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• Former King County Democrats chair quits county job; gets $37,700 settlement

  24-04-2018 23:59
  Bailey Stober will receive about four months of severance pay in exchange for promising not to sue the county, according to the settlement agreement that said he was resigning from the $98,000-a-year job "in lieu of termination."
  
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• Connelly: Assessor aide Stober paid $37,700 to leave and not come back

  24-04-2018 23:56
  Former King County Democrats' chair Bailey Stober signs a "separation agreement," accepts a $37,700 payment, and resigns as communications director for King County Assessor John Arthur Wilson.
  
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• Catch Awesome Tapes from Africa at Kremwerk on Thursday Before Africa Runs Out of Tapes

  24-04-2018 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Greg ScruggsBrian Shimkovitz, aka Awesome Tapes from Africa. Courtesy of the artist
  Cassette tapes are back, as devotees of local labels like Help Yourself, Casino Trash, and Lost Sound Tapes can attest. In much of Africa, the cassette connoisseur Brian Shimkovitz is having the opposite problem.
  “Tape shops don’t really exist anymore,” Shimkovitz told The Stranger over the phone from Brooklyn. That’s kind of an issue when your music project is called Awesome Tapes from
  
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• SNL's Aidy Bryant to Star in Adaptation of Lindy West's Shrill

  24-04-2018 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogLindy West Jenny JimenezShrill, the memoir by Seattle writer (and former Stranger film editor) Lindy West is coming to Hulu, and will star Saturday Night Live's Aidy Bryant.The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop:The Hulu take is described as the story of a fat young woman who wants to change her life, but not her body. West, Ali Rushfield and Saturday Night Live repertory player Bryant penned the teleplay and crafted the story. The comedy hails from Michaels' Broadway Video banner a
  
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• Teatro ZinZanni Finds a New Home at the Old Redhook Brewery Site

  24-04-2018 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  The circus has embraced the 'burbs. Let's hope the 'burbs embrace the circus!by Rich SmithThe circus survives, but it's in another castle!This fall Teatro ZinZanni plans to pitch their antique spiegeltent on the grounds of the former Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA. According to a press release, the long-running circus / dinner theater has "secured a 10-year lease, with two 10-year options."
  "We're finally bringing show business to the Hollywood District of Woodinville," says founder and arti
  
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• Burgerville votes to unionize, makes history as first federally-recognized fast food union

  24-04-2018 23:01
  History was made in Portland on Monday, and its name is Burgerville.
  
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• James Bennet, Embattled NYT Opinion Editor, Opens Up

  24-04-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  James Bennet has plenty of critics.The editor of The New York Times Opinion section, after Trump was elected, Bennet did something that incensed many Times readers: He hired conservatives. Perhaps most notably, Bennet brought on Bret Stephens, a former Wall Street Journal columnist who used his first column to excoriate climate change activists and others who treat climate change deniers (a term I suspect Stephens would take issue with) "as imbeciles and deplorables.
  
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• James Bennet, Controversial NYT Opinion Editor, Opens Up

  24-04-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  James Bennet has plenty of critics.The editor of The New York Times Opinion section, after Trump was elected, Bennet did something that incensed many Times readers: He hired conservatives. Perhaps most notably, Bennet brought on Bret Stephens, a former Wall Street Journal columnist who used his first column to excoriate climate change activists and others who treat climate change deniers (a term I suspect Stephens would take issue with) "as imbeciles and deplorables.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Serial Snooper Can't Stop Snooping

  24-04-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a late-20's gay man in a relationship of near three years with my partner. About six months ago we became temporarily long distance, but it's close enough that we get to see each other for long weekends 2-3 times a month.I've become a serial snooper, which stems from my partner having some recurring problems letting go of peeking at his hook-up apps as well as some general anxiety issues where my mind likes to trick me into thinking the worst about everything. While the long-di
  
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• Seattle sunny with chance of record highs through Thursday

  24-04-2018 22:27
  Seattle is poised for its warmest days of the year as a healthy dose of sunshine sprinkles the region.
  
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• Former Seattle Academy teacher pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

  24-04-2018 22:10
  The former teacher denied that he ever touched his students, although he acknowledged fantasizing about them and, in a few instances, had "morphed" photographs of students onto pornographic images, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• EPA chief signs proposal limiting science used in decisions

  24-04-2018 22:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has signed a proposed rule that would restrict the types of scientific studies regulators can use to determine the impact of pesticide and pollution exposure on human health. Pruitt says the change would increase transparency in the agency’s decision-making by requiring all underlying data used in […]
  
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• What Are Nonvoters Thinking? This Poll Asked Them.

  24-04-2018 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  They might, maybe show up to vote if Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders were on the ballot.by Eli SandersMost of the non-voting respondents were white, fed up with a country that's on the "wrong track," and of the opinion that a third party is necessary. drbimages / Getty Images
  In just seven months, America will hold the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. But if past trends hold, notes The New York Times' David Leonhardt, about two-thirds of eligible voters will sit these midterms
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Food and Drink 2018: Our Favorite Restaurants in Seattle to Get Southern Food and Barbecue

  24-04-2018 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerThe to-die-for shrimp and grits at French Quarter Kitchen SCHATZIE MILLER
  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 Southern food and barbecue.
  If you come from sunny southern climes, you've probably been searching for restaurants that offer a taste of home. Or maybe you aren't from the South at all, b
  
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• Charges: Man threatened to bomb Seattle Scientology church

  24-04-2018 21:11
  When 20-year-old Mark Nelson woke up April 15, he thought, "Today is the day I die," according to Kirkland police reports.
  
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• Stranger-Exclusive: Watch the Latest Episode of the Seattle-Produced Web Series, Northern Belles

  24-04-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Also included: a Q&A with its two stars, Isabela de Campos and Maddie Downes, and director Christan Leonard.by Jake UittiWho will win "Bridesmaid Olympics"?Courtesy of Northern Belles
  Produced and set in Seattle, Northern Belles is a web series that follows the quirky friendship and hilarious misadventures of two millennial women portrayed by Emerald City comedians Isabela de Campos and Maddie Downes. In some ways, it’s reminiscent of Broad City, but with an obvious local angle, and a
  
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• The show will go on: Teatro ZinZanni signs lease at Red Hook Brewery spot

  24-04-2018 20:57
  The show will go on!
  
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• First drug approved for most common inherited kidney disease

  24-04-2018 20:46
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to slow kidney decline in patients with the most common inherited kidney disease. Jynarque (jihn-AR’-kew), from Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceutical, was approved Tuesday for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. The progressive genetic disorder is the fourth-leading cause of kidney failure. It […]
  
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• The Pee Tape Is Out There

  24-04-2018 20:29 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageAre you sitting down? Trump lied. His flimsy-as-fuck/never-held-water alibi—he couldn't have watched Russian hookers pee on each other because he didn't spend the night in Moscow—has now completely fallen apart. Bloomberg:
  President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report about the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow couldn’t be true: He never even spent the night in Russia during that trip, Trump told the former FBI director, accor
  
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• Tonight: Join Night School for a Panel on What We Should Do About White Nationalists

  24-04-2018 20:13 via thestranger.com
  
  What's the best response to hate?by Steven HsiehHow do we respond to this? CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY
  Every month, The Stranger's Night School invites guest speakers to take on our country's most vexing problems. So far this year, we've held events on consent and gun violence. Today, we'll be tackling the disturbing rise of white nationalism and other far-right extremist movements during the Trump era. The event will take place at St. John's Bar and Eatery from 6 to 8 pm.
  Emboldened by the president
  
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• Former Ed Murray Spokesperson Faced Harassment Allegations at Past Job. When Did Seattle Officials Know?

  24-04-2018 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Benton Strong resigned from his city job earlier this month.by Heidi GrooverBenton Strong was hired by the City of Seattle in May 2016 City of Seattle
  Buzzfeed reports that a communications director for former mayor Ed Murray faced allegations of sexual harassment before taking his job in Seattle.City officials knew about the complaints, documents show, though it's unclear how many details they knew and exactly when they learned. The communications director, Benton Strong, resigned earlier this
  
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• Macedonia: 8 million-year-old elephant-like remains found

  24-04-2018 20:04
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Paleontologists from Bulgaria and Macedonia are excavating the fossilized remains of a prehistoric elephant believed to pre-date the mammoth, after its bones were discovered accidentally by a man working in a field. Scientists at the Natural Science Museum of Macedonia and the Natural History Museum of Sofia said Tuesday they began […]
  
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• Connelly: Washington Governor Jay Inslee boasts 'We've got the best weed' as pot support blossoms

  24-04-2018 20:01
  As support for marijuana legalization blossoms across America, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tells TV host Bill Maher: "I can honestly say, we've got the best weed in the United States of America. It's a growing industry, and well-regulated." The Governor was "not comfortable with" and voted against marijuana legalization in 2012.
  
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• Jay Inslee Talks a Big Game About Washington Weed, But Does He Even Smoke It?

  24-04-2018 19:57 via thestranger.com
  Leave it to Bill Maher to get Inslee talking about our state's weed.by Katie HerzogLast week Gov. Jay Inslee appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher, along with Michael Avenatti (Stormy Daniels' lawyer), writers Alex Wagner and Frank Bruni, and Canadian self-help guru Jordan Peterson. The show was taped on 4/20, and during a post-show Q&A segment called "Overtime," noted stoner Bill Maher, naturally, asked Gov. Inslee about Washington's recreational weed market (which, lest you forget, was the
  
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• Elvis Nolasco Stuns in Book-It’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

  24-04-2018 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  It’s not just good. It’s HOLY SHIT good.by Sophia StephensNo need to cross your fingers for luck—this show's a winner. It runs through May 6 at Book-It Repertory Theatre. John UlmanIn Book-It’s production of Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, adapted for the stage by Literature to Life/Young Audiences New York, actor Elvis Nolasco turns in a one-man performance that does not just fill the stage: it fills the entire room. It’s not just go
  
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• Dating in Seattle? Maybe it’s time to put down the phone and check out a ‘Not Creepy Gathering’

  24-04-2018 19:38
  At “The Not Creepy Gathering for People Who are Single and Want to Fall in Love,” at Seattle’s Fremont Abbey, participants are put out of their comfort zones all in an effort to show vulnerability and find love.
  
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• My Bloody Valentine is Playing at the Paramount on July 17

  24-04-2018 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonSweet, comic valentine.
  A small glimmer of hope cut through the nightmare of Facebook this morning: My Bloody Valentine announced a small number of North American tour dates and Seattle was one of them. The last time they played in town was in 2013, at Showbox SODO, a venue ill-suited to the absolute onslaught of sound the band stirs up.Before that it was 2009, one of the two or three greatest rock shows I have ever seen. Before that it was the early '90s. Their most recent LP was
  
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• The Leafly Guide to Cannabis Is Dope

  24-04-2018 19:06 via thestranger.com
  A pot primer worth recommending.by Josh JardineLeafly is an app and website that, along with Weedmaps, should be fairly well-known to cannabis consumers, whether they be medical or recreational. Based in Seattle, Leafly is great for finding nearby dispensaries, and can show you the menus, prices, and customer reviews of individual businesses and their products. And Leafly is super popular, receiving 13 million monthly visitors and 40 million page views on both its app and website platforms combi
  
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• Trump Administration: What Else Can We Fuck Up? Hey, Let's Work to Drive Teen Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Back Up!

  24-04-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageWe were seeing headlines like these in 2016 and into 2017...
  Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion Rates in US Adolescents Hit Historic Lows
  Teen abortion, pregnancy rates reach historic lows
  U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade
  Greater access to effective, long-lasting contraception and federal support for comprehensive sex education programs gets the credit for abortion rates falling below pre-Roe levels. Under Obama, comprehensive sex-ed programs were favored over a
  
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• Oregon State Bar ‘white nationalism’ statement criticized

  24-04-2018 18:09
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two signed statements in the latest Oregon State Bar bulletin — one by the bar condemning speech that incites violence and the other by non-bar specialty groups decrying the rise of the white nationalist movement during President Donald Trump’s time in office — have been criticized by some lawyers who say […]
  
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• Bacteria taints 71 percent of commonly used medical scopes, study finds

  24-04-2018 18:05
  The study found problems in scopes used for colonoscopies, lung procedures, kidney stone removal and other routine operations — and not just the duodenoscopes tied to at least 35 deaths in the U.S. since 2013.
  
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• FDA cracks down on sales of Juul, other e-cigarettes to youth

  24-04-2018 17:20
  The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it is conducting a nationwide, undercover "blitz" to crack down on the sale of e-cigarettes to children and teenagers by regular and online retailers.
  
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• Big new pedestrian bridge in Spokane finally has a name

  24-04-2018 17:19
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A big new pedestrian bridge at the edge of the University District near downtown Spokane finally has a name. The Spokane City Council voted unanimously Monday night to dub the $12 million span for pedestrians and cyclists “The University District Gateway Bridge.” The Spokesman-Review says other options under consideration included a […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle's Home Prices Will Keep Surging, Amazon Wants To Break Into Your Car

  24-04-2018 17:16 via thestranger.com
  
  White House doctor probably shouldn't run the VA, don't give that Tukwila pedophile your used underwear, Facebook decides to look for ISIS contentby Nathalie GrahamLet Amazon into your car. Next stop, your heart.Weekend Images Inc.
  Seattle home prices surge for six straight years: Since 2012, home values have increased 85 percent, Mike Rosenberg at the Seattle Times finds. We’re not in another housing bubble a la 2007. "Even during the housing bubble last decade, prices didn’t rise t
  
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• Kids with rare rapid-aging disease get hope from study drug

  24-04-2018 17:03
  CHICAGO (AP) — Children with a rare, incurable disease that causes rapid aging and early death may live longer if treated with an experimental drug first developed for cancer patients, a study suggests. The small, preliminary study isn’t proof the drug works and it found only a small benefit: Treated children with the disease progeria […]
  
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• US agency cracks down on Juul e-cigarette popular in schools

  24-04-2018 16:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are cracking down on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators. The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it has issued warnings to 40 retail and online stores as part of a nationwide operation against illegal sales of Juul […]
  
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• Agency warns retailers not to sell Juul e-cigarette to kids

  24-04-2018 16:31
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators. The Food and Drug Administration issued warnings to 40 retail and online stores as part of a monthlong operation against illegal sales of Juul to […]
  
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• Summer already? Seattle-area temps match average highs for July

  24-04-2018 16:15
  An expected three-day stretch of highs in the 70s will be a treat for Seattle-area residents. But will it last?
  
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• Seattle-area home price growth from current boom has surpassed last decade’s bubble

  24-04-2018 15:39
  Single-family home prices in the Seattle metro area have grown faster than anywhere else in the country for the last year and a half, with no sign of slowing even though prices have been surging for six years.
  
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• A perfect — and perfectly weird — view of Seattle’s breakneck growth

  24-04-2018 15:24
  The view from Plymouth Pillars Park is a postcard of booming Seattle, and it will keep changing dramatically.
  
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• Teatro ZinZanni finds long-term home at former Redhook Brewery site

  24-04-2018 15:00
  Teatro ZinZanni’s new home in Woodinville allows the dinner-show-circus spectacle to bring together all its operations and to consider longer-term, year-round ventures. A ZinZanni restaurant, anyone?
  
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