whether you observe the holiday or want to learn about new cultural traditions. We've compiled them all below, from the Chabad Jew
  
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• Where to Celebrate Hanukkah in Seattle in 2017

  12-12-2017 21:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff Shutterstock
  Hanukkah, the weeklong Jewish Festival of Lights, is filled with food, games, music, and merriment. This year, it begins on the evening of Tuesday, December 12 and continues until the evening of Wednesday, December 20, and there are lots of different ways to celebrate in Seattle, whether you observe the holiday or want to learn about new cultural traditions. We've compiled them all below, from the Chabad Jewish Center's Annual Latke Cook-Off to a giant
  
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• San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who grew up in Seattle, dies at 65

  12-12-2017 21:23
  "Mayor Ed Lee has a long history of breaking barriers," Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a statement. Lee spent part of his childhood in public housing. He graduated from Franklin High School, where he had been class president, before becoming the first in his family to attend college. He continued on to law school and then into public service.
  
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• Seattle Police Union Agrees to Pay $750 For Violating Election Code

  12-12-2017 20:28 via thestranger.com
  
  SPOG also turned in a report three days late.by Steven HsiehSPOG: Not only bad at graphic design, but also following election laws. HG
  Seattle election law requires independent groups backing a candidate to clearly state that they're not working for anyone running for their candidate of choice.
  The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) violated that disclosure rule when it ran a full-page ad in the Seattle Times blasting City Attorney Pete Holmes, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC
  
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• Science Says: This Is Why You're Gay

  12-12-2017 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  A new study links sexuality with birth order.by Katie HerzogA new study suggests that a love of sailor caps and mesh thongs may be connected to a protein on the Y chromosome. Michele Tantussi/Getty Images
  The idea that sexuality is tied to biology is nothing new: Scientists have been looking for the "gay gene" for decades, and more recent research has demonstrated that boys with older brothers are more likely to grow up to be gay. Now, we may know why.According to a new study published in the Pr
  
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• Two state House members join call for probe of Trump sexual misconduct

  12-12-2017 20:16
  Fifty-nine Democratic congresswomen want the House of representatives to probe multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump.  Two Washington lawmakers -- U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Suzan DelBene -- are part of the group.
  
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• Task Force Will Study Whether Inquests For Police Shootings Make Sense

  12-12-2017 19:49 via thestranger.com
  
  What purpose do inquests really serve?by Sydney BrownstoneLawyers discuss the results of the Renee Davis inquest hearing with Davis's surviving family members on the steps of the Maleng Regional Justice Center. SB
  King County Executive Dow Constantine announced today that his office will launch a task force to review fact-finding hearings, or inquests, held after police shootings.
  Unlike many other local governments, King County's charter calls for county courts to hold inquests after deaths inv
  
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• Court keeps ban on new mining claims around Grand Canyon

  12-12-2017 19:44
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has kept in place an Obama administration ban on new mining claims around the Grand Canyon. The decision Tuesday comes as a U.S. House committee hears testimony on access to minerals on public land. The U.S. Forest Service under President Donald Trump said weeks ago it would […]
  
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• In Today's Edition of Former Tech Insiders Denouncing Social Media...

  12-12-2017 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersChamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's former vice president for user growth, said he feels "tremendous guilt" about helping to create tools that "are ripping apart the social fabric." Mike Windle / Getty Images
  This video of former Facebook vice president Chamath Palihapitiya is worth checking out. It's only the latest example of major tech insiders turning against their creations:
  Fast Company transcribed some of Palihapitiya's remarks, in which he said:
  "The short-term, dopamine-drive
  
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• New Randy Rainbow: She Was Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Roy Moore Was 32)

  12-12-2017 17:40 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageMaybe now he'll sign my yearbook. 🤠#NewVideo #RoyMoore #MusicMonday pic.twitter.com/YiJJ2DqtNT— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) December 11, 2017
  Randy Rainbow is going to get us through this with our sanity intact.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• The Morning News: Basic Decency on Trial in Alabama, Fatal Police Shooting in Magnuson Park

  12-12-2017 17:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: Airbnb, Kirsten Gillibrand and Matt Manweller.by Steven HsiehU.S. Senator or forgotten forever? We shall find out today. SCOTT OLSON / GETTY
  In Alabama: Voters will choose between Democrat Doug Jones and a RNC-backed, Trump-endorsed, ultra social-conservative former judge with an alleged history of preying on teenage girls. Roy Moore and co made their final push last night in appropriately bizarre fashion. Wife Kayla Moore attempted to shake off claims of antisemitism by invoking their Jew
  
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• Ancient penguin was as big as a (human) Pittsburgh Penguin

  12-12-2017 17:04
  Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slightly shorter in length and about 20 pounds (9 kilograms) heavier than the official stats for hockey star Sidney Crosby.
  
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• Officers fatally shoot man at Magnuson Park after car chase, Seattle police say

  12-12-2017 17:03
  Seattle police fatally shot a man Monday night at Magnuson Park after he was involved in a reported armed robbery, led officers on a chase through North Seattle and shot at them, police said. According to police, the man is believed to have first been involved in a 10 p.m. armed robbery at the Forever […]
  
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• Balmy in the mountains: Rare air inversion spikes temps for high-altitude hikers

  12-12-2017 16:34
  A "strong inversion layer" produced some odd temperatures at higher elevations on this week. "It was like spring," said hiker David Reid as he climbed to Mason Lake, at 4,300 feet.
  
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• SpaceX delivery delayed few days; 1st reused rocket for NASA

  12-12-2017 16:28
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has delayed its latest grocery run for the International Space Station by at least another few days. The company now aims to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA on Friday. The unmanned Falcon rocket originally flew in June. The Dragon capsule made a space station shipment in 2015. […]
  
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• SpaceX delivery delayed a day; first reused rocket for NASA

  12-12-2017 16:28
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has delayed its latest grocery run for the International Space Station for at least a day. The company now aims to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA on Wednesday. The unmanned Falcon originally flew in June. The Dragon capsule, meanwhile, made a space station shipment in 2015. This will […]
  
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• SpaceX delivery delayed a day; 1st reused rocket for NASA

  12-12-2017 16:28
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has delayed its latest grocery run for the International Space Station for at least a day. The company now aims to launch its first recycled rocket for NASA on Wednesday. The unmanned Falcon originally flew in June. The Dragon capsule, meanwhile, made a space station shipment in 2015. This […]
  
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• Paris climate summit announces 12 international projects to financially support efforts to curb global warming

  12-12-2017 16:09
  PARIS (AP) — Paris climate summit announces 12 international projects to financially support efforts to curb global warming.
  
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• Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids are pried from homes

  12-12-2017 16:06
  Across the U.S., soaring use of heroin and other opioids has sent tens of thousands of kids flooding into the foster-care system — creating a generation of children abandoned by addicted parents, orphaned by fatal overdoses and torn from families by authorities fearful of leaving them in drug-addled chaos.
  
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• Arctic report card: Permafrost thawing faster than before

  12-12-2017 16:02
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new report finds permafrost in the Arctic is thawing faster than ever before. The annual report card released Tuesday also finds water is warming and sea ice is melting at the fastest pace in 1,500 years at the top of the world. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Earth’s […]
  
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• Arctic report card: Permafrost thawing at unprecedented rate

  12-12-2017 16:02
  Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing faster than ever, water is also warming and sea ice is melting at the fastest pace in 1,500 years at the top of the world, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
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• Arctic report card: Permafrost thawing at a faster pace

  12-12-2017 16:02
  Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing faster than ever, water is also warming and sea ice is melting at the fastest pace in 1,500 years at the top of the world, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
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• Should King County change how it does inquests? Panel to tackle big questions

  12-12-2017 15:00
  Inquests have long been convened to determine the factual circumstances surrounding the use of deadly force by King County law-enforcement officers. But the process has increasingly come under fire by critics who say the scope is too limited and tilted toward the police.
  
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• Reward offered in poaching cases of two Washington wolves, including survivor from Profanity Peak pack

  12-12-2017 15:00
  Two conservation groups have offered a reward of $20,000 for information that leads to a conviction in the killings in Eastern Washington.
  
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• Escaped Atlantic salmon found 42 miles up Skagit River

  12-12-2017 15:00
  More than three months after about 100,000 Atlantic salmon escaped a net pen in Puget Sound, they are still turning up strong and lively in the Skagit River.
  
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• Aging tunnel near Mount St. Helens needs work to avert flood risks to nearby residents

  12-12-2017 15:00
  A new report calls for a collaborative effort to chart the future of human intervention in the drainages transformed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
  
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• A rare sight: Geminid meteor shower might be visible here

  12-12-2017 15:00
  Cloudy skies usually blot out the December sky show, but this year there’s a chance some folks in Western Washington could get a glimpse.
  
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• Seattle police shoot, kill robbery suspect after chase

  12-12-2017 14:50
  One person has died from an officer-involved shooting provoked by a chase through North Seattle late Monday night and into Tuesday morning.
  
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• Washington gets high marks for how it plans to evaluate schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act

  12-12-2017 14:00
  Washington’s plan for assessing schools under the federal K-12 education law is strong, according to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Bellwether Education Partners.
  
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• San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee dies suddenly at 65

  12-12-2017 13:12
  SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor Ed Lee, who oversaw a technology-driven economic boom in the city that brought with it sky-high housing prices, died suddenly early Tuesday at age 65. A statement from the Lee’s office said the city’s first Asian-American mayor died at 1:11 a.m. at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. “It is with profound […]
  
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• Top 20 Books of 2017

  12-12-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  From Morgan Parker to Hillary Clinton, these writers rose above the clamor to engage, challenge, and delight us.by Stranger StaffOne of the great, which is to say terrible, consequences of the massive proliferation of diversions afforded by having the whole internet in your pocket everywhere you go is the absence of the long, unbroken stretches of time that are the sole requirement for reading books.It's perfectly likely that we all consume a good deal more writing than we used to. The problem i
  
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• Hillary Clinton tells ‘What Happened’ at the Paramount

  12-12-2017 08:22
  Hillary Clinton joined author Anne Lamott in a 90-minute conversation at the Paramount Theatre Monday, in support of Clinton's new book, "What Happened," about the 2016 election.
  
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