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• More rain adds to Kauai flooding but alerts get downgraded

  20-04-2018 23:53
  HONOLULU (AP) — Weather officials downgraded flash flood alerts in Hawaii on Friday after more rain on the island of Kauai added to flooding left behind by last weekend’s deluge. The National Weather Service lifted a flash flood warning for Kauai and a flash flood watch across the Hawaiian islands. The north shore town of […]
  
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• Kauai flooding clean up continues after overnight rain

  20-04-2018 23:53
  HONOLULU (AP) — A flash flood warning was lifted for Kauai on Friday after more rain added to flooding left behind by last weekend’s deluge. The National Weather Service said a flash flood watch remains in effect Friday as a precaution because of existing flooding. Some roadways were closed because of rushing water and landslides. […]
  
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• Here's the City Council's Proposed Employers Tax

  20-04-2018 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  It is expected to raise $75 million per year.by Steven HsiehBezos' balls are shrinking DAVID RYDER/GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle City Council members have proposed a new tax on large businesses that officials say will raise $75 million a year to fund affordable housing development and homelessness services.
  Under the plan, which would come into effect in 2019, businesses grossing more than $20 million a year would pay .26 per hour for each employee. Only hours worked within the city would be taxed and th
  
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• Why Vancouver's SkyTrain Leaves Seattle's Link Light Rail in the Dust

  20-04-2018 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSkyTrain Charles Mudede
  Everyone who cares about the expansion of public transportation in Seattle, and the directions and forms that this expansion can take, must read David Gutman's Seattle Times story, "Is this the future of Seattle transit? A look at Vancouver, B.C.—a city that figured it out years ago." Though it's mainly concerned with the mini-cities sprouting around SkyTrain's suburban stops, and how this has helped reduce congestion and improve mobility in Vancouv
  
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• Driver fleeing Portland police dies in wrong-way crash on I-84

  20-04-2018 23:27
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police say a driver fleeing from the scene of a crash was killed when he or she drove the wrong on Interstate 84 and collided with another car. Sgt. Chris Burley said the incident began Thursday just before midnight with a two-car crash in outer northeast Portland. One driver suffered minor […]
  
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• UPDATE: Throw out romaine lettuce from SW Arizona, CDC warns as E. coli spreads

  20-04-2018 23:20
  Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought romaine from Southwest Arizona at home, including salads and salad mixes containing that lettuce, should throw it away immediately, federal health officials said — even if some had already been eaten with no ill effects.
  
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• CDC’s warning on E. coli outbreak expands to all romaine lettuce

  20-04-2018 23:20
  Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought romaine at home, including salads and salad mixes containing that lettuce, should throw it away immediately, federal health officials said - even if some had already been eaten with no ill effects.
  
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• UW Will Delay Closing Psychiatric Unit, Open New Beds at Northwest Hospital

  20-04-2018 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  UW considered closing the unit because of budget shortfalls.by Heidi GrooverThe UW Medical Center considered closing its 10-bed psychiatric unit known as Seven North. DAVID_JOHNSON/GETTY
  The University of Washington Medical Center will hold off on closing its psychiatric unit until next year, when it plans to open new mental health care beds at another facility.Nurses in the UWMC unit, also known as Seven North, learned earlier this month that UWMC was considering closing part or all of their un
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Naturally 7, Ruler, Vive la Void, and More

  20-04-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Hot new tracks by Naturally 7, Ruler, Vive la Void, and more, reviewed in Inbox Jukebox, for your weekend-anticipating pleasure.by Dave SegalNaturally 7 have executed the greatest hiphop cover since Tricky reimagined Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" in 1995. Monster Pics
  Naturally 7, “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” (BMG Rights Management). New York vocal troupe Naturally 7's cover of "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” is well-timed with the 25th anniversary
  
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• Connelly: Seattle-area students rally for gun safety, are immediately offered new initiative

  20-04-2018 22:51
  Students boycott classes, rally for gun safety in Seattle's Occidental Park.  The rally brings news, filing of a new firearms safety initiative targeted for Washington's November, 2018 ballot.It would raise the age for buying semi-automatic rifles to 21, require a 10 day waiting period, mandate gun safety training and enhance background checks
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: You've Gotta Stay in the Game (Also, You've Gotta Risk Rejection, Use Your Words, and Make Yourself Vulnerable)

  20-04-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a 30-year-old straight woman living in Los Angeles, recently out of a three-year relationship with a man I loved for his intellect but was never sexually attracted to or in love with. I've been single now for seven months and have slept with seven men in this time. One of them is my downstairs neighbor. We've been hooking up every 1-2 weeks for the last four months. It has always been casual but in the last month I felt like there were some symbolic shifts, like spending the ni
  
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• Two Wacky New Bloody Marys, Extravagant Menu Items, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: April 20, 2018 Edition

  20-04-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf your 4/20 weekend munchies lean toward the brunchy side, stop by Lunchbox Laboratory starting on Saturday for their newest Bloody Mary offering, which is garnished with a slider, a corn dog, and a breakfast biscuit and served in a beaker. Lunchbox Lab via Instagram
  Happy 4/20! For all of your edible needs, munchies-related or otherwise, we've compiled a list of the newest restaurants and most delicious happenings around town. Strange, savory new Bloody Marys (top
  
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• Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge

  20-04-2018 22:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cities and nations are looking at banning plastic straws and stirrers in hopes of addressing the world’s plastic pollution problem. The problem is so large, though, that scientists say that’s not nearly enough. Australian scientists Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox estimate, using trash collected on U.S. coastlines during clean ups over five […]
  
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• Guest Editorial: We Can’t Afford to Live in the City We Build

  20-04-2018 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Logan SwanThe author is in the back row, second from the left Courtesy photo
  My workday starts on an unfinished floor with no windows, 40 stories up. I scan Seattle’s skyline, watching the endless headlights stream along I-5 and Highway 99. As the sun comes up, I can see people coming and going from the buildings that I helped build. I am part of the pulse of life and industry, knowing that none of this glass and steel would be here if it wasn’t for me and thousands of other const
  
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• Students gather at Seattle’s Occidental Park for ‘We Won’t Be Next’ gun-control rally

  20-04-2018 21:53
  Students from schools across the region are gathering in Seattle to call attention to gun violence and for stricter gun laws.
  
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• Vanilla Milkshake Face-Off: Searching for the Best Shake in Seattle

  20-04-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jake UittiThe vanilla milkshake at Triple XXX Eva Walker
  Part dessert, part beverage, the milkshake was conceived in the 19th century and originally featured whiskey, though it’s since become a sweet, frosty, alcohol-free treat for Americans of all ages. Yes, love for the milkshake has persisted throughout the decades and these days, you can get it in any number of places—from diners to ice cream shops to fancy eateries. So where in the Emerald City can you find the best vanilla s
  
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• Where Are You Buying Your Pot, Seattle?

  20-04-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkMy own favorite pot shop, Ganja Goddess Courtesy of GG
  It's 4/20 and I just read this listicle on Thrillist, "The 8 Best Legal Pot Shops in Seattle," and it touches on a pot shop that's (sadly) getting ready to close its doors (Vela), one in Burien of all places, and another that's kind of like the WalMart of pot shops (Uncle Ike's)—it's not bad, and most of us have been forced to go there at one point or another for whatever reason—but why prop up the biggie when you
  
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• Seattle City Council releases plan to tax businesses, fund homelessness help

  20-04-2018 20:58
  Four of the City Council’s nine members are championing the draft plan to raise $75 million next year to address homelessness.
  
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• Oregon ranchers, feds defeat 2003 bull trout lawsuit

  20-04-2018 20:45
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ranchers and the federal government have defeated a 15-year-old environmentalist lawsuit that claimed grazing imperils threatened bull trout in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest. U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman has dismissed the complaint, which was originally filed by the Oregon Natural Desert Association and the Center for Biological Diversity in early 2003. […]
  
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• 21 Places to Pick Up Food for National Picnic Day in Seattle

  20-04-2018 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFinally, warm weather is forecast for Seattle—just in time for National Picnic Day. Shutterstock
  Unfurl that gingham blanket, because Monday, April 23, is National Picnic Day. If you're not sure where to pick up your moveable feast, we've got you covered with plenty of portable provisions that will taste great al fresco, from fried chicken to charcuterie to cheese, so you can pack up your basket and go. For ideas for where to picnic, check out this guide to th
  
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• Oregon deputies say theft suspect had bomb, loaded pistol

  20-04-2018 20:34
  KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man in possession of a loaded pistol and a pipe bomb was arrested after crashing a motorcycle that had been stolen in south-central Oregon. The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office says the theft victim saw a man riding his stolen motorcycle Thursday and gave chase. When the chase […]
  
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• Man dies early Friday in Bremerton after driving into water

  20-04-2018 20:33
  A man died early Friday morning in Bremerton after he drove his vehicle off a beachfront road and plunged into the water of the Port Washington Narrows, police said. Bremerton police said the cabin of the vehicle was submerged when an officer and a citizen were able to get the man out of his seat […]
  
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• Washington’s Lottery deputy director ousted after ethics investigation

  20-04-2018 20:18
  The ethics report came as a result of issues that were previously raised with the investigator during a hostile workplace investigation into former Lottery Director Bill Hanson, who resigned last fall.
  
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• Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 6: Wolf People (Featuring Reine Fiske of Dungen)

  20-04-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann EMMANUEL CAIRO
  We've been awfully lucky to host monthly highlights from Portland's Pickathon festival with our ongoing Starlight Series, which features standout performances from the most recent installation of the festival. But today's video is something really special indeed—perhaps the single most personally electrifying moment that I've experienced in (my god) 10 years of attending the festival. I don't know if every last ounce of its magic translates to video, but I'm
  
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• Where to Get Food for National Picnic Day

  20-04-2018 19:57 via thestranger.com
  21 Places to Pick Up Items for April 23 (Or Any Time)by Stranger Things To Do StaffUnfurl that gingham blanket, because Monday, April 23, is National Picnic Day. If you're not sure where to pick up your moveable feast, we've got you covered with plenty of portable provisions that will taste great al fresco, from fried chicken to charcuterie to cheese, so you can pack up your basket and go. For ideas for where to picnic, check out this guide to the best parks and beaches in Seattle. (And, althoug
  
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• 41 Earth Day 2018 Events in Seattle

  20-04-2018 19:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWatch short nature films about beautiful places like this at the Pints & Public Lands Film Fest on Friday night. Andy Porter
  If you're a sentient being who lives on Earth, you know that our planet has seen better days. That's why Earth Day (this Sunday, April 22) encourages people to plant trees, clean up streets, and advocate for environmental justice in their communities. Here in town, there's no shortage of ways to do so, whether it's by hearing a speech from
  
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• Where to Celebrate Earth Day

  20-04-2018 19:23 via thestranger.com
  41 Events for April 20–22by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you're a sentient being who lives on Earth, you know that our planet has seen better days. That's why Earth Day (this Sunday, April 22) encourages people to plant trees, clean up streets, and advocate for environmental justice in their communities. Here in town, there's no shortage of ways to do so, whether it's by hearing a speech from Nikkita Oliver at UW's Earth Day on Red Square on Friday afternoon, watching short films about th
  
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• Kim Schrier Releases Tax Returns, Challenges Opponents to Do the Same

  20-04-2018 19:19 via thestranger.com
  
  She and her husband made $210,041 last year.by Rich SmithOn the transparency tip.Courtesy of Kim Schrier Campaign
  Today Kim Schrier, the leading Democrat in the race to fill Dave Reichert's seat in Washington's 8th District, released her 2017 tax returns.
  Schrier filed jointly with her husband. Their total income last year amounted to $210,041. In addition to combined wages of $146,384, the couple earned $62,162 from dividends and $1,451 from capital gains.
  The returns show that last year the co
  
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• DNC Shirks Responsibility for Election and Sues Russia, Wikileaks, and Trump Campaign Instead

  20-04-2018 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogStill President, somehow.DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES
  The Democratic National Committee is celebrating 4/20 by filing a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Wikileaks, the Russian government, and the Trump campaign on Friday.
  The suit, which was first reported by the Washington Post, alleges a vast conspiracy on the part of the Russian government, in collusion with the Trump campaign, to disrupt the Presidential election and install Trump in the White House. Paul Manafort, Jared Kushn
  
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• Police arrest protesters at construction site of future youth jail in Seattle

  20-04-2018 18:19
  In the latest attempt to stop construction of King County's new youth jail, protesters gathered at the construction site. Three protesters entered the site and sat down.
  
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• Sitka bear sanctuary making room for more black bears

  20-04-2018 18:01
  SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A Sitka bear sanctuary is getting ready to unveil its new black bear enclosure when it opens for the tourist season. Fortress of the Bear Manager Claire Turner said during a presentation at the Sitka Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday that the new enclosure will add about 10 times the space […]
  
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• California and Colorado Are Getting Weed Cafes. Why Can't We?

  20-04-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black ”Right now, we have the most asinine system in the world—it's 'go smoke in the street.'"PETE GAMLEN
  This story first appeared in The Stranger's Spring 2018 Green Guide.
  In Seattle, you can legally buy weed, but there's almost nowhere you can legally smoke it.
  If you own your own house (praise be unto you, oh privileged and wealthy one), you obviously can light up a joint in your living room—and by the time you're down to the roach, your house will have appreciat
  
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• California and Colorado Are Getting Weed Cafes. Why Can't Washington?

  20-04-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black PETE GAMLEN
  This story is presented as part of The Stranger's Spring 2018 Green Guide.
  In Seattle, you can legally buy weed, but there's almost no- where you can legally smoke it.
  If you own your own house (praise be unto you, oh privileged and wealthy one), you obviously can light up a joint in your living room—and by the time you're down to the roach, your house will have appreciated by another $1,000. But for the rest of us, including tourists who have come to visit expr
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Is Sixth Most Secular State, Brace Yourself For The I-5 Remodel, Celebrate Weed Not Hitler

  20-04-2018 17:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Bake in the sun while you're baked (responsibly), Alex Jones backtracks, Arizona teachers strikeby Nathalie Graham"Join our bible study," says rest of the country. "There is no God here," Washington replies.FatCamera
  Secular Washington state: Forty-seven percent of adults in Washington say they aren't religious, the Seattle Times reports. That makes us the sixth least religious state in the country. The entire west coast is in the same league as Washington, with non-religious adults out-numberin
  
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• UW researcher wins $1 million National Science Foundation grant to study transgender youth

  20-04-2018 17:15
  Kristina Olson, who runs the TransYouth Project at the University of Washington, was awarded The National Science Foundation’s Alan T. Waterman Award — the U.S. government’s highest honor for an early career scientist or engineer.
  
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• Tips to Take the Edge Off When You’re Too High

  20-04-2018 17:00 via thestranger.com
  “Don’t Be Concerned. It Will Not Harm You.”by Suzette SmithOne beautiful Saturday, I was lying on the couch in my living room playing guitar solos. I’d just eaten a piece of weed brownie the size of my thumbnail and my evening plans included nothing but guitar skronk noises and maybe ordering Thai at some point. Then my phone rang and holy shit my best friend was back in town! She’d been traveling for months so I got on my bike and rode over to her house where she i
  
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• The Histories of Cannabis and Race Are Intertwined

  20-04-2018 17:00 via thestranger.com
  How imperialism almost erased the history of our favorite plant.by Josh JardineCannabis history is nearly as long as the history of human civilization, but unlike other agricultural products, the story of weed has often been shrouded in the dark. This is true especially in America, where cannabis’ legacy has long been connected with our country’s institutionalized racism. It’s time for this to change, and a look at cannabis history reveals—perhaps unsurprisingly—tha
  
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• A Cannabis Cinema Crash Course

  20-04-2018 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Forget the dopey comedies—feed your stoned brain with these nutzoid films.by Robert HamKiss Me DeadlyFew movies have achieved the sheer white-knuckle sensation of weed-induced paranoia as Robert Aldrich’s 1955 noir/sci-fi masterpiece. A murder mystery set in motion by a mysterious hitchhiker, it’s got a glowing suitcase at the center of its story that’s been referenced in several subsequent films, including Pulp Fiction, Repo Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The slightly
  
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• Next week’s forecast is looking really, really nice for the Seattle area

  20-04-2018 16:09
  We might get a little rain Friday and Saturday, but after that, expect sunshine and highs into the low 70s.
  
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• I-5 repaving begins this weekend. Expect traffic delays as lanes are reduced

  20-04-2018 16:00
  Major traffic delays on northbound Interstate 5 are expected to begin this weekend as crews restrict lanes to repair and resurface the roadway. Travel between the West Seattle Bridge and Olive Way will be reduced to no more than two lanes from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., […]
  
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• 'I got really, really lucky': Good Samaritan recovering in hospital after violent attack

  20-04-2018 15:53
  Ryan O'Dell, 39, said he tried to help his homeless friend who was being harassed by two intoxicated men on Wednesday night when the attack began.
  
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• Search on to return WWI service medal to family of Washington-born veteran

  20-04-2018 15:16
  WANAQUE, N.J. (AP) — The search is on in New Jersey for the relatives of a former soldier whose medal for service has been found decades after World War I. Police in Wanaque, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of New York City, say a resident with a metal detector discovered the item. According to […]
  
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• Guest essay: How the right approach to math can reduce the achievement gap

  20-04-2018 15:06
  A longtime advanced-math teacher at Ballard High School says there's a simple way to improve math performance among all students and narrow achievement gaps at the same time.
  
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• Washingtonians are less religious than ever, Gallup poll finds

  20-04-2018 15:00
  Since Gallup began tracking religiosity at the state level, Washington has been among the least religious in the union. Forty-seven percent of adults in the state say they are not religious, and seldom or never attend services.
  
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• Seattle puts the brakes on shareable electric scooters — for now

  20-04-2018 15:00
  Electric-scooter sharing is the newest app-based transportation option to pop up in American cities. They’re not coming to Seattle just yet. The city wants to figure out a permanent plan for stationless bike shares before it tackles scooters.
  
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• Podcast: Law professor Dean Spade explains King County’s No New Youth Jail campaign

  20-04-2018 15:00
  King County Executive Dow Constantine abruptly canceled a live State of the County address this month after demonstrators who want to stop the county from building a new youth jail showed up. Later the same day, Constantine announced that programming for the county’s existing youth jail would be taken over by its public-health agency. Those are the latest […]
  
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• Man accused of leaving Mountlake Terrace woman in coma after random attack in her home

  20-04-2018 15:00
  A 29-year-old Arlington man was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and residential burglary for allegedly kicking down a stranger’s door and viciously beating a woman with his fists, a beer bottle and a metal cooking pot.
  
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• Spokane educator who works with immigrants, refugees named 2018 National Teacher of the Year

  20-04-2018 14:44
  Mandy Manning, who teaches English and math to immigrant and refugee students at Spokane's Ferris High School, helped change school policies to school suspensions.
  
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