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• Watch the video: Burglars ram car into Greenwood pot shop, then loot it

  30-03-2018 23:57
  Early Friday morning, someone in a car drove through the front door of the Seattle business.
  
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• Abortion Fund Sues Over 2016 Cyberattack

  30-03-2018 23:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Hackers sent abortion fund supporters racist emails and crashed their site.by Heidi GrooverAn email abortion fund supporters received after a cyberattack. courtesy of the cair project, 2016
  A federal law known as the FACE Act outlaws forcibly interfering with someone walking into an abortion clinic. But what if that interference happens online?
  A new lawsuit alleges that when a cyberattacker targeted a national abortion group in 2016, they violated not only computer fraud laws but also the Freed
  
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• Coffee cancer warnings may migrate beyond California border

  30-03-2018 23:33
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s fair to say that a lot of people awoke Friday to a headline that might have jolted them more awake than a morning cup of joe: A California judge had ruled that coffee sold in the state should carry a cancer warning. Here are some things to know about the […]
  
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• India Pale Ale Face-Off: Searching for the Best IPA in Seattle

  30-03-2018 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle is (arguably) the IPA center of the universe. But which Emerald City brewery makes it best?by Jake UittiCloudburst Jerk Store IPALindsey Scully
  Conceived in England in the late 18th century, the iconic India pale ale has a storied past and a bright future. In the 1700s, beer makers added extra hops during the brewing process; hops was a natural preservative, and kept the beer fresh in the barrels that were shipped from England to the Indian colonies. This gave rounder pale ales a sharper
  
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• New Japanese Places and Food Trucks, Plus More Seattle Food News You Can Use: March 30, 2018 Edition

  30-03-2018 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffNew Japanese kaiseki restaurant wa'z is now open in Belltown, and will focus on multi-course, seasonal Pacific Northwest-sourced fare. Wa'z via Facebook
  This week, we're excited about the new Japanese kaiseki restaurant wa'z, which opened in Belltown on Wednesday. Read on to learn about more restaurant openings and to discover what exciting food happenings are on the horizon, like a Japanese robata restaurant coming to Capitol Hill, katsu burgers and sushi, and two
  
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• Cannabis Studies Still Produce Too Much Secondhand Smoke and Mirrors

  30-03-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk GETTY/THOM MORRIS
  Cannabis research is fantastic, and cannabis science is really cool. And it looks like we still need a lot more of both, because right now, results from cannabis studies leave a lot to be desired. Some of them can even be touted by prohibitionists who—surprise, surprise—don’t take all the information into consideration.
  That’s the case with a series of ongoing studies recently reported on by NPR’s Morning Edition, which interviewed
  
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• Stranger Things To Do Is Looking For A Spring/Summer Intern!

  30-03-2018 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  Want to work with us? Stranger Things To Do is looking for an energetic, hardworking, detail-oriented, self-starting paid intern to help produce the extensive calendars in The Stranger’s biweekly print publication, in addition to helping wherever needed with our comprehensive online calendars.Our ideal candidate is a perfectionist who will ensure the comprehensiveness and accuracy of calendar listings, a hard worker who is comfortable working behind the scene
  
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• ‘Rogue’ male evicts 2 eaglets from nest after dad’s demise

  30-03-2018 22:51
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A male adult eagle ejected two Florida eaglets from their home shortly after their father’s death. Two bald eagles, Paleo and Calusa, had hatched two eaglets whom they were fledgling on Marco Island, but their idyll was shattered in late February. Paleo, the male, flew into a power line and was […]
  
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• Just a Quick Reminder That If You Haven't Seen Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin Yet, You Are Fucking Up

  30-03-2018 22:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonQuit stallin' and go see The Death of Stalin.
  From Armando Iannucci, the creator of Veep, and more importantly, the vastly superior British politics TV series The Thick of It (and the film it inspired, In the Loop) comes a film, The Death of Stalin, that recognizes that farce, not tragedy, may be a more honest, if also more grueling, mode for exploring the nightmare of totalitarianism. At least in retrospect.This is one of the grimmest, most harrowing films to ever make you double
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Balls Are Good, Thanks

  30-03-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  Hi Dan! That's awesome that you are interested in getting ballbusted by a guy because i have been looking to be a ball buster. I'm a 52 yo white male. HMU if you ever travel here.😄😄👍👍👅👅 — Edward
  What? — Dan
  Aren't you wanna to be kicked in balls by a guy? — Edward
  No, I aren't. Where did you hear that? I’m a little very confused. Are you for real? — DanI'm very for real. Your email was on a
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Messthetics, Jimi Hendrix, Shopping, and More

  30-03-2018 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Our music critics reviews 5 of the most interesting tracks from his inbox, including new/old classics by Messthetics, Jimi Hendrix, Shopping, and more.by Dave SegalThe former Fugazi dudes in Messthetics don't need no stinkin' singer. Antonia Tricarico
  Messthetics, "Quantum Path" (Dischord). Are Messthetics the best Dischord band since Lungfish or Slant 6? Quite possibly. Maybe that's not surprising, given that Fugazi's Brendan Canty (drums) and Joe Lally (bass) form Messthetics' rhythm section.
  
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• SPD: Greenwood pot shop bandits ram car into store

  30-03-2018 21:34
  Detectives believe that a troupe of bandits used a stolen car to ram the front door of a Greenwood pot shop early Friday morning and steal marijuana.
  
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• Iconic Alt-Rockers the Breeders Return After a Hiatus with a Comfort Blanket of Distinctive Sound

  30-03-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert HamThe Breeders hit Seattle on their reunion tour April 13. Tickets aren't sold out—yet. MARISA GESUALDI
  All Nerve, the excellent new album from reunited 1990s rock heroes the Breeders, might never have happened if it depended entirely on Kim Deal reaching out to Jim Macpherson.
  "In '97, we get back from the tour, I go downstairs one day, and all of his drums are out of my basement," Deal says in a phone interview from Dayton, Ohio. "We were drinking a lot during that tour, and I
  
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• ‘A devastating loss’: Silverback leader Leo the gorilla dies at Woodland Park Zoo

  30-03-2018 21:15
  Leo was brought to the Seattle zoo in 2008 and became the adoptive father of 16-year-old Yola. He leaves her, female gorilla Nadiri and her daughter, 2-year-old Yola, behind.
  
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• Grand Canyon tests change in water system serving visitors

  30-03-2018 21:01
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Crews are drilling at the bottom of the Grand Canyon to test the idea of shifting where water is drawn to serve millions of people at the national park’s popular South Rim. Water for the park comes from a natural spring that flows through 12.5 miles of pipeline. But the decades-old […]
  
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• All I Wish Heralds the Return of Sharon Stone

  30-03-2018 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathy Fennessy All I Wish
  In All I Wish, Sharon Stone, who turned 60 this year, plays a 46-year-old Los Angeles fashion designer with a life that probably looks pretty glamorous to most plebes (39-year-old Malin Akerman was attached to the script when it started making the rounds in 2011). In the Lifetime-like world of this ladies-scream-at-each-other-and-jump-up-and-down-when-they-get-good-news rom-com, though, Senna is someone to pity since she's never been married. But really, the only thi
  
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• Cancer warnings on coffee? Here’s what we know about the risk

  30-03-2018 20:46
  How frightened should we be of a daily cup of joe? Not very, some scientists and available evidence seem to suggest.
  
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• Burien mayor after double homicide: ‘We don’t want to bury any more children’

  30-03-2018 20:28
  Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta said the city is requesting additional support for its after-school and late-night programs for children following the fatal shooting of a teenage girl and a young woman Wednesday night. Related Story Teen slain in Burien shooting was ‘full of joy,’ wanted fresh start in life, dad says “We will not tolerate […]
  
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• Your French Bulldog Is an Abomination

  30-03-2018 20:08 via thestranger.com
  
  The AKC released their annual ranking of America's most popular dogs this week.by Katie HerzogThe French bulldog is the fourth most popular dog in the United States. It should not be.Getty Images
  This week, the American Kennel Club released its annual ranking of America's most popular dog breeds. For the 27th year in a row, the top dog (sorry) was the Labrador retriever, a good boy if there ever was one. The Lab was followed by the handsome but scary German shepherd at number two, and the Martha
  
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• Today is National Hot Chicken Day—Here's Where to Go in Seattle

  30-03-2018 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSisters and Brothers is the only place serving true Nashville-style hot chicken, but Seattle has plenty of other places with blazing breaded-bird options. Sisters and Brothers via Facebook
  Today, March 30, is National Hot Chicken Day, which celebrates the cayenne peppered chicken from Nashville that's famous among spice masochists for its tear-inducing heat. You may have seen it on David Chang's new Netflix show Ugly Delicious (on an episode that also happened to fe
  
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• Five Places to Go on National Hot Chicken Day

  30-03-2018 19:38 via thestranger.com
  March 30, 2018by Stranger Things To Do StaffToday, March 30, is National Hot Chicken Day, which celebrates the cayenne peppered chicken from Nashville that's famous among spice masochists for its tear-inducing heat. You may have seen it on David Chang's new Netflix show Ugly Delicious (on an episode that also happened to feature James Beard-nominated Seattle chef Edouardo Jordan of JuneBaby and Salare).
  If you'd like to observe the holiday by partaking in some piquant poultry yourself, Seattle o
  
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• Ramen Heads Takes You Inside the Mind of Japan's Top Ramen Chef

  30-03-2018 19:32 via thestranger.com
  
  SOUP JOKESby Rich SmithMeet Osamu Tomita, king of the broth.Ramen Heads
  People will wake up at 4:30 a.m. to stand in line for hours just to get a bowl of ramen at Osamu Tomita's tiny, 11-seater joint in Matsudo, Chiba.
  Koki Shigeno's documentary, Ramen Heads, portrays Tomita as Japan's reigning lord of noodle soup, a four-time Best Ramen Chef champion, and a mentor to younger cooks. Shigeno wants us to see this traditionally working class lunch the way Tomita sees it: As an art. As a way of livi
  
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• Idaho AG supports religious protections for health workers

  30-03-2018 19:31
  Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has signed a letter supporting President Donald Trump's effort to protect the rights of health workers who object to participating in abortions and other procedures.
  
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• Southern Baptist Leader Frank Page Resigned This Week

  30-03-2018 19:02 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageAnd everyone is waiting for the rent boy to drop. Fill us in, Christianity Today:
  Frank S. Page has resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee (EC), effective today, over what is described as “a morally inappropriate relationship in the recent past.” Florida pastor Stephen Rummage, chairman of the committee, released a 300-word statement Tuesday afternoon on behalf of its officers noting the circumstan
  
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• Trump EPA expected to roll back auto gas mileage standards

  30-03-2018 17:59
  The Trump administration is expected to announce that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards that were a pillar in the Obama administration's plans to combat climate change.
  
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• Half-brother of Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard shot in mall parking lot

  30-03-2018 17:55
  PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say the half-brother of Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was shot during a confrontation with two men in a mall parking lot. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Jahrell Lillard received first aid at a store before he was taken to a hospital. The severity of his injury was […]
  
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• Half-brother of Damian Lillard shot in mall parking lot

  30-03-2018 17:55
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the half-brother of Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was shot during a confrontation with two men in a mall parking lot. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Jahrell Lillard received first aid at a store inside the mall before he was taken to a hospital. The severity […]
  
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• Feds skeptical that massive Hanford plant will open by 2022

  30-03-2018 17:43
  RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has doubts that a massive nuclear-waste treatment plant at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation can open by a 2022 deadline. But the agency has not notified the state of Washington that legal deadlines for the project are at risk. Instead, the Tri-City Herald reports the agency has […]
  
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• Researchers test transportation safety of radioactive fuel

  30-03-2018 17:20
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Sandia National Laboratories officials say the preliminary data from the test shipment of mock spent nuclear fuel from Spain to Colorado shows promising signs. The Albuquerque Journal reports researchers from the Albuquerque lab tested the safety of transporting highly radioactive fuel last year by sending a mock shipment by truck, barge, […]
  
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• Slog AM: Mariners Don't Suck Yet, Silicon Valley Loves Trump, Seattle Judge's Ruling Helps Asylum Seekers

  30-03-2018 17:18 via thestranger.com
  
  The convention center expansion is pricey, so is this earthquake warning system, and paying workers a minimum wage.by Nathalie Graham"Love reacts only," Big Tech says about Donald Trump SEAN GALLUP / GETTY IMAGES
  We won at baseball: The Mariners won the season opener against the Indians 2-1. Hernandez pitched a shutout up until the sixth inning. Nelson Cruz hit a two-run home run in the first inning. For a team typically racked with bad luck, this is an optimistic beginning to the season.
  What.
  
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• SpaceX launches 10 Iridium satellites from California

  30-03-2018 16:23
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications has blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The rocket lifted off at 7:13 a.m. Friday and arced over the Pacific west of Los Angeles. The satellites are expected to be deployed into low Earth orbit about […]
  
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• In less than an hour, three finalists made their pitches to lead Seattle Public Schools

  30-03-2018 16:05
  The finalists — Denise Juneau, Andre Spencer and Jeanice Kerr Swift — had just 45 minutes to make a case why they should lead Seattle Public Schools. The school board plans to vote next week on which of the three finalists it will negotiate a contract to hire.
  
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• Sheriff: Shooting that left 2 teens dead likely gang-related

  30-03-2018 15:25
  King County Sheriff's detectives are searching for the suspects who shot and killed two teenage girls in Burien Wednesday night.
  
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• Some airport workers still earn less than minimum wage, as SeaTac law leaves a confusing patchwork

  30-03-2018 15:00
  McGee Air Services, which handles bags for Alaska Airlines at Sea-Tac, pays new hires just less than the minimum wage. And cargo-ramp workers employed directly by the airline earn much less than that. Both are represented by the Machinists union. What’s going on?
  
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• Some airport workers still earn less than minimum wage, as Sea-Tac law leaves a confusing patchwork

  30-03-2018 15:00
  McGee Air Services, which handles bags for Alaska Airlines at Sea-Tac, pays new hires just less than the minimum wage. And cargo-ramp workers employed directly by the airline earn much less than that. Both are represented by the Machinists union. What’s going on?
  
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• Ruling against Seattle law hurts renters, advocates say

  30-03-2018 15:00
  By allowing landlords to “go with their gut,” the ruling restores opportunities for discrimination, said Merf Ehman, of Columbia Legal Services, calling for the city to appeal.
  
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• Podcast: Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda on rental restrictions and a bill-of-rights for nannies

  30-03-2018 15:00
  Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda joins The Overcast podcast to talk about taxes for homeless shelters and city protections for renters that have run into legal troubles.
  
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• Is Seattle losing its soul?

  30-03-2018 15:00
  A reporter stumbled across a letter from 2000 decrying change in Seattle. So he set out to learn if we are a city losing its soul.
  
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• A reporter feels the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.’s promised land on a Mexican mountaintop

  30-03-2018 15:00
  Dr. King’s words and legacy echo clearly during a journey to an Aztec pyramid.
  
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• Friday's Bremerton-Seattle fast ferries canceled

  30-03-2018 13:29
  Kitsap Transit has canceled all Friday sailings of the fast ferry between Bremerton and Seattle due to a mechanical issue on the boat.
  
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• Officials seek clues in SUV cliff crash that likely killed 8

  30-03-2018 08:49
  Five members of the Hart family from Western Washington were found dead, and the search continued Friday for three more children believed to have been in the vehicle when it plunged off the Pacific Coast Highway in California.
  
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• Investigators search for clues in SUV wreck; 8 presumed dead

  30-03-2018 08:49
  Five members of the Hart family from Western Washington were found dead, and the search continued Friday for three more children believed to have been in the vehicle when it plunged off the Pacific Coast Highway in California.
  
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• ‘A lot of unknowns’ as police try to figure out how Washington family’s SUV plunged off California cliff

  30-03-2018 08:49
  Five members of the Hart family from Western Washington were found dead, and the search continued Friday for three more children believed to have been in the vehicle when it plunged off the Pacific Coast Highway in California.
  
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• Trump tax overhaul, a boon to most states, is ‘massive tax hike’ in Oregon

  30-03-2018 08:37
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s federal tax overhaul is a short-term boon for most states, but one is set to miss out entirely: Oregon. Instead of a bonus, Oregon faces a loss of $217 million in the two years after the overhaul goes into effect, the largest of any state that has revealed […]
  
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