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• Whet Your Shark Week Appetite with a Central Cinema Double Feature: Jaws and Deep Blue Sea

  09-07-2018 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk
  Discovery Channel's most notorious (and beloved) programming block, Shark Week, is dead ahead—it kicks off July 22, runs through July 28, and it’s the 30th anniversary! In celebration, Southwest Airlines is rolling out five shark-themed Boeings, Princess Cruises has partnered with Discovery for a series of shark-themed voyages that kicked off this past weekend, there's a 'Shark Week box' that allows superfans to "dive deeper into Shark Week" (it's a limited edition bo
  
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• Management shift begins at US nuclear weapons lab

  09-07-2018 23:35
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday cleared the way for a new management team to begin taking over one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories as it looks to rebuild its reputation. The National Nuclear Security Administration issued an official notice to proceed to Triad National Security LLC , marking […]
  
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• Pregnant Women Say They're Being Shackled and Denied Medical Care by ICE

  09-07-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  One woman described "bleeding out" and losing her baby while in detention.by Eli Sanders Paul Morigi / Getty Images
  Buzzfeed reports that "women in immigration detention are often denied adequate medical care, even when in dire need of it, are shackled around the stomach while being transported between facilities, and have been physically and psychologically mistreated."
  One woman described "bleeding out" and losing her baby while in detention. She later gave up seeking asylum and accepted a "vo
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of South Park teen

  09-07-2018 22:56
  A 27-year-old man was arrested in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood on Saturday in connection with the Feb. 7 fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy, police said in a statement. The suspect was arrested by homicide detectives and booked into King County Jail, police said. He has not yet been identified by authorities. Dallas Esparza was […]
  
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• A Notable Local on Seattle: Washington Governor Jay Inslee

  09-07-2018 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk COURTESY OF JAY INSLEE
  This interview is presented as part of The Stranger's 2018 Visitor's Guide to Seattle (aka the Know-It-All Guide to Seattle). Read more stories from that issue (and see more interviews) here.
  Favorite thing about Seattle that you can't find anywhere else?
  I'm not sure why you'd want to, or really why we need this one, but you definitely can't find another gum wall like the one at Pike Place Market.
  Favorite places to eat, drink, and play in the city?
  Ivar's
  
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• Homeless People Should Not Be Punished for Drinking in Public

  09-07-2018 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe Lesson Charles Mudede
  This Friday at around 3 pm, a police officer seized a case of Rolling Rock beer from a homeless person on Second Street and South Washington Street and emptied each of its cans into the street. The homeless people in and around the tents lined on the sidewalk watched this punishment with faces that expressed astonishment, anger, and powerlessness. The officer emptying the cans was guarded by two other bike cops, who kept an eye on the restless natives,
  
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• Cop Empties Homeless Person's Beer into a Storm Drain

  09-07-2018 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe Lesson Charles Mudede
  This Friday at around 3 pm, a police officer seized a case of Rolling Rock beer from a homeless person on Second Street and South Washington Street and emptied each of its cans into the street. The homeless people in and around the tents lined on the sidewalk watched this punishment with faces that expressed astonishment, anger, and powerlessness. The officer emptying the cans was guarded by two other bike cops, who kept an eye on the restless natives,
  
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• Groups mobilize against threat to Oregon’s ‘sanctuary’ law

  09-07-2018 22:00
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Immigrant rights groups, law enforcement leaders and faith organizations are mobilizing against a measure that would repeal Oregon’s sanctuary state law. Members of a newly formed political action group called Oregonians United Against Profiling held news conferences across the state Monday to voice their opposition to the proposed measure. Opponents of […]
  
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• Sex Worker Ghosts on Client — Should He Try to Contact Her?

  09-07-2018 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I saw a professional for 2+ years on almost a monthly basis. I saw her at her home and she was comfortable enough with me that I had even met her sisters. The last time I saw her we parted ways well as always. Then nothing. I attempted to contact her and her phone didn't work. The last time I saw her, her phone was on the fritz. I am hoping, probably naively, that her phone died and she couldn't recover my info to contact me. Is it wrong to send flowers
  
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• Sex Worker Ghosts Client — Should He Try to Contact Her?

  09-07-2018 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I saw a professional for 2+ years on almost a monthly basis. I saw her at her home and she was comfortable enough with me that I had even met her sisters. The last time I saw her we parted ways well as always. Then nothing. I attempted to contact her and her phone didn't work. The last time I saw her, her phone was on the fritz. I am hoping, probably naively, that her phone died and she couldn't recover my info to contact me. Is it wrong to send flowers
  
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• The Whitney Documentary Reveals Houston Family Secrets

  09-07-2018 21:10 via thestranger.com
  by Christopher Frizzelle“She’s fluid,” a friend said of Whitney Houston’s sexuality. “She flows.” COURTESY OF THE ESTATE OF WHITNEY E. HOUSTON
  She was something I didn't want my sister involved with. It was evil. It was wicked," one of Whitney Houston's brothers says. As he does it, a chill goes up my spine. "I knew she was a lesbian, yes."
  He's talking on camera about Robyn Crawford, Whitney's intimate friend, possibly her true love, the woman who was by Whit
  
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• NASA’s Kepler Telescope almost out of fuel, forced to nap

  09-07-2018 20:54
  NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is almost out of fuel and has been forced to take a nap. Flight controllers placed the planet-hunting spacecraft into hibernation last week to save energy. It will remain asleep until early August, when controllers attempt to send down the data collected before observations were interrupted. Kepler has been searching for […]
  
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• Shannon Hader: The One Who Should Beat Dino Rossi

  09-07-2018 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHELCIE BLACKMUN
  I would appoint Shannon Hader to represent Washington's 8th District if I could. Hader is the kind of person I dream of seeing in Congress. She does her homework. She does your homework. She does homework that hasn't been assigned yet. She appears to genuinely enjoy the prospect of solving problems in unsexy, bureaucratic ways that actually work with our unsexy, bureaucratic system. If you asked her to "fix Congress" on Friday, by Monday you'd have
  
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• The 33 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: July 9-15, 2018

  09-07-2018 20:36 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for this week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our music critics have picked everything from the female/nonbinary/trans-focused electronic music festival TUF FEST to the Seattle Symphony's Brahms V. Radiohead showdown to Baltimore shoegaze duo Wye Oak. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar.Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things
  
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• New Web Series We the People Shares Stories For and By US Immigrants

  09-07-2018 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Emilly Prado facebook.com/wethepeoplefilm
  When multimedia storyteller Swati Ali left her native country of India for the United States five years ago, she hungered to connect with other recent immigrants who shared the experiences of making a new home halfway across the world. But when searching for immigrant stories online, Ali noticed a glaring lack of range when it came to immigrant narratives.“All I found on the internet were stories that were serious or grim—stories that just
  
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• KEXP Sunday Soul DJ OCnotes Reveals 5 Slept-On Tracks That Move Him to His Core

  09-07-2018 19:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Prolific electronic-music producer and DJ of KEXP's Sunday Soul program OCnotes selects the 5 cuts that are moving him the most right now.by Dave SegalOCnotes scours the black constellation for the underplayed jams that will save your soul. Jesse Hughey
  OCNOTES (aka Otis Calvin III; Black Constellation, KEXP)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Black Spade, "Love/War" (Growfarm) Lîneas, "Me a Champion" (Hit+Run)Space Invadas, "Don't Ever Look Back" (Invada)Zackey Force Funk, "Slow Attack" (MoFunk)Parlia
  
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• The Barge Truthers Are Coming for Me

  09-07-2018 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  We're calling them barges.*by Rich SmithWe're calling them barges.* Bill CartyI’ve been getting a lot of flak from boat purists about my post, The Sexiest Barges* In Puget Sound. I have no trouble admitting that a lot of it is really excellent flak.In a letter to the editor, for instance, Scott Graebke writes:Is this where I go to bitch about ALL the sexiest barges actually being CONTAINER SHIPS? Not one actual barge. A barge is a big fuckin air mattress that gets filled with shit and towe
  
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• The "Pro-Life" Hypocrisy of State Senator Mark Miloscia

  09-07-2018 18:31 via thestranger.com
  
  A guest editorial from NARAL Pro-Choice WA.by Tiffany HankinsRepublican State Senator Mark Miloscia. WALEG
  One of the things the Trump Administration’s policy of separating immigrant families has revealed is the hypocrisy of politicians who call themselves “pro-family” and “pro-life.” This includes State Senator Mark Miloscia. He hasn't spoken up or taken action around children being separated from their families at the border, nor has he done a thing to help the mo
  
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• Why You Should Still Give a Fuck About My Bloody Valentine

  09-07-2018 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalThe wilting introverts who blossomed into brazen power rockers could very well make you shit yourself on Tuesday.COURTESY OF HIGH ROAD TOURING
  Very few rock bands in 2018 can take a five-year hiatus from releasing music and touring and then fill all 2,800 seats in the Paramount Theatre. But the English-Irish quartet My Bloody Valentine pulled off that feat, proving against the odds that an innovative group with no stage presence, no label, and no hits since 1992 can still draw large
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Supreme Court Pick Coming Up, City Light Rates Going Up, Carmen Best Back in the Running for Police Chief

  09-07-2018 17:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersToday is the day. Sean Pavone / Getty Images
  Trump's second Supreme Court nominee will be announced today at 6 pm: We remain trapped in a reality series that only 46 percent of Americans voted to air, and tonight President Trump will reveal the surprise ending to the latest cliffhanger in prime time! Of course he's milking the suspense like mad and—surprise!—decided yesterday to grant himself "an extra 12 hours to make his choice, telling reporters it would come before
  
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• Injured climber rescued from Broken Top mountain in Central Oregon

  09-07-2018 16:48
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon National Guard helped rescue a woman who fell near the summit of Broken Top mountain in Central Oregon. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Sarah Rask of Oregon City grabbed a large rock after losing her footing Sunday. The rock gave way as Rask fell about 25 feet. […]
  
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• A station could be making firefighters sick, Sue Bird makes history and more rescues from the Thai cave | Monday Morning Brief, July 9

  09-07-2018 16:47
  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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• Seattle streetcar needs extra $500,000 to cover last year’s costs

  09-07-2018 15:00
  The retroactive increase in the streetcar's 2017 budget comes as Mayor Jenny Durkan considers whether to go forward with a long-planned, but over budget streetcar expansion.
  
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• Revive I-5: Why you see traffic barrels blocking a lane even when there’s no active construction

  09-07-2018 15:00
  Several travelers have written to Traffic Lab recently complaining of congestion where I-90 merges with northbound I-5 and pointing to the orange barrels in the collector-distributor as the culprit.
  
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• Rental-aid program for homeless is full in King County

  09-07-2018 15:00
  Advocates for homeless people cheered the expansion of a state rental-assistance program in March, but now the program is at or near capacity in King and Pierce counties.
  
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• Is Station 31 making Seattle firefighters sick? Study hopes to find answers about ‘Cancer House’

  09-07-2018 15:00
  For years, firefighters at the Seattle Fire Department’s Station 31 have believed they were contracting cancer at an unusually high rate. A study by the Fred Hutchinson center will determine whether they are being diagnosed at higher rates than other Seattle firefighters.
  
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• ‘Alarm bell’ over City Light spending as Seattle council considers rate increases

  09-07-2018 15:00
  The electricity utility says its rates must rise 30 percent over six years, even after Mayor Jenny Durkan ordered cost reductions. Despite Seattle’s growth, demand for power is declining, officials say.
  
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• The last straw? Starbucks pledges to eliminate plastic straws globally by 2020

  09-07-2018 12:00
  The coffee giant says it uses 1 billion plastic straws a year as its cold beverage sales grow, but will replace them with "strawless" lids and alternative materials.
  
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• How the deal likely to make Carmen Best chief of Seattle police came together

  09-07-2018 04:38
  Facing public backlash over the exclusion of interim Police Chief Carmen Best as a finalist for the permanent job, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan devised a behind-the-scenes solution.
  
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• Gig Harbor ponders next moves as residential-development moratorium nears end

  09-07-2018 01:32
  Gig Harbor faces a growth challenge as a six-month moratorium on the construction of residential buildings is about to expire; the city’s population growth outstrips even that of Seattle.
  
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