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• Cheap & Easy St. Patrick's Day Events

  15-03-2018 23:45 via thestranger.com
  43 Events for Saturday, March 17by Stranger Things To DoIf you haven't started planning your St. Patrick's Day beyond taking inventory of your green articles of clothing, don't panic. Below, we've compiled all the ways to celebrate on Saturday that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the St. Patrick's Day Parade to the Irish Festival to parties at Irish pubs like Fadó. Find them all below.
  The 1 Uppers, The Starjays, Muerte MenEnjoy some toe-tapping country at Slim's, with the bonus of
  
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• Connelly: Alpinists respond to Trump -- "Walls don't repel"

  15-03-2018 22:50
  President Trump likens people scaling barriers at U.S.-Mexican border to "professional rock climbers." The American Alpine Club, in a rejoinder, tells Trump:  "Walls don't repel.  They attract people who dream big."
  
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• Look back: Seattle celebrates St. Patrick's Day

  15-03-2018 22:46
  From the bars of Belltown to the streets of South Lake Union, Seattle has -- at times quite literally -- painted the town green.
  
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• Tribe leads new push to free orca Lolita

  15-03-2018 22:30
  Members of the Lummi Nation traveled to Florida this week to call for the release of "Lolita," or as the Lummi know her, "Tokitae," after she was taken from Puget Sound waters in 1970.
  
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• Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters

  15-03-2018 22:13
  A review by The Associated Press of the backgrounds and social media posts of the 16 board members appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke indicates they will agree with his position that the best way to protect critically threatened or endangered species is by encouraging wealthy Americans to shoot some of them.
  
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• Trump wildlife protection board is stuffed with trophy hunters

  15-03-2018 22:13
  A review by The Associated Press of the backgrounds and social media posts of the 16 board members appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke indicates they will agree with his position that the best way to protect critically threatened or endangered species is by encouraging wealthy Americans to shoot some of them.
  
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• In Seattle courtroom, immigrant activist seeks end to deportation effort

  15-03-2018 21:30
  A Mexico City native who overstayed a visa issued in 1996, Maru Mora-Villalpando says she is being targeted because of her activism.
  
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• Animated pizza outpost to make way for pot on Capitol Hill

  15-03-2018 21:28
  The pizza shop that anchors the corner of East Olive Way and Denny Way with its conspicuous animated sign will make way for two pot shops, including an expansion of the infamous Uncle Ike's.
  
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• Washington agency leader resigns after investigation into his workplace behavior

  15-03-2018 21:27
  A report said Commissioner Dale Peinecke would put his arm around staffers and looked at women in a way that made them uncomfortable. Gov. Jay Inslee said he accepted his resignation and is reviewing the investigation’s findings.
  
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• Postdocs United Get Their Vote to Unionize

  15-03-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  They won!by Rich SmithPostdocs United wins!Ian Haydon
  An hour ahead of a second work-in protest at President Ana Mari Cauce's office, Postdocs United got word that UW won't appeal a decision allowing the researchers to form a union.In an e-mail from UW's lawyer to Postdoc United's case handler at Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), UW said they won't appeal the PERC ruling, though they will maintain their challenge regarding 133 employees who they think shouldn't be i
  
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• The Best Art Shows in Seattle: Spring 2018

  15-03-2018 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis Basquiat painting will be on view on the West Coast for the very first time, and you can see it starting March 21 at SAM.
  Find a complete list of art shows in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and Android), or delivered to your inbox.Museums
  Bellevue Arts Museum
  Huma
  
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• The Southern Gothic and Black Heroism of Documentary Film, Veracity—Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

  15-03-2018 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Joule Zelman Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun
  Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun—which launches the Veracity: New Documentary Cinema series at Northwest Film Forum—is Travis Wilkerson’s journey into the disturbing history of his rural Alabaman family. Framing the history of his hometown, Dothan, within the context of the civil rights movement and contemporary black resistance, Wilkerson tracks down a secessionist great-aunt, visits Rosa Parks’s birthplace two hours away,
  
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• Counterpoint: Yes, There’s a Free Speech Crisis and No, I Won’t Shut Up About It

  15-03-2018 19:51 via thestranger.com
  
  There's been a rash of students shutting down speakers on campus—and of think pieces defending them.by Katie HerzogStudents protesters at California State University during an appearance by alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos last year. David McNew
  Yesterday, Rich posted a piece headlined"There's No Free Speech Crisis on Campus, So Please Shut Up About It." In it, he looks at a recent Vox post by Matthew Yglesias, who argues that, despite the concern of Stranger eldersand the New York
  
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• Study: Portland faces widespread destruction in big quake

  15-03-2018 19:50
  PORTLAND — Portland faces mass casualties and billions of dollars in building damage if a large Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits off the West Coast, according to an Oregon study released Thursday. The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries said as many as 27,000 people could be hurt or killed in a magnitude 9.0 […]
  
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• The Best Readings & Talks in Seattle: Spring 2018

  15-03-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffMichael Bennett is the best Seahawk, he's hilarious, and he has a new book called Things That Make White People Uncomfortable. You can see him April 9 at the Connolly Center. brad puet
  Find a complete list of readings & talks in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and A
  
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• What's next for Georgetown Steam Plant? Maybe a museum

  15-03-2018 19:29
  Georgetown's steam plant has been getting a lot of attention in the past year. And the monthly open houses lately have garnered so much attention that now the city is looking to turn the steam plant into a museum.
  
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• GOP Senator: One Dead Puppy Is a Tragedy, Thousands of Dead Kids Is Not

  15-03-2018 19:24 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageSo a dog died—a puppy died—on a United Airlines flight after the crew made the family put their dog in the overhead compartment, where the dog apparently suffocated to death. (Who knew those things were airtight?) Eighteen animals died on U.S. flights last year—and most of them died on United:
  Last year, 18 animals, mostly dogs, died while being transported on United—three-fourths of all animal deaths on US carriers, according to the Department of Transportat
  
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• Stone tools from Kenya give early glimpse of human behavior

  15-03-2018 19:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stone tools and other items from ancient sites in Kenya give a glimpse at the emergence of some key human behaviors, perhaps including a building of relationships with distant neighbors, new research says. Scientists can’t be sure whether the objects were made by our species, Homo sapiens, or some close relative […]
  
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• Cantwell demands details on Zinke's taxpayer-paid $12K charter

  15-03-2018 19:03
  An inquiring senator wants to know: Give me all the details on your $12,375, taxpayer-paid air charter flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., asks in a detailed letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.Cantwell is also asking records for all travel on government-owned aircraft, and use of charter flights, by Trump administration political appointees at the Interior Department.  Interior is the department that oversees national parks, millions of acres of feder
  
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• Today, in Things I Can't Believe I Have to Say: Don't Point Lasers at Planes

  15-03-2018 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Not fucking funny. NOT FUCKING FUNNY.by Sydney BrownstoneNOT FUNNY. klerik78/Getty
  King County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 29-year-old Burien man Tuesday night for allegedly pointing a green laser at incoming flights to SeaTac.This isn't a rare occurrence. In 2018 alone, the airport has reported 10 similar incidents. Last year, the airport reported 43, and the year before, 63. Luckily, "don’t have any reports of any injuries with these reports and none affected the safe landing of the ai
  
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• Postdocs Protest University of Washington for Apparently Slow-Rolling Their Efforts to Unionize

  15-03-2018 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  They're going back today.by Rich SmithPostdocs United occupying the conference room. Ian HaydonWednesday afternoon an estimated 200 University of Washington postdoctoral researchers held a work-in protest at President Ana Mari Cauce's office. The group, Postdocs United, crowded into a conference room and lined the hallways with laptops in hand, all prepared to work on research papers or lab reports until the administration respected a Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC
  
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• New Metro Access vans no good for mid-sized wheelchairs

  15-03-2018 18:27
  King County Metro's Access program bought nearly three dozen new vans, but they don't work for everyone.
  
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• The Best Theater, Dance, and Comedy Events in Seattle: Spring 2018

  15-03-2018 18:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Emergence, choreographed by the Canadian genius Crystal Pite, in April. lindsay thomas
  Find a complete list of theater, dance, and comedy events in Seattle this spring on our Things To Do calendar, or check out the rest of our critics' picks from Seattle Art and Performance.
  Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS and Android), or delivered to your inbox.Theater
  
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• Oregon high court suspends judge who refused to marry gays

  15-03-2018 17:23
  SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court has handed down the longest suspension in its history to a judge who refused to marry gay couples in the state, but stopped short of removing him from office. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Vance Day had come to the attention of authorities after allegations including that he […]
  
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• Slog AM: Bill Gates' Closed-Door Trump Meeting, Co-Pilot Sues Alaska Airlines Over Alleged Rape

  15-03-2018 16:10 via thestranger.com
  
  ALSO: A tubular surfer, poisoned crows, and is World War III on the Horizon?by Nathalie GrahamStow your bags in the overhead bins and keep your goddamn hands to yourself BRIANPIRWIN/GETTY
  Alaska Airlines sued over pilot’s alleged rape of co-pilot: Last June, an Alaska Airlines co-pilot was allegedly drugged and raped by her fellow pilot during their overnight stop in Minneapolis. Betty Pina is suing Alaska Airlines for its failure to hold Paul Engelien, her alleged attacker, accountable fo
  
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• Eastern Washington coroner apologizes for racist Facebook post

  15-03-2018 15:14
  The Franklin County coroner said the "white history month" meme was a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on how "it seems that the only minorities are the white male."
  
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• Just Announced: More Upstream Headliners

  15-03-2018 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  Upstream Music Fest + Summit just announced their third and final wave of main stage artists and headliners this morning.Haunting pop vocalist Charlotte Day Wilson was added to the lineup for Friday, June 1, which was already stacked with Miguel, SUPERDUPERKYLE, and Little Dragon.It was also announced that legendary punk group Jawbreaker will reunite to headline Upstream on Saturday, June 2, and that Sub Pop rockers Hot Snakes and candy colored pop-punk act Tacocat
  
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• Son, 21, kills parents near Buckley, arrested after manhunt, deputies say

  15-03-2018 14:51
  The 21-year-old man was later found in rental car in Tumwater and suffered a minor gunshot wound after officers opened fire, authorities said.
  
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• Man fatally shot parents near Buckley, deputies say

  15-03-2018 14:51
  The 21-year-old man was later found in rental car in Tumwater and suffered a minor gunshot wound after officers opened fire, authorities said.
  
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• New Cascadia quake analysis shows building retrofits would save thousands of lives

  15-03-2018 14:00
  A Portland-area study finds single-family homes do well and that upgrades to older commercial buildings could slash both casualties and damage.
  
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• New Cascadia quake analysis shows building retrofits could save many lives

  15-03-2018 14:00
  A Portland-area study finds single-family homes do well and that upgrades to older commercial buildings could slash both casualties and damage.
  
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• At 25, Running Start is a success. Now it must attract students who need it the most.

  15-03-2018 14:00
  The dual-credit program that allows students to get college credits while in high school at little cost is proving to be a national model, but benefiting most are middle-class students who planned to go to college anyway.
  
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• Sheriff's deputy shoots double homicide suspect

  15-03-2018 13:52
  A 21-year-old man is in the hospital after a Thurston County sheriff's deputy shot him early Thursday morning following a search connected to a double homicide in Pierce County.
  
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• Snohomish County votes to permanently ban heroin-injection sites

  15-03-2018 13:46
  EVERETT — Snohomish County unanimously passed legislation that would permanently ban supervised heroin-injection sites. The Daily Herald reports Snohomish County Councilman Nate Nehring proposed the restriction to keep any government-monitored injection sites, where federal nurses look on as users inject the drug, from popping up. Officials in King County and Seattle are considering opening a […]
  
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• Snohomish County votes to ban supervised drug-injection sites

  15-03-2018 13:46
  EVERETT — Snohomish County unanimously passed legislation that would permanently ban supervised heroin-injection sites. The Daily Herald reports Snohomish County Councilman Nate Nehring proposed the restriction to keep any government-monitored injection sites, where federal nurses look on as users inject the drug, from popping up. Officials in King County and Seattle are considering opening a […]
  
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• How did mystery man go from Howard Hughes hoax to being witness at one of Seattle’s biggest murder cases?

  15-03-2018 13:36
  Relatives and friends of two cannery-union reformers gunned down in Seattle in 1981 are pushing the FBI to release more information about a mystery man who tried to help the killers and had ties to the fake will of billionaire recluse Howard Hughes.
  
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• San Francisco embraces Amsterdam-style marijuana lounges

  15-03-2018 07:25
  San Francisco is the only city in the state to fully embrace Amsterdam-like coffee shops, the iconic tourist stops in the Netherlands where people can buy and smoke marijuana in the same shop.
  
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• Pot tourists can smoke it where they buy it in San Francisco

  15-03-2018 07:25
  San Francisco is the only city in the state to fully embrace Amsterdam-like coffee shops, the iconic tourist stops in the Netherlands where people can buy and smoke marijuana in the same shop.
  
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• High schoolers are best crowd with which to watch 'Hamilton'

  15-03-2018 07:10
  The hottest ticket in town (for at least a few more days) is "Hamilton." But the even hotter ticket is seeing it with a full house of teens — seriously.
  
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• High schoolers are best crowd to watch 'Hamilton' with

  15-03-2018 07:10
  The hottest ticket in town (for at least a few more days) is "Hamilton." But the even hotter ticket is seeing it with a full house of teens — seriously.
  
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• Portland crows that dropped from sky were poisoned

  15-03-2018 03:16
  Oregon State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife say it was because of a neurotoxin known as Avitrol.
  
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• Jury acquits jail officer accused of assisting drug dealers

  15-03-2018 01:28
  A corrections officer at an Aberdeen jail accused of providing information to southwest Washington drug traffickers has been acquitted.
  
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• Michigan museum acquires reconstruction of extinct hominid

  15-03-2018 00:44
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan now owns what’s believed to be the only lifelike reconstruction of a human relative that roamed southern Africa 2 million years ago. The Ann Arbor school’s Museum of Natural History says the Australopithecus sediba sculpture will be displayed when the museum reopens in a new place […]
  
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