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• Seattle Times reporters to appear on CNN’s Crime & Justice with Ashleigh Banfield to discuss Hart family story

  09-04-2018 23:30
  Times reporters Evan Bush and Nina Shapiro will be on CNN today talking about their reporting and coverage on the Washington family that plunged off a California cliff last week, and the mystery surrounding them. Here's how to tune in.
  
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• Seattle Times reporters to appear on CNN’s Crime & Justice to discuss Hart family story

  09-04-2018 23:30
  Times reporters Evan Bush and Nina Shapiro will be on CNN today talking about their reporting and coverage on the Washington family that plunged off a California cliff last week, and the mystery surrounding them. Here's how to tune in.
  
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• Seattle Times reporters appear on CNN’s Crime & Justice to discuss Hart family story

  09-04-2018 23:30
  Times reporters Evan Bush and Nina Shapiro will be on CNN today talking about their reporting and coverage on the Washington family that plunged off a California cliff last week, and the mystery surrounding them. Here's how to tune in.
  
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• Kent teachers union calls for superintendent’s resignation

  09-04-2018 23:28
  The Kent teachers union passed a resolution calling for the resignation of the Kent School District’s superintendent and human-resources chief after threats of more than 100 teacher layoffs.
  
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• Kent teachers union calls for resignation of superintendent

  09-04-2018 23:28
  The Kent teachers union passed a resolution calling for the resignation of the Kent School District’s superintendent and human-resources chief after threats of more than 100 teacher layoffs.
  
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• Look—More Proof That Olympic Sculpture Park Is Great!

  09-04-2018 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle made it onto another listicle.by Sophia StephensJaume Plensa’s Echo at Olympic Sculpture Park, which a new listicle recently featured as one of the world's best. SEASTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle keeps knocking it out of the park. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) In the latest news on just how excellent this city is, Olympic Sculpture Park was first to be featured in Artsy's “11 of the World’s Greatest Sculpture Parks, from Seattle to Oslo.” Author Rachel Lebowitz paints i
  
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• The 84 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: April 9-15, 2018

  09-04-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis Sunday, author, Stranger alum, and New York Times columnist Lindy West is presenting a humorous slide show called “The Witches Are Coming.” Don't miss it.
  Our music critics have already chosen the 36 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from the second half of Seattle Restaurant Week to the Orcas Island Lit Festival 2018, and from the Fourth Annual Seattle Boyl
  
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• Prolific voice actor and comedian Chuck McCann dies at 83

  09-04-2018 23:00
  Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children’s television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
  
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• Seattle council aims to hike Uber, Lyft fares to improve wages

  09-04-2018 22:41
  Seattle's City Council on Monday moved a step toward raising minimum fares for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services in an effort to assure drivers earn an adequate wage.
  
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• The Thermals Disband

  09-04-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThe Thermals, 2002-2018. Westin Glass, Kathy Foster, Hutch Harris Jason Quigley
  One of the great Portland bands of this (or indeed any other) century has called it good. Pitchfork reported today that the smart, funny, killer melodic punk trio the Thermals are disbanding.The group issued this statement:"We are officially disbanding. After 16 years and 7 records, we feel our band has reached far beyond our initial expectations and goals, and are stepping away from it while we still c
  
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• FBI Raids Offices of Our Idiot President's Idiot Lawyer

  09-04-2018 22:18 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageNYT:
  The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called the search “completely inappropriate and unnecessary.” The search does not appea
  
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• Washington Supreme Court adopts rule to ensure unbiased jury

  09-04-2018 21:53
  The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington says it's the first court in the country to adopt a rule to reduce implicit racial bias in jury trials.
  
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• Driver who crashed into deputy blew a .10, admitted smoking pot

  09-04-2018 21:48
  The driver who collided with a Pierce County deputy's vehicleand seriously injured her last week had a blood-alcohol level of .10 after the crash and admitted to smoking "a couple of bowls" of marijuana before the crash, according to court documents released Monday.
  
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• Homes Values in Seattle Earn an Equivalent of $54 Per Working Hour, Almost Twice the Average Wage

  09-04-2018 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede tifonimages/gettyimages.com
  Zillow Research has determined that home values in our city are currently "appreciating more than 3.5 times faster per working hour than [what] minimum wage workers earn." What this means in hard money: A homeowner who earns, say, the average (mean) hourly wage for the Seattle area (around $30) is making much less, in terms of equity, than their house ($54). A houses' use-value is diminishing every day as its exchange-value rises. And because the cit
  
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• Homes in Seattle Earn $54 Per Working Hour, Almost Twice the Average Wage of Humans

  09-04-2018 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede tifonimages/gettyimages.com
  Zillow Research has determined that home values in our city are currently "appreciating more than 3.5 times faster per working hour than [what] minimum wage workers earn." What this means in hard money: A homeowner who earns, say, the average (mean) hourly wage for the Seattle area (around $30) is making much less, in terms of equity, than their house ($54). A houses' use-value is diminishing every day as its exchange-value rises. And because the cit
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Food and Drink 2018: Our Favorite Places to Eat Gluten Free in Seattle

  09-04-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkThe counter at Niche and an incredibly delicious club sandwich. Jessica Stein
  This story is presented as part of The Stranger's Guide to Food and Drink 2018: the Well-Done & Rare Edition, which features our favorites of Seattle's most bountiful tastes, and where to find more elusive flavors, like gluten-free eats.
  If you are gluten free for health reasons (and not because you're following a fad, which, btw, you're about four years late on), I imagine you are much like me: rele
  
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• The Portland Mercury Is Seeking an Arts Editor!

  09-04-2018 21:02 via thestranger.com
  by Wm.™ Steven HumphreyThe Stranger's sister paper down south, The Portland Mercury, is currently hiring a full-time ARTS EDITOR to join its fun and energetic editorial staff. Considered one of the most innovative media outlets in the country, the Mercury is looking for a writer/editor filled with passion, hustle, and the desire to share their love for—and critiques of—the Portland arts scene. This is an excellent position for a strong, engaging writer with a literary or fine ar
  
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• Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo gets its first-ever rhinoceros

  09-04-2018 20:58
  Taj the rhino is the first of two the zoo will showcase in a new exhibit, which opens May 5.
  
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• Oregon snowpack below average heading into April

  09-04-2018 20:58
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s snowpack is below average heading into April despite snow and cooler weather last month. The Capital Press reported Monday that all basins are behind on snowpack and most are measuring between 40 and 70 percent of normal levels. The areas close to the Columbia River have a nearly normal snow […]
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Boyfriend Is Everything To His Ailing Mom

  09-04-2018 20:56 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I need your help on how to best handle a situation I’m in (or witnessing) with my boyfriend and his mom. I’m a 23-year-old straight woman dating a wonderful 24-year-old straight man. We’ve been together about two years now. We have a wonderful, loving, and active relationship and I can see a future with him. But it gets tough sometimes because of his relationship with his mom. He’s from Washington and moved out to Colorado—where I’m from and met
  
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• Judge: No Conflict of Interest Between King County Prosecutors and Anti-Prostitution Group

  09-04-2018 20:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Judge John Chun didn't address whether the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office did the right thing by cracking down on sex buyers, but he didn't find a conflict of interest, either.by Sydney BrownstoneJudge John Chun didn't address whether the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office did the right thing by cracking down on sex buyers, but he didn't find a conflict of interest, either. Saman Sarhang
  A King County Superior Court judge has ruled that the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Of
  
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• Thomas Frank Makes a Terrifying Case for the Likelihood of Trump's Second Term

  09-04-2018 20:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonHow many more years?Nate Gowdy
  The few people who noticed and mentioned that Donald Trump had a chance of winning the presidency in 2016 all remember the condescending sneers of expert political analysts in their homes and offices who said things like "don't be ridiculous" and "it could never happen" and "you're just being duped by social media."Well, it's never too early (alas) to start thinking about 2020, and unless something dramatic happens on the supposedly human side of the
  
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• Body found in Willamette River near Portland; police investigating

  09-04-2018 20:39
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies and Portland firefighters have recovered a body from the Willamette River. Lt. Marc Shrake of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the body was found Monday downstream from the Fremont Bridge. The body has not been identified. Sheriff’s detectives and the state medical examiner are investigating.
  
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• $2.75 or $25 Per Hour? How Much Are Uber Drivers Really Making?

  09-04-2018 20:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle wants the companies to hand over the data.by Heidi GrooverSome drivers describe making $3 or $4 an hour; others say they make $15 to $25. nycshooter/getty
  A familiar question is at the heart of a new fight before the Seattle City Council: Just how much are drivers for services like Uber and Lyft actually making? It's not an easy question to answer.A city council committee approved a resolution last week indicating the council's plans to consider setting minimum Uber rates using city law.
  
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• If Trump Really Wanted to Help Syria, He Would Lift Caps on Refugees

  09-04-2018 20:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The President is considering military intervention after chemical attacks in Syria.by Katie HerzogTrump speaks with media before a cabinet meeting on SyriaGetty Images
  On Sunday, President Trump promised a “big price” will be paid for recent chlorine chemical attacks on civilians in the rebel-held Syrian suburb of Douma, which left at least 42 people dead from apparent suffocation. Trump blamed the attacks on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran, and, uncharacteristically, on Vladi
  
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• Connelly: Oil pipeline and BC oil port "will be built" says Trudeau

  09-04-2018 20:22
  The "mother of all pipeline battles" pits British Columbia against the Canadian federal government and province of Alberta.  The key issue -- oil tanker traffic through waters shared by the United States and Canada.
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ AC Lewis

  09-04-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Versatile veteran DJ of the Stop Biting and Loving Touch nights, AC Lewis presents his current top 5 tracks for better living and dancing.by Dave Segal"I was caught up in having the newest underground sounds, but over time I've come to realize that the only thing that matters is connecting with the people listening." Scott Behrens
  AC LEWIS (Stop Biting, Loving Touch)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  DJ Koze feat. Roisin Murphy, "Illumination" (Pampa) Jaykae, "Moscow" (Doing Bits)Spirituals, "Carl's Trip to
  
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• FDA restricts sale of Essure contraceptive device, requires that women be informed of risks

  09-04-2018 20:08
  WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it is restricting the sale and distribution of Essure, a controversial contraceptive device that some patient advocates want taken off the market. Only health-care providers and facilities that guarantee women have been told about the device’s risks in advance will be allowed to implant it. […]
  
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• Salem-area ferries closed because of high water on Willamette River

  09-04-2018 20:04
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marion County officials have closed two ferries because of high water on the Willamette River. The county made the announcement Monday after a weekend of heavy rain in the Salem area. The Statesman Journal reports 2.4 inches of rain fell between and Monday morning. The Wheatland and Buena Vista ferries generally […]
  
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• What Should Senator Maria Cantwell Ask Mark Zuckerberg Tomorrow?

  09-04-2018 19:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersWashington Senator Maria Cantwell will be staring down at Facebook's apologetic CEO tomorrow in DC. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
  Attention Washington State: One of your US Senators, Maria Cantwell, will be part of the team of lawmakers grilling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tomorrow about how his company has handled (and mishandled) your information. Zuckerberg's even gonna lose the t-shirt and wear a suit for the occasion!
  According to Zuckerberg's prepared testimony, he'll apol
  
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• Forget April showers, Midwest covered under blanket of snow

  09-04-2018 19:56
  CHICAGO (AP) — People in the Midwest woke up Monday to a scene that looked a lot more like January than April. A weather system that marched across the Midwest left a blanket of snow on the ground before it gave way to slate-gray skies, a good chance of rain for much of the region […]
  
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• The 36 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: April 9-15, 2018

  09-04-2018 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffRecent Sub Pop signees Loma strike a balance somewhere between folk and post-rock. See them this weekend at the Sunset Tavern with Jess Williamson. Bryan C. Parker
  We've already compiled a list of the biggest shows happening in Seattle this month, but now it's time to look at our critics' picks for the very best concerts happening this week. Get out and soak up the vitamin D while you attend everything from a prolific member of jazz's royal family (Branford Marsalis
  
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• FDA puts restrictions on birth control implant but no recall

  09-04-2018 19:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on a permanent contraceptive implant that has been subject to reports of painful complications from thousands of women. But the metal implant, called Essure, will remain on the market. The Food and Drug Administration said only women who read and sign a brochure about […]
  
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• Man critically hurt as car crashes through Boeing plant gate

  09-04-2018 19:29
  A man was critically injured after a car being chased by police crashed through a gate at the Boeing plant in Renton and struck him, officials said.
  
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• Pick Up Cynthia Alfonso's Gorgeous Art Comic Book, Behind Is Late

  09-04-2018 19:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Fresh from Seattle's own Cold Cube Press.by Rich SmithBehold the feelings monster. Cynthia AlfonsoLast week I walked into the Cold Cube Press offices in Pioneer Square to see what kind of book art they'd prepared for the First Thursday crowd, and I became completely enamored with the risograph prints and books of a Spanish artist named Cynthia Alfonso.I knew nothing about her work before I picked up her first large-scale book, Behind Is Late, but the soft-touch laminate cover felt good. The quad
  
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• Security guard injured when suspect crashes into gate at Boeing plant in Renton

  09-04-2018 19:17
  The injured security guard is at Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, police said. Police were planning to book the suspect into jail on suspicion of multiple crimes.
  
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• Man injured when suspect crashes into gate at Boeing plant in Renton

  09-04-2018 19:17
  The condition of the injured driver and a park employee police say was attacked by the suspect were not immediately known.
  
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• Woman goes into labor as officer was about to arrest her

  09-04-2018 19:09
  Police found the woman in the parking lot of a Walmart Sunday morning after receiving a report of a pregnant woman using drugs in a car.
  
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• Woman goes into labor as Kennewick police were about to arrest her

  09-04-2018 19:09
  Police found the woman in the parking lot of a Walmart Sunday morning after receiving a report of a pregnant woman using drugs in a car.
  
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• King County Democrats chair Bailey Stober resigns amid harassment allegations

  09-04-2018 19:03
  After a marathon 13-hour party meeting Sunday, 26-year-old Stober announced his resignation. He was accused of “harassment, intimidation and creation of a hostile work environment,” according to a memo by three vice chairs of the local party organization.
  
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• Coast Guard warns about bikes abandoned on ferries

  09-04-2018 18:51
  The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday warned that bicycles left behind on ferries trigger a search for the person who goes with it, at significant cost to both agencies.
  
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• Witness: Police shot bean bags before killing man at shelter

  09-04-2018 17:53
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — David Abbs was sitting in his wheelchair inside a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter when a shirtless man burst in, grabbed a jacket from a donation bin and dashed outside. The man ran back in and tried to cut himself with a knife on the neck and wrist before officers fired bean […]
  
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• Police got 911 calls before man killed at homeless shelter

  09-04-2018 17:53
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — David Abbs was sitting in his wheelchair inside a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter when a shirtless man burst in, grabbed a jacket from a donation bin and dashed outside. The man ran back in and tried to cut himself with a knife before officers fired bean bag rounds at him, Abbs […]
  
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• Groups question police shooting at Oregon homeless shelter

  09-04-2018 17:53
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Groups and family members are raising questions about whether officers resorted to deadly force too quickly when they shot and killed a man inside a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter who was wanted for a carjacking. Bystander video posted on social media shows officers firing rounds not long after entering the shelter […]
  
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• ACLU questions fatal police shooting at Oregon homeless shelter

  09-04-2018 17:53
  PORTLAND — The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon says a fatal police shooting at a Portland homeless shelter raises questions about why officers did not try to de-escalate the situation before firing. Executive director David Rogers issued the statement after a bystander video showed Saturday’s confrontation. The video shows the suspect across the room […]
  
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• King County Democrats Chair Resigns After Internal Trial on Harassment Allegations

  09-04-2018 17:34 via thestranger.com
  
  A former employee accused Bailey Stober of harassment and bullying.by Heidi GrooverBailey Stober, left, has resigned as chair of the King County Democrats after allegations of harassment and financial mismanagement.WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC PCO MEDIA GROUP/FACEBOOK
  Following a 13-hour trial-like procedure held Sunday by local Democratic Party activists, Bailey Stober resigned as chair of the King County Democrats. Stober faced allegations that he harassed and bullied a former employee and mism
  
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• Slog AM: Protests Stall Trans-Canada Pipeline, Puyallup Tribe Continues Fight Against Fossil-Fuels, Everyone Has Your Data

  09-04-2018 17:13 via thestranger.com
  
  ALSO: missile strikes and chemical warfare, Trump Tower isn't fire-safe, Sinclair is scaryby Nathalie GrahamBack in December, three protesters, attached to tripods, were arrested while blocking the gates to the liquified natural gas construction site. Their fight has not waned.PHOTO COURTESY OF 350 SEATTLE
  Whoa, protesting works: Kinder Morgan has suspended its Trans-Canada Pipeline for the time being (except for “essential” spending, of course). The pipeline would extend further tha
  
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• Fossil finger points to early humans entering Saudi Arabia

  09-04-2018 17:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient human finger bone found in Saudi Arabia provides a new clue about when and how our species migrated out of Africa. Researchers say it shows hunter-gatherers had reached that area by 85,000 years ago. Previously discovered human fossils show an earlier human presence in Israel and possibly China. Scientists […]
  
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• Pollution to products: CO2 competition enters final round

  09-04-2018 16:34
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A $20 million international competition to make profitable products from a gas that otherwise would contribute to global warming has entered its final stretch. The 10 finalists in the contest sponsored by a U.S. energy company and a group of Canadian oil sands producers have shown in a lab they can […]
  
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• 10 teams advance in international carbon dioxide competition

  09-04-2018 16:34
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A $20 million international competition to make profitable products from a gas that otherwise would contribute to global warming has entered its final stretch. The 10 finalists in the contest sponsored by a U.S. energy company and a group of Canadian oil sands producers have shown in a lab they can […]
  
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