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• Why "Free Speech" Is a Bogus Debate When It Comes to Roseanne

  30-05-2018 23:52 via thestranger.com
  Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 151by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Well, that’s the end of Roseanne! (The re-boot, anyway.)Charles Mudede, Dan Savage, and Eli Sanders talk about the racist outburst that finally crossed the line, their own personal Roseanne-watching limits, the strong similarities between Roseanne Barr and Donald Trump, and the inevitable right-wing complaint that cancelling Roseanne equals stifling free speech.After that, Katie Herzog b
  
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• This Is the Best Yard Sign I've Seen in Seattle Lately

  30-05-2018 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleYou almost can't see what the sign says from the road. Very discreet.
  Because you have to love dogs to be a person/live in Seattle/make friends lately, this sign, above, outside of a locksmith near Broadway, makes me smile. What's good about this sign is that it cuts against the dog worship one encounters everywhere else, from bars and taprooms explicitly designed for dogs to the dogs people bring on airplanes and to the silent-reading party. Not to mention all the "MUST
  
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• John Cameron Mitchell's How to Talk to Girls at Parties Is About as Punk as Nicole Kidman

  30-05-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Distressed tees have never been so stunning.by Chase BurnsAt one point, Elle Fanning (left) pukes on Alex Sharp (right) while they make out. That's the most punk thing in this movie.
  John Cameron Mitchell's film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2006 science fiction short story, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, is bizarrely nothing like it.Gaiman's original story, which has also been adapted into a gorgeous graphic novel, is a quick, focused story about two teenage Brits trying to talk to girls at a p
  
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• How to Talk to Girls at Parties Is About as Punk as Nicole Kidman

  30-05-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Distressed tees have never been so stunning.by Chase BurnsAt one point, Elle Fanning (left) pukes on Alex Sharp (right) while they make out. That's the most punk thing in this movie.
  John Cameron Mitchell's film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2006 science fiction short story, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, is bizarrely nothing like it.Gaiman's original story, which has also been adapted into a gorgeous graphic novel, is a quick, focused story about two teenage Brits trying to talk to girls at a p
  
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• Children Dodge Gangs and Ghosts of the Drug War in Dark Fairy Tale Film, Tigers Are Not Afraid

  30-05-2018 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sophia Stephens
  In drug-war-torn Mexico, Estrella is in a battle against circumstance and time. As she runs from the gang and cartel leader who murdered her mother, the dilemma already appears to have fully surfaced, but darker forces soon come into play. A thin but ominous stream of blood follows Estrella’s every turn, and her mother’s ghostly instructions mix with the rustling plastic that coats her corpse. Equally imaginative, humanizing, joyful, and tragic, this film is a dark
  
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• Got Cannabis Q’s? We’ve Got Cannabis A’s

  30-05-2018 22:46 via thestranger.com
  Let’s dip into the reader mailbag!by Josh JardineIt is time again for our reader mailbag session, in which I place a mailbag over my head and readers beat me senseless until I answer their questions. No, wait... I’m thinking of how the new CIA director operates. In this case, I’ll simply answers questions that showed up in the mail, no beating necessary. Sorry. #bongwaterboardingQ: My grandmother, who has always been anti-drug, is now interested in trying CBD for pain and infla
  
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• “Ambitious” Durkan Plan Would Add 500 New Shelter Beds to Address Homelessness

  30-05-2018 22:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Durkan proposes new shelter beds and tiny house villages.by Heidi GrooverEnhanced shelters like the Navigation Center, seen here, offer places to store belongings and additional services beyond basic shelter beds. Ana Sofia Knauf
  Mayor Jenny Durkan is proposing 500 new shelter beds and tiny houses for people experiencing homelessness in Seattle.The move, which Durkan calls an "urgent action," is an effort to show the city is doing something as homelessness increases and will likely increase more
  
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• King Tuff Surrenders to the Unknown

  30-05-2018 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  How a major identity crisis inspired King Tuff’s new album, The Other.by Ciara DolanAfter more than a decade of performing under the King Tuff moniker, Kyle Thomas hit rock bottom with a thud. Fatigued by relentless touring, burned out on playing the same songs he’d been playing for 10 years, and feeling disconnected from the freaky rock ’n’ roll “party monster” persona he’d come to embody, Thomas experienced a major identity crisis.“People just ha
  
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• Murder conviction for John Reed, who shot Oso-area neighbors and buried their bodies after feud

  30-05-2018 22:12
  Reed was convicted of killing Patrick Shunn, 45, and his wife, Monique Patenaude, 46, near the couple's Oso-area home two years ago.
  
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• Ex-neighbor John Reed convicted of killing Oso-area couple in 2016

  30-05-2018 22:12
  John Reed was convicted of killing Patrick Shunn, 45, and his wife, Monique Patenaude, 46, near the couple's Oso-area home two years ago.
  
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• In Case You Were Under the Impression That America Had Cornered the Market on Racist Dipshits...

  30-05-2018 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonTommy Robinson in the streets, Stephen ChristopherYaxley-Lennon in the sheets Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
  The canard of defending "free speech" (a phrase that has no business existing, but here we are) by speaking exclusively in hate speech has become as American as using depleted uranium in bomb shell casings. But in the same way the US utterly dominates and defines British and European pop culture, the nauseating spectacle of racist and xenophobic "activists" hiding behind tran
  
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• Blood and babies: What 7 teenage girls think about when they think about ‘Macbeth’

  30-05-2018 22:02
  There will be blood in Erica Schmidt’s adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," which brings the horror back.
  
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• The #MeToo Movement Adds an Extra Layer of Resonance to the Systemic Misogyny in Chinese Drama, Angels Wear White

  30-05-2018 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathy Fennessy
  Remarkable youth performances anchor Vivian Qu’s rigorous procedural Angels Wear White, about the adults who exploit children—and the systemic misogyny that protects them. Mia, who is undocumented, is working at a seaside motel when a prominent citizen checks in with two underage girls. When their parents find out, the police launch an investigation, but at every turn, women take the blame for the actions of men. Even Wen’s mother holds the 12-year-old respons
  
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• Philadelphia closes encampments filled with homeless heroin addicts

  30-05-2018 21:33
  The action marked the end of a monthlong pilot program by the city to get help for those living in the encampments and make the city's Kensington neighborhood safer.
  
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• City closes encampments filled by people addicted to heroin

  30-05-2018 21:33
  The action marked the end of a monthlong pilot program by the city to get help for those living in the encampments and make the city's Kensington neighborhood safer.
  
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• Wig Out May Be the Soul/Garage-Rock DJ Night Seattle Needs

  30-05-2018 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Can Seattle support another soul/garage-rock DJ night? The movers and shakers behind Wig Out at the Clock-Out Lounge are betting yes.by Dave Segal
  We're living in boom times for DJ nights in Seattle... and I imagine in many other major American cities, too. This Portlandia episode may have started as satire, but it has morphed into documentary, for all intents and purposes. With this glut comes a sense of dread and maybe hopelessness and apathy at the overwhelming proliferation of options. If da
  
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• Syrian Refugees Face the Disorienting Experience of Settling into a New Country—the U.S.—in Documentary Film, This Is Home

  30-05-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi Groover
  As American missiles fell near Damascus in mid-April, you may have seen a number begin to circulate in your social-media feeds: 11. That’s the total number of Syrian refugees the United States has accepted so far in 2018, a minuscule amount compared to the same period two years ago. Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are a prominent undercurrent in This Is Home, a documentary following several Syrian refugees settling in Baltimore. But the film’s central co
  
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• Valve Drops School Shooting Game

  30-05-2018 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Revive InteractiveBellevue-based gaming company Valve has announced that they will remove a controversial game from their online marketplace Steam. The game, Active Shooter, came under fire (sorry) this week after a Seattle woman started a petition calling for its removal in the wake of ongoing school shootings. The now banned first-person shooter game allowed users to be either a member of S.W.A.T. team or a school shooter themselves.In a statement, Valve called the developer a
  
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• Cancer Doctors: Prescribe Weed, Please

  30-05-2018 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine PHOTOBYLOVE / GETTY IMAGES
  When people don't want to talk to their doctor about using cannabis, it's often because they fear being judged and lectured on their choices, and offered prescription medications instead. You know, medications that may have serious side effects such as spontaneous blindness, fatal stroke, or EPS (exploding penis syndrome). But a new study published in everyone's favorite beach-read, the Journal of Clinical Oncology, reveals that cancer doctors may not h
  
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• Scientists finally find the 240-million-year-old ‘mother of all lizards’

  30-05-2018 19:32
  A tiny fossil found in Italy is the "mother of all lizards," the oldest known ancestor of the largest order of living land vertebrates on the planet, according to research published Wednesday. Meet megachirella wachtleri.
  
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• UPDATE: Sheriff's Deputy Suspected of Domestic Violence In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff

  30-05-2018 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven HsiehUPDATE 3:08 PM: The King County sheriff's deputy who barricaded himself in an apartment off Belmont Avenue has been safely apprehended by Seattle Police, the department reported on Twitter.
  In regards to the incident on Belmont, the suspect is safely in custody. Thank you all for your incredible patience. We will have more details as they become available.
  — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) May 30, 2018A robot was involved:
  In regards to the incident on Belmont, police have
  
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• Seattle SWAT Team Standing Off With King County Sheriff's Deputy Suspected of Domestic Violence

  30-05-2018 19:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven HsiehA Seattle Police Department SWAT team is negotiating with a King County sheriff’s deputy who has barricaded himself in an apartment on Belmont Avenue, according to a spokesperson.
  Police received a report of a domestic violence-related assault at the apartment at 1:30 a.m, according to Det. Patrick Michaud, a spokesperson for the Seattle Police Department. SWAT negotiators have been at the scene since early morning.
  The suspect, who has been with the King County Sheriff's Of
  
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• In Seattle-Made Indie Sci Fi Flick Prospect, the Pacific Northwest Is a Whole Planet

  30-05-2018 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Shep Films
  Is this the first major work of Northwest science fiction? Indeed, Prospect imagines a moon that is like the evergreen forests that surround Seattle. The whole planet is green—gothic green. And the light on this strange moon is sharply slanted like Northwest light. The superb film is about prospectors (a father and daughter) looking for a root-made gem that will make them rich. The daughter, however, is keen to get off the planet because the line to it is about
  
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• Sheriff’s deputy barricades himself in Capitol Hill building, prompts street closure

  30-05-2018 18:43
  Seattle police and SWAT are blocking a Capitol Hill street to barricade in a domestic-violence suspect.
  
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• Sheriff’s deputy arrested after barricading himself in Capitol Hill apartment for 13 hours

  30-05-2018 18:43
  The suspect is a King County sheriff's deputy who has been on paid administrative leave since March, pending an evaluation of his  fitness for duty. Such investigations are done if there is "reasonable suspicion" that a member of the department is psychologically or physically unfit to perform his or her duties, according to a manual governing the sheriff's department.
  
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• Mayor Jenny Durkan proposes spending $6.3 million to add 500 homeless shelter beds in Seattle

  30-05-2018 18:16
  Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposes new and expanded shelters with a one-time sale of city-owned land.
  
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• Durkan plans to boost homeless shelter beds in Seattle

  30-05-2018 18:16
  Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposes new and expanded shelters with a one-time sale of city-owned land.
  
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• Slog AM: Canadian Pipeline Deal Threatens Puget Sound Orcas, Secret Seattle Tunnels, Ambien Doesn't Cause Racism

  30-05-2018 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Scotland is ahead of the curve, watch where you roast your 'mallows, where in the world is Melania Trump?by Nathalie Graham"Save us Jay." FOKUSIERT / GETTY
  Gov. Jay Inslee fears for the orcas: Canada’s bullshit move to go forward with the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline stunned opponents. Gov. Inslee called the deal “profoundly damaging.” The oil-tanker traffic between Washington and Canada would increase by seven times. That’s where the orcas live. Increased noise
  
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• Colorectal cancer screening should start at age 45, not 50, American Cancer Society says

  30-05-2018 17:10
  The American Cancer Society, responding to a rise in colorectal cancer rates among younger people, is now recommending that adults undergo screening for the disease beginning at age 45 rather than 50. The organization, which announced the change in its guidelines Wednesday, said extensive analysis showed that lowering the starting age for screening would save […]
  
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• Motorcyclist’s neck cut by fishing line tied across Pierce County road

  30-05-2018 16:17
  The Pierce County Sheriff's Department says investigators found the line that may have been tied from a utility pole to tree across the road.
  
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• UW settles suit against CIA over ‘top secret’ data on Salvadoran Army officer

  30-05-2018 15:15
  To settle a lawsuit, the CIA has released 139 formerly “secret” or “top-secret” documents relating to America’s relationship with a brutal El Salvadoran army officer during that country’s civil war.
  
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• UW settles suit against CIA over data on Salvadoran Army officer

  30-05-2018 15:15
  To settle a lawsuit, the CIA has released 139 formerly “secret” or “top-secret” documents relating to America’s relationship with a brutal El Salvadoran army officer during that country’s civil war.
  
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• Save time, stay dry on foot in Seattle’s ‘hidden’ passageways and tunnels

  30-05-2018 15:00
  The city has been excavating and hewing cuts through the land since its beginning, but what many Seattleites don't know about is the pedestrian tunnels and other covered connections downtown. Here's the inside scoop.
  
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• Kicking the Trump habit: Former Seattle politician starts with step one

  30-05-2018 15:00
  Struggling to meter his daily doses of the president, former Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata raises the issue: Is Trump addiction a thing?
  
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• 12-year-old Arlington girl shot during target practice has died

  30-05-2018 13:35
  CLE ELUM, Wash. — Authorities say a 12-year-old girl who was accidentally shot while target shooting north of Cle Elum has died. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Sydney Darnell was taken off life support on Monday. The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office says Darnell placed a loaded rifle on a railing on Sunday when she went to […]
  
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• Inslee calls Canada pipeline ‘profoundly damaging,’ fears for orcas in surprise deal

  30-05-2018 04:03
  Canada stuns opponents, cheers backers of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion with an unprecedented deal to buy, guarantee expansion.
  
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• Come to a night of storytelling and myth-busting hosted by Project Homeless

  30-05-2018 03:30
  A consistent problem Project Homeless comes across in our coverage is writing about numbers. We write about numbers constantly: How much money is spent on homeless services. How many people are making it out. How many people are dying while homeless. We often struggle to portray the people behind the numbers. Homelessness is deeply personal, and it’s something […]
  
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• Your Guide to Seattle's Farmers Markets

  30-05-2018 02:35 via thestranger.com
  Where To Find Fresh Produce, Flowers, Baked Goods, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffA flurry of farmers markets are opening right now, so it's prime time to tuck a basket under your arm, peruse the stalls, and scoop up a bounty of fresh seasonal produce and artisanal products. Below, we've rounded up all of Seattle's markets for your planning needs.
  Note: Vendors may vary based on seasonal availability.
  Capitol Hill Broadway Farmers Market
  Sundays, year-round
  11 am-3 pm
  At the year-round Br
  
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• Judge blocks Trump administration from ending King County teen-pregnancy-prevention grant

  30-05-2018 02:35
  King County sued after the Department of Health and Human Services decided to end funding two years early for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour on Tuesday called the money cutoff “arbitrary and capricious.”
  
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• Oregon man dies on Mount Adams

  30-05-2018 02:30
  Climbing team will attempt to retrieve body on Wednesday
  
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• How Much Has Capitol Hill Changed? Chapter MCMXLIV

  30-05-2018 02:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonStrong communication with the community is the hallmark of any successful business.Spotted on the door of a new local business:
  "Capitol Hill, We love you! Please stop puking on our door/access ramp. There is a whole street behind you. Thanks!"
  A most reasonable request, by any standards. If that whole door isn't caked with vomit by sunrise, it will demonstrate conclusively that Capitol Hill is not the neighborhood it used to be.(Note: Neither the author nor this publication advoca
  
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• Blake Painter, ‘Deadliest Catch’ skipper, found dead in his Oregon home

  30-05-2018 01:54
  Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin said Tuesday that Blake Painter had been found in his Astoria home May 25 by a friend who visited after being unable to reach him.
  
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• Look, My Straight Boyfriend Can Suck Cock If He Wants but I Won't Be His Dick Detective

  30-05-2018 01:51 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I am so glad you published the letter, "How Can I Give My Straight Boyfriend the Gay Blowjob He Secretly Yearns For," because I've been wanting to ask a similar question, though in our relationship it's not secret.My partner has shared this fantasy before, among many other fantasies. We even became swingers for a time, and enjoyed some great experiences though he had some ED issues—and there's an ugly double standard in the swinging lifestyle that
  
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• Prosecutor Dan Satterberg: I'm a Democrat Now

  30-05-2018 01:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Satterberg's opponent: "Voters must reject fake progressive values."by Heidi GrooverKing County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg Sydney Brownstone
  Elections in Seattle have a way of making everyone a little more progressive—at least until the ballots are counted. Today's case study: King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, who ran as a Republican in the past but now says he's a Democrat.
  The Seattle Times reported Tuesday that Satterberg made the clarification in an interview, citing in part his op
  
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• The 37 Best Movies To See At SIFF This Week: May 29-June 3, 2018

  30-05-2018 01:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss Leave No Trace, a film by Debra Granik, the only American woman director at Cannes this year.
  We've already compiled a list of all of the picks for the full festival that you absolutely shouldn't miss, but, below, we've rounded up the movies for the week that our critics think are worth watching, like Daisy Asquith's Queerama, Annemarie Jacir's Wajib, Stephen Maing's Crime + Punishment, and Kim Yang-hee's The Poet and the Boy. Follow the links below for s
  
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• Our Film Critics’ SIFF Picks for This Week

  30-05-2018 01:19 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's film critics' picks for the second week of the Seattle International Film Festival.by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe've rounded up the movies for the week that our critics think are worth watching, like Daisy Asquith's Queerama, Annemarie Jacir's Wajib, Stephen Maing's Crime + Punishment, and Kim Yang-hee's The Poet and the Boy. Follow the links below for showtimes, trailers, and ticket links, and information on special events like Sorry to Bother You, L’Inferno with a live s
  
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• Got GET? Your account could be worth 38 percent more if you switch

  30-05-2018 01:19
  Managers of the state's prepaid college tuition plan are giving investors an incentive to roll their money over into a different type of investment option, offering them a 38 percent increase in the value of their accounts.
  
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• Despite mounting criticism, Durkan defends selection process for Seattle police chief

  30-05-2018 00:48
  Outrage continued to build among some community activists over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, culminating in two news conferences Tuesday in which interim Police Chief Carmen Best’s supporters denounced the outcome.
  
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• Woman who went over Whatcom County waterfall rescued after grabbing rock

  30-05-2018 00:41
  Despite being injured, the woman grabbed onto a rock and hauled herself out of the water onto a ledge above Racehorse Falls.
  
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• Lummi prayers, songs in Miami just start of effort to free captive whale

  30-05-2018 00:22
  Lummi carvers are headed home from their unsuccessful journey to free Lolita the captive orca at the Miami Seaquarium. They vow to never give up.
  
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