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• Connelly: Trudeau vows to ram through oil pipeline over BC resistance

  16-04-2018 23:47
  Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vows to ram through a mammoth 890,000-barrels-a-day pipeline that would carry bitumen crude from Alberta to an oil export terminal just east of Vancouver, B.C.British Columbia has opposed the project.Thirty-four tankers a month would transport the oil through sensitive marine waters of the Salish Sea, shared by the United States and Canada.
  
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• Dr. John Cooper Clarke, Tonight at the Triple Door

  16-04-2018 23:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonDr. John Cooper Clarke performs tonight at the Triple Door.Bad form though it may be, I want to put in one final word for the excellent British performance poet Dr. John Cooper Clarke, who is making a rare Seattle appearance tonight at the Triple Door.(Why bad form? Because I'm opening the show, though to be fair, I wasn't on the bill originally, and my compensation isn't tied to attendance, so the only benefit I gain from more people coming to the show is more eyes and ears on the
  
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• The Stranger's Spring 2018 Green Guide Is Out Now!

  16-04-2018 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  The Stranger wants you have a most fantastic 4/20 this Friday, and the first step in guaranteeing that happens is making sure you have some fine quality reading material, because what better way to enjoy a leisurely 4/20 smoke than with a bunch of stories about your favorite hazy pastime, all gathered up in the Spring 2018 edition of our Green Guide?
  You can get still get a copy in the latest issue of The Stranger, but if you just can't wait until 4/20 or you've abandoned tangibl
  
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• Complaint Alleges That Facebook and Google Have Failed to Follow Washington's Unique Ad Disclosure Law

  16-04-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Conner Edwards, 25, made the same type of political ad disclosure request of Facebook that The Stranger made last year. Edwards is unsatisfied with Facebook's response and has filed a state-level complaint.by Eli SandersConner Edwards, 25, at the Seattle offices of Facebook, where last week he made the same type of political ad disclosure request The Stranger made last year. Edwards is unsatisfied with Facebook's response and has filed a complaint with the Washington State Public Disclosure Comm
  
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• Cigarettes After Sex Makes Erotic Lullabies for Big Rooms

  16-04-2018 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The Brooklyn ambient pop outfit hits Seattle on a Monday night.by John CoyleCigarettes After Sex play the Neptune on April 23.
  “When it came out, no one cared about it. Even close friends I had were like, ‘I don't really get this record. I get the older ones, but this seems really slow,’” says Cigarettes After Sex frontman Greg Gonzalez.The 35-year-old Texas native is describing the music that would eventually become I—the band’s 2012 EP—in a precise, fr
  
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• It's Time to Submit Your Events for the Summer 2018 Seattle Art and Performance

  16-04-2018 22:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffA new edition of Seattle Art and Performance will come out in June—but in the meantime, you can catch up on our spring edition (pictured).
  Believe it or not, summer will be here someday, and it will bring with it a new issue of Seattle Art and Performance. The next one will be out on the streets on June 6, featuring, as always, comprehensive calendars of Seattle arts events for the season.If you have an event you'd like to see included, we need to know about i
  
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• King County Detective Who Pulled Gun on Motorcyclist Suspended for Five Days

  16-04-2018 22:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh Alex Randall
  The plainclothes King County officer who pulled a gun on an unarmed motorcyclist during a traffic stop in August has been suspended for five days without pay and additional training.
  King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht announced Detective Richard Rowe’s punishment during a press conference at the Sheriff’s Office headquarters, according to reporters in attendance. Johanknect wrote in a report that she cut down Rowe's suspension to five days from the rec
  
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• Pence tells space summit Trump wants a man on moon again

  16-04-2018 22:37
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence tells the 34th annual space symposium the Trump administration wants an American on the moon again. Pence addressed the symposium in Colorado Springs on Monday. He told the crowd that the president has proposed building an orbital “platform” to simplify trips to the moon. Pence said […]
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Should She Stay or Should She GO?

  16-04-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I don't know how to make this shorter. I am a woman with a husband and I can't get over his lies. We've been together for 9 years, married over 2.5 years. He is 31 and I am 27. Early in our dating we had many threesomes with multiple different girls over time, mostly always influenced by drugs and alcohol although they were (mostly) fun and drama free. I consider myself bisexual but have only ever loved or been emotionally attracted to men. We started hooking up with my "best frien
  
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• Seattle's having its fourth-rainiest April since 1894 — with half the month left to go

  16-04-2018 22:25
  No, it's not the rainiest April yet, but it's up there.
  
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• Seattle having its 3rd-wettest April since 1894 — with half the month left to go

  16-04-2018 22:25
  No, it's not the rainiest April yet, but it's up there.
  
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• DAMN, Look Who Won All the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes

  16-04-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Among the winners? Kendrick Lamar, for Music, for his most recent outing, DAMN.by Sean NelsonKendrick Lamar, Pulitzer Prize Winner
  The winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today at noon. Here is the list of winners by category.
  JOURNALISM:
  Public Service
  The New York Times and The New Yorker, for Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow's coverage of sexual abuse of women in Hollywood and other industries
  Breaking News Reporting
  Staff of The Santa Rosa Press-Democratfor wildfire
  
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• Seattle Is the Fourth Hippest City in the World According to a Company That Doesn't Know What "Hip" Means

  16-04-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  MoveHub, a shipping and moving company with an emphasis on #content marketing, released their annual Global Hipster Index this week, and Seattle came in fourth. Congrats?The ranking was based on five data points, including the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo shops, vintage stores, and record stores.While I have no comment on the No. 1 spot (Brighton and Hove, in the UK), the rest of the top-10 list included Salt Lake City, which is only hip if you like
  
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• T-Mobile to pay $40 million after using fake ring tones on some customer calls

  16-04-2018 21:54
  T-Mobile will pay $40 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission investigation that found some of its customers weren’t able to complete calls to certain rural areas.
  
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• Washington Republicans Are Outraising Democrats in Competitive House Races

  16-04-2018 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  By a lot.by Rich SmithTwo incumbents and a perennial loser.U.S. House of Representatives / Washington State Senate
  According to first quarter fundraising numbers from the Federal Election Commission, Republican candidates in Washington state's competitive House races are outraising their Democratic counterparts by approximately 2-to-1 in most cases.Dino Rossi has raised more than $2 million in his bid for the open seat in the 8th District. That amount puts him second only to six-term incumbent R
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ Marvelette

  16-04-2018 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  DJ Marvelette shares 5 fascinating cuts that typify her stylistically globe-trotting sets.by Dave SegalDJ Marvelette's diverse sets include all sorts of global music, psych-rock, garage-rock, rockabilly, mod, funk, and new wave. Simon Astor
  DJ Marvelette (aka Janet Hurt)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Shailendra Singh, "Calzachen Suck"(from Konkani Songs – Music from Goa, Made in Bombay, Trikent, 2009).
  "Goa has a tumultuous history (colonized by Portugal in the 1500s); the music here is a mash up
  
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• Billionaire GOP Donor Has Buyer's Remorse

  16-04-2018 21:23 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageBoston Globe:
  Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman lavished more than $7 million on Republican candidates and political committees during the Obama administration, using his fortune to help underwrite a GOP takeover of the federal government. But the rise of Donald Trump shocked and dismayed Klarman, as did the timid response from the Republican-controlled House and Senate, which have acquiesced rather than challenge the president’s erratic and divisive ways. So, in an a
  
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• Global warming is mixing up nature’s dinner time, study says

  16-04-2018 21:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is screwing up nature’s intricately timed dinner hour, often making hungry critters and those on the menu show up at much different times, a new study shows. Timing is everything in nature. Bees have to be around and flowers have to bloom at the same time for pollination to work, […]
  
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• King County sheriff’s detective who pulled gun on motorcyclist suspended

  16-04-2018 21:07
  In a video of the incident, the detective is seen confronting the motorcyclist and pointing a gun at the him. The detective curses at the motorcyclist and pulls his wallet out of his pocket.
  
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• King County sheriff’s detective who pulled gun on motorcyclist is suspended

  16-04-2018 21:07
  In a video of the incident, the detective is seen confronting the motorcyclist, pointing a gun at him and cursing. His five days of unpaid suspension are for his lack of courtesy, not for pulling the gun, the sheriff announced.
  
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• KCSO detective suspended after pulling gun on motorcyclist

  16-04-2018 20:48
  Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht announced a five-day suspension Monday for a detective who pulled a gun on a motorcyclist during a traffic stop last year.
  
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• The 35 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: April 16-22, 2018

  16-04-2018 20:47 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger’s music critics’ picks for this week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffIgnore the frightfully finicky weather and remind yourself that summer (and therefore, festival season) is almost upon us by heading to any of these excellent shows happening around town. This week, we've got everything from the Internet rap queen of positivity (CupcakKe), to a dreamy evening of powerful bedroom pop (Frankie Cosmos), to the beflanneled founders of ambient metal (Earth), plus details on Re
  
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• Trump, Inc. Will Both Engage and Enrage You

  16-04-2018 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
  If you're not listening to Trump, Inc., you should be.This podcast, which is produced by WNYC and ProPublica, looks into President Trump’s businesses, which are busy enriching him while he is busy pissing all over the Oval Office. Start with the episode from last week that's included below, about how Trump is currently suing at least nine municipalities across the U.S. because, he says, his property taxes are too high.The irony of the situation is
  
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• Judge: Trump’s ban on transgender troops on hold until trial

  16-04-2018 20:35
  A U.S. judge in Seattle has ordered the president not to ban transgender troops from serving in the military, saying it's unclear whether recent changes to his administration's policy are constitutional. She told the parties to prepare for trial.
  
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• Trump deal promises no pot crackdown despite Sessions' threats

  16-04-2018 20:16
  Going behind the back of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump has promised that his administration will not interfere with marijuana operations in states where pot is legal, and back a "legislative solution" to enshrine states' power over pot.
  
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• Renewable biofuels plant to be built in Lakeview, Oregon

  16-04-2018 20:00
  LAKEVIEW, Ore. (AP) — Red Rock Biofuels says it’s ready to start construction on a new plant in south-central Oregon. The Herald and News reports the facility in Lakeview is expected to annually convert 136,000 tons of woody biomass and forest bi-products into 15 million gallons of renewable fuels. The Colorado-based company identified Lakeview as […]
  
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• Acton Bowen Update: What Part of "One Man, One Woman, FOR LIFE" Didn't Mrs. Bowen Understand?

  16-04-2018 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageActon BowenActon Bowen is a self-described "star evangelical preacher" and best-selling (self-published) author from Alabama that no one outside Alabama had ever heard of before he was arrested early last week on charges of "second-degree sodomy, enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house for immoral purposes, and second-degree sex abuse." The victim was a boy over the age of 12 and under the age of 16.
  According to a report posted on AL.com over the weekend, Bowen's wife filed fo
  
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• NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft poised for launch

  16-04-2018 19:37
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft is poised for a Monday evening launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Tess satellite will scan almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. These mysterious worlds beyond our solar system, called […]
  
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• Launch delay for NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft

  16-04-2018 19:37
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft will have to wait another couple of days before lifting off. Two hours before Monday evening’s scheduled launch, SpaceX announced it needed more time to check its rocket, which will carry the satellite to orbit. The next attempt will be Wednesday night. The satellite known as […]
  
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• Starbucks in Hot Water After Allegations of Racism

  16-04-2018 19:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  The manager of a Philadelphia Starbucks that became the site of protests after an alleged racist incident has left the company, Philly.com reports.Last Thursday, two black men were arrested at the Starbucks location for allegedly trespassing. The men, who were apparently meeting an acquaintance and had yet to order, were held in custody for eight hours. Video of the arrests, in which patrons questioned the police and the manager's motives, went viral, and, since then
  
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• An ‘Oregon Trail’ of public art in works for coastal towns

  16-04-2018 18:51
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Coast Visitors Association plans a trail of public art that will serve as a cohesive guide to statues, murals and other works of art from Astoria to Brookings. Pieces such as the Astoria Column and the tufted puffin sculpture in Cannon Beach would be included in a comprehensive map […]
  
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• Starbucks CEO apologizes live on 'Good Morning America'

  16-04-2018 18:50
  Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is in Philadelphia where he is apologizing for the arrest of two men inside a Starbucks store there. Video of the arrest went viral, the man they were to meet, in the video, asking police why they were being arrested.
  
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• Oregon State Parks may allow e-bikes on state beaches

  16-04-2018 18:30
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A proposal would allow electric bicycles on Oregon beaches as soon as this summer. The Register-Guard reports Katie Gauthier, legislative and policy coordinator of Oregon State Parks, says rule changes would permit e-bikes on the sand between the low-tide waterline and vegetation line along portions of the coast. Gauthier says Current […]
  
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• Spring storm brings hail, snow to Northern California

  16-04-2018 18:20
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hail is covering highways and streets in the San Francisco Bay Area and snow is falling in the Sierra Nevada as a spring storm moves through Northern California. Some cars are sliding off roads and school officials in Oakland say they are considering delaying the start of classes Monday after a […]
  
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• Ore. dairy told not to interfere with planned herd auction

  16-04-2018 18:13
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge has ordered an Oregon dairy not to interfere with the sale of its cattle to satisfy the demands of a major creditor. The Capital Press reports that Morrow County Judge Jon Lieuallen granted a preliminary injunction requiring the owner of Lost Valley Farm to cooperate with an auction set […]
  
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• Travel alert: Alaska Airlines shrinks size limit for carry-on bags

  16-04-2018 17:58
  Passengers traveling with Alaska Airlines should make the most of the carrier’s generous carry-on luggage size. Throw in that extra Scandinavian crime novel while you can, because soon travelers will have to edit their packing list and might even need to purchase new luggage. Starting June 4, the airline will reduce the carry-on size limit […]
  
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• Mudslide shuts down rail service between Seattle and Everett

  16-04-2018 17:57
  A 20-foot-wide mudslide on the BNSF Railway lines has shut down all commuter-rail service between Seattle’s King Street Station and Everett. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Amtrak and Sound Transit service will be suspended for 48 hours while the rails are cleared. Freight service, however, is expected to resume between the two cities around midday […]
  
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• Slog AM: New Law Helps Missing Native Women In Washington, Amazon Warehouse Workers Pee In Bottles To Save Time

  16-04-2018 17:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Jeff's pancake bake, a fake letter from Jay, James tells ABC a whole lotby Nathalie GrahamPass the pee bottle MARK MAKELA/GETTY IMAGES
  Amazon warehouse workers pee in bottles to remain efficient: In a UK Amazon warehouse, time theft is a big deal. Workers allegedly pee in bottles to avoid the walk to the bathroom. This was a "toilet bottle" system workers had put in place to cut back on idle time. They're afraid of being reprimanded for taking a break. Those reprimands happen even to people who
  
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• Anonymous donor leaves $10 million to Seattle radio station KEXP

  16-04-2018 17:00
  It is believed to be among the largest bequests to an individual station in public-radio history.
  
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• Snow records toppled in South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin

  16-04-2018 16:32
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Records fell as an April snowstorm blanketed the Upper Midwest. The National Weather Service says the 14.9 inches (37.8 centimeters) at Minneapolis airport from Friday through Sunday set a record for the largest April snowstorm ever there. It’s also the snowiest April on record in the Twin Cities. And it’s the snowiest […]
  
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• Immune therapy scores big win against lung cancer in study

  16-04-2018 15:44
  For the first time, a treatment that boosts the immune system greatly improved survival in people newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer.
  
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