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• The Year in Review: Stories We Loved from 2017, Part I

  27-12-2017 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Our selections from January through April of 2017.by Leilani PolkA favorite cover from 2017There was a lot to lament in 2017. In the thick of it, amid the flood of terrible news and terrible new "truths" shit out by our current president in stinking, diarrhetic Twitter chunks, the year felt long and treacherous, but also seemed to speed by so overwhelmingly fast that we hardly had a chance to catch our breaths and appreciate the things we love and the things that give us hope.
  The good news is t
  
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• The Year in Review: Our Favorite Stranger Stories from 2017, Part I

  27-12-2017 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The first set of story selections were published January through April of 2017.by Leilani PolkA favorite cover from 2017There was a lot to lament in 2017. In the thick of it, amid the flood of terrible news and terrible new "truths" shit out by our current president in stinking, diarrhetic Twitter chunks, the year felt long and treacherous, but also seemed to speed by so overwhelmingly fast that we hardly had a chance to catch our breaths and appreciate the things we love and the things that giv
  
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• The Year in Review: Our Favorite Stories from 2017, Part I

  27-12-2017 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The first set of story selections were published January through April of 2017.by Leilani PolkA favorite cover from 2017There was a lot to lament in 2017. In the thick of it, amid the flood of terrible news and terrible new "truths" shit out by our current president in stinking, diarrhetic Twitter chunks, the year felt long and treacherous, but also seemed to speed by so overwhelmingly fast that we hardly had a chance to catch our breaths and appreciate the things we love and the things that giv
  
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• Twitter suspends James Allsup, WSU student and far-right provocateur

  27-12-2017 23:32
  James Allsup has been accused of sowing racial divisions on campus since he led Washington State University’s chapter of the College Republicans and organized a “Trump wall” demonstration. In August, he attended the white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  
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• Manatee Commune's Millennial ADHD

  27-12-2017 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber Cortes BRIGIT CHESHIRE
  Grant Eadie just can't seem to stop himself from trying new things.
  A classically trained musician versed in multiple instruments including viola, violin, and guitar, the 24-year-old behind Manatee Commune is pretty much a one-man band and sound machine. Recently, he's been getting to know drum kits. "I think it's just a classic example of millennial ADHD," Eadie jokes. "I get bored really easily."
  Luckily, the millennial restlessness that drives him to experiment
  
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• "Death trap?" Seattle streetcar tracks deadly to cyclists

  27-12-2017 22:40
  Suzanne Greenberg and Cody McCloud joined in a lawsuit against the city last week, claiming Seattle has installed a "death trap" for cyclists in its streets and doesn't adequately ensure bicycle safety on the same roads it encourages cyclists to ride.
  
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• Report: Where did Seattle eat in 2017?

  27-12-2017 22:37
  In a town like Seattle, even the most casual of food outings is inundated with choices. Here are some that got the most love in the past year.
  
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• Trump Supporters and the Capitalist History of Addiction to Stimulants: Tea, Sugar, Tobacco, Coco, and Opium

  27-12-2017 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The mental value of, say, winning the War on Christmas can be connected with the dietary value of a cup of tea.by Charles Mudede
  How did capitalism begin? It has, of course, not always been present. And it is, in fact, a very new system for producing and distributing things that are useful to humans. The recently late cultural theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood located the birth of capitalism in a set of significant structural (legal/economic) changes in late-17th century rural England. These changes
  
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• Connelly: Will 2018 political 'wave' crest in this Washington?

  27-12-2017 21:08
  Washington is a state where political "waves" crest in mid-term elections.  Will Republicans be washed away in 2018?
  
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• Fried Chicken Face Off: Searching for Seattle’s Best Breaded Birds

  27-12-2017 21:02 via thestranger.com
  
  We visited nine spots ranging from upscale to hole-in-the-wall, from tried-and-true to practically brand new in search of the city’s most outstanding fried chicken.by Jake UittiHeaven Sent Fried Chicken: not our favorite but definitely delicious. Eva Walker
  Fried chicken. Everybody loves it and lots of places serve it, but not every breaded bird is created equal, and finding great versions of the soul food staple in Seattle can be quite a challenge. Recently, I set out to survey some of Se
  
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• The First 4-D Book of Poetry: Tyehimba Jess Has Done the Unimaginable with Olio

  27-12-2017 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith
  We've been conditioned since childhood to fall sleep shortly after someone begins reading to us, so it should come as no surprise that maintaining the appearance of consciousness at readings can be a real struggle, even for adults who love to read.
  But that sweet sleepy feeling didn't slosh over me the last time I saw Tyehimba Jess in person. The poet, who is coming back to town this season for a Seattle Arts & Lectures appearance, gave a Hugo House reading at Fred Wildlife Ref
  
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• Snow shifts to rain for Seattle, ice to the north

  27-12-2017 20:12
  While chances of snow in Seattle have moved on, precipitation will continue this week as rain.
  
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• Son of Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

  27-12-2017 20:03
  William Graham, a member of the family that owned The Washington Post for decades, died at his home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his brother said.
  
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• Idaho health-insurance exchange sees strong showing despite short sign-up period

  27-12-2017 20:00
  BOISE, Idaho — Nearly 102,000 Idahoans enrolled in health-insurance plans on the state-based exchange despite having a shorter time period to sign up for coverage. Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Health Idaho, announced Wednesday the annual enrollment period ended Dec. 15. Previously enrollment had extended until late January. The surge comes after President Donald […]
  
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• Connelly: Obama wins again over Trump as America's 'most admired'

  27-12-2017 19:59
  Former President Barack Obama beats out Donald Trump in the Gallup Poll's annual survey of America's "Most Admired" man.
  
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• Seahawks Top the Cowboys, Find Themselves Knee-Deep in Implications

  27-12-2017 19:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike FriedmanRussell Wilson, doing his thing. Ronald Martinez / Getty
  Before we dive into the implications of the Seahawks 21-12 Christmas Eve win over the Dallas Cowboys, let’s take a quick second to recognize a few items of note:
  • The Seahawks beat the damn Cowboys! That’s always delightful.
  • The Seahawks will have a winning record this year, despite playing most of the season without defensive superstars Richard Sherman, Cliff Avril, and Kam Chancellor, a
  
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• Rolled-over crane causes miles-long backup, full closure of northbound I-5 near Southcenter

  27-12-2017 17:18
  All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 were closed for about an hour Wednesday morning when crews worked to right a rolled-over crane near Southcenter Mall, causing a miles-long backup. Both Washington State Patrol and the state’s Department of Transportation urged people to avoid the area and use alternate routes, as it will take “extended” time […]
  
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• All lanes of northbound I-5 to close near Southcenter after crane rolls over

  27-12-2017 17:18
  All lanes of northbound Interstate 5 will close Wednesday morning when crews work to right a crane that rolled over near Southcenter Mall about 7 a.m., causing a miles-long backup. Both Washington State Patrol and the state’s Department of Transportation are urging people to avoid the area and use alternate routes, as it will take […]
  
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• Person killed in Federal Way apartment fire

  27-12-2017 17:07
  One person died in a fire at a Federal Way apartment complex late Tuesday night. The victim's identity has not yet been released.
  
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• Bremerton officer wounded in deadly shootout released from hospital

  27-12-2017 16:13
  Officer Kent Mayfield was shot twice in the abdomen by a domestic violence suspect on Dec. 17. The gunman was killed.
  
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• The Morning News: Fruitcake Bomb Scare, Seattle Keeps Crown For Hottest Housing Market, Vanity Fair Boycott?

  27-12-2017 15:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Also: Auburn Fire, Prince Harryby Steven HsiehPlease dispose of fruitcake in trash cans, not in unattended baggages. Anouk Stricher / GETTY
  Prince Interviews President: That would be Prince Henry and President Obama on the BBC. Neither mentioned Trump by name, but Obama said this:
  One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases.
  President Prefers His Own Properties: That would be Pre
  
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• Yakima police kill two men in separate standoffs

  27-12-2017 15:49
  Two officer-involved shootings — each leaving a person dead — occurred within two hours of each other after lengthy standoffs with Yakima police.
  
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• Student Voices: The college admissions process was dizzying for me, so I decided to research why.

  27-12-2017 15:00
  Senior Haley Keizur, who attends Puyallup High School, argues for students, teachers, parents and college-admissions officers to find the balance between enough stress and too much.
  
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• Washington state AG sues Leavenworth family behind alleged scam charities

  27-12-2017 05:50
  The lawsuit was filed Dec. 21 in King County Superior Court.
  
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• AG’s office sues Leavenworth, Wash. man behind alleged scam charities

  27-12-2017 05:50
  The lawsuit was filed Dec. 21 in King County Superior Court.
  
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• In Chinese enclave of British Columbia, the sweet escape of karaoke

  27-12-2017 04:41
  If you’re a Chinese immigrant living in metropolitan Vancouver, then you’ve probably already been there: Party World KTV, a branch of the Asian karaoke chain, which looks as if a wedding-cake-inspired UFO had just landed in the middle of this majority ethnic-Chinese city.
  
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• Yakima native crushes his way into monster-truck hall of fame

  27-12-2017 03:44
  Jeff Bainter, of Ronald, who graduated from West Valley High School in 1981, was inducted in November for his 35-year career in racing and building monster trucks.
  
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• Police seek information in fatal assault of Port Angeles man at Kent hotel

  27-12-2017 02:55
  Christopher Ochs, 36, was assaulted in the common area of the Hawthorne Suites Hotel, according to the Kent Police Department.
  
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• Oregon voters will decide whether to tax insurance companies and hospitals to help poor people

  27-12-2017 02:42
  Three Republican lawmakers, arguing that the costs would be shifted to consumers, gathered enough signatures for a referendum to allow voters to say yes or no to the assessments — as the Democrats tend to call them— or taxes, the Republicans’ favored wording.
  
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• Appeal seeking Idaho horse-herd sterilization dismissed

  27-12-2017 02:07
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month granted a request by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to stop the effort.
  
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• Starfish making West Coast comeback after syndrome killed millions

  27-12-2017 01:36
  From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico. The starfish would develop lesions and then disintegrate, their arms turning into blobs of goo. Now, the species is rebounding and being spotted in Southern California and elsewhere.
  
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• Starfish making comeback after syndrome killed millions

  27-12-2017 01:36
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Starfish are making a comeback on the West Coast, four years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them. From 2013 to 2014, Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit sea stars from British Columbia to Mexico. The starfish would develop lesions and then disintegrate, their arms turning into blobs of goo. […]
  
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• Diagon Alley will stay in Ballard until mid-January

  27-12-2017 01:35
  If you were counting your good haul this year with a bit of sadness over Ballard's Diagon Alley driveway installation going away, you're in luck: The project will remain open to the public for a few more weeks.
  
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• Firefighters battling massive blaze in downtown Auburn

  27-12-2017 01:17
  The fire was reported in the Heritage Building in downtown Auburn.
  
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• Firefighters battled massive blaze in downtown Auburn

  27-12-2017 01:17
  The fire was reported in the Heritage Building in downtown Auburn.
  
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• Firefighters battle massive blaze in downtown Auburn

  27-12-2017 01:17
  The fire was reported in the Heritage Building in downtown Auburn.
  
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• Highway 520 bridge path opens to pedestrians, bicyclists

  27-12-2017 01:09
  The trail connecting Seattle to the Eastside is separated from car traffic and has five scenic rest stops.
  
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• Trump administration eases rule against killing birds

  27-12-2017 01:05
  Before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Interior had issued an opinion declaring that operators could face legal liability for the incidental deaths of birds ensnared in uncovered oil-waste pits or unmarked transmission lines.
  
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• Police: Yakima officers shoot, kill armed blind man

  27-12-2017 00:57
  The 31-year-old man had an "extensive criminal history" of assault behavior, according to police.
  
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• Back to work right after the holiday? At least the traffic wasn’t bad

  27-12-2017 00:43
  If you were due back at work promptly the day after Christmas (or Thanksgiving) you can at least take solace in one thing: The traffic was almost assuredly much better than normal.
  
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• Savage Love: Loving Lesbians

  27-12-2017 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Joe NewtonI am a 22-year-old Italian man, 100 percent straight, sensitive and sporty. I have been reading Savage Love for years in Internazionale. I have one question for you: Why do I always fall in love with lesbians? Why do I instantly fall in love with girls who have that something more in their eyes? Something melancholy and perhaps insecure? Girls whom I'd rather protect and embrace than take to bed? The last three girls who fit this description all turned out to be lesbians.
  
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