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• J. Shan Mullin, who helped organize Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, dies at 83

  03-03-2018 23:05
  With this specialized sense of diplomacy, Mr. Mullin led talks among University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s hospital.
  
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• 78-year-old woman dies after hit by car in Kirkland

  03-03-2018 22:19
  A 78-year-old woman who suffered life threatening injuries Friday after being hit by a car in Kirkland has died, according to the city of Kirkland.
  
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• Washington Legislature approves abortion insurance bill

  03-03-2018 21:00
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Legislature has passed a measure that would require Washington insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception. The Senate concurred on changes made in the House to Senate Bill 6219 and passed it on a 27-22 vote Saturday. The measure now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee […]
  
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• Handgun seized in Belltown under extreme risk protection order

  03-03-2018 20:01
  Seattle police this week said it became the first law enforcement agency in Washington to pre-emptively seize a firearm from a person considered an extreme risk under a new law. On Thursday, police served an extreme risk protection order on a 31 year-old man in Belltown, requiring him to turn over all his firearms. The […]
  
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• Teenager dies after fall from Rattlesnake Ledge near North Bend

  03-03-2018 19:03
  The 16-year-old boy had been hiking with a group of three others.
  
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• Florida python devours deer that weighs nearly 4 lbs. more

  03-03-2018 17:59
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Researchers studying invasive Burmese pythons in Florida came upon something they’d never seen before: an 11-foot-long python had consumed an entire deer that weighed more than the snake itself. The wildlife biologists tracking the slithery creatures stumbled upon bloated snake in Collier Seminole State Park, and when they moved the creature […]
  
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• Bremerton man charged in assault of 71-year-old landlady

  03-03-2018 16:15
  PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A Bremerton man has been charged with assaulting his 71-year-old landlady, threatening to kill her and forcing her to driver him around to look for a man he wanted to kill. The Kitsap Sun reported Friday that 36-year-old Benjamin Hamel was charged with kidnapping and assault in Kitsap County Superior […]
  
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• Washington Senate bill tackles pesticide drift that can sicken people nearby

  03-03-2018 15:00
  Senate Bill 6529, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, D-Seattle, would create a work group to review data from the Department of Health on pesticide-exposure incidents.
  
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• Reagan's Induction into Dept of Labor's Hall of Honor Is Cynical, Even by Trump Standards

  03-03-2018 05:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonIn other news, the Trump administration has also named Reagan the first black president.
  How much disgrace can the Trump administration fit into its latest disgrace? A question worth asking, especially when the disgrace in question is the department of labor's induction of President Ronald Reagan (or Trump 1.0, as we may as well start calling him) into the department's Hall of Honor.It's the first time I had ever heard that the Department of Labor had such a hall, but it really doe
  
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• Even after Gov. Inslee’s veto, public records will remain an issue in Olympia

  03-03-2018 05:23
  After a weeklong brawl over the Washington Legislature’s now-vetoed public-records bill, lawmakers and others Friday were still processing what lies ahead on transparency at the Capitol.
  
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• Emerald City Comic Con arrives in Seattle

  03-03-2018 04:50
  Don’t be alarmed if you see superheroes, Jedi, villains and other otherworldly beings swarming around the Washington State Convention Center this weekend. They’re in town for the 2018 Emerald City Comic Con, which continues through Sunday. Info: emeraldcitycomiccon.com.
  
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• Couple to restore once popular, now vacant Oregon ski lodge

  03-03-2018 04:45
  An Oregon couple has begun the process of restoring a deteriorating Oregon ski lodge that has been vacant for more than 30 years.
  
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• Doing the people’s business is apparently a lot easier without the people

  03-03-2018 04:23
  It’s been a bad run for government, with a sham federal hearing, state lawmakers snubbing the public and a misbehaving, imperious agency head. All this contempt for the public by our officials is making for some strange bedfellows.
  
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• Ousted Swedish surgeon claims a conspiracy, but doctors say ‘smoking gun’ is fake

  03-03-2018 03:45
  In bid to win back his medical license, former Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw says doctors fed stories to The Seattle Times to discredit him, but the document his lawyers call the “smoking gun” was made up, say two doctors and a forensic analyst.
  
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• New Washington initiative would put fee on carbon emissions

  03-03-2018 03:10
  Carbon fee initiative filed Friday in Olympia represents the latest effort to put a price on carbon and other greenhouse-gas emissions. It would put a roughly 14-cent a gallon tax on gasoline that would escalate over time.
  
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• Proposal to give student journalists more free-speech protection is one step closer to becoming law

  03-03-2018 02:46
  A bill that would prevent administrators from censoring the work of student journalists in public schools passed through the Washington state House Friday.
  
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• EPA chief: insufficient 'scientific facts' to support evolution

  03-03-2018 02:27
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency boss Scott Pruitt is not just a climate change skeptic, but believes there "aren't sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution."  Evidence suggests he is carrying theological views into public policy.
  
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• The Biggest March Events

  03-03-2018 02:09 via thestranger.com
  The 175 Biggest Arts, Music, Food & Culture Events Happening This Monthby Stranger Things To Do StaffMarch brings with it more than just the beginning of spring to Seattle—it also comes with lots of excellent arts, music, and food events. We’ve compiled the 175 biggest ones you need to know about below, including events happening for Women's History Month and St. Patrick's Day. You’ll also find everything from music events like the Fisherman's Village Music Festival to food
  
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• 15 Places To Watch the 2018 Academy Awards Ceremony in Seattle

  03-03-2018 01:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWho will win this year? Jaguar PS / Shutterstock.com
  As you may have heard, the 90th Academy Awards ceremony is this Sunday, March 4 at 5 p.m. PST. Whether you've taken in as many nominees as possible and have your heart set on the winners or you just love Jimmy Kimmel (this year's host), we don't want you to miss any possible scandals, triumphant speeches, or other historical moments the Oscars so often yield. Below, we've compiled all the places to watch the show,
  
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• State kills Atlantic salmon farming in Washington

  03-03-2018 01:14
  After a tough floor fight and fancy parliamentary footwork, the state Senate passed a bill phasing out Atlantic salmon net-pen farming in Washington.
  
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• Bill to phase out Atlantic salmon farming in Washington state nears deadline

  03-03-2018 01:14
  Cooke Aquaculture has poured money into a lobbying campaign against the bill, signing up at least six lobbyists retained at a total of $72,000, according to forms filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission.
  
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• Seattle police first in state to use 'red flag law' to seize guns

  03-03-2018 01:04
  The Seattle Police Department is the first law enforcement agency in the state to use the "red flag law" by taking a handgun from a man in downtown Seattle on Thursday, according to a Seattle Police Department.
  
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• Rare signal from early universe sends scientists clues about dark matter

  03-03-2018 01:00
  Ancient stars left a big fingerprint behind that scientists only now have been able to identify. It’s a big step on understanding the beginning of the universe.
  
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• Oil was central in decision to shrink Bears Ears monument, emails show

  03-03-2018 00:58
  The debate started as early as March 2017, when an aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, asked a senior Interior Department official to consider shrinking Bears Ears National Monument.
  
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• Prominent Seattle Director Lynn Shelton Talks About Her New Film Outside In, Which Screens at SXSW Next Weekend

  03-03-2018 00:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jake UittiEdie Falco's eyes are "these big, giant blue pools." Outside In
  Outside In is the new feature-length film by Seattle director, Lynn Shelton. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017, is slated for release in the Emerald City on April 6, and will have its US premiere at SXSW on March 10. It's about a convicted felon reentering society—reentering his former hometown—in Snohomish County, Washington. But the movie, which stars Edie Falco as Carol (the
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 95 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: March 2-4, 2018

  03-03-2018 00:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDid you miss your chance to see the Diagon Alley replica in Ballard last fall? It will return for one more day on Saturday, complete with butterbeer and chocolate frogs. Phinney Neighborhood Association
  Panicking 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 Cafe Racer Grand Opening to Emerald City Comic Con a
  
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• BenDeLaCreme Pulls a Power Move on RuPaul

  03-03-2018 00:16 via thestranger.com
  
  #TeamDeLa4Evaby Christopher FrizzelleLast night was the BenDeLaCreme episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3. I mean, every episode so far has been the BenDeLaCreme episode. But last night was extra.My iPhone While I Watched the TV
  If you don't want spoilers, stop reading now. If you would like to enter a support group about what happened last night, I'm happy to help organize it. If you have an emotional support animal, can I borrow it?
  I watched the episode alone, which was a mistake. Afterw
  
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