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• It Doesn’t Look Like Many County Council Members Want to Reject This Mariners Handout

  30-07-2018 23:56 via thestranger.com
  
  "Did we declare a state of emergency around stadium maintenance?"by Heidi GrooverThey're probably going to get the money. TOM-KICHI/GETTY
  Few King County Council members appear skeptical of a controversial proposal to spend $180 million in public funding on upgrades at Safeco Field.
  The county council held its first public meeting on the proposal Monday before a packed council chambers. The plan, initiated by County Executive Dow Constantine and sponsored by three county council members, would d
  
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• Stinky ‘corpse flower’ expected to bloom in California

  30-07-2018 23:31
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A so-called corpse flower known for the rotten stench it releases appeared close to blooming Monday at the Huntington Library in Southern California. The plant nicknamed “Li’l Stinker” plumped up in the last few days and was likely to bloom Monday or Tuesday, said Brandon Tam, an orchid specialist at the […]
  
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• Bob Ferguson Sues to Stop Spread of 3D-Printed Gun Design Plans

  30-07-2018 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time attempting to block the distribution of design plans for 3D printed guns.by Lester BlackBob Ferguson doesn't want these plans in your home. Getty Images
  On Wednesday, you will legally be able to download the digital plans for a gun that you can then load into your 3D printer and create a plastic, untraceable firearm from the comfort of your home. That is, unless Washington State Attorney General Bob F
  
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• Attorney General Bob Ferguson Sues to Stop Spread of 3D-Printed Gun Design Plans

  30-07-2018 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration, this time attempting to block the distribution of design plans for 3D printed guns.by Lester BlackBob Ferguson doesn't want these plans in your home. Getty Images
  On Wednesday, you will legally be able to download the digital plans for a gun that you can then load into your 3D printer and create a plastic, untraceable firearm from the comfort of your home. That is, unless Washington State Attorney General Bob F
  
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• Her One Night Stand Didn't Tell Her About His Husband—Does She Have a Right To Be Angry?

  30-07-2018 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm a bisexual cis-woman in her thirties and British. Over June and July, I spent three wonderful weeks in Los Angeles, as my bestie lives there. She is also single like me so we had a lot of fun talking to guys on apps and going on dates.
  I slept with three men whilst I was there and had a lot of fun, however, I found out something since which has soured my experience. On Friday night I was sent four picture messages from the last guy I hooked up with,
  
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• Seattle’s hot, hazy skies: Here’s how long they’ll last

  30-07-2018 22:40
  Temperatures are expected to hit the 90s Monday, but winds should shift Tuesday, bringing cooler air and blowing out some of the haze from wildfires.
  
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• Castlevania Is Returning, Finally

  30-07-2018 22:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Plus: A trailer dropped for the forthcoming James Cameron-Robert Rodriguez collab, Alita: Battle Angel!by Leilani Polk Netflix
  Based on Konami's 1989 Japanese video game Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, and set in the latter half of the 1400s, in Wallachia (a former principality of Romania near the Transylvanian Alps), Netflix's Castlevania builds upon the plot of the game that it's based on: the leader of a family of vampire hunters, Trevor C. Belmont, is called on to protect Wallachia from Co
  
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• Running as a Democrat for the state Senate, Rodney Tom attracts help from Republican-leaning groups

  30-07-2018 22:20
  Rodney Tom, who has long worn his independence in the Washington state Legislature as a badge of honor, is running as a Democrat — but getting help from interests that usually support Republicans. He is challenging Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, in the Eastside's 48th legislative district.
  
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• Grieving mother orca falling behind family as she carries dead calf for a seventh day

  30-07-2018 22:17
  Researchers are keeping vigil over the orca mother for a seventh day. Now she's falling behind her pod.
  
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• Look at This Amazing Object Made with 3,000 Pencils

  30-07-2018 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle IMAGES COURTESY OF CYNTHIA REEVES GALLERY AND JESSICA DRENK
  On Exhibit
  Implement 60 by Jessica Drenk will be for sale at the Cynthia Reeves Gallery booth at Seattle Art Fair, a massive exhibition of art from around the world that runs August 2 to 5 at CenturyLink Field Event Center.
  
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• The 43 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: July 30-Aug 5, 2018

  30-07-2018 21:46 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur music critics have already chosen the 34 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to pick the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Seattle Art Fair to Todd Barry's 30th Anniversary Crowd Work Tour to the Williams Project's Blood Wedding. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.Stay i
  
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• Man watching sunset falls to death off Bellingham cliff

  30-07-2018 21:39
  The man, who has not been identified, slipped and wasn't able to stop his slide before he went over the cliff Saturday night.
  
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• Mexican experts find seeds, cloth around mummified child

  30-07-2018 21:15
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A CAT scan of a rolled-up straw mat found in a northern Mexico cave has revealed the mummified remains of a 1 ½ year-old boy. The country’s National Institute of Anthropology and History says that researchers trying to determine the age of the funeral bundle. But the institute said Sunday that […]
  
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• The Seattle Times Editorial Board Endorses Dino Rossi (and Shannon Hader) for Congress

  30-07-2018 21:11 via thestranger.com
  
  The Times wraps up their endorsement of Republican Dino Rossi in their endorsement of Shannon Hader.by Rich SmithIf they endorse Dino in the general I'm going to scream.Seattle Municipal Archives"Hader and Rossi promise best contest in the 8th Congressional District."
  That's how The Seattle Times editorial board headlines their extremely weird endorsement of Shannon Hader, who's running for Congress in the most important U.S. House race in the history of the 8th District.On the surface it looks
  
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• Here's Why #BigfootErotica Was Trending On Twitter Last Night

  30-07-2018 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageIf a thing exists, someone somewhere is beating off about it. Balloons, swim caps, toothbrushes, toasters, socks, galoshes—you name it and someone somewhere is beating off about it right now.
  If a thing lives, someone somewhere wants to fuck it—or be fucked by it—and a living thing doesn’t even have to be alive for someone somewhere to wanna fuck it. Aliens, dinosaurs, angels, 50-foot-tall women, centaurs, moderate Republicans—none of these creatures ex
  
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• Oregon police identify 2 Cave Junction men fatally shot

  30-07-2018 20:52
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Police have identified two men found dead from gunshot wounds last week in southwestern Oregon. Oregon State Police Sgt. Jeff Proulx said Monday that 28-year-old Matthew Cortez and 28-year-old Jesse Swift were both from Cave Junction. Troopers from the Grants Pass office responded early Thursday to a report of two […]
  
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• Italo Disco Expert DJ Sh1t-r Picks 5 Tracks to Solve Your NRG Crisis

  30-07-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Italo-disco expert DJ Sh1t-r enthuses about 5 tracks currently whipping dancers into a frenzy at his Medical Rx monthly.by Dave SegalCatch DJ Sh1t-r spinning records before Northwest Film Forum's screening of Italo Disco Legacy on Aug. 2. Rachel Werther
  DJ SH1T-R (aka JASON TAYLOR; Medical Rx)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Sylvester, "Take Me to Heaven" (Megatone)
  "I've been really excited about this Sylvester track lately. It really got me when it came on the radio the other day. It appears on the same
  
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• The 34 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: July 30-Aug 5, 2018

  30-07-2018 20:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHead to Orcas Island this weekend for Doe Bay Fest 11, a four-day grassroots festival with headliners like Pedro the Lion, Telekinesis, and the Dip. Neontide
  This week, our music critics have picked everything from your teenage self's indie pop-rock fantasy with Weezer, Pixies, and Sleigh Bells to the punk-rock-fueled Dead Baby Downhill XXII to a nostalgic evening with '60s and '70s soul/R&B legends the Temptations (featuring original member Otis Williams). Foll
  
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• Portland homeless shelter project already over budget

  30-07-2018 20:12
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A push to open a homeless shelter in downtown Portland, Oregon, has run into budget issues over the cost of cleaning up the site where it’s planned. Soil at the location beneath the Broadway Bridge is contaminated from nearby railroad tracks and must be covered with a protective cap estimated to […]
  
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• Portland homeless shelter project already $500K over budget

  30-07-2018 20:12
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A business leader’s project to launch a homeless center in downtown Portland is in question after being half a million dollars over budget. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Lisa Marandas, deputy director of Oregon Harbor of Hope, the developer-run nonprofit overseeing the project, says the overspending stems from the cleanup of the site […]
  
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• The Six Best Washington Breweries Outside Seattle

  30-07-2018 20:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle doesn't have a monopoly on Washington's great breweries, here's six taprooms worth visiting from around the state.by Lester BlackBale Breaker's Yakima taproom is surrounded by hops. Bale Breaker
  Beer in Seattle is good. It’s hoppy and sour and English and Belgian and hoppy and even if you wander aimlessly around town you can still find a good beer on tap.
  But you aren’t always in Seattle, are you?Sometimes you visit one of the three national parks surrounding Seattle, or perh
  
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• Dead gorgeous: ancient sarcophagus held mirror, cosmetics

  30-07-2018 19:21
  BERLIN (AP) — Archaeologists say a 3rd century sarcophagus found in what is now western Germany contained the remains of a young Roman woman who was buried along with perfume bottles, a makeup palette and a silver hand mirror. The Landesmuseum in Bonn said Monday that the massive stone coffin contained an unusual wealth of […]
  
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• In the Film Sorry to Bother You, We See How Luxuries Like RVs Become Necessities

  30-07-2018 19:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You is the most important work of American Marxist cinema since Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer. The films have much in common. In Sleep Dealer, Mexican workers use en-soul machines in the US, and this en-soulment resolves one of the GOP's defining issues: undocumented labor. The labor market needs it, but the party's white base hates any color that is not like its own. With en-soulment, brown Americans still supply their labor to the US economy but wit
  
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• Missing Oregon man found dead in Santiam River

  30-07-2018 18:56
  MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — The body of a man missing for more than two weeks has been recovered from the Santiam River. The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office says there’s no evidence of foul play in the death of Kerry Letsch. The Yamhill County man was reported missing July 13 and his vehicle was found July […]
  
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• The Summer I Got Drugged—Maybe

  30-07-2018 18:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Brendan KileyA drawing during my days of paranoia.
  Editor's Note: This feature was originally published on July 8, 2015.
  This is a story about the summer I got drugged in North Africa. Every time I tell it, I hate it a little more—for reasons that, I hope, will become clear. In fact, this may be the last time I tell it.
  One summer afternoon several years ago, when the heat was so heavy, you could feel its weight on your shoulders, I was sitting outside at a table in a medium-sized town
  
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• Feral swine population plummets in Oregon

  30-07-2018 18:29
  The state has managed over the past decade to cut the population — through trapping and aerial hunting — from more than 3,000 to less than 200. The remaining swine are roaming the vast wilderness of Central Oregon and the open terrain along the California border.
  
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• Memorial for Kent police officer killed in high-speed chase to be held Tuesday

  30-07-2018 18:27
  Police vehicles will form a procession through downtown Kent in the late morning, followed by a 1 p.m. service at ShoWare Center.
  
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• Slog AM: 3-D Printing Guns Is Legal And Bob Ferguson Is Suing, Fires Everywhere, At Least 5 More Years With RBG

  30-07-2018 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Orca whale still swimming with dead calf, an entire police force got suspended, LeBron is a good personby Nathalie GrahamWe can print murder but we can't print pizza yet? Fucked up. cyano66 / Getty Images
  Hands off our ghost guns: That’s what die hard Second Amendment fans will be saying when they hear Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Trump over the decision to allow plans for 3-D printing guns to be distributed online. Those people don’t even understand 3-D printing, I bet. Bu
  
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• Seattle sea level may rise 3 feet by 2100 on global warming: report

  30-07-2018 16:07
  SEATTLE (AP) — A new report provides the most detailed projections for how fast sea levels are expected to rise along Washington state shorelines over the next decades. By 2100 in Seattle, sea level is projected to rise between 1.7 feet and 3.1 feet under a scenario where greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise over […]
  
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• Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas

  30-07-2018 16:07
  The projections released Monday, based on the latest science, show what to expect at 171 sites in Puget Sound and along the coast. The idea is for local officials and planners to use them to weigh the risks.
  
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• Global warming may push Seattle sea level up 3 feet by 2100: report

  30-07-2018 16:07
  The projections released Monday, based on the latest science, show what to expect at 171 sites in Puget Sound and along the coast. The idea is for local officials and planners to use them to weigh the risks.
  
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• South Lake Union intersection to reopen today after crews fix water-main leak

  30-07-2018 16:00
  The big challenge was just getting to the main, since it is located deep below ground, according to Seattle Public Utilities.
  
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• PUD stops accepting applications for cryptocurrency mining

  30-07-2018 15:52
  Franklin Public Utility District commissioners approved a moratorium that will allow time for staff to review the effects of cryptocurrency mining and related blockchain operations that place large demands on the electric system.
  
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• Two years later, homeless shelter in Seattle’s Harborview Hall expected to open in fall

  30-07-2018 15:00
  A 100-bed shelter is expected to open in the old residency building across from Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center in October, two years after funding was allocated.
  
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• Races heating up in the Washington legislative districts that elect both Democrats and Republicans

  30-07-2018 15:00
  With Democrats and Republicans again fighting for control of the Washington state Legislature, the parties are targeting a handful of lawmakers in swing districts.
  
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• Orca whale continues grieving ritual a sixth day

  30-07-2018 15:00
  As the orca whale J35 continues a sixth day of mourning for her lost calf, researchers fear a second member of the southern-resident clan is next.
  
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• Orca whale continued grieving ritual for a sixth day on Sunday

  30-07-2018 15:00
  As the orca whale J35 continues a sixth day of mourning for her lost calf, researchers fear a second member of the southern-resident clan is wasting away and could die.
  
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• Looking to decorate your home? How about the nose of a Boeing 727 or a landing gear?

  30-07-2018 15:00
  The Institute of Flight is losing its Paine Field home for its displays of airplane parts. Here's your chance to score some full-size sections of jet aircraft — if you can pay to haul them away.
  
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• ‘It should have been open a year ago’: Homeless shelter to open in Seattle’s Harborview Hall — but it hasn’t been easy

  30-07-2018 15:00
  A 100-bed shelter is expected to open in the old residency building across from Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center in October, two years after funding was allocated.
  
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• UK court ruling seen as landmark in right-to-die cases

  30-07-2018 14:10
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court has ruled that the family of a patient in a persistently vegetative state does not need to seek a court’s permission to have life support removed. The landmark ruling Monday comes in a case involving a man who suffered a brain injury. The 52-year-old man, identified as Mr. Y, […]
  
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• College credit for IB program: Students caught in middle of confusion over new Washington law

  30-07-2018 14:01
  A new Washington law requires state public colleges to give students college credit for taking certain classes in high school. But lawmakers and colleges are locked in a disagreement over how the law should be interpreted.
  
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• Study: ‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion

  30-07-2018 06:46
  Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" plan would increase government health-care spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, says a study by a libertarian policy center. But the senator has denounced the report as "grossly misleading and biased."
  
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• Meet the rebate, the new villain of high prescription-drug prices

  30-07-2018 02:36
  Rebates, critics say, have pushed up the list price of brand-name drugs, which consumers are increasingly responsible for paying. Insurers generally get to keep the rebates without passing them along to their members.
  
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• Seafair festival celebrates Filipino culture

  30-07-2018 02:31
  Pista sa Nayon is an annual event that celebrates the heritage, traditions and culture of the Philippines.
  
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• ‘Lopping,’ ‘tips’ and the ‘Z-list’: Bias lawsuit explores Harvard’s admissions secrets

  30-07-2018 01:40
  Generations of high-school students have applied to Harvard thinking that if they checked all the right boxes, they would be admitted. But Harvard’s much-feared admissions officers have a whole other set of boxes that few students and parents know about
  
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• For sale: Survey data on millions of high-school students

  30-07-2018 01:21
  Students answering a college-planning questionnaire, called MyCollegeOptions, or surveys that come with the SAT or the PSAT tests administered by the College Board, ended up signing away personal details that were later sold and shared.
  
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• 18 year-old man shot by sheriff’s deputy at Kent Station identified

  30-07-2018 00:51
  Jesus Hernandez Murillo, 18, died at Harborview Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the chest.
  
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• Bellevue couple stabbed by houseguest had apparently taken her in off the street

  30-07-2018 00:45
  The suspect in the attack is expected to be charged Monday. The victims were recovering at a hospital in stable condition after suffering multiple stab wounds.
  
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• Professor works with residents to test for pollution

  30-07-2018 00:25
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Many families in Arizona mining communities have concerns about what pollutants might be in their immediate environment and in harvested rainwater for gardens. A University of Arizona program is underway to help communities such as the mining and industrial towns of Hayden-Winkelman, Globe-Miami and Dewey-Humboldt and also on Tucson’s south side, […]
  
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