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• I Lost My Costco Membership Because of the GOP Tax Scam

  17-04-2018 23:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Rawpixel/gettyimages.com
  My cousin informed me in a text that he actually owed money this year because of the GOP's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This surprised him. He has a pretty middle-class income (around $70,000), and so thought some of the tax cut would at least reach him and the many others who are like him. It did not. He is now under the impression you have to go much, much higher up the income ladder to reach the levels where the benefits of TCJA are at least visible
  
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• Legendary NPR Broadcaster Carl Kasell Dead at 84

  17-04-2018 23:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogCarl Kasell (1934-2018) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
  Sad news for public radio.Carl Kasell died today at the age of 84 from Alzheimer's complications. Kasell, a North Carolina native who got his start in radio at age 16, was the founder of NPR member station WUNC—at the time a student-run college station—in 1953. After moving to the D.C. area, he served as Morning Edition news announcer from the show's inception in 1979 through 2009."Every weekday for more than three
  
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• Connelly: I pay taxes to pay for Pruitt's $43,000 phone booth

  17-04-2018 23:13
  The extravagance and waste of the Trump administration hits home on the morning Americans file their Income Tax returns.
  
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• Carl Kasell, NPR broadcaster who brought gravitas and goofiness to the airwaves, dies at 84

  17-04-2018 23:02
  Carl Kasell, who brought gravitas and goofiness to radio, first as a staid newsreader on NPR's "Morning Edition" and then as the comic foil and scorekeeper on the delightfully silly news quiz show "Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me!", died April 17 in Potomac, Maryland. He was 84.
  
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• Ramp-metering at I-5 entrances near Mercer Street begins Tuesday. Let us know how your commute is going home

  17-04-2018 22:36
  Ramp-metering signals at the Interstate 5 entrances near Mercer Street are scheduled to go live during rush hour Tuesday. We'd like to hear about your commuting experience navigating through the new system.
  
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• Ramp-metering at I-5 entrances from Mercer Street begins Tuesday. Tell us how your commute goes

  17-04-2018 22:36
  Ramp-metering signals at the Interstate 5 entrances near Mercer Street are scheduled to go live during rush hour Tuesday. We'd like to hear about your commuting experience navigating through the new system.
  
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• Ramp-metering at I-5 entrances from Mercer Street begins Tuesday. Tell how your commute is going home

  17-04-2018 22:36
  Ramp-metering signals at the Interstate 5 entrances near Mercer Street are scheduled to go live during rush hour Tuesday. We'd like to hear about your commuting experience navigating through the new system.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Maybe That's Just How His Junk Works

  17-04-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a straight cis-female married to a straight cis-male. Both in our late 30's, living a happy, comfortable life with two lovely young kids. Here's my problem: hubby cannot come during any type of sex (oral, hand job, PIV) without masturbating himself to finish. We have sex and he seems to enjoy it and he's a very GGG partner who is greatly interested in my pleasure. Buuuuut it's becoming a huge confidence crusher to me that I'm incapable of making him come. I haven't said much to
  
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• Acton Bowen Update: You're Not Helping, Dad

  17-04-2018 22:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Over the weekend Acton Bowen's wife filed for divorce. Today his dad spoke to the ABC affiliate in Gadsen, AL:
  Paul Bowen said his son has told him he is innocent of the charges against him, and he believes it. "I could absolutely fill this room up with people he has touched and changed and loved through the years. This room cannot hold the lives and the people he's touched," he said.When your disgraced preacher son is facing decades in prison for molesting a teenage boy... maybe y
  
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• Babysitter found through Care.com charged with molesting Seattle 9-year-old

  17-04-2018 22:17
  A 25-year-old University of Washington student is charged with child molestation after a 9-year-old boy reported that his babysitter molested him in his Seattle home.
  
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• Body found near wreck days ago identified as Hart family member

  17-04-2018 21:24
  The Hart family SUV plummeted from a California cliff last month, killing mothers Jen and Sarah Hart as well as at least four of their children.
  
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• Connelly: McMorris Rodgers, Rossi top $2M raised in House races

  17-04-2018 21:18
  Two Republicans, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in the 5th District and candidate Dino Rossi in the 8th District, have raised political war chests topping $2 million. They are fighting to hold Republican control of Congress in November's mid-term elections.
  
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• Washington may rename the cross-state John Wayne Pioneer Trail; here’s why

  17-04-2018 21:08
  The department cites confusion about the trail location and "the fact that the name is not consistent with the department’s policies for naming trails" as reasons for the renaming. Submit your name recommendations before May 4.
  
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• Starbucks Will Close Stores for an Afternoon to Train Employees on Race

  17-04-2018 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  More than 8,000 stores will participate.by Steven HsiehGone trainin' TERROA/GETTY
  Starbucks will close more than 8,000 company-owned stores for an afternoon on May 29 to hold training sessions on racial bias.
  The announcement comes as Starbucks deals with a public relations crisis stemming from a video of police officers arresting two black men in a Philadelphia store over the weekend. The video, recorded and posted on Twitter by a bystander, has more than 10.4 million views. Prosecutors decline
  
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• Facebook Could Lose Billions in Class Actions

  17-04-2018 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogIs Zuck fucked?David Ramos/Getty
  Mark Zuckerberg is having quite the month. Less than a week after the tech world's aging Doogie Howser testified before Congress about Facebook's role in the Cambridge Analytica fuck up, a federal judge in California ruled Monday that the company will have to face a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois state law by collecting and storing biometric data (e.g. pics) without user consent.Beginning in 2011, according to the suit, Faceb
  
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• Our Complete Seattle 4/20 Calendar

  17-04-2018 20:50 via thestranger.com
  Stoner Events All Week Longby Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• Our Complete Seattle Earth Day Calendar

  17-04-2018 20:49 via thestranger.com
  Events for April 17–22by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  
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• Harry Anderson, ‘Night Court’ actor who bottled magic on screen and off, dies at 65

  17-04-2018 20:38
  While he earned critical acclaim and amassed a devoted fan base on “Night Court,” Harry Anderson never fancied himself an actor: “I’m a magician, or a performer, by nature, and that’s always what I’ve been.”
  
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• Bat key to tequila trade gets off US endangered species list

  17-04-2018 20:32
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers in the American Southwest say a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila has made a comeback and is being removed from the U.S. endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement Tuesday made the lesser long-nosed bat, which ranges from Mexico […]
  
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• Seattle police say man arrested after stabbing his brother to death

  17-04-2018 20:28
  Seattle police responded to a report of two men fighting with knives in a Rainier Valley apartment. One man died at the scene and his brother was booked into jail.
  
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• I-90 to close over Snoqualmie at noon for avalanche control

  17-04-2018 20:18
  Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass is set to close for at least 90 minutes Tuesday as crews perform avalanche control work.
  
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• Billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon dies at 54

  17-04-2018 20:13
  He had struggled with drug addiction, and reports said he died at a rehabilitation center in Cancun, Mexico.
  
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• Protesters attempt to block cleanup of homeless camp in Seattle’s Ravenna Woods

  17-04-2018 20:12
  The city's Navigation Team attempted to clean out a homeless camp Tuesday in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, but was met with more than a dozen protesters at the scene.
  
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• In a new clash over Seattle camps, protesters try to block cleanup of Ravenna encampment

  17-04-2018 20:12
  The city's Navigation Team attempted to clean out a homeless camp Tuesday in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, but was met with more than a dozen protesters at the scene.
  
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• Viet-Cajun Cuisine Is Creeping Up from the Gulf Coast—and You Can Find It in Seattle, Kind Of

  17-04-2018 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Inspired by David Chang’s new food documentary series, Ugly Delicious, I set out to find Viet-Cajun cuisine in Seattle.by Meg van HuygenThe big dang namesake of Crawfish King. MVH
  First of all, are you guys watching Ugly Delicious on Netflix? David Chang’s new food documentary series, where he travels around the world and investigates different incarnations of fried chicken or dumplings or pizza or whatever? If you like eating food and haven’t seen this beautiful program, consi
  
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• South Seattle man arrested in stabbing death of older brother

  17-04-2018 20:01
  Seattle police say a 36-year-old man fatally stabbed his brother Monday night in South Seattle.
  
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• Tacoma Dome to shut down for renovations this summer

  17-04-2018 19:49
  "The building is turning 35 this weekend, and it was quite likely the state of the art 35 years ago, but now it needs some updating."
  
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• Tacoma Dome shutting down this summer for $30 million renovation

  17-04-2018 19:25
  The $30 million project, which will give fans more legroom, among other upgrades, will be the first significant overhaul in the Tacoma Dome's 35-year history.
  
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• I Made French Fries So You Won’t Drive High on 4/20. SDOT and Lyft Were Involved.

  17-04-2018 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackThe judges—Jamie Freedman, Saul Spady, Prisilla Ray, and Julie Ross—seemed to enjoy my french fries. LB
  Everyone else cheated and there really wasn’t enough weed involved.That’s my excuse for losing the “Baked” cooking competition yesterday morning at Hot Stove Society, the downtown cooking classroom of Tom Douglas. I was there to compete against three other media people in a food competition to try to raise awareness about stoned driving.
  This
  
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• Toddler tossed to safety from burning apartment in Oregon

  17-04-2018 18:52
  SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a toddler was tossed to safety from the second floor of a burning apartment in Springfield, Oregon. Battalion Chief Lance Lighty says two men saw the fire across the street from where they were working Tuesday morning. After calling 911, they heard screaming and found a family of five […]
  
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• Democrat Brayden Olson withdraws from race to succeed Rep. Dave Reichert

  17-04-2018 18:47
  Olson blamed a lack of endorsements for his decision. That leaves three leading Democrats and Republican Dino Rossi vying for the seat, which is a key target for both parties in the midterm elections.
  
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• Manslaughter charge in Oregon crash that killed passenger

  17-04-2018 18:22
  PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man has been arraigned on a manslaughter charge after a fatal crash that killed his passenger last month. The East Oregonian reports that Anthony King Enriquez also faces charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence. Oregon State Police say Enriquez was driving a pickup on Highway 74 […]
  
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• Denali climb season underway with rescue, successful summit

  17-04-2018 18:22
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Denali climbing season has begun and the National Park Service has already performed a rescue and noted a successful summit of North America’s highest mountain. Mountaineering rangers on Saturday rescued a climber who broke his leg in a 49-foot (15-meter fall) on West Kahiltna Peak. A ranger suspended from a […]
  
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• WSU: Stink bugs infesting King, Pierce and Thurston counties

  17-04-2018 17:58
  Marmorated stink bugs move indoors during the winter months, and now are trying to get back outside.
  
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• WSU: Destructive stink bugs infesting King, Pierce and Thurston counties

  17-04-2018 17:58
  Marmorated stink bugs move indoors during the winter months, and now are trying to get back outside.
  
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• The Party of Family Values

  17-04-2018 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageEric Greitens, the indicted governor of Missouri, won't go peacefully.
  Big GOP donors in Missouri are threatening to cut off any state Republican elected official or candidate who fails to "actively support" Gov. Eric Greitens. ThinkProgress:
  State lawmakers in Missouri claim they’ve been threatened with a sharp decrease in donations unless they actively support embattled Gov. Eric Greitens (R), who has been charged with photographing a woman while she was naked and using the
  
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• Slog AM: Washington DMV Snitched On About 900 People To ICE, Seattle Trash Trucks Get Clean, Scott Pruitt's Penis Envy

  17-04-2018 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Peace in Korea? A bathtub filled with KFC gravy? Sean Hannity did what?by Nathalie GrahamBigger is always better for Scott Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
  Washington DOL snitched on hundreds: About 900 people had their information shared by the Department of Licensing. That information went straight to immigration-enforcement agencies (cough ICE cough). The DOL sent off personal information like place of birth after just a simple federal email request. Now, after a Seattle Times report revealed
  
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• Study: Diamond from the sky may have come from ‘lost planet’

  17-04-2018 17:01
  BERLIN (AP) — Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth about a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers from Switzerland, France and Germany examined diamonds found inside the Almahata Sitta meteorite and concluded they were most likely formed […]
  
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• Democrat Mona Das will challenge Republican state Sen. Joe Fain in 47th District

  17-04-2018 16:00
  Democrats are hoping for a national electoral wave that could extend down to local races to solidify their control of the state Legislature. The 47th is one of the Legislature’s few swing districts.
  
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• Boat, tools go missing from McNeil Island, site of Special Commitment Center

  17-04-2018 15:47
  Authorities say no one is missing from the facility operated by the state Department of Social and Health Services.
  
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• Police, State Patrol investigating deadly crash in Mount Vernon

  17-04-2018 15:20
  Officers and medics responded to the scene, in the 3000 block of Little Mountain Road, at about 8:55 p.m. after receiving reports of a serious accident.
  
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• Why are Seattle-area home prices so high?

  17-04-2018 15:00
  A basic beginner's explanation for our soaring home prices in King County: There are a lot more people searching for homes, and far fewer homes available for them to buy.
  
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• Washington state discloses how often it shared information with immigration authorities

  17-04-2018 15:00
  The state Department of Licensing now says it responded to hundreds of requests for information from immigration-enforcement officials over an eight-month stretch — before a Seattle Times story uncovered the practice.
  
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• Washington Department of Licensing details how often it gave residents’ info to immigration officials

  17-04-2018 15:00
  The state Department of Licensing now says it responded to hundreds of requests for information from immigration-enforcement officials over an eight-month stretch — before a Seattle Times story uncovered the practice.
  
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• Seattle to ink new trash-collection contracts worth $850M

  17-04-2018 15:00
  The new 10-year contracts say the Recology and Waste Management trucks must be powered by 100 percent renewable fuels.
  
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