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• Mom seeking asylum reunited with son at Sea-Tac Airport after nearly 2-month separation

  14-07-2018 21:09
  Six-year-old Jeslin Padilla flew from New York City Saturday to be reunited with his mother after they were separated shortly after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
  
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• Brush fire prompts evacuations, road closure north of Wenatchee

  14-07-2018 19:15
  Drivers are being advised to use Highway 2/97 on the east side of the river.
  
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• Kelso residents asked to limit water use due to low river

  14-07-2018 18:01
  Officials say the Cowlitz River is currently flowing at about 45 percent below average.
  
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• Study shows Seattle has plenty of parking. So why can’t you find a spot?

  14-07-2018 15:00
  The study’s author says Seattle’s parking spaces are actually increasing, even though drivers may not readily notice. Many spaces are being added in parking garages and underground.
  
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• ‘It’s unbelievable’: Washington’s Croatians celebrate reaching World Cup final

  14-07-2018 15:00
  Washington state is home to 13,000 people that have declared Croatian ancestry. Most will be in front of their TVs on Sunday morning as the Croatian national team plays France in the World Cup final.
  
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• Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

  14-07-2018 07:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her web page said she died at […]
  
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• Three Seattle attorneys nominated for federal judgeships, appellate court

  14-07-2018 04:18
  The nominees are Eric D. Miller, a partner in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie; Tessa M. Gorman, an assistant U.S. attorney in Seattle; and Kathleen M. O’Sullivan, a partner at Perkins Coie.
  
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• Brushfire spreads, sets Lakewood house ablaze

  14-07-2018 04:02
  The brush fire began on the side of the highway at Portland Avenue and quickly spread toward Vickery Boulevard.
  
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• Another ‘Manhattan moment’: Seattle’s new $19,265-a-month apartment

  14-07-2018 03:45
  An influential article this month argues that real estate has become so superheated by investment capital that one city, New York, has become completely disconnected from human reality. Can Seattle be far behind?
  
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• 3 killed in single-engine plane crash in Washington state

  14-07-2018 03:16
  An instructor and two students died in the accident Friday morning involving one of their training aircraft.
  
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• 3 killed in plane crash north of Spokane

  14-07-2018 03:16
  An instructor and two students died in the accident Friday morning involving one of their training aircraft.
  
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• Where to Go for National Ice Cream Day: The 29 Best Places in Seattle

  14-07-2018 02:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffParfait Organic Artisan Ice Cream in Ballard Courtesy of Parfait
  This Sunday, July 15, is National Ice Cream Day, and, while we understand that you may view it as a fake holiday and an excuse to sell more ice cream, we also know that ice cream is delicious and it's the perfect weather for it. So we're using this day as an excuse to remind you that, on our Things To Do calendar, there are comprehensive listings of Seattle ice cream shops, complete with recommendation
  
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• Did You Touch a Bat Last Night in a Men's Room in Woodinville? Here's How Not to Die

  14-07-2018 02:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Watch your ass: rabid bats are back.by Christopher Frizzelle"Any person or animal that touched or had contact with the bat or its saliva could be at risk of getting rabies, which is almost always fatal once symptoms begin," King County Public Health says. JasonOndreicka/Getty Images
  We just got a press advisory from King County saying that "Cottage Lake Park staff found a bat that appears to have been handled in the park men’s restroom. The bat was released by park staff so we do not know
  
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• On Bali’s beaches, saving a species from becoming dinner

  14-07-2018 01:54
  On Bali’s beaches, a largely volunteer effort is underway to protect endangered sea turtles and their offspring from beachgoers, wild dogs, poachers, tourists and other threats.
  
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• He called older employees ‘dead wood’ — the courts were not amused

  14-07-2018 01:54
  State governments “are still learning there’s an age law,” one attorney said, even though it has been on the books for decades.
  
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• A restaurant takes on the opioid crisis, one worker at a time

  14-07-2018 01:52
  “We are not certified experts on this, nor do we claim to be,” Diane Perez said. “We are just providing the piece of the puzzle that is giving people a job right away when they are getting clean.”
  
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• Starbucks Straw Ban Is Good PR but Will Do Less Than Nothing for the Planet

  14-07-2018 01:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Starbucks new lids require more plastic than straws.by Katie HerzogLook Ma! No straw! Justin Sullivan/GettyStarbucks' coffee may taste like the inside of a wood chipper but their PR is, once again, on point. The same month that Seattle's citywide ban on straws in eateries went into effect, The coffee mega giant announced that they will also be ditching single-use plastic straws in their 28,000 cafes around across the globe by 2020.
  Sounds good, right? Straws aren't recyclable and there's the Gre
  
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• 5 children pulled from water near Seattle’s Discovery Park

  14-07-2018 01:38
  The Seattle Fire Department says one child was in critical condition and one was in serious condition.
  
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• Another Sign From Today's Protests In London

  14-07-2018 01:21 via thestranger.com
  
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• Festivals This Weekend

  14-07-2018 01:20 via thestranger.com
  All the festivals happening in Seattle this weekendby Stranger Things To Do StaffFestival season is at its peak, and this weekend is practically bubbling over with options for families, music and arts lovers, foodies, and people-watching enthusiasts. We've compiled all the big ways to fill the next few sunny days ahead, from food events like Ballard SeafoodFest and Kirkland Uncorked to out-of-town happenings like Selah's Lavender Harvest Days and the Vashon Summer Arts Fest to music festivals li
  
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• 29 Festivals in Seattle This Weekend: July 13-15, 2018

  14-07-2018 01:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWest Seattle Summer Fest will feature live music from the likes of Shannon and the Clams, beer gardens, and more. Patrick Robinson
  Festival season is at its peak, and this weekend is practically bubbling over with options for families, music and arts lovers, foodies, and people-watching enthusiasts. We've compiled all the big ways to fill the next few sunny days ahead, from food events like Ballard SeafoodFest and Kirkland Uncorked to out-of-town happenings like Sel
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 115 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: July 13-15, 2018

  14-07-2018 01:00 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from TUF FEST and DragonFest to Seafair events like Ballard SeafoodFest and the Lucerne Seafair Milk Carton Derby. For even more options, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.Stay in the know! Get all thi
  
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• Yellow Submarine Is the Best Beatles Movie

  14-07-2018 00:55 via thestranger.com
  
  ... even though the Fab Four are barely in itby Leilani Polk"As we live a life of ease, every one of us has all we need"
  Milestones call for celebration—or in the case of Yellow Submarine, which has its 50th anniversary this month, a good ol’ fashioned restoration.The animated musical fantasy—ostensibly made for children, but with surrealistic, psychedelic animations by George Dunning, appealing to adults of both the square and acid-eating varieties—was inspired by the 19
  
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• Fiancee of suspect in Randle teen’s death turns herself in

  14-07-2018 00:48
  The suspect, Emma Brown, appeared in Lewis County Superior Court Thursday on charges that she misled detectives during their investigation of Ben Eastman III's death.
  
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• Fiancee of suspect in Lewis County teen’s death turns herself in

  14-07-2018 00:48
  The suspect, Emma Brown, appeared in Lewis County Superior Court Thursday on charges that she misled detectives during their investigation of Ben Eastman III's death.
  
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• The Trump Baby Blimp and the Decline of American Empire

  14-07-2018 00:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe six-meter-high effigy of Donald, aka 'Trump Baby,' greeted Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty Images
  In the second lecture of professor Patrick Allitt's Teaching Company course, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, we get a sense of his Foucaultian fascination with excessive human-to-human violence (compare the opening of Michel Foucault's masterpiece Discipline and Punish with Allitt's description of the punishments meted on New World indentured servants who had big ideas about
  
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• Learning To Trust Again After a Monogamish Relationship Blows Up

  14-07-2018 00:06 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I need your help thinking through something. I've always loved the idea of a monogamish relationship. I get it: two people shouldn't be everything to each other, especially if one of them has a kink the other one isn't into. So, when I found out that my then-boyfriend had a thing for exchanging nude photos with women online, I gave him the green light.
  Throughout our relationship and into our marriage, I had moments of insecurity. There were times when he was paying more attention
  
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• Local Celebrity Chef Sells Restaurants, Settles $1 Million Claim with Employees

  14-07-2018 00:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Local Celebrity Chef Josh Henderson sold half his restaurant empire and agreed to pay 600 of his employees over $1 million in a class action lawsuit. Some Employees will get as much as $13,000.by Lester BlackBar Noroeste Angela Garbes
  Local celebrity Chef Josh Henderson sold half his restaurant empire this week a day before he agreed to pay $1 million to hundreds of workers his company allegedly defrauded time and money from.Henderson's company, Huxley Wallace, announced yesterday that they had
  
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