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• Former Swedish surgeon Johnny Delashaw gets his license back, with restrictions

  10-07-2018 23:53
  The Washington Medical Commission also ruled that Delashaw, who was featured in a Seattle Times investigation about Swedish Health's neuroscience unit, must submit to three years of oversight and cannot be employed in a position of medical leadership.
  
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• Lip-syncing cops in Virginia challenge Seattle police in viral video

  10-07-2018 23:37
  The Norfolk, Virginia, police officers spent a morning filming, hoping to get a bigger police department to join in the fun. "Seattle better be ready," Norfolk public relations officer Daniel Hudson said.
  
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• Stanley Kubrick Explains the Endings of 2001 and The Shining in a Lost Japanese TV Documentary About Paranormal Activity

  10-07-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonMy god, it's full of movie stars.
  I loathe the internet and nearly everyone who uses it for any purpose. Every so often, however, it turns up a flawless diamond like this unedited compilation of b-roll footage shot in 1979 by a Japanese TV crew visiting the offices of Stanley Kubrick during post-production of The Shining as part of their research into paranormal activity on the set of the film. The footage, produced and presented by Jun'ichi Yaoi, had been languishing on VHS in the
  
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• July Flavors of the Month: Seattle Food & Drink Specials To Try Now

  10-07-2018 23:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe July flavors from plant-based ice creamery Frankie & Jo’s include lush berries and fermented cream, creamy taro root sea foam, and zingy kale lime leaf. Frankie & Jos via Facebook
  Lazy summer days are the perfect excuse to partake in Seattle's bounty of treats. Read on to get the scoop on seasonal specials like pistachio fig cheesecake ice cream, POG macarons, and smoked peach pie cake. For more ideas for things to eat and drink, visit our complete
  
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• July Food & Drink Specials To Try

  10-07-2018 23:10 via thestranger.com
  Seattle food & drink specials to try in July.by Stranger Things To Do StaffLazy summer days are the perfect excuse to partake in Seattle's bounty of treats. Read on to get the scoop on seasonal specials like pistachio fig cheesecake ice cream, POG macarons, and smoked peach pie cake.Bakery Nouveau
  The beloved bakery has rung in berry season with a strawberry tart consisting of pâte sucrée crust filled with vanilla bean pastry cream, and topped with fresh local strawberries.
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• How Whitney Houston Destroyed Dolly Parton's Beautiful "I Will Always Love You" Forever

  10-07-2018 22:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede The BodyguardWhat the new doc on Whitney Houston, simply called Whitney, makes abundantly clear is that her life as a celebrity was far more interesting than her chart-unstoppable songs. In her voice, we heard the death of a long tradition of expressing deep human emotions (soul music) and the emergence of sheer presence. This was a thereness even surpassing that of the android in Blade Runner, Rachel, which at least had artificial memories. Whitney had no past to speak of, or
  
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• Green Day's "American Idiot" Soaring Up UK Charts in Anticipation of Trump Visit

  10-07-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThis album is nearly 14 years old, the same age as its ideal listenership
  One good thing about the United Kingdom, aside from its surprisingly strong showing at this year's World Cup, is that they still care about pop charts there. Every so often, a percentage of the British population bands together to ensure that some album or song gets to number one by a particular date. The last one I remember was in 2008, when a campaign to make a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" number o
  
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• My Husband Wants Me to Sleep With Other People So He Can: An Email Exchange

  10-07-2018 22:09 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  My husband and I are at an impasse, and I’m really hoping you can help. A few years into our marriage, my husband started talking about swinging. He also revealed he’s bi and wanted to explore that side of his sexuality. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of swinging, but gradually came around. Yay! GGG! Over the last two years, we joined a web site, met a few couples, and had three experiences—once with one couple, twice with another.
  On my end, the experiences w
  
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• I'm Tired of Swinging. Tell My Husband to Do It Without Me!

  10-07-2018 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  My husband and I are at an impasse, and I’m really hoping you can help. A few years into our marriage, my husband started talking about swinging. He also revealed he’s bi and wanted to explore that side of his sexuality. I felt uncomfortable with the idea of swinging, but gradually came around. Yay! GGG! Over the last two years, we joined a web site, met a few couples, and had three experiences—once with one couple, twice with another.
  
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• Happy Dab Day: Why 7/10 is a Stoner Holiday

  10-07-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine RGPSPACE / GETTY IMAGES
  Today is July 10. It’s a special day for those of you who enjoy concentrates and extracts, although if you do enough dabs, any day can be a special day. Numerically speaking, today is 7/10. Virtually all dispensaries will have sales on numerous forms of dabs, so stock up, and give thanks for this "high holy day" in remembrance of the late great Doctor Leopold von Dabowitz, born on July 10, 1939.Dr. von Dabowitz was the first stoner who, after finishi
  
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• Machine House's New Pub Is Serving Seattle’s Most Understated Beer

  10-07-2018 20:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Machine House Brewing, Seattle's best purveyor of traditional cask ales, opened a new pub in the Central District. They're open for all the World Cup games.by Lester BlackMachine House's new pub has two televisions for your soccer viewing pleasure. Lester Black
  This past Saturday I was at a pub before 8 a.m. watching the World Cup, which is weird because I couldn't care less about soccer. So, what made me wake up at such an ungodly hour on the weekend?Something far more important than sports: Be
  
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• Lawsuits alleging Roundup caused cancer can move forward

  10-07-2018 20:04
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle Tuesday when a U.S. judge ruled that cancer victims and their families could present expert testimony linking the herbicide to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said evidence that the active ingredient in Roundup — glyphosate — […]
  
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• Judge: Experts can testify that Roundup linked to cancer

  10-07-2018 20:04
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evidence that Roundup weed killer can cause cancer seems “weak,” but experts can still make that claim at trial, a U.S. judge ruled Tuesday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco allows hundreds of lawsuits against Roundup’s manufacturer, Monsanto, to move forward. The lawsuits by cancer victims […]
  
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• Real Men Explain Why Real Men Watch Bravo

  10-07-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsJerry O'Connell: A man real enough for Real Men Watch Bravo. Ilya S. Savenok / Stringer
  It's come to my attention that the third-leading actor of Kangaroo Jack has been greenlighted to host a show for TV's underserved minority: real men. The show is called Real Men Watch Bravo, and it's presumably about how real men were LIVING when Real Housewives of New York City's Luann de Lesseps got shitfaced and fell into some thick ass bushes in Mexico. Dudes all over the world were really c
  
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• U.S. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Adam Smith aim to abolish ICE, restructure immigration enforcement

  10-07-2018 19:06
  Plans for the new legislation come amid a growing "abolish ICE" movement that counts potential 2020 presidential candidates New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren among its ranks.
  
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• Kim Schrier Launches First TV Ads in Race to Replace Rep. Dave Reichert

  10-07-2018 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  They focus on health care.by Rich SmithCoffee with Kim.YouTube
  It's ten days before primary voting begins in Washington and Kim Schrier, one of the top three Democrats running for Congress in the 8th District, is first out the gate with some TV ads."The TV ads will start running on all the major network broadcast stations in the Seattle market and cable within the district on Tuesday. Digital will run on Hulu, YouTube, Facebook, etc.," says Schrier's spokeswoman, Katie Rodihan.Let's check these
  
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• Nevada inmate wants his death sentence, painful or not

  10-07-2018 18:54
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The convicted Nevada inmate slated to die by a three-drug lethal injection combination never before used in the U.S. has said repeatedly he wants his sentence carried out and he doesn’t care if it’s painful. “I’ve been very clear about my desire to be executed … even if suffering is inevitable,” […]
  
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• Drug company’s lawsuit could derail Nevada execution

  10-07-2018 18:54
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada inmate slated to die by a three-drug lethal injection combination never before used in the U.S. has said repeatedly he wants his sentence carried out and he doesn’t care if it’s painful. But a last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn’t want its product used in “botched” […]
  
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• The Thailand cave rescue is complete, and more on the Supreme Court | Tuesday Morning Brief, July 10

  10-07-2018 18:52
  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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• Today in Big Dick Energy

  10-07-2018 18:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Thank you for reading this edifying Slog post.by Christopher FrizzelleDo you see what I see?
  The building right next door to The Stranger's office is under construction. As I was walking into the office, I noticed something.Maybe there's too much backlighting from the sky in the above image to see it. Here, is this better?See it now?
  What on earth is written on the stem of this orange construction machine? Something about bondage? And pumping? And a bone?
  Granted, I was a little far away from th
  
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• What She Said: Amanda Marcotte On the Fight

  10-07-2018 18:07 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageI see a lot of liberals using language like, “We’re on the cusp” and “if we don’t fight now, we could lose”. But it it likely that we’ve gone over the falls. The time to fight, the cusp period, was November 2016. This isn’t a movie where you get saved at the last minute.— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) July 10, 2018 Which isn’t to say that we don’t fight. But that’s why the resistance language is so important
  
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• Tire from freeway crashes into attic of Eastern Oregon home

  10-07-2018 18:01
  PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Elmer Emmons heard what sounded like a tree limb striking the roof of the Pendleton home he’s renting. He thought his grandkids might have knocked something over. He returned to sleep. The East Oregonian newspaper reports Emmons later discovered a large tire had crashed through the roof. The house is about […]
  
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• The Best Movie Ever About a Writer

  10-07-2018 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeOne of Proust’s beauties.
  In 1999, Chilean director Raúl Ruiz made the best movie based on a work by Marcel Proust. But I'm already misleading the reader. Though the film is called Time Regained, which is, for sure, the title of the last book of Proust's sprawling (4,215 pages) series of novels called, collectively, Remembrance of Things Past, the film is not really about Time Regained, but the whole novel, and also the last days of its author's life.
  Ruiz's decisio
  
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• Slog AM: Supreme Court Nom Sucks, Thai Soccer Team Saved, Wildfires Close Parts of I-90

  10-07-2018 17:01 via thestranger.com
  
  It's bad now.by Rich Smith"Thank you for the opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade, Mr. President. I'm sure these girls will appreciate it." Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesPresidents Are Above the Law: That's according to an article written by Judge Kavanaugh, the man Trump nominated to the Supreme Court Monday evening. Josh Marshall over at TPM is good on the rest of Kavanaugh's biases: "Kavanaugh is entirely on board with Citizens United jurisprudence, weaponizing the Court against organized lab
  
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• Trump pardons ranchers in case that inspired 2016 occupation

  10-07-2018 16:34
  The takeover of the wildlife refuge last more than a month and resulted in the death of one occupier. It had been inspired by a public-lands dispute involving Dwight and Steven Hammond.
  
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• Trump pardon of Oregon ranchers sparks concern, jubilation

  10-07-2018 16:34
  The takeover of the wildlife refuge last more than a month and resulted in the death of one occupier. It had been inspired by a public-lands dispute involving Dwight and Steven Hammond.
  
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• Heroes or criminals? Trump pardons 2 Oregon ranchers

  10-07-2018 16:34
  The takeover of the wildlife refuge last more than a month and resulted in the death of one occupier. It had been inspired by a public-lands dispute involving Dwight and Steven Hammond.
  
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• Coast Guard searching for man who may have jumped from cruise ship off of Washington coast

  10-07-2018 16:15
  The ship's captain said video footage from a ship camera shows someone jumping into the sea from an eighth-deck balcony. A 73-year-old man is missing.
  
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• Coast Guard searching for man who apparently jumped from cruise ship off Washington coast

  10-07-2018 16:15
  The ship's captain said video footage from a ship camera shows someone jumping into the sea from an eighth-deck balcony. A 73-year-old man is missing.
  
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• Coast Guard recovers body of 73-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship off Washington coast

  10-07-2018 16:15
  The ship's captain said video footage from a ship camera shows someone going into the sea from an eighth-deck balcony. The body of a 73-year-old man was recovered Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Coast Guard recovers body of 73-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship off of Washington coast

  10-07-2018 16:15
  The ship's captain said video footage from a ship camera shows someone jumping into the sea from an eighth-deck balcony. The body of a 73-year-old man was recovered Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Interstate 90 stretch closed by Eastern Washington wildfire reopens; Vantage evacuated

  10-07-2018 15:39
  The American Red Cross said it has set up a shelter in the neighboring town of George to accommodate residents of 40 homes that have left, with more expected.
  
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• Interstate 90 reopens in Eastern Washington after wildfire-forced closure; Vantage evacuated

  10-07-2018 15:39
  The American Red Cross said it has set up a shelter in the neighboring town of George to accommodate residents of 40 homes that have left, with more expected.
  
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• Eastern Washington brush fire prompts federal help, warns of heavy wildfire season

  10-07-2018 15:39
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said in a statement Tuesday that it granted the state the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs because it judged that "the fire threatened such destruction as would constitute a major disaster."
  
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• Brush fire closes miles of I-90 in Eastern Washington, forces evacuation of Vantage

  10-07-2018 15:39
  The American Red Cross said it has set up a shelter in the neighboring town of George to accommodate residents of 40 homes that have left, with more expected.
  
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• Brush fire closes both directions of I-90, east of Ellensburg

  10-07-2018 15:39
  The highway is closed from just east of Ellensburg to the Vantage Bridge.
  
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• King County moves to allow affordable housing at future Northgate light-rail station

  10-07-2018 15:00
  King County plans to give away a parcel of land next to the future Northgate light-rail station, taking advantage of a new state law that lets governments give away land if it will be used to build affordable housing.
  
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• ‘He’s just a doer’: Meet Seattle police-chief candidate Ely Reyes

  10-07-2018 15:00
  Ely Reyes, who built a stellar career in the Austin Police Department while enduring personal tragedies, including the loss of two children, is one of three finalists to become Seattle’s next police chief.
  
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• Junction City building explodes; racial slur, symbol found

  10-07-2018 14:55
  JUNCTION CITY, Ore. (AP) — A building northwest of Eugene in Junction City exploded and burst into flames. The Register-Guard reports that authorities, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Junction City police are investigating the cause of the early Monday explosion and fire. Authorities say a swastika and a racial slur […]
  
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• Israeli company plans lunar landing next year

  10-07-2018 14:50
  YEHUD, Israel (AP) — An Israeli organization said Tuesday that it hopes to become the first non-governmental entity to land a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts to launch a module later this year. SpaceIL and the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries plan to launch their unmanned craft in December, the team said at a […]
  
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• Taiwan orders evacuations as season’s 1st typhoon approaches

  10-07-2018 10:50
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Tuesday closed schools and offices and ordered hundreds of residents in the island’s north to evacuate to safety ahead of the arrival of this season’s first typhoon. Some flights operating out of the main Taoyuan airport were also canceled, with mid-strength Typhoon Maria expected to arrive at around 8 […]
  
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• Scientists investigate if sharks are suspect in seal attacks

  10-07-2018 07:54
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Scientists are investigating if great white sharks are responsible for attacks on seals in waters off Alaska. Alaska’s Energy Desk reports a number of seals have turned up with chewed off flippers, large bite marks or beheaded in recent years. Kawerak subsistence coordinator Brandon Ahmasuk says killer whales have been known […]
  
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• Scientists investigate if sharks are attacking seals

  10-07-2018 07:54
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Scientists are investigating if great white sharks are responsible for attacks on seals in waters off Alaska. Some seals in the Bering Sea have turned up with chewed off flippers, large bite marks or beheaded in recent years, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Monday. The bite marks do not appear to match […]
  
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• Spokane police chief against posting full internal investigations, body-camera video online

  10-07-2018 06:00
  The chief worries about privacy, morale and officer reputation if complaints against police are made public as suggested in a proposed ordinance.
  
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• Seattle police official disputes union claims of large officer exodus

  10-07-2018 05:40
  During a court hearing on Seattle police reforms, Brian Maxey, the Police Department’s chief operating officer, disputed claims by the police union’s vice president that officers are leaving in larger numbers because of unhappiness about the city’s politics.
  
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• Man gets 41-year sentence for killing Olympia woman whose body was never found

  10-07-2018 05:25
  A man was convicted of slaying Gail Doyle, a Thurston County woman and longtime friend.
  
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• Prosecutors say jealousy prompted the torture-slayings of two men in Mukilteo and Arlington

  10-07-2018 05:05
  As authorities were responding to the scene of the homicide in Mukilteo, they immediately received a call from the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office who were investigating a similar incident and wanted to compare their notes to the Mukilteo case.
  
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• Prosecutors say jealously prompted the torture-slayings of two men in Mukilteo and Arlington

  10-07-2018 05:05
  As authorities were responding to the scene of the homicide in Mukilteo, they immediately received a call from the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office who were investigating a similar incident and wanted to compare their notes to the Mukilteo case.
  
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• The race is on at Bear Claw Derby in McCleary

  10-07-2018 04:25
  Sunday’s annual Bear Claw Derby culminated the two-day, 59th Annual McCleary Bear Festival in McCleary, Grays Harbor County.
  
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• Trump Nominates Conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Vacant Supreme Court Seat

  10-07-2018 03:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersJudge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's second nominee to the US Supreme Court. Alex Wong / Getty Images
  Midterm elections have consequences. "Miserably low turnout in the 2014 midterms helped Republicans take the Senate," David Leonhardt reminds us, "which in turn allowed them to steal a Supreme Court seat from Barack Obama. And mediocre turnout in 2016 helped Donald Trump to win the presidency, which has allowed him to nominate two justices." The first was Neil Gorsuch. The second is...
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