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• Choice Comments from Quincy Jones: Michael Jackson Was Heartless, Ivanka Trump Has Great Legs but a Bad Father, and the Beatles Sucked

  07-02-2018 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Gettyimages.com
  The Vulture interview with jazz and pop legend—and former Seattlelite—Quincy Jones is really something else. He claims to have dated Ivanka Trump (she was around 24 and he around 72). He says she has nice legs but not a nice father. Jones also almost names the gangsters who killed JFK (they were connected with Frank Sinatra), and alleges that Seattle billionaire Paul Allen can rock the guitar “just like [Jimi] Hendrix.” As for Michael Jac
  
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• Who Made the Video of Donald Trump's Bald Head Go Viral? We Did.

  07-02-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Watch at your own risk.by Katie HerzogYou'd think a "billionaire" could buy new hair. Guess not.A hearty kudos to, ahem, ourselves, for first posting the now-viral video of Donald Trump's magestic hair flop blowing in the wind to YouTube, which was sent to Stranger dom Dan Savage yesterday by John Aravosis.Preemptive apologies for the body talk, but the video demonstrates exactly how bare the Presidential scalp truly is, and it is a thing to behold, according to pretty much everyone.
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• Thieves make off with $400,000 in diamonds in Seattle heist on I-5

  07-02-2018 23:23
  The daring diamond heist is the latest in a string of similar robberies in the Seattle area over the past several years.
  
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• Thieves make off with $400,000 in diamonds in Seattle heist

  07-02-2018 23:23
  The daring diamond heist is the latest in a string of similar robberies in the Seattle area over the past several years.
  
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• State Patrol seeks witnesses to freeway diamond caper

  07-02-2018 23:21
  The State Patrol is looking for witnesses to an apparent diamond theft that occurred on the freeway in Seattle Tuesday.
  
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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Trump's Hair Flip, Military Parades, Blue Waves, and a Unique Fight Over Facebook Ads

  07-02-2018 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 135 looks at a revealing Trump hair moment, considers the president's request for a grand military parade, and explores the standoff between Seattle and Facebook over political ads. Andrew H. Walker / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  Our aspiring banana republic got a little more bananas this week, with President Trump suddenly redefining treason, calling for a big ol’ military parade in DC, and—accidentally—showing of
  
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• Nnnnnn! A Clip from Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs!

  07-02-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonIsle of Dogs, like the animals it depicts, looks VERY GOOD. It opens March 23.
  Ever since I first saw Bottle Rocket (and subsequently interviewed him and the Wilson brothers at the Rendezvous) 22 years ago this month, I have had the impression that a huge part of Wes Anderson's motivation for making films was to delight me, specifically—a mission he has never failed to carry out beautifully. (Yes, even the train one.)
  Turns out I'm not the only one who got that sense from his
  
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• HBO’s Here and Now Is a Surreal Drama from Alan Ball

  07-02-2018 22:58 via thestranger.com
  It's set in Portland—for better or worse.by Erik HenriksenThere’s more Portland in the first five minutes of Here and Now than most of the city’s residents see in a week: A young gentleman with an unfortunate man bun bikes across the Burnside Bridge and along a gentrified stretch of North Mississippi, then hops off to flirt with a tattooed beardo at Spin Laundry Lounge, where they stand in front of a rack holding the Portland Mercury.HBO’s new drama from Six Feet Under an
  
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• Rep. Pramila Jayapal Destroys Tucker Carlson on Immigration Without Breaking a Sweat

  07-02-2018 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  She's doing so well.by Rich SmithJust as good in Congress as she is on cable.COURTESY OF JAYAPAL CAMPAIGN
  Yesterday evening Congresswoman Pramila Jaypal (WA-7, that's us right here in Seattle!) appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to talk immigration.The normally bow-tied blowhard tried every trick available to pundits in an attempt to derail Jayapal. He asked gotcha questions in bad faith, he drummed up false rage and consternation out of nowhere, he yelled, he interrupted her, he lied, and he tr
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: She Needs To Move On But Totally Cock Blocked

  07-02-2018 22:18 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a 47-year-old single mom who gave birth to a son, leaving me with a vagina that was no longer the same size as it was before. After the birth, I could hardly feel my (then) husband's average size cock when we had sex. Orgasm was still achievable and I wrote it off as something you had to accept as a parent. I left my husband for another man, with whom I'm terribly in love. We have fantastic sex, based on mutual love, attraction and an equal approach to exploring/boundaries. Bes
  
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• Connelly: 'O Canada' -- A national anthem goes gender neutral

  07-02-2018 22:07
  With a changing of its English language lyrics, fought over for 18 months, Canada now has a gender-neutral national anthem.
  
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• The Noise of Winter—Prettiest Eyes, Miscomings, and the Carols at Chop Suey

  07-02-2018 21:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Scathingly brilliant live sets by Prettiest Eyes, Miscomings, and the Carols electrified a dismal winter Tuesday night.by Dave SegalPrettiest Eyes' Pachy García is the best singing drummer since Rare Earth's Peter Rivera. Dave Segal
  Tuesday nights are a bastard for drawing people to music shows. Even stacked bills like the one at Chop Suey last night struggle to crack the 30-people barrier, and so the Red Curtain of Ignominy™ was dropped, signaling that the bands—Prettiest Eye
  
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• The Cage Fighter: Deciding Between Family and Kicking the Shit Out of People

  07-02-2018 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber CortesThe Cage Fighter
  From the very first scene of a gym parking lot bathed in early morning light, director and Seattle local Jeff Unay manages to balance the tender and the violent when looking into an oft-misunderstood sport. The Cage Fighter's story (think Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler but IRL) revolves around Joe Carman, a middle-aged mixed martial arts fighter who has a big heart but lives a life that’s rough around the edges.Carmen has to choose between his family
  
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• Your Ultimate Guide to Where to Eat Out (or Order Food From) for Valentine's Day 2018 in Seattle

  07-02-2018 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffValentine's Day doesn't have to be about expensive steak dinners—Ba Bar will offer a giant bowl of pho for two, complete with happiness dumplings, prosecco, and chocolate cake, all for a cool $48 per couple.
  We know you can't go just anywhere for your Valentine's victuals, so we've rounded up all the Valentine's Day events in town so that you can choose your own adventure. You can get dressed to the nines for a high-end affair at Tilth or Eden Hill, or go low-
  
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• Where to Eat Out for Valentine's Day

  07-02-2018 21:12 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe know you can't go just anywhere for your Valentine's victuals, so we've rounded up all the Valentine's Day events in town so that you can choose your own adventure. You can get dressed to the nines for a high-end affair at Tilth or Eden Hill, or go low-key with a beer dinner at Belltown Brewing or Ghostfish. Dining in more your style? Not to worry—we've compiled a selection of gifts and treats that you can get delivered right to your or your loved one's doo
  
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• Doritos Didn't Invent Lady Chips. The Internet Did.

  07-02-2018 21:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Your regular reminder not to believe everything you read on the internet.by Katie HerzogChips... for her.Pavlo_K/Getty Images
  If you've read the stories or glanced at the memes currently swirling in the vortex of bullshit and misinformation we call the Internet, you've probably learned that hallowed chip brand Doritos will soon be launching a new product: chips... for women.People do not like this, for obvious reasons. Women don't need girly chips! We are perfectly capable of eating regular old
  
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• 2 teens charged in deadly Renton drug rip-off

  07-02-2018 20:47
  Two teens were charged with murder Tuesday in the Jan. 27 death of a 29-year-old man who appears to have been set up in a Renton drug rip-off, reports say.
  
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• US genetics scientist among winners of esteemed Israel prize

  07-02-2018 20:41
  JERUSALEM (AP) — American genetics scientist Mary-Claire King, credited with connecting a gene mutation with breast cancer, is among the winners of Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize this year. The prize is named after the late philanthropist Dan David and administered by Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Foundation awards $1 million prizes in three […]
  
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• Dinosaur-killing space rock may have triggered sea volcanoes

  07-02-2018 20:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs may have set off a chain of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions on land and undersea, claims a new study that is already dividing scientists. About 66 million years ago a 6-mile wide asteroid smacked into Earth, creating the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan and […]
  
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• The Price Ijeoma Oluo Paid for Speaking Up About Race in Her New Book: Her White Friends Stopped Thinking of Her as "Fun"

  07-02-2018 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Drawing from her personal experience as a black woman with deep ties to the white world, Oluo reveals herself as relatable yet nuanced commentator on a subject many others have tried less successfully to take on.by Deepa Bhandaru Seal Press
  For over a year now we’ve been hearing a lot about the infamous Trump voter, who was most likely white and male and angry that he had to endure eight years with a black man at the helm of government. White anger flared last summer in Charlottesville, wh
  
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• 2 Washington state moms say Pasco day care waxed their children’s eyebrows

  07-02-2018 20:11
  Two mothers shared their stories on Facebook, alleging that the same day care waxed the hair between their kids' eyebrows. But the Boys & Girls Club, which runs the Pasco day care, said the allegations are "unsubstantiated."
  
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• Dino Rossi's latest benefactor? Mike Pence

  07-02-2018 20:08
  The political action committee of Vice President Mike Pence gives $5,400 to Republican Dino Rossi's campaign in Washington's 8th District.  The Great America Committee doled out dollars to 30 Republican House incumbents.  Rossi was the lone non-incumbent to get a check.
  
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• In 60 Minutes You'll Have 60 Seconds to Buy Tickets for BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon's RPDR Viewing Party Happening Tomorrow

  07-02-2018 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  SET AN ALARM SO YOU DON'T FORGET.by Chase BurnsBenDeLaCreme's got the hottest tickets in town, henny.Robin Marchant / Stringer
  I'll keep this short: People want to see BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon host a RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars viewing party at Century Ballroom real bad. So bad that you probably won't get tickets. The Seattle queens' first viewing party of the season premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars sold out in six minutes, and I'm going to bet this go-around they'll sell out in
  
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• On Fifth Day of Bus Driver Strike, Parent Tells School District "My Students Will Not Break the Line"

  07-02-2018 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Teachers will walk out in solidarity with bus drivers today.by Heidi GrooverThe scene on the first day of the strike. ULYSSES CURRY
  Today marks the fifth school day since Seattle school bus drivers went on strike demanding more affordable health insurance. This afternoon after the school day ends, Seattle Public School teachers and staff who are members of the Seattle Education Association plan to join the drivers at the picket line in a show of solidarity.
  The drivers work for First Student, an
  
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• The Comparable Nothingness of Trump's Military March and Musk's Launching a Car Into Space

  07-02-2018 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  No American president has loved things, words, events that mean nothing as much as Trump.by Charles MudedeMarching for Cadet Bone Spurs... pixinoo/gettyimage.com
  Two strange things happened yesterday. One: Trump ordered the Pentagon to organize a military parade in Washington. Two: billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk sent a car into space. This car, the dummy load for the test launch of SpaceX's most powerful rocket, has a dummy in the driver's seat and speakers blasting David Bowie's "Space Oddi
  
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• Musk marvels at rocket's triumph, looks ahead to bigger one

  07-02-2018 19:21
  "It taught me, like, crazy things can come true," Musk said.
  
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• This American Life Exposed Public Radio Listeners Across America to Call-Out Culture

  07-02-2018 19:14 via thestranger.com
  
  This show is necessary listening.by Katie HerzogLocal NPR supporter listening to the latest episode of This American Life Getty Images
  I don't think I've ever stopped in the middle of a podcast to text about it, tweet about it, or tell everyone I know about it. Last night, I did just that, in the midst of the most recent episode of This American Life:"Words You Can't Say." Yup. Ira Glass discovered social justice Twitter.The show,which was produced by Stephanie Foo and reported by Dana Chivvis a
  
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• The First DREAMer Detained Under Trump in Seattle Is Trying to Get His DACA Status Back

  07-02-2018 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Federal officials stripped 23-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina of his DACA status when they swept him up in a raid intended for his father.by Sydney BrownstoneDaniel Ramirez Medina, pictured here with his son, was detained in Tacoma for six weeks after his arrest.PROVIDED BY COUNSEL TO DANIEL RAMIREZ MEDINA
  Daniel Ramirez Medina, the 23-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient arrested after immigration officials raided his father's home last year, was imprisoned fo
  
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• The Real Danger of Amazon Automation as Told By an Ex-Warehouse Grunt

  07-02-2018 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Vibrating bracelets? Of course!by Frank HopperThe author got fired from an Amazon warehouse after he couldn't meet productivity targets. Mark Makela/Getty Images
  For five weeks in November and December, I worked as a "picker" at the Amazon fulfillment center in Kent. Truckloads of products from suppliers flow daily into Amazon warehouses, where they are then uncrated and placed in numbered bins. When a customer places an order for a product, a picker retrieves it from its bin and sends it to a "
  
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• Like berries? We hope you like jammin’, too

  07-02-2018 18:30
  A sweet taste of spring brightens winter days.
  
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• John Cleese to Seattle: Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

  07-02-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Monty Python/Fish Called Wanda star wonders why his Seattle tour date isn't sold out. We have thoughts.by Sean NelsonJohn Cleese will perform his show "Why There Is No Hope" on Mon March 26 at McCaw Hall. Very good seats remain available.
  John Cleese, whom you know (or should know) from Monty Python's Flying Circus, A Fish Called Wanda, and, if you're a slightly more committed anglophile, Fawlty Towers, has spent the past several years doing live performances all over the world.His most rece
  
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• Slog AM: UW College Republicans Sue to Bring Far-Right Rally to Campus, Panic Over Pot Shortage

  07-02-2018 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Facebook's ads, Russia's tumblr and twitter bots; will the Internet ever be good again?by Nathalie GrahamSeattle's finest university and staging area for far-right rallies! UW Library
  UW College Republicans are suing UW: The club is bringing Patriot Prayer, a far-right group that pals around with white supremacists and whose rallies often break out into violence, to UW campus on Saturday. UW demanded the club pay a $17,000 security fee nine days before the event. UWCR says this is in violation o
  
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• From anteaters to zebras: London Zoo counts its creatures

  07-02-2018 16:53
  LONDON (AP) — Gibbons Jimmy and Yoda, Max the Eurasian eagle owl and Bhanu the lion have stood up to be counted as London Zoo conducts its annual audit of creatures big and small. Zookeepers tallied 19,289 animals in the annual count of every mammal, bird, reptile, fish, amphibian and insect at the famous zoo. […]
  
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• From aardvarks to zebras: London Zoo counts its creatures

  07-02-2018 16:53
  LONDON (AP) — Jimmy and Yoda the Galapagos tortoises, Max the Eurasian eagle and Bhanu the lion have stood up to be counted as London Zoo conducts its annual audit of creatures big and small. Zookeepers tallied some 19,289 animals in the annual count of every mammal, bird, reptile, fish, amphibian and insect at the […]
  
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• Space sports car now flying toward asteroid belt beyond Mars

  07-02-2018 15:34
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars. SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster, which was launched aboard the company’s Falcon Heavy from Florida. The Heavy became the most powerful rocket flying today with […]
  
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• With tracking system hobbling, marijuana industry scrambles to keep pot on shelves

  07-02-2018 15:00
  Widespread technology issues with the state's new pot-tracking system have kept marijuana growers and sellers scrambling since last week, and store managers say they're beginning to worry about increasingly sparse shelves.
  
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• ‘We thought we’d pulled a dead person out of the water’: Woman recovers after Puget Sound rescue

  07-02-2018 15:00
  Heart-lung machines are doing a new job at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, saving the lives of people with otherwise fatal injuries, like a woman who was pulled from Puget Sound and is thriving again. "I would definitely call it a miracle," says a Navy commander injured at Whidbey Island.
  
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• Survey finds only 11.3% of Washington homes have earthquake insurance

  07-02-2018 15:00
  The survey by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner is the first attempt to quantify quake coverage in the state.
  
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• School-district levy measures on February ballot come during ‘new landscape’ for school funding

  07-02-2018 15:00
  This is the first election since legislators came up with a plan that they say fully funds basic education through, in part, an increase in the statewide property tax.
  
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• About those bonuses? There’s now proof they’re going straight onto the national credit card

  07-02-2018 15:00
  It’s shocking how fast the rate of borrowing by the federal government has shot up. But in all the giddiness, nobody seems to care anymore about soaring deficits — if they ever did.
  
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• Got plans Monday night? You’re invited to an evening of storytelling at Ignite Education Lab

  07-02-2018 14:00
  At Seattle University’s Campion Ballroom on Feb. 12, you’ll be treated to 10 fast-paced talks about education from a diverse lineup of students, parents and award-winning teachers.
  
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• DNA suggests 10,000-year-old Brit had dark skin, blue eyes

  07-02-2018 13:49
  LONDON (AP) — DNA from a 10,000-year-old skeleton found in an English cave suggests the oldest-known Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists from Britain’s Natural History Museum and University College London analyzed the genome of “Cheddar Man,” who was found in Cheddar Gorge in southwest England in 1903. Scientists led […]
  
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• Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool: Jamie Bell + Annette Bening 4-Ever

  07-02-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A Hollywood tearjerker with a subversive twist.by Megan BurbankGloria Grahame was a real person—she won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1952 for The Bad and the Beautiful—but you don’t need to know that to appreciate Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, a dreamy glimpse into the final years of Grahame’s chaotic, beautiful life.Framed by her lengthy affair with a much younger actor, Peter Turner, and Grahame’s eventual death from cancer, Liverpool is based on
  
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• Oregon legislator groped, grabbed women right on the Senate floor, says official report

  07-02-2018 12:46
  Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, called on Republican state Sen. Jeff Kruse to resign after a report by an independent investigator found he repeatedly subjected women to uncomfortable hugging and unwanted touching – sometimes on the Senate floor or in the governor’s office – even after repeated warnings. He did some of these things […]
  
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• Tribes seek Native American bones found at unique Idaho site

  07-02-2018 08:08
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Somewhere in Boise, the 500-year-old skeletons of two Native Americans found last year when a badger apparently unearthed them from their resting place in Idaho’s high desert sagebrush steppe are being stored as three tribes seek to claim them as their own and anthropologists who study Native Americans lament what they […]
  
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• 500-year-old skeletons sought by 3 Native American tribes

  07-02-2018 08:08
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Somewhere in Boise, two 500-year-old skeletons discovered in Idaho’s high desert plains are stored in a secure place as three Native American tribes try to claim the remains and anthropologists lament a lost research opportunity. U.S. officials won’t say where the bones of the young adult and a child are being […]
  
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• Rail industry says key safety technology not due until 2020

  07-02-2018 06:36
  WASHINGTON — The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end of the year. Indeed, freight and commuter rail officials speak as if there never was any plan to complete their work on the […]
  
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• Ready to bloom for Northwest Flower & Garden Festival

  07-02-2018 06:33
  Eighteen display gardens presented by the region’s top landscape and design professionals greet you as the 30th annual Northwest Flower & Garden Festival begins Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.
  
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• Seattle is putting fences under its bridges to keep campers out — and some say that’s wrong

  07-02-2018 05:18
  Seattle is putting fences under some bridges where homeless camps set up. The city says it’s to prevent fires, but some City Council members are pushing back.
  
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• Seattle teachers union members plan walkout on fifth day of school-bus driver strike

  07-02-2018 04:41
  Seattle school-bus drivers will strike Wednesday for fifth consecutive day.
  
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