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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Herpes Hysteria

  22-01-2018 23:34 via thestranger.com
  
  "I already have cancer—don't want herpes, too."by Dan Savage
  I'm a 20 something year old female living with another female of the same age. My roommate recently learned she has both strains of herpes, mouth and genital. We are just friends and I thought herpes can only be spread from sexual contact but I have received mixed information about it. I am concerned about it spreading in other ways like sharing a toothpaste tube, pipe, makeup, shower supplies, cooking food together and other roo
  
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• Bicyclist dies after crash with semitrailer in Walla Walla

  22-01-2018 23:28
  WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a bicyclist has died after a crash involving a semitrailer in Walla Walla. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports the wreck happened around noon Monday at Ninth Avenue and Alder Street. Walla Walla police confirmed Monday afternoon that the bicyclist had died as the result of the collision. The […]
  
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• Former Seahawks star Cortez Kennedy died of natural causes

  22-01-2018 23:01
  Kennedy, one of the best defensive linemen of his generation and a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, was 48 when he died May 23, 2017. He played his entire 11-season career with the Seattle Seahawks.
  
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• Idaho proposes dropping gender from voter-registration requirements

  22-01-2018 23:00
  BOISE, Idaho — Idaho voters would no longer be required to disclose their gender while registering to vote under a proposal introduced Monday at the Idaho Statehouse. Secretary of State Chief Deputy Tim Hurst told the House State Affairs Committee that information about a voter’s sex is unnecessary and that other states have faced potential […]
  
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• Union Numbers are Stagnant Nationwide, but Growing a Little in Washington

  22-01-2018 21:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Fewer than 11 percent of American workers are union members.by Heidi GrooverFast food workers walked off the job in 2016 to demand $15 an hour and a union. The food service industry has among the lowest rates of union membership. David McNew/getty
  New numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show an unsurprising national trend: The percent of workers who are union members didn't change from 2016 to 2017. But here in Washington State, that percentage grew slightly.
  The national trends are well
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg on #MeToo: "It's About Time"

  22-01-2018 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersRBG has some things to say about #MeToo Robin Marchant / Getty Images
  No surprise, older feminists don't always see things the exact same way—or speak in support of things the exact same way—as younger feminists. See, for example, Margaret Atwood, now considered by some to be a "bad feminist."
  So it's worth noting that the Notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg, now 84, is an enthusiastic and largely on-message #MeToo supporter—and really isn't stressing whatever backlash
  
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• Oregon officials ask for help identifying stolen headstones

  22-01-2018 21:28
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Got time on your hands? Want to help solve a local mystery? The public is being asked to help identify the few remaining grave markers that have yet to be identified from a criminal case last year. Other memorials in the case have already been traced to local cemeteries. The markers […]
  
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• Alex Jones Says Gay People Kill Themselves Because Other Gay People are Assholes

  22-01-2018 21:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Hmm, seems legit.by Katie HerzogFull-time yeller, part-time sociologist Alex Jones InfoWars/YouTube
  On InfoWars last week, host and vitamin-pusher Alex Jones had an interesting theory about why rates of suicide are higher for sexual minorities than for other groups. Instead of blaming, I dunno, society, which for most of modern history has treated gay people like the skid marks on your underoos, Jones blames... gay people.A transcript, compliments of Media Matters:
  The gay community—which,
  
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• SNL Skewers Amazon's Search for HQ2

  22-01-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogSaturday Night Live took on Amazon's search for their next headquarters on Saturday. Unlike otherkins, it wasn't exactly funny, but what did you expect? It's SNL.Anyway, here is it. Kill a few minutes while you're waiting to flush.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal of bearded seal listing

  22-01-2018 21:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a lower court ruling that confirmed Alaska’s bearded seal population as a threatened species. The court Monday declined to review a conclusion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Marine Fisheries Service had acted properly in listing Arctic Ocean bearded […]
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal of Alaska bearded-seal listing

  22-01-2018 21:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has left intact a lower court ruling that declared Alaska’s bearded seal population a threatened species. The court Monday declined to review a conclusion by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Marine Fisheries Service had acted properly in listing Arctic Ocean bearded seals […]
  
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• Study: Conservation has helped lobsters as oceans warm

  22-01-2018 21:03
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists who study the warming of the ocean say conservation practices have allowed northern New England’s lobster industry to thrive in the face of environmental changes. The lobster fishery is the backbone of Maine’s economy. Business has been booming off Maine in recent years, though it has plummeted in the waters […]
  
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• Let’s Talk About Sex, Ansari, and White Women

  22-01-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Deepa BhandaruAziz Ansari and Noël Wells in Master of None, a show that centers on a"South Asian character who dates and has sex outside the confines of marriage." NETFLIX
  What marked this weekend’s women’s marches from last year’s is the #MeToo movement, which began after allegations of Harvey Weinstein sexual assaults became public. This movement has women across the country considering anew how our culture views power and language, sex, and consent. But largely missi
  
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• 'The Avengers': Durkan, Schrier make Time cover on women running

  22-01-2018 20:56
  Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and U.S. House hopeful Dr. Kim Schrier are on the cover of Time magazine, illustrating a story on women running for office just as thousands of women were marching over the weekend.Washington is experiencing its second "Year of the Women," with the possibility that Democratic women will contest all four of the state's Republican-held U.S. House seats, while U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., coasts to reelection.
  
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• 'The Avengers': Durkan, Schrier make Time cover on women in office

  22-01-2018 20:56
  Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and U.S. House hopeful Dr. Kim Schrier are on the cover of Time magazine, illustrating a story on women running for office just as thousands of women were marching over the weekend.Washington is experiencing its second "Year of the Women," with the possibility that Democratic women will contest all four of the state's Republican-held U.S. House seats, while U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., coasts to reelection.
  
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• Pearl Jam Will Play in Seattle and Give $1 Million for Homelessness Efforts

  22-01-2018 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Problem solved!by Heidi GrooverInductee Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony. Mike Coppola / GETTY
  Pearl Jam will play two Seattle shows in August for the purpose of "raising funds and building partnerships to help alleviate Seattle-area homelessness."The shows will happen August 8 and 10 at Safeco Field and the band will donate at least $1 million to a yet-unspecified homelessness effort.At last count, about 11,600 people
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ Retina Burn

  22-01-2018 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Asian-music/shoegaze enthusiast and AM I Normal? resident DJ Retina Burn reveals his five current fave tracks.by Dave SegalOne of Retina Burn's main DJing concepts is "playing something that isn't too obvious, but sounds like it is." Marianne Goldin
  DJ RETINA BURN (AKA CHRIS BENDIX; Neon Sigh; Am I Normal?)
  Current top 5 tracks:Ryuichi Sakamoto, "1000 Knives" (Better Days)
  "It was just his birthday, and I've had his '70s/'80s group Yellow Magic Orchestra in mind a lot recently. YMO later did a r
  
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• It's Time to Submit Your Events for the Spring 2018 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance

  22-01-2018 20:30 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe submission deadline is Wednesday, February 7.
  It's not just the unseasonably warm weather that has us thinking about spring already—we're also beginning to work on the spring edition of Seattle Art and Performance, which will be out on the streets on March 14.
  Which means: If you're an artist, performer, or arts venue and you'd like your events to be included in our comprehensive calendars of Seattle arts events, now's the time to let us know. The spring e
  
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• Songsmith Caela Bailey's New "Belltown Crawl" Video Has One of the Sexiest Moments in Music Video History

  22-01-2018 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  The production is a love letter to Seattle’s creative explosions.by Jake Uitti
  Seattle’s Caela Bailey is attracted to the colorful, the unique and the flamboyant. And, as a lifelong resident of the Emerald City, she has seen many manifestations of what she loves go extinct. Whether a favorite bar demolished or an artist friend forced out of the city, Bailey laments these losses. And, as an artist, she attempts to subvert the pain from those disappearances with bouquets of eye-popping
  
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• Homeless being told to leave big California encampment

  22-01-2018 20:03
  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Authorities are taking steps to shut down a 2-mile-long homeless encampment along a riverbed trail in Southern California. Orange County sheriff’s deputies on Monday began going tent to tent along the Santa Ana River telling people the area will be closed and they need to move. Undersheriff Joe Barnes says authorities hope […]
  
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• Deputies move to clear big California homeless encampment

  22-01-2018 20:03
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities on Monday went tent to tent telling the homeless living in a 2-mile-long (3.2-kilometer-long) encampment that the large riverbed encampment some have called home for years is being closed down. Orange County sheriff’s deputies called out to tent dwellers on the dusty trail designed for biking and jogging, […]
  
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• Thanks to Bill Maher, America Can Laugh Again

  22-01-2018 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  "In 2018, it's more important than ever that we all keep laughing."by Katie HerzogBill Maher returned to television last Friday night with a monologue on one of, if not the, most pressing issues facing America today: Our distressing lack of humor."New rule: In 2018, it's more important than ever that we all keep laughing," Maher said at the end of the show. "The nothing-is-funny people are trying to take over the world and we can't let them—which is why I recently posted a picture of me pu
  
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• Oregon college safety officer pleads guilty to killing woman

  22-01-2018 19:47
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of killing a woman during his shift as a campus safety officer at an Oregon community college pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated murder. Edwin Lara accepted a plea deal that spared him a possible death sentence but will keep him in prison for life. Authorities said Lara kidnapped, […]
  
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• Ex-BNSF engineer claims he was wrongly fired after avoiding rail mishap in Portland

  22-01-2018 19:47
  A federal judge recently denied the railroad’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by James T. Norvell, a Ballard resident, and scheduled a trial for later this year.
  
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• Weather Channel co-founder dies; doubted climate science

  22-01-2018 19:36
  John Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel and was the original meteorologist on ABC’s “Good Morning America” but who later drew people’s anger for his skepticism about climate change being man-made, has died at 83.
  
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• Senate Democrats get little as shutdown fight ends with a punt

  22-01-2018 19:31
  (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government shutdown is nearly over after three days, and for many Democrats, it couldn’t end soon enough. 
  The impasse exposed the Democrats’ limits on how far they were willing to go with the fight, at the risk of looking beholden to one part of their base -- activists pushing to allow the so-called dreamers to stay in the U.S. legally.
  At the same time, the debate exacerbated bitter differences within the Republican Party that may prevent Congress and P
  
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• Some State Legislators Want to Decriminalize Driving with a Suspended License

  22-01-2018 19:29 via thestranger.com
  
  Driving with a suspended license is one of the most common misdemeanors charged in municipal courts.by Sydney BrownstoneEven if driving with a suspended license is decriminalized, courts would still disproportionately demand hours of poor peoples' labor to pay off fines.ERNEST R. PRIM/SHUTTERSTOCK
  From the Seattle Times:Sponsored by Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, Senate Bill 6189 would decriminalize the charge of third-degree driving with a suspended license, a misdemeanor.
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  SB 6189 would remove
  
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• The New Hugo House Looks Pretty Cool!

  22-01-2018 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Take a little virtual tour.by Rich SmithThe big green funeral home is being replaced by this glass and brick behemoth.Hugo House
  There's no getting around it. The new Hugo House, which is now scheduled to open July 2018, will have none of the old Hugo House's homey charms, despite the fact that some floorboards from the old place were used to construct the bar in this new one.I prefer this brick, wood, and glass exterior to the cardboard corpse flowers blossoming everywhere else, but the new mix
  
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• Cuban boy dies after surgery to remove 10-pound face tumor

  22-01-2018 19:09
  MIAMI (AP) — A Cuban teenager has died, days after doctors in Miami removed a 10-pound tumor from his face. The Miami Herald reports that 14-year-old Emanuel Zayas’ condition went downhill after the surgery at the Holtz Children’s Hospital at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He died Friday from lung and kidney complications. Dr. Robert Marx, head […]
  
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• Our Complete Seattle Valentine's Day Calendar

  22-01-2018 18:50 via thestranger.com
  Concerts, Art Shows, Food Events, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• 2 killed in fatal crash southeast of Salem, Oregon

  22-01-2018 18:42
  LYONS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say a 34-year-old Portland man and his passenger were killed in a crash on a snow-covered road southeast of Salem. The agency says Joshua Lyons was driving a 2017 Nissan Armada when he lost traction while trying to pass on Highway 22E. The vehicle slid sideways and struck […]
  
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• Pearl Jam to play two ‘Home Shows’ at Safeco in August, pledging $1 million to Seattle-area homeless initiatives

  22-01-2018 18:38
  The shows mark the first time in five years that Pearl Jam — inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last April — has played its hometown.
  
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• As Mayor Fires Labor Standards Director, What’s Next for Worker Rights?

  22-01-2018 18:37 via thestranger.com
  
  She hired a well known labor lawyer to replace him.by Heidi GrooverDylan Orr was the first openly trans person appointed by a U.S. presidential administration and the first director of Seattle's Office of Labor Standards Seattle Channel
  On Friday afternoon, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the latest turnover in City Hall: Office of Labor Standards Director Dylan Orr is out.Orr confirmed by email to The Stranger that Durkan asked for his resignation. Orr said he was "incredibly proud of the work I&r
  
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• The 28 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Jan 22-28, 2018

  22-01-2018 18:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLush and playful Portland act Y La Bamba will play Timbrrr! in Leavenworth this weekend. Ingrid Renan
  Now that the one-year anniversary of everybody's least favorite inauguration is finally over, we can get back to the business of our everyday lives, which for us means live music. This week, we've got everything from Dave Segal's favorite Velvet Undergound cover band (Luna), to the best Bavarian-adjacent festival in the region (Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival), to a
  
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• Here’s what it’s like to shop at Seattle’s Amazon Go cashierless convenience store

  22-01-2018 18:13
  Cameras line the store's ceiling, tracking your every movement. But does it work as billed — the world's first cashier-free shop?
  
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• Grand jury: Oregon U-Haul worker justified in killing robber

  22-01-2018 18:13
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has cleared a U-Haul employee in the shooting death of a man who tried to rob the business at gunpoint earlier this month. Portland police said 53-year-old Robert Porter brandished a handgun while demanding money at the U-Haul location on Southeast Powell Boulevard. Employee Tyson Pfau […]
  
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• Slog AM: Cashier-less 'Amazon Go' Store Opens for Seattle Public, Some Puerto Ricans Get Power

  22-01-2018 17:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Will 'Amazon Go' change your shopping experience?by Nathalie GrahamThe future: fewer workers. Amazon
  An announcement: We're spicing things up for your daily news briefs. For many years (possibly more than I've been alive) we've brought youheadlines under the banner of "The Morning News." Today, we're changing the name. It's Slog AM. Don't worry. We're still going to cover all the stories you need to know to start your day, in Seattle and beyond. But I'll bring them to you earlier and with some n
  
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• Officials: Ice skater injured at Spokane rink is still alive

  22-01-2018 17:16
  The Spokane Parks and Recreation Department had incorrectly reported Sunday that a woman who was injured in a fall at Riverfront Park's new ice ribbon was dead.
  
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• Officials: Ice skater injured at Spokane rink has died

  22-01-2018 17:16
  The Spokane Parks and Recreation Department had incorrectly reported Sunday that a woman who was injured in a fall at Riverfront Park's new ice ribbon was dead. But she died later on Sunday, officials now say.
  
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• Authorities say man fatally shot himself during traffic stop in Yakima County

  22-01-2018 16:27
  The man was driving east on Interstate 82 in Yakima County when he was pulled over for a traffic infraction. Authorities said he got out, walked to the front of the car and shot himself.
  
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• Snohomish County deputies fatally shoot Lake Stevens man

  22-01-2018 15:58
  A 35-year-old Lake Stevens man was fatally shot by Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies Sunday night after his wife told police he was suicidal and wanted officers to kill him, according to a spokeswoman for the multi-agency task force investigating the shooting. The victim’s wife called 911 at 8 p.m. to report that her husband was […]
  
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• Guest Editorial: Join in Solidarity with Striking Public School Bus Drivers

  22-01-2018 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  By Kshama Sawantby Kshama SawantCouncil member Kshama Sawant Seattle City Council
  As an elected representative of Seattle's working people, a member of the American Federation of Teachers, and a socialist, I stand in solidarity with the struggle of the Seattle School District bus drivers for a decent contract.The bus drivers, who are organized with the Teamsters 174, have engaged in months of fruitless negotiation with First Student, the company that the school district has contracted with for t
  
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• Bill in Olympia would lessen penalty for driving while suspended

  22-01-2018 15:00
  Under current state law, violators can be jailed if caught driving with a suspended license because of unpaid traffic tickets or missed court hearings.
  
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• All Seattle’s new wealth couldn’t save many homeowners from foreclosure

  22-01-2018 15:00
  A decade after the banking collapse and the start of the mortgage crisis — which disproportionately targeted minorities and women — people who lost personal battles and homes still are struggling to recover.
  
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• With new program, Renton Tech will encourage more students to earn degrees

  22-01-2018 09:00
  In implementing the Guided Pathways program, the school hopes to direct more students toward associate degrees, rather than certificates, so they’ll have a better chance of achieving a higher degree, and more career opportunities, down the road.
  
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• Oregonians to vote on Medicaid taxes as costs soar

  22-01-2018 07:29
  A special election on Tuesday asks Oregonians whether they approve of a tax on hospitals, health insurers and managed-care companies that would leave Medicaid, as it is now, untouched. More than 1 in 4 state residents rely on it.
  
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• Mayon volcano has an explosive eruption and Philippine authorities have raised alert to level four

  22-01-2018 07:06
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Mayon volcano has an explosive eruption and Philippine authorities have raised alert to level four.
  
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• ‘Hubs’ of events around Seattle aim to maintain women’s march momentum

  22-01-2018 04:09
  Panel discussions, self-defense training and “Islam 101” classes are among the ways Womxn Act on Seattle followed up on the women’s march.
  
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• Nancy Kerrigan attacker Shane Stant returns to America’s consciousness

  22-01-2018 02:17
  The man who assaulted figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is back in the limelight after the release of a movie about Tonya Harding. Shane Stant was a drifter short on money and good sense when he was hired to end Kerrigan’s Olympic chances.
  
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• Court rules more of Pierce County prosecutor’s texts are public record

  22-01-2018 02:11
  A Thurston County court again issues an adverse ruling against Prosecuting Attorney Mark Lindquist and his battle over whether texts on his private phone are public records.
  
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