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• Making high-tech copies of faces donated by terminal patients while still alive

  06-01-2018 22:55
  Up till now, the best that medicine could offer a donor as a replacement face was a silicone mask cast from a mold, with features painted on.
  
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• Dying patients who donate their faces while still alive get high-tech replacements

  06-01-2018 22:55
  Up till now, the best medicine could offer a donor as a replacement face was a silicone mask cast from a mold, with features painted on.
  
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• POTUS: The President of the United States Is, Like, Not Stupid

  06-01-2018 20:02 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageIn fact... he's, like, super smart and stuff. This morning's twitter rant, direct from Camp David:
  Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.....
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest a
  
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• NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died

  06-01-2018 19:38
  Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87. The space agency said Young died Friday night at home in Houston following complications from pneumonia. NASA called Young one of its pioneers – the only agency astronaut to go […]
  
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• One dead, one injured in White Center shooting

  06-01-2018 19:05
  A 51-year-old man was killed and 35-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot outside a White Center bar early Saturday morning. The King County Sheriff’s Office says the incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. outside Taradise Cafe in the 9800 block of 16th Avenue South West. Callers reported hearing several shots and seeing […]
  
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• Trump’s actions re-ignite states’ rights debate

  06-01-2018 17:22
  Lawmakers and others in Democratic-leaning states have been howling over the past year about actions by the Trump administration and congressional Republicans that they say have undermined states’ rights. That includes promoting concealed carry legislation and attacking sanctuary status for immigrants to this week’s decisions on legalized marijuana and offshore oil drilling. But it wasn’t […]
  
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• Unregulated sales of cannabis oil spike in Iowa

  06-01-2018 17:00
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Unregulated sales of cannabis oil have been ramping up in Iowa even as state officials work to set up a tightly regulated distribution system. The Des Moines Register reports that several Iowa businesses are openly selling the oils, known as cannabidiol, despite warnings from the state that it’s illegal to […]
  
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• Despite DOJ move, Louisiana moving ahead with medical pot

  06-01-2018 16:55
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana officials are trying to understand what U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ dictate on federal marijuana prosecutions could mean for the state’s burgeoning medical marijuana program, but they’re not slowing plans aimed at having product available to patients by summer. Agencies are seeking further guidance from the federal Department of […]
  
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• Geologist warns Yakima-area landslide could be worse than officials expect

  06-01-2018 15:00
  Contractors for a quarry firm say most of the slide will wind up in its mined-out pit, but an independent expert warns the slide could go crashing into Interstate 82 and the Yakima River.
  
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• Bainbridge, Bremerton ferry schedules to shift for Colman Dock renovation in Seattle

  06-01-2018 15:00
  The schedule changes are being made to accommodate the six-year, $350 million renovation of Seattle's Colman Dock. The work began in August. In March, about half the current terminal will be demolished, necessitating more staggered sailings.
  
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• Microsoft argues against class action in gender-bias lawsuit

  06-01-2018 06:43
  The lawsuit against Microsoft, filed by three current or former female employees, is seeking class-action status, which could add 8,630 women to the list of plaintiffs.
  
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• Republicans’ yellow brick road always leads back to bashing Seattle

  06-01-2018 06:00
  Local Republicans released their plan for getting out of the political wilderness in 2018. It sounds awfully similar to what hasn’t worked for them in this state in decades.
  
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• Washington state’s school construction budget still tied up over water dispute

  06-01-2018 05:24
  About $4 billion in new school construction and other projects throughout the state remain on hold six months after a water-related dispute stalled passage of the state’s two-year construction budget.
  
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• Agency proposes removing rare Oregon fish from endangered list

  06-01-2018 05:13
  The Foskett speckled dace, a fish found only in remote waters in southern Oregon, might be removed from the federal endangered species list.
  
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• Washington state attorney general calls OxyContin marketing a ‘massive deception’

  06-01-2018 05:06
  Newly unsealed sections of a lawsuit brought by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson against Purdue Pharma show how the company partnered with local doctors to increase prescriptions for a highly addictive prescription painkiller.
  
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• Ferguson lawsuit says OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma partnered with Washington state doctors to boost use of addictive painkiller

  06-01-2018 05:06
  Newly unsealed sections of a lawsuit brought by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson against Purdue Pharma show how the company partnered with local doctors to increase prescriptions for a highly addictive prescription painkiller.
  
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• Washington state lands commissioner urges legislators to target carbon pollution

  06-01-2018 04:55
  In a letter this week, state Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz called on legislative leaders to pursue ways to reduce greenhouse gases, including a cap-or-penalty system to limit carbon pollution.
  
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• E. coli deaths likely linked to romaine lettuce, officials say

  06-01-2018 04:12
  Officials in Canada blamed the leafy green, but their American counterparts are still investigating the cause of an outbreak in the United States.
  
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• Connelly: State Sen. Ericksen, Trump backer, goes to EPA

  06-01-2018 03:09
  State Sen. Doug Ericksen, who co-chaired Trump's campaign in Washington, gets regional job with the EPA.  He is likely to leave the Legislature.
  
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• Spokane County drops rape charges against all members of Polish death metal band Decapitated

  06-01-2018 02:54
  Prosecutors have dropped rape and kidnapping charges against all four members of the Polish death metal band Decapitated, stemming from a Spokane concert last summer.
  
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• Fighting climate change, one laundry load at a time

  06-01-2018 02:42
  A Danish biotechnology company is studying mushrooms in order to develop more environmentally friendly detergents that would require less water, or that would work just as effectively at lower temperatures.
  
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• Fiber is good for you. Now scientists may know why.

  06-01-2018 02:41
  While the benefits of eating fiber are clear, it’s not so clear why fiber is so great. Recent research indicates the fiber we eat feeds billions of bacteria in our guts and keeping them happy means our intestines and immune systems remain in good working order.
  
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• Connelly: Owner of salmon farm sues state to stop closure

  06-01-2018 01:49
  Cooke Aquaculture is going to court to block what it calls the state's "unlawful attempt" to shut down the company's Atlantic salmon farm off Ediz Hook at Port Angeles.
  
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• Hostiles Is a Western Fraught with Significance

  06-01-2018 01:45 via thestranger.com
  by Andrew WrightThe way the West was won...
  The Western has long been a load-bearing genre, with its trademark wide open spaces and lonesome cowboys providing a tantalizing framework for a wide array of dark revisionist takes. Still, there’s weighty, and then there’s ponderous. Hostiles, the latest film from writer/director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Black Mass), unfortunately falls into the latter category, telling a fiercely nihilistic tale that never quite reaches its intended lev
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 67 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: Jan 5-7, 2018

  06-01-2018 01:32 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the Stranger Things-themed Hawkins Snow Ball to Kremwerk's Art Haus 4.0: Kidz Bop Redemption Round, and from the Fifth Annual Big Ass Boombox Festival to a Golden Globes Viewing Party at Purr. For even more options, check out our complete Things To Do calenda
  
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• Five New Restaurants To Try This Weekend

  06-01-2018 01:30 via thestranger.com
  A Wine and Pho Spot, New Ice Cream Flavors, One More Week of 13 Coins, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffIf the rest of the year keeps up at this pace, 2018 is going to be very delicious: January has ushered in a crop of very exciting food news, like that the beloved Babirusa is re-opening in Kushibar's old spot, that Pho Bac's Súp Shop is now open in the International District with Suzi An's natural wine shop Vita Uva inside, and that Renee Erickson is opening a new bar and restauran
  
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• Wow, I'm So Glad Democrats Took Back the State Senate So They Could Waste More Time Fucking Over Sound Transit

  06-01-2018 01:28 via thestranger.com
  
  The car tab debate is back.by Heidi GrooverCuts to car tab fees will cost Sound Transit. Sound Transit
  The Washington State Democratic Party spent the entirety of last year urging everyone left of Trump in this state to get on board with Manka Dhingra. Dhingra was the Democratic candidate in the 45th Legislative District. If she could win the seat, Democrats would wrest control of the state senate from recalcitrant Republicans, usher in a blue wall to stand up to Trump, and champion working peop
  
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• Five New Seattle Restaurants to Try and More Food News You Can Use: Jan 5, 2018 Edition

  06-01-2018 01:22 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf the rest of the year keeps up at this pace, 2018 is going to be very delicious: January has ushered in a crop of very exciting food news, like that the beloved Babirusa is re-opening in Kushibar's old spot, that Pho Bac's Súp Shop is now open in the International District with Suzi An's natural wine shop Vita Uva inside, and that Renee Erickson is opening a new bar and restaurant inside the Amazon spheres. Find it all below, along with other treats for you
  
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• Ingrid Lyne Murderer Faces 28-Year Prison Sentence

  06-01-2018 01:06 via thestranger.com
  
  John Charlton faces a maximum sentence for murdering Lyne and dumping some of her remains in Central District recycling bins.by Sydney BrownstoneJohn Charlton, seen above in the red jumpsuit, originally pleaded not guilty to Lyne's murder in April of last year, but reached a plea deal with prosecutors. HG
  After pleading guilty to murdering 40-year-old Swedish Medical Center nurse Ingrid Lyne, stealing her car, and dumping some of her remains in Central District recycling bins, John Charlton will
  
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• Eastside home prices surge to new record; Capitol Hill area hits $1 million median

  06-01-2018 00:52
  Single-family home prices on the Eastside, Seattle’s Capitol Hill area and Pierce County all broke record highs in December, as did condo costs across King County, during what is normally a slow time of year for homebuying.
  
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• Eastside home prices break record; Capitol Hill area hits $1 million median

  06-01-2018 00:52
  Single-family home prices on the Eastside, Seattle’s Capitol Hill area and Pierce County all broke record highs in December, as did condo costs across King County, during what is normally a slow time of year for homebuying.
  
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• Atlantic salmon-farming company sues Washington state to keep its Port Angeles site open

  06-01-2018 00:45
  Washington’s decision to shut down Cooke Aquaculture’s Port Angeles fish farm is being contested in a lawsuit by the Canadian fish farming corporation.
  
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• Listen To an Auto-Tuned Version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Feel Weird

  06-01-2018 00:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Right from the very beginning it's a shock to the soul.by Rich SmithThe golden hue of the music video fades in the light of brighter chords. Youtube ScreenshotSomeone on the internet auto-tuned Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" so that the song's in a major key instead of a minor key. They also added a few guitar flourishes to make it sound like a pop punk song. Right from the very beginning it's a shock to the soul.
  Scattered thoughts:• Pop punk would have been slightly more interesting
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Girlfriend Drinks Too Much

  06-01-2018 00:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  My 32-year-old girlfriend of two years has an identified alcohol abuse problem. I don't. She doesn't have a dependency issue, but in recent years (which have been better than non-recent years), she loses control and blacks out a minimum of once a month. Her blackouts have led to destructive/dangerous behavior ranging from hurtful conversations to compromising her work to cheating (not on me) to unsafe transportation.For about six months she's been following a moderation management
  
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• Let's Discuss Daphne Merkin's Bad Take on #MeToo

  06-01-2018 00:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Megan Burbank NITO100 / GETTY
  Daphne Merkin, a writer who, frankly, I expect better of, has written a very bad take on the #MeToo movement for the New York Times under the header "Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We Have Misgivings." It does not improve from there! Let's dive in.
  But privately, I suspect, many of us, including many longstanding feminists, will be rolling our eyes, having had it with the reflexive and unnuanced sense of outrage that has accompanied this cause from its incep
  
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