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• At Least One Savage Love Reader Has Taken Up Arms

  04-07-2018 23:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  "Ready for the Second Civil War in my small New England town," writes a Savage Love reader. "But nobody else has shown up yet! Oh, well. Happy Fourth of July, Dan!" (Don't get the reference? Click here.)[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• His Gender Issues Are Resolved Now But His Girlfriend Is Gone

  04-07-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Originally published on May 9, 2012.
  I am a 26-year-old straight guy. My straightness and guyness are recent revelations, and it feels amazing to be able to confidently state this. Here is my trouble: I've had gender issues for the past five years. My now ex-girlfriend of three years said she couldn't be with me anymore due to these issues. Our breakup was a result of my apathy in the bedroom, which was tied to my gender issues, and her fears of me tran
  
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• Man can stand trial for 2011 killing of Oregon police chief

  04-07-2018 21:05
  ST HELEN, Ore. (AP) — The man accused of killing the police chief of a small Oregon town in 2011 has been found fit to stand trial for aggravated murder. Daniel Butts, of Kalama, Washington, could face the death penalty if convicted of fatally shooting 55-year-old Ralph Painter, the police chief of Rainier. KOIN-TV reports […]
  
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• Munich officials want train station to have air taxi parking

  04-07-2018 20:51
  BERLIN (AP) — A group of city counselors in Munich say they want the southern German city’s main train station to have a landing pad for flying taxis. Five city council members from the Christian Social Union party submitted a motion Wednesday calling on rail company Deutsche Bahn to consider the space needed for the […]
  
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• Seattle police report officer-involved shooting at Eighth and Yesler

  04-07-2018 20:36
  A suspect is being treated at Harborview Medical Center after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning at Eighth Avenue and Yesler Way, according to Seattle police. It was not immediately clear for which law-enforcement agency the officer works. The department tweeted that no officers were injured. This is a developing story. This post will be updated […]
  
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• King County Jail guard shoots, wounds prisoner who escaped from Harborview

  04-07-2018 20:36
  A guard from the King County Jail shot and wounded a prisoner – a murder suspect –Wednesday morning at Eighth Avenue and Yesler Way, after the prisoner escaped from Harborview Medical Center. The prisoner’s injuries are not considered life-threatening. He is being treated at Harborview. The jail guard was not hurt. The prisoner had been […]
  
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• Mother: Caring for girl amid brain-death debate ‘worth it’

  04-07-2018 20:22
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a girl at the center of a medical and religious debate over brain death says she doesn’t regret moving from California to New Jersey so her daughter could receive care after being declared dead. Nailah Winkfield told reporters Tuesday that she gave up everything for daughter Jahi McMath, […]
  
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• Woman struck, killed as she tried to pick up belongings on Snohomish County highway

  04-07-2018 20:18
  A 51-year-old Monroe woman was struck and killed by an SUV late Tuesday on Highway 522 near  Echo Lake Road. Alicia Barragan Chavez had parked her car on the westbound shoulder of the highway shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to a press release from the Washington State Patrol. She crossed both lanes of traffic on […]
  
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• Black Oregon lawmaker says constituent called 911 on her

  04-07-2018 19:38
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A black Oregon lawmaker says one of her constituents called police on her while she was canvassing a Portland-area neighborhood that she represents. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for re-election this fall, says she was knocking on doors and taking notes on her cellphone in Clackamas Tuesday when a […]
  
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• Black Oregon lawmaker: Police called as she knocked on doors

  04-07-2018 19:38
  CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — A black Oregon lawmaker says one of her constituents called police as she canvassed a Portland-area neighborhood that she represents. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, who is running for re-election this fall, said she was knocking on doors, talking to residents and taking notes on her cellphone in Clackamas on Tuesday when […]
  
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• Renewable energy push in sunny Arizona draws political fight

  04-07-2018 19:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s largest utility is fiercely opposing a push to mandate increased use of renewable energy in the sun-drenched state, setting up a political fight over a measure funded by a California billionaire. Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona aims to ask voters whether they want the state Constitution to require half of […]
  
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• Clarification: Renewable Energy Mandate story

  04-07-2018 19:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — In a story July 4, The Associated Press reported that Arizona Public Service Co. anticipates utility bills will rise 6 to 14 percent under a proposed ballot measure. That estimate is on a per year basis. A new version is below: ___ Renewable energy push in sunny Arizona draws political fight Most […]
  
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• Scientists create hybrids in race to save rhino sub-species

  04-07-2018 19:07
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they’re several steps closer to perfecting a method that could prevent the extinction of northern white rhinos, of which only two animals are known still to be alive. According to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers have succeeded in creating embryos using frozen northern white rhino […]
  
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• Kayaker rescued from rough water in the Skykomish River

  04-07-2018 18:48
  Rescuers pulled a kayaker from the Skykomish River Tuesday night after the man was caught in rough water. Fellow kayakers were able to reach the man after he was carried downstream out of the dangerous patch of water near Gold Bar, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. The rescuers also performed CPR. Related Man […]
  
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• Kayaker rescued from rough water in Skykomish River

  04-07-2018 18:48
  Rescuers pulled a kayaker from the Skykomish River on Tuesday night after the man was caught in rough water. Fellow kayakers were able to reach the man after he was carried downstream out of the dangerous patch of water near Gold Bar, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. The rescuers also performed CPR. Related […]
  
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• Well-known Moses Lake sports announcer Mel Olson, 89, dies in bicycle collision

  04-07-2018 18:34
  MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a well-known Moses Lake man who called plays for high-school sporting events has died in a bicycle collision. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says 89-year-old Robert “Mel” Olson, of Moses Lake, was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle inside a trailer park Tuesday afternoon. Olson […]
  
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• Well-known Moses Lake announcer dies in bicycle collision

  04-07-2018 18:34
  MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a well-known Moses Lake man who called plays for high school sporting events has died in a bicycle collision. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says 89-year-old Robert “Mel” Olson, of Moses Lake, was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle inside a trailer park Tuesday afternoon. […]
  
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• Your Fourth of July guide | Wednesday Morning Brief, July 4

  04-07-2018 18:03
  Morning Brief is a newsletter from The Seattle Times delivered straight to your inbox every morning, Monday through Friday. Our editors choose the morning’s most important and entertaining items, and deliver them to you in short, easy-to-digest bites.
  
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• Slog AM: Happy July 4, Everybody. The World Is On Fire, Everything Is Terrible, Donald Trump Is Still President, Let's Go Back to Bed

  04-07-2018 17:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Creeping authoritarianism, the failure of Congress to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities, a racist president who lies with impunity, children in cages, a trade war, the destruction of the Western Alliance—happy July 4, everybody!
  Remember Rep. Jim Jordan? He's the Ohio Republican and member of the House Freedom Caucus who was all over the news late last week. Jordan came for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and it was riveting, cringe-inducing, collapse-of-our-
  
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• Widow of Washington dockworker files wrongful death lawsuit

  04-07-2018 17:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of a Washington state dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owner and operators. Byron Jacobs, of Longview, was killed June 28 while he was attending the vessel at the Port of Longview. The […]
  
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• Widow of Longview dockworker files wrongful-death lawsuit

  04-07-2018 17:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of a Washington state dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owner and operators. Byron Jacobs, of Longview, was killed June 28 while he was attending the vessel at the Port of Longview. The […]
  
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• Swinomish tribe sues drug companies over opioid crisis

  04-07-2018 15:00
  SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, Wash. (AP) — The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has joined the ranks of governmental organizations filing lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis. The Skagit Valley Herald reports the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle names Purdue Pharma, Endo Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson […]
  
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• Seattle’s Green Lake gets a bad rap for being dirty for swimmers, but is it really?

  04-07-2018 15:00
  Scientists say yes, despite a murkier reputation. “People aren’t used to the new ‘clean green,’ ” said Rob Zisette, president of Friends of Green Lake.
  
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• There’s an open pit in downtown Astoria, and it’s been there for 8 years

  04-07-2018 13:55
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A hole in the heart of downtown Astoria will turn eight this year. Some Astoria leaders believe they are in a better position now to deal with the open pit and surrounding property than they were in the past, when plans to build a community college campus and then a new […]
  
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• What Happens When You Get Shot and Survive

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  "Few people have an actual concept of how much damage a single bullet can do."by Marti JonjakThe night Greg got shot, he was working the door at the Twilight Exit, a neighborhood bar and restaurant in the Central District. It was January 27, 2013, which was a Sunday karaoke night, and Greg was subbing for the regularly scheduled bouncer.Greg was standing in the alleyway next to the bar's main entrance when a man named James approached, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at Greg. James was angry wi
  
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• There Are Four Kinds of Sex Partners (Which One Are You?)

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The discoveries we've made applying data science and machine learning to The Stranger's 2018 sex survey results.by Heather NolisAs founders of the Seattle-based data science and machine-learning consulting firm Nolis LLC, we analyze information for corporate clients all the time. But we've never had a project like this.When we got a chance to analyze The Stranger's sex survey data, we were ecstatic. What treasures would we find by using cutting-edge machine-learning techniques on stuff people do
  
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• The Disbeliever

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  by AnonymousIn a Seattle diner, I meet a guy. We flirt. He doesn't strike me as husband material, but with a passing resemblance to the boyish Kennedys and sparkling blue eyes, this short-order fry cook will do for now. We date, and eventually he makes it to my apartment. We end up in bed, fumbling around. We do not use condoms because I can't be bothered with believing I'm worth keeping safe. We screw and he comes inside me. Right after he finishes, I say, "We should probably worry about HIV."
  
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• The Asylum Seeker

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A Russian bisexual being held in detention could be killed if he is sent back.by Katie HerzogDmitri had a secret.He is 27 years old and from a republic in the Russian North Caucasus, not far from Chechnya. His secret was so big and so overwhelming that only a few people knew. It was the kind of secret that, if it were revealed, could get him arrested, tortured, or even killed.Dmitri is bisexual.While it's not technically illegal to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender in Russia, it is excee
  
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• Stereotypes Shattered, Faith in Humanity Restored

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  by AnonymousWe were drinking beer downtown after work. You were quietly nursing your own drink next to us, before venturing to ask, "Did you guys vote for Trump?" My first instinct was panic (this elderly, blue-collar white guy wants to talk to me about how much he loves the Donald!). Resigning myself to an unpleasant conversation, I answered with a hesitant "No." You replied: "Good! I'm 79 and I just want to live long enough to see him voted out of office! I was in 'Nam, I had friends die for t
  
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• SAM Puts Edward Curtis's Native Portraits Next to Work by Contemporary Native Artists

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Double Exposure at SAM is exhilarating.by Rebecca BrownA portrait is how you see someone. It's how you want someone else to see them, too. Later, when someone looks at it, they see who you saw, but also they see you, your understanding or your not, your limits and flaws, you wrestling with your seeing and not seeing right.Double Exposure, now on exhibit at Seattle Art Museum, includes a broad selection of portraits by Edward S. Curtis, and it will make you think about what it is to see someone,
  
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• Crossword Solution: Joy Rides

  04-07-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The solutions to the crossword puzzle in the July 4, 2018 issue of The Strangerby Brendan Emmett Quigley[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Washington man recovers fallen son’s flag

  04-07-2018 10:20
  WHITE SWAN, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man has recovered a stolen American flag that belonged to his son who was killed in Afghanistan. Two months after pleading for help on social media, Shawn Marceau tells the Yakima Herald-Republic that he went to his son’s gravesite Tuesday and found the flag folded in front […]
  
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• 3 gray whales found dead on shores of Kodiak Island

  04-07-2018 08:20
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Officials are investigating after three dead gray whales have been discovered on the shores of Kodiak Island since last week. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports a Kodiak resident found the body of a gray whale calf on a beach near Pasagshak Bay on June 25 and alerted the Alaska Region Marine […]
  
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• 3 gray whales found dead on Kodiak Island over several days

  04-07-2018 08:20
  KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Officials were investigating after three gray whales were discovered dead on the shores of Kodiak Island over the past several days. A Kodiak resident found the body of a gray whale calf on a beach near Pasagshak Bay on June 25 and alerted the Alaska Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the […]
  
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• State Route 530 reopens after fatal crash in Darrington

  04-07-2018 06:08
  The accident involving a propane-tank semitruck and a pickup occurred around 8:30 p.m.
  
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• One killed in crash involving tanker truck on Highway 530 near Darrington

  04-07-2018 06:08
  The accident involving a propane-tank semitruck and a pickup occurred around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  
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• Man killed after crashing head-on into propane truck near Darrington

  04-07-2018 06:08
  A Camano Island man was killed when his pickup crossed the center line and hit a tanker truck.
  
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• Fatal crash in Darrington closes all lanes of State Route 530

  04-07-2018 06:08
  The accident involving a propane tank pickup truck occurred around 8:30 p.m. The truck is on fire and authorities are encouraging people to avoid the area.
  
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• Ignore race in school admissions, Trump administration says

  04-07-2018 05:29
  The Justice and Education departments will encourage the nation’s schools and universities to adopt race-blind admissions policies.
  
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• Body found alongside road in Mukilteo

  04-07-2018 03:51
  Mukilteo police have not released any further details about the body found Tuesday at Beverly Park Road.
  
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• Evacuation levels lowered for wildfire near Wenatchee

  04-07-2018 03:38
  TRINIDAD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have lowered evacuation levels for homes southeast of Wenatchee from evacuate immediately to be aware and ready to evacuate because of a wildfire. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says the fire started Tuesday afternoon near Trinidad and quickly grew to 500 acres, threatening homes, crops, rangeland and orchards. The Washington […]
  
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• Fireworks, banned in many Puget Sound cities, still create ‘adrenaline rush”

  04-07-2018 03:36
  Booms echo through the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation’s fireworks mall, where booths show off inventions like the “Arm of Thanos,” which allows users to launch five artillery shell tubes from their arms, and “Jay’s Mega Blaster,” a bundle of Roman Candles with 368 shots. Andrew Holmes, from North Bend, said he spends $500 every year at Muckleshoot […]
  
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• Immigration judge in Tacoma denies bond for mom separated from son

  04-07-2018 03:22
  “Her child is in the custody of the government. The fact that she would skip town is incomprehensible,” said a lawyer for a 25-year-old Honduran mom denied bond. She had been held in SeaTac, but is now at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
  
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• Second lawsuit alleges Seattle City Council head-tax vote broke open-meetings law

  04-07-2018 02:58
  Arthur West, a perpetual litigant in open-government cases, quietly filed his lawsuit against the city on June 14 — the same day that Seattle-based attorney James Egan, represented by two high-profile trial attorneys, sued the city over the same issue.
  
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• The Top 11 New Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out in July 2018

  04-07-2018 02:29 via thestranger.com
  The First Thursday Art Walk on July 5 and Beyondby Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've compiled the most
  
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• A Middle-of-the-Night Email Exchange

  04-07-2018 01:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Sometimes I can't sleep. Sometimes when I can't sleep, I check my email. Sometimes I respond to an email in the middle of the night and the person I wrote back writes me back. Last night was one of those nights...
  Hi, Dan. How are you? I need your help, please.
  Insecure Male Seeking Advice, Dan
  What can I help you with? — DanI heard you say on a Netflix special about monogamy that you and your husband have been non-monogamous for twenty years. I am 25 years old and my bo
  
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• A Parade of Ideas for Fighting Trump's Supreme Court Pick

  04-07-2018 01:27 via thestranger.com
  Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 156by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!How can the left fight back against a sure-to-be-terrible Supreme Court pick? Dan Savage, Rich Smith, and Eli Sanders count the ways.Then Katie Herzog celebrates the supposedly patriotic gift that Michael Cohen’s giving America this Fourth of July. She also helps Dan and Eli ponder the question: Is chanting “Abolish ICE!” a wise strategy for Democrats when it comes to winning
  
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• An Interview with Two Out of Three Amigos: Steve Martin and Martin Short

  04-07-2018 01:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonSteve Martin and Martin Short perform two shows at the Paramount on Saturday. Anna Webber
  Faced with the prospect of a conference call with Steve Martin and Martin Short, two of the funniest men who have ever drawn breath and whose bodies of work, separately and together, I basically know by heart, the mandate was obvious: Do. Not. Try. To. Be. Funny.It wasn't hard. I just stuck to the subject at hand: An Evening You'll Forget for the Rest of Your Life, the live show they're bringi
  
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• 1 woman dies in Spokane River in Riverside State Park

  04-07-2018 00:15
  The victim was a grandmother from Colorado on a trip with her husband and family, according to Spokane fire officials.
  
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