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• Kids Think Laser Stranger Things Is Boring, Which Is Exactly Why I Love It

  28-12-2017 23:54 via thestranger.com
  
  A blissed-out hour inside the Laser Dome is a perfect wintertime activity.by Chase BurnsSilly kids, Laser Stranger Things is for stoners. Pacific Science Center
  Capitalizing on the blackhole Upside Down of '80s nostalgia that has imprisoned the early part of this century (the '80s have "been back" for almost two decades—Fox tried to make That 80s Show a thing in 2002), the Pacific Science Center's Laser Dome recently announced a new, limited-running laser show: Laser Stranger Things. The h
  
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• US appeals court: Feds erred in Hawaii fishery expansion

  28-12-2017 23:42
  HONOLULU (AP) — Federal agencies were wrong to allow Hawaii’s longline swordfish industry to expand fishing efforts while allowing the hooking or entangling of more endangered sea turtles, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The panel of judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed […]
  
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• The Myth About Seattle's Abundance of Bad Drivers

  28-12-2017 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeCity of bad drivers?captivecookie/gettyimages.com
  Because Seattle has a serious and growing traffic problem, and no solutions for it in the near future (the progress of Link light rail is slow, and self-driving cars have yet to leave the realm of science fiction), its commentators and citizens have more and more resorted to accusing bad drivers for making a bad situation worse than it has to be. From KIRO's Tom and Curley Show:“If everybody was a really good driver, and by
  
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• 2 feet of snow in mountains, rain , flood threat Friday

  28-12-2017 22:18
  With snow and freezing rain falling at the passes Thursday, things will turn a lot more wintery heading into Friday, with lower elevation rain making for potential flooding across Western Washington.
  
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• Government asks Seattle court to change order partially lifting Trump refugee ban

  28-12-2017 22:10
  Just before Christmas, U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle imposed a nationwide injunction that blocks restrictions on reuniting refugee families and partially lifted a ban on refugees from 11 mostly Muslim countries.
  
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• Mukilteo Teen Sargun Handa Gives Sage Advice in Her Tedx Talk, "Be a Voice, Not an Echo"

  28-12-2017 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkSargi Handa at her TEDxSnoIsleLibraries Talk earlier this month. TEDxSnoIsleLibraries
  In her 2017 TEDxSnoIsleLibraries Talk, “Be a Voice, Not an Echo,” Kamiak High School junior Sargun Handa discusses how simple connections can totally change your perspective, mood and sense of belonging; the disconnect between reality and social media; how the latter negatively affects the former; and how the negative of having a chronic illness ultimately led to a positive by helping
  
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• 6 sent to hospital after van jumps curb, strikes pedestrians in downtown Seattle

  28-12-2017 21:02
  Seattle police said it appears the driver suffered some sort of medical emergency and lost control of the van at Fifth Avenue and Pine Street. The driver was among those hospitalized.
  
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• 4 sent to hospital after van hits building in downtown Seattle

  28-12-2017 21:02
  The Seattle Fire Department tweeted that four people were being taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.
  
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• Car crashes into downtown Seattle building

  28-12-2017 21:01
  Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic at Pine Street midday Thursday after a vehicle reportedly crashed into a building on that intersection.
  
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• 5 hurt when van crashes into downtown Seattle building

  28-12-2017 21:01
  Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic at Pine Street midday Thursday after a vehicle reportedly crashed into a building on that intersection.
  
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• 5 hurt after van crashes into downtown Seattle building

  28-12-2017 21:01
  Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic at Pine Street midday Thursday after a vehicle reportedly crashed into a building on that intersection.
  
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• Connelly: Remembering the best and worst of our 2017 politics

  28-12-2017 20:38
  The good deeds, evil doers, the courageous and those who ducked conflict, the cool heads, and a couple of people we will miss from a tumultuous 2017.
  
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• Government seeks change to order lifting Trump refugee ban

  28-12-2017 20:29
  SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers with the Department of Justice have asked a federal judge to change his order that partially lifted a Trump administration refugee ban. Just before Christmas, U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle imposed a nationwide injunction that blocks restrictions on reuniting refugee families and partially lifted a ban on refugees from […]
  
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• The tax bill looms, but you can't pay your taxes early

  28-12-2017 20:27
  The best advice many of tax advisers can give is for their clients to pay their bills, like property taxes, for 2018 early, while they still have the old code.But in King County that's not possible.
  
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• Eastern Oregon ghost town lies underwater

  28-12-2017 20:20
  BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — The series of black-and-white photographs that scroll across Gary Dielman’s computer monitor tell the story of a Baker County town that disappeared 59 years ago. But Robinette is nothing like the county’s many other ghost towns. You can’t go there and stand where its homes once stood, or glimpse what […]
  
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• Yakima police identify three officers involved in two fatal shootings

  28-12-2017 20:10
  The Washington State Patrol is investigating one of the deadly shootings, while Yakima police are investigating the other.
  
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• Most Beatles-Related Art Sucks, but Mark Morris Dance Group’s Pepperland Is Not Like Most Beatles-Related Art

  28-12-2017 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonMark Morris Dance Group performs Pepperland in February at the Moore Theatre.GARETH JONES
  Let's be candid: Under normal circumstances, the phrase "a dance performance inspired by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is a good reason to run screaming.
  Practically no one does "Beatles-inspired" art that comes anywhere close to getting it right. Even if you're willing to credit the spectacular design and staging of the tableaux in Julie Taymor's film Across the Universe, you'll stil
  
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• A celebrity's plane turned around – and yours could too

  28-12-2017 19:32
  It may seem outrageous – Teigen's livetweeting of the situation certainly helps – but it's actually much more common than you'd think.
  
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• Oregon court rules against bakers who refused a wedding cake for same-sex couple

  28-12-2017 18:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appellate court has upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost five years ago. The owners of the Gresham bakery — Aaron and Melissa Klein — argued that state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian violated state and federal laws by forcing […]
  
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• Court rules against Oregon bakers in wedding-cake case

  28-12-2017 18:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appellate court Thursday upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost five years ago. The owners of the since-closed Gresham bakery — Aaron and Melissa Klein — argued that state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian violated state and federal laws by […]
  
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• Court rules against Oregon bakers in same-sex wedding case

  28-12-2017 18:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appellate court Thursday upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost five years ago. The owners of the since-closed Gresham bakery — Aaron and Melissa Klein — argued that state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian violated state and federal laws by […]
  
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• Court rules against Oregon bakers in gay-wedding case

  28-12-2017 18:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appellate court Thursday upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost five years ago. The owners of the since-closed Gresham bakery — Aaron and Melissa Klein — argued that state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian violated state and federal laws by […]
  
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• The Morning News: Record Low Temperatures Across the U.S., Seattle Companies Make Stock Market Highs, Bezos Beats Gates in Billionaire Bounty

  28-12-2017 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkIt's cold enough for Minnehaha Falls in Minnesota to be frozen again. Getty
  Record Low Temperatures Are Happening Across the U.S.: And the brutal chill—in some places 40 to 50 degrees colder than normal this weekend, with the nation's average low hovering around 10 degrees on New Year's Day—could continue past the holiday and well into the first week of January.
  The coldest weather (relative to average) will be positioned right over North America through at least the n
  
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• In a milestone year, gene therapy finds a place in medicine

  28-12-2017 16:23
  After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to treat cancer and even pull off the biblical-sounding feat of helping the blind to see were approved by U.S. regulators, establishing gene manipulation as a new mode of medicine. Almost […]
  
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• Walla Walla earns national honors for connecting more kids to advanced learning

  28-12-2017 15:00
  Only 3 percent of the nation’s school districts have boosted Advanced Placement performance enough among underrepresented students to make the AP Honor Roll. Eight districts in Washington earned the honor this year.
  
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• Thousands of I-940 signatures say it’s time to review prosecuting police for deadly shootings in Washington state

  28-12-2017 15:00
  With Initiative 940, Washington state lawmakers — and likely voters — may soon face big decisions on the state law that makes it nearly impossible to prosecute police officers after they use deadly force.
  
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• Housing agency added to suit over fatal Seattle police shooting of Charleena Lyles

  28-12-2017 15:00
  A newly amended lawsuit alleges that weeks before Charleena Lyles was fatally shot by Seattle police, the nonprofit agency Solid Ground failed to report to law enforcement a playground incident in which she allegedly threatened children with a knife.
  
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• From homeless to a home — then back to the streets. How a Seattle family overcame it all.

  28-12-2017 15:00
  Tai Powell, Shawn Babineau and their daughter, Taylor, lost their home during the middle of a bitter winter. But Wellspring Family Services helped them get back on their feet.
  
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• Funtastic responds to lawsuit over Ferris wheel fall

  28-12-2017 14:01
  A family injured in the May 18 Ferris-wheel incident in Port Townsend has filed a lawsuit against the ride’s operator.
  
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• Russian experts looking into nation’s recent space failures

  28-12-2017 13:44
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says authorities are looking into recent failures in Russia’s space industry. In the most embarrassing incident in recent months, a satellite launched from Russia’s new Launchpad was lost due to a programming error. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that the Meteor-M weather satellite, which was launched Nov. 28 […]
  
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• Failed space launches haunt Russia; Kremlin eyes probe

  28-12-2017 13:44
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s latest space launch failures have prompted authorities to take a closer look into the nation’s struggling space industry, the Kremlin said Thursday. A Russian weather satellite and nearly 20 micro-satellites from other nations were lost following a failed launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome in the Far East on Nov. 28. And […]
  
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• Revenue hit predicted for California’s medical pot market

  28-12-2017 09:36
  In the two decades since California became the first state to allow cannabis for medicinal use, it's been an open secret that pretty much anyone who wants pot can find a doctor who will recommend it. Now, with recreational marijuana becoming legal Jan. 1, some Californians will be tossing their state-issued cards.
  
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• Legal weed hurts prognosis for California medical pot market

  28-12-2017 09:36
  In the two decades since California became the first state to allow cannabis for medicinal use, it's been an open secret that pretty much anyone who wants pot can find a doctor who will recommend it. Now, with recreational marijuana becoming legal Jan. 1, some Californians will be tossing their state-issued cards.
  
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• Don’t help the homeless, critics say – it hurts them

  28-12-2017 09:09
  However well-meaning, critics say, those who provide the homeless with tents and tarps, showers and toilets, hot meals and pet food are enabling them to remain unsheltered. It's a dispute that rages up and down America's West Coast, where homelessness is both rising and visible.
  
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• Critics say helpers of homeless do them no favors

  28-12-2017 09:09
  However well-meaning, critics say, those who provide the homeless with tents and tarps, showers and toilets, hot meals and pet food are enabling them to remain unsheltered. It's a dispute that rages up and down America's West Coast, where homelessness is both rising and visible.
  
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• As West Coast fights homelessness, kindness is contentious

  28-12-2017 09:09
  However well-meaning, critics say, those who provide the homeless with tents and tarps, showers and toilets, hot meals and pet food are enabling them to remain unsheltered. It's a dispute that rages up and down America's West Coast, where homelessness is both rising and visible.
  
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• Historic Heritage Building in Auburn destroyed in fire

  28-12-2017 04:07
  The cause of Tuesday’s fire remains under investigation, according to Valley Regional Fire Authority.
  
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• Efforts target danger of growing Central Washington elk herd

  28-12-2017 03:59
  The Colockum herd, which roams among Wenatchee, Ellensburg and the Columbia River, numbers 6,500. In winter, the animals come down from higher elevations looking for places to graze.
  
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• Ralph Carney, saxophonist for Tom Waits, dies in Portland

  28-12-2017 02:29
  His death at 61, after suffering head injuries in a fall at his home, was announced on Twitter by his nephew Patrick Carney, drummer for the Black Keys.
  
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• Oregonians can now register to vote in 6 languages

  28-12-2017 01:39
  The elections division made the announcement on Twitter, using letters and characters from the six languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali and Russian.
  
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• The last Tavernburger: How hangouts have served Seattle

  28-12-2017 01:25
  "Iconic Seattle restaurant to close."  Should we care?  Hell yes!  Hangouts have not only served good food, but served Seattle well.
  
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• Free Will Astrology: December 27–January 2

  28-12-2017 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rob Brezsny
  ARIES (March 21–April 19): "I need more smart allies, compassionate supporters, ethical role models, loyal friends, and wise teachers, and I need them right now!" writes Joanna K., an Aries reader from Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the other hand, there's Jacques T., an Aries reader from Montreal. "To my amazement, I actually have much of the support and assistance I need," he declares. "What I seem to need more of are constructive critics, fair-minded competitors with integri
  
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• 7 horses euthanized after deadly herpes outbreak in Woodinville

  28-12-2017 00:36
  The uncommon but serious virus, EHV-1, was discovered in a horse at Gold Creek Equestrian Center. The virus affects the central nervous system and can cause an unsteady gate, the inability to urinate, a droopy tail and the inability to stand.
  
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• The Most Important Seattle Photographer You've Never Heard Of

  28-12-2017 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Julia RabanSmith’s portrait of Duke Ellington at the Civic Auditorium (now called McCaw Hall) in 1949. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOHAI/AL SMITH COLLECTION
  When Al Smith was born in Seattle in 1914, black residents were less than 1 percent of the city's population. He was the first black student to attend O'Dea, the private Catholic boys' school on First Hill. He was the only black member of his Boy Scout troop.
  Smith was given his first camera in 1926, but photography was never more than a
  
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