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• Emerald City Comic Con descends on Seattle this weekend

  27-02-2018 23:37
  Ever dreamed of meeting Doctor Who or Doc Brown? The chance could be yours this weekend at Emerald City Comic Con.
  
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• 128 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 27-March 4, 2018

  27-02-2018 23:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffBill Nye, the man who made your middle school science class bearable with his unbridled enthusiasm, will attend two Seattle screenings of Bill Nye: Science Guy this weekend. Thursday is already sold out, so snap up your tickets quickly for the Sunday show.
  Our arts critics have already recommended 50 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 34 best music shows, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirk
  
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• Vancouver Energy ends bid to build nation’s biggest oil-train terminal along Columbia River

  27-02-2018 23:09
  This was one of a series of high-profile fossil-fuel projects proposed in Washington state in recent years, all of which have faced strong opposition from environmentalists.
  
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• No oil-train terminal on the Columbia River; Vancouver Energy gives up plan

  27-02-2018 23:09
  Vancouver Energy abandons effort to build crude-by-rail terminal along the Columbia River.
  
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• What’s in the IV bag? Studies show safer option than saline

  27-02-2018 23:05
  New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death or kidney damage, two large studies found. The difference could mean 50,000 to 70,000 fewer deaths and 100,000 fewer cases of kidney failure […]
  
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• Judge rejects cops' request to dismiss Charleena Lyles lawsuit

  27-02-2018 22:56
  An effort to dismiss the lawsuit against the police officers who fatally shot Charleena Lyles in her home last year has failed, according to a Tuesday afternoon ruling.
  
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• County Council Members to Inslee: Veto Anti-Transparency Bill

  27-02-2018 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  "This is not an acceptable way for our state government to operate.”by Heidi GrooverWe know you know how to veto, Jay. KAREN DUCEY / GETTY IMAGE
  As fervor grows over a bill that would hide state lawmakers’ existing records and keep some of them private in the future, two King County politicians are joining the call for a veto.
  "Preventing public disclosure of legislative documents will limit the transparency and openness of state government,” King County Council Members Reagan
  
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• Schultz: Tax cut should have done more for Americans 'left behind'

  27-02-2018 22:33
  The sweeping tax cut enacted by Congress in December was a lost opportunity to do "a lot more to help so many Americans who are being left behind," Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz tells the FOX Business Network.
  
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• New Album Losing Proves Bully—Which Plays Neumos Tonight—Can’t Stop Winning

  27-02-2018 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by John CoyleBully's visionary frontwoman, Alice Bognanno. Alysse Gafkjen
  It’s an un-rock and roll 10:30 a.m. in mid-February, and Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno’s voice is crackling through the phone from her home in Nashville. “I’m not actually sure where we’re going,“ she laughs, “All I basically know is it’s 10 hours away. Tour starts tomorrow, and we’re doing half the drive today.” She sounds totally badass.When singing, Bognanno
  
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• New Album Losing Proves Bully—Which Plays Neumos Tomorrow Night—Can’t Stop Winning

  27-02-2018 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by John CoyleBully's visionary frontwoman, Alice Bognanno. Alysse Gafkjen
  It’s an un-rock and roll 10:30 a.m. in mid-February, and Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno’s voice is crackling through the phone from her home in Nashville. “I’m not actually sure where we’re going,“ she laughs, “All I basically know is it’s 10 hours away. Tour starts tomorrow, and we’re doing half the drive today.” She sounds totally badass.When singing, Bognanno
  
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• Astronauts aim for icy homecoming after months in space

  27-02-2018 21:29
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Three astronauts face a bitterly cold homecoming after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. The two Americans and one Russian entered their attached Soyuz capsule Tuesday for the ride back to Earth. They’re aiming for a touchdown Wednesday morning local time in Kazakhstan. Snow and freezing rain are […]
  
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• Here Are All the Election Ads Google Just Disclosed to the City of Seattle

  27-02-2018 21:27 via thestranger.com
  
  In this imperfect disclosure, one can begin to see what real transparency in online political ads could look like in this country.by Eli SandersAll of these online political ads, and more, were aimed at Seattle voters in 2017 through Google's ad platforms. Images courtesy City of Seattle
  As I reported earlier today, Google recently disclosed a considerable amount of information on Seattle political ads in response to Stranger reporting and a demand from this city's Ethics and Elections Commissio
  
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• Lewis Gilbert, director of 3 James Bond films, dies at 97

  27-02-2018 21:07
  The prolific British filmmaker directed far more than the Bond films but acknowledged the 007 movies’ importance to the world of filmgoers. He reportedly died Friday in Monaco.
  
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• Inslee Said on National TV He Can't Veto the Secrecy Bill. That's Not True.

  27-02-2018 21:06 via thestranger.com
  
  If Inslee chooses to absolve himself of his own veto power on SB 6617, there's only one thing to conclude about the governor's commitment to public disclosure: It's bullshit.by Sydney BrownstoneHere's @GovInslee on with @ChrislHayes, appearing to surrender some of the powers of the executive branch.Q: “So you’re going to veto it?”A: “Well, I can’t, unfortunately, because they have a veto-proof majority, unfortunately, so I don’t have control at this moment.&rd
  
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• In 2010, Dino Rossi Sounded a Lot Like Trump on Immigration

  27-02-2018 20:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Rossi called for "a tall fence with a high gate."by Rich SmithThis fucking guy.Stranger VideoThanks to the Supreme Court's decision on Monday, nearly 800,000 DACA recipients will retain—and be able to renew—their legal status for the next several months, or at least until lower federal courts decide on the constitutionality of Trump's order to rescind the program back in September of 2017.Congress still needs a permanent solution to DACA and serious immigration reform to address the
  
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• A Peyote Tipi Ceremony with Puyallup Tribal Leader Ramona Bennett

  27-02-2018 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Frank HopperRomona Bennett Seattle Channel
  When I contacted Ramona Bennett, the 79-year-old former chair of the Puyallup Tribal Council, for an interview regarding her appearance at the upcoming panel discussion, "Grandmothers in the Resistance," she told me I could come and see her at a Native American Church peyote tipi ceremony being held that night at her home in Tacoma. The ceremony was in honor of her grandson, who had just turned 15.
  I asked if she was sure it was ok. I didn't know any
  
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• Caring corgi named Cora comforts man at Sea-Tac in viral moment

  27-02-2018 20:20
  A touching moment happened this month at Sea-Tac between a corgi named Cora and a man in need of a friendly furry face.
  
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• ICYMI: Neo-Nazis and Other Hate Groups Make Washington Home

  27-02-2018 20:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  Last week, ProPublica published a long and disturbing report on Atomwaffen Division, a paramilitary neo-Nazi terror group that celebrates Adolf Hitler and Charles Manson, and whose members have been connected to five deaths since 2017. Most recently, Atomwaffen Division member Samuel Woodward was charged with killing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college student, last month in California. Another member recently plead guilty to possession of explosives a
  
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• Gun defenders: Assault weapons age limit doesn't belong in school safety bill

  27-02-2018 19:18
  At a Washington Legislature hearing on raising to 21 the age limit for purchasing semi-automatic assault rifles, a gun rights supporter declares: "Hiding a bunch of gun control in a school safety bill is wrong."
  
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• No more ‘Kings of the Columbia’: Chinook salmon much smaller, younger these days, study finds

  27-02-2018 19:00
  Like its old-growth trees, the Northwest’s big, old chinook salmon are largely gone, a new study finds, with implications for Puget Sound’s critically endangered southern resident killer whales.
  
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• In 16 years since unsolved homicide of U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales, his daughter has been a portrait of poise

  27-02-2018 18:56
  Amy Wales was just 22 years old when her father, U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales, was shot through a window of his Queen Anne home. Since then, she’s stood for him in countless ways.
  
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• Storm expected to drop snow across broad swath of Arizona

  27-02-2018 18:19
  A storm is expected to drop snow on higher elevations across a broad swath of Arizona extending from the Utah line on the north to the U.S.-Mexico border in the southeast. Communities covered by winter weather messages issued for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning include Flagstaff, Show Low and Sierra Vista. Expected snowfall amounts include […]
  
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• Slog AM: Inslee Needs to Veto Legislative Secrecy Bill, Seattle Needs Quake Retrofitting

  27-02-2018 17:11 via thestranger.com
  ICE targets activist, affordable housing will crumble in a quake, "Atlanta" comes back on Thursdayby Nathalie GrahamC'mon, Jay. Office of the Governor
  Affordable housing at risk during earthquake: Nearly 2,000 units impacting specifically low-income renters are ill-equipped for an earthquake. The buildings aren’t retrofitted and the fix could cost $80 million.
  Okay, but what about bridges: The Big One is lurking around every corner, it’s the monster under your bed, and that uneasy, s
  
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• Snow coats Southern California’s mountains and high desert

  27-02-2018 16:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snow fell across Southern California mountains and in the high desert Tuesday as the first of the week’s two predicted storms moved through the region. The cold and unstable storm arrived overnight with bouts of hail and rain, sometimes heavy, and left a coat of white on mountain ranges east of […]
  
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• Evacuation warning issued for area devastated by mudslide

  27-02-2018 16:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — People living in an area devastated by mudslides were urged Tuesday to think about fleeing as a winter storm bore down on the foothills northwest of Los Angeles. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced that a recommended evacuation warning would go into effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday for Goleta, Santa […]
  
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• California gets snow and rain from latest storm

  27-02-2018 16:39
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many of California’s mountains are sporting new coats of snow, much of it down to low elevations, from the first of two cold weather systems predicted for the state this week. A winter storm warning remains in effect Tuesday for the ranges east of Los Angeles and south through the interior […]
  
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• Newspapers around Washington publish A1 editorials calling for Gov. Jay Inslee to veto records bill

  27-02-2018 16:37
  Daily newspapers across the state published front-page editorials urging Inslee to take action on the bill that would exempt the state Legislature from Washington’s Public Records Act.
  
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• Google Hands Notebook Full of Political Ad Data to the City of Seattle

  27-02-2018 16:17 via thestranger.com
  
  The disclosures provide new details on a $20k Google ad from People for Jenny Durkan (and on many other ads, too).by Eli SandersOne entry from Google's roughly 60-page binder of local political ad disclosures, delivered to the City of Seattle last week. City of Seattle
  On February 22, more than two months after Google was officially told to comply with Seattle's unique law on election ad transparency, a binder full of digital ad details arrived on the desk of Seattle Ethics and Elections Commiss
  
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• Malibu bans single-use plastic straws, cutlery

  27-02-2018 16:04
  MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Malibu has banned single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery. The City Council voted Monday to approve an ordinance prohibiting the sale, distribution and use of the plastic items starting June 1. Mayor Rick Mullen has said it’s an effort to stop plastic pollution at the source so it doesn’t reach Malibu’s […]
  
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• More Upstream Music Fest + Summit Artists Just Announced

  27-02-2018 16:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffMiguel will headline on Friday, June 1. Timothy Saccenti
  Upstream Music Fest + Summit, the second annual iteration of which will take place in June in Pioneer Square, just announced their second wave of main stage artists and headliners this morning.The big news is for Friday, June 1, with R&B thriller and genre-crossover star Miguel taking top billing right above 2017 XXL Freshman and Ventura rapper SUPERDUPERKYLE and abstract techno-pop act Little Dragon.Satur
  
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• Space Needle remodel delayed, restaurant may not open on time

  27-02-2018 15:43
  Summer is a sight to behold in Seattle, and for many a tourist the Space Needle is the site to do it. But this year will be different: The $100 million renovation won't be done in time for this summer's tourism season.
  
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• Space Needle redesign will miss summer tourism thanks to delays

  27-02-2018 15:43
  Summer is a site to behold in Seattle, and for many a tourist the Space Needle is the site to do it. But this year will be different: The $100 million renovation won't be done in time for this summer's tourism season.
  
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• 'Baywatch' star, Seattle pet company sued over dog's death

  27-02-2018 15:41
  A new lawsuit blames a local pet-sitting company -- and a former "Baywatch" TV star -- for negligence that led to a dog's death. The lawsuit accuses Rover of not doing enough to make sure the people it contracts with for dog sitting and walking can safely handle animals.
  
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• New online archive lets you explore Seattle’s 50-year-old ‘Freeway Revolt’

  27-02-2018 15:01
  Government engineers had drawn up a freeway over South Lake Union to encircle downtown; a 14-lane version of I-90 that would have trenched the Mount Baker neighborhood rather than pass through tunnels; and the R.H. Thomson Expressway that would have stretched from the Highway 520 bridge and into Central Area.
  
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• Seattle City Council votes to express concern over Tacoma siting of natural-gas plant

  27-02-2018 15:00
  The council’s resolution say climate change is a threat to people everywhere in the world and a vital concern for people in Seattle.
  
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• Liberals outnumber conservatives for first time in Washington state, Gallup poll shows

  27-02-2018 15:00
  Survey data show that until recently, even in reliably blue-voting states, more people identified as conservative than liberal. Just this past year, five more states flipped to liberal-leaning, including a clean sweep of the West Coast:, Washington, Oregon and California.
  
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• Democrats vying to succeed Rep. Dave Reichert to debate Wednesday in Auburn

  27-02-2018 15:00
  The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a candidate meet and greet followed by the debate. Organizers include the 47th District Democrats and the Washington State Labor Council.
  
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• Seattle backcountry skier rescued in Mount Baker wilderness

  27-02-2018 13:04
  Dave Drulard had been missing for 21 hours when he was found Sunday by two members of a Bellingham Mountain Rescue Council search and rescue team.
  
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• Europe in throes of beautiful but deadly cold snap

  27-02-2018 10:20
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An extreme Siberian cold snap sweeping across Europe is claiming lives in Poland and Romania, but also dusted the ancient ruins of Pompeii with snow Tuesday and prompted Amsterdam authorities to prepare the city’s iconic canals for ice-skaters. The Red Cross said its emergency teams were sheltering and providing medical treatment […]
  
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• Can Swiss apprenticeship model help Washington boost high-school-graduation rates?

  27-02-2018 09:05
  High-school students in Switzerland take many different tracks to finish their diplomas, including apprenticeships at local businesses — a model that is being studied for Washington.
  
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• Hundreds urge Inslee to veto bill exempting Washington legislators from public-records law

  27-02-2018 09:00
  Gov. Jay Inslee must decide by Thursday whether to veto or let stand a bill exempting the state Legislature from Washington’s Public Records Act. Inslee has received hundreds of messages urging him to veto it.
  
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• Edmonds man pleads guilty to killing roommate last month

  27-02-2018 08:18
  Derrick Elijah Crawford fled the Edmonds residence after fatally shooting his roommate last month and evaded capture for about 10 days.
  
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• Washington immigrant targeted for deportation came to ICE’s attention after protests and newspaper interview, document shows

  27-02-2018 05:15
  Maru Mora-Villalpando, 47, supports immigrants detained at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. U.N. human-rights experts have called on the U.S. to protect Mora-Villalpando from deportation.
  
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• Immigrant targeted for deportation came to ICE’s attention after protests and newspaper interview, document shows

  27-02-2018 05:15
  Maru Mora-Villalpando, 47, supports immigrants detained at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. U.N. human-rights experts have called on the U.S. to protect Mora-Villalpando from deportation.
  
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