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• NASA: Fireball over Southeast traveled at 53,700 mph

  17-08-2018 23:20
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — NASA says a fireball that streaked across the Southeastern sky was traveling about 53,700 mph (86,400 kph) when it lit up the night over Alabama. The Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center says numerous people saw a very bright streak early Friday. A statement and video posted on […]
  
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• The DCCC Is Coming For Rossi In the 8th

  17-08-2018 23:14 via thestranger.com
  
  The race in the 8th finally catches the attention of the DCCC.by Rich SmithI rate this attack ad 'Mildly Spicy.'Screenshot from DCCC Video "Remember"
  On Thursday the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee selected Kim Schrier for its Red to Blue program. The designation earns Schrier, who's running against Republican Dino Rossi in the race to fill Rep. Reichert's seat in Washington's 8th Congressional District, some "strategic guidance, staff resources, candidate trainings, and more" from t
  
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• Places To Go for National Peach Month

  17-08-2018 23:08 via thestranger.com
  All the places to eat peach treats for National Peach Month, from General Porpoise to A La Mode Pies.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSweet, juicy, and fragrant, ripe summer peaches are the pinnacle of the season's fresh produce, and August is National Peach Month, so there's no better time to enjoy them. Though you may not be able to get millions of them (cue the Presidents of the United States), we've hand-picked 14 places in Seattle where you can consume as much of the succulent stone fruit as p
  
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• 14 Places to Eat Peaches in Seattle Right Now

  17-08-2018 23:04 via thestranger.com
  All the places to eat peach treats for National Peach Month, from General Porpoise to A La Mode Pies.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSweet, juicy, and fragrant, ripe summer peaches are the pinnacle of the season's fresh produce, and August is National Peach Month, so there's no better time to enjoy them. Though you may not be able to get millions of them (cue the Presidents of the United States), we've hand-picked 14 places in Seattle where you can consume as much of the succulent stone fruit as p
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Sinister Diss Song "Bye Bich (Dark Meat Remix)" by Blunt Seattle MC Guayaba

  17-08-2018 22:11 via thestranger.com
  
  Guayaba's "Bye Bich" caustically dismisses the culture that makes artists like Bhad Bhabie mega-popular.by Dave SegalGuayaba drags cultural appropriators in her latest track. Kelly O
  One of the city's most distinctive rapper/vocalists, Guayaba (formerly Aeon Fux) is an outspoken, bilingual advocate for queer POC who also doesn't avoid the pleasure principle in her unconventional hiphop productions. It's safe to say that she is the only artist in her field who's influenced by "power metal" and "t
  
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• Death Cab for Cutie Filmed a Video on Our Street Without Asking Us First

  17-08-2018 22:07 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogICYMI (we sure did) Death Cab for Cutie filmed what has to be the cheapest lyric video ever made in front of our office/construction site. It came out last month but we are too busy writing about new Seattle issues like the Amazon grocery story, Amazon movie theatre, Amazon health care iniative, and big ol' Amazon balls to write about old Seattle issues like music. It's too bad we missed the filming, however, because the song wasn't just shot in spitting distance of Stranger HQ, i
  
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• If You Missed Their Set at Upstream, Jawbreaker Plays Two Nights in Portland This Weekend

  17-08-2018 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert Ham CHRISSY PIPER
  Last year, beloved pop-punk trio Jawbreaker stepped onstage for the first time in more than 20 years to headline the final night of Chicago’s Riot Fest. It was the preliminary step in a long-dreamed-of reunion (they are playing Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on August 17 and 18).
  There’s even chatter of new music being hashed out by the group. It’s the kind of news that should warm every sensitive soul who used quotes from “Accident Prone&rd
  
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• Oregon forecast shows hot, dry fall and worsening drought

  17-08-2018 21:42
  SALEM, Ore. — A climate prediction report issued by the National Weather Service says Oregon will remain hot, dry and smoky well into autumn this year. The Statesman Journal reports Friday that forecast in the report released this week means that the state’s existing drought could get worse. The U.S. Drought Monitor says that most […]
  
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• Patriot Prayer, Washington 3 Percenters plan Saturday rally in downtown Seattle

  17-08-2018 21:10
  Left-wing counterprotest groups, including Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity, Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party, are planning to stage an afternoon rally to "unite against fascism."
  
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• Gun Safety Measure Could Be Blocked from November Ballot

  17-08-2018 20:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe initiative would raise the purchase age for certain guns in Washington. GEORGE FREY/GETTY
  Washingtonians may not vote on a gun safety measure this fall after all.
  A Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the petitions supporters of the measure used to gather signatures "did not comport" with state law, the Seattle Times reports. The judge issued the oral ruling in court Friday. A written ruling will likely be filed today, a court clerk said.The ruling could st
  
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• Judge told to consider protections for Montana grayling fish

  17-08-2018 20:48
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An appeals court on Friday told a judge to take another look at whether a Montana fish should be protected, saying that U.S. wildlife officials did not consider all environmental factors when it decided against designating the Arctic grayling as a threatened or endangered species. The three-judge panel of the 9th […]
  
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• Stadium Oversight Board: We Really Don't Want to Wade into This Fight About Mariners Money

  17-08-2018 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  The Mariners “have the full obligation to make improvements."by Heidi Groover Art Wager/getty
  In an ongoing effort to secure millions of dollars in public funding for improvements to Safeco Field, representatives for the Seattle Mariners have said their next 25 years in the stadium are contingent on that money. The executive director of the board that oversees Safeco has acknowledged as much, too.But a new letter from the chair of that board attempts to back away from that narrative.
  In a
  
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• 5-mile backup on southbound I-5 near Everett after brush fire

  17-08-2018 20:37
  A brush fire north of Everett has caused a 5-mile backup on southbound Interstate 5, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. All lanes have reopened after Everett and Marysville fire crews blocked two lanes to put out the fire near 15th Street. Drivers are backed up on I-5 through Marysville, and the State […]
  
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• Some Asshole is Cutting Brake Lines on Seattle Bike Shares

  17-08-2018 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogWTF??? Intern JamieSeattle police are looking for info on an suspect who has been cutting the brakes on shared bikes in the city. And they've got video. The suspect appears to be male, a fan of basketball shorts, and a giant sociopath. This incident occured in SoDo on June 14, but someone or someones have been cutting the brakelines on these bikes elsewhere too. Last night, I ran into intern Jamie, a video producer in Seattle who once helped me make an air conditioner out of a 5-g
  
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• A grandmother’s love, stories of hardship shaped my vision of justice

  17-08-2018 20:00
  For new Seattle Times social-justice columnist Tyrone Beason, history — his own and that of the community that shaped him — serves as the foundation for his views on the issues we face today.
  
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• Judge blocks Washington ballot initiative to raise purchase age for semi-automatic rifles

  17-08-2018 19:53
  Gun-rights activists, including the National Rifle Association and Alan Gottlieb of the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation, filed the lawsuit against Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who has certified I-1639 for the ballot.
  
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• Baby boom at Arizona hospital with 16 pregnant nurses

  17-08-2018 19:40
  MESA, Ariz. — A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive-care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa outside Phoenix joked Friday they thought there was something in the water when it became clear they were all expecting babies between October […]
  
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• Enjoy the nice Seattle weather while it lasts: Smoke and thunderstorms expected early next week

  17-08-2018 19:22
  Early morning clouds are expected to give way to sun and blue skies this weekend, before smoke makes its way back to the Seattle region Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Marky Mark's Horrible Mile 22 Is Barely a Movie

  17-08-2018 19:15 via thestranger.com
  It is a loathsome, hateful thing without a single redeeming quality.by Ned LannamannBad movies aren’t uncommon. A lot of the time, they can even be fun. But it’s truly (and blessedly) rare to come across a movie as shoddily made, as contemptuous of its own story, and as utterly disinterested in being comprehensible as Mile 22. It is a loathsome, hateful thing without a single redeeming quality.The “movie,” which is more accurately described as a haphazard assemblage of ra
  
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• Dino Rossi Insults the Intelligence of Veterans by Claiming Kim Schrier "Disrespected" Veterans

  17-08-2018 19:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Meanwhile, Rossi voted for a guy who insulted a gold star family and mocked a POW.by Rich SmithMeanwhile, Rossi voted for a guy who insulted a gold star family and mocked a POW. RS
  I wasn't going to say anything about the misleading and frankly desperate claim that Kim Schrier equated fighting in World War II to running for Congress. The argument seemed disingenuous enough on its face. But now Dino Rossi is trying to raise money on this line without even doing the work of wheeling out a veteran
  
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• Washington state to settle lawsuit over holding mentally ill people in jail without adequate services

  17-08-2018 18:14
  The settlement between Disability Rights Washington and the Department of Social and Health Services is designed to bring the state into compliance with a judge's 2015 ruling that said the state was violating the rights of its most vulnerable citizens.
  
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• Rights group, state reach settlement in competency lawsuit

  17-08-2018 18:14
  The settlement between Disability Rights Washington and the Department of Social and Health Services is designed to bring the state into compliance with a judge's 2015 ruling that said the state was violating the rights of its most vulnerable citizens.
  
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• Woman charged in Washington bridge push caught on video

  17-08-2018 17:58
  Jordan Holgerson was pushed off a bridge Aug. 7 at Moulton Falls northeast of Vancouver, Wash., and fell 60 feet. She suffered injuries ranging from broken ribs to punctured lungs.
  
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• I Worked With Richard Russell at Horizon Air, and I Understand Why He Did What He Did

  17-08-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Todd BunkerI was a ground service agent at Horizon Air for the better part of 2016. Dave Alan/Getty Images
  I was surprised to wake up last Saturday morning to the headlines. Not completely shocked, but surprised nonetheless. I was a ground service agent at Horizon Air for the better part of 2016, and I worked alongside Richard "Beebo" Russell. As ground service agents, we handled luggage, walked through planes for final inspection, and pushed them out onto the taxiway.
  We weren’t close,
  
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• Aretha Franklin, secret style icon: With the drop of a fur coat, she proclaimed her self-worth

  17-08-2018 17:28
  No one could drop a fur like Aretha Franklin. When she was performing, she didn’t slither out of her mink or her chinchilla as though she was doing a flirtatious little striptease for her audience’s pleasure. Instead, she discarded her fur coats as though she was shedding bothersome earthly shackles in order to commune directly […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Officials Had Unsanctioned Talks Before Head Tax Repeal, Cat Serial Killer Strikes Again, Still At Large

  17-08-2018 17:03 via thestranger.com
  
  A Capitol Hill joyride in a stolen pizza delivery car, no military parade, we should all stop eating Chipotleby Nathalie Grahamoh no Sparkle / Getty Images
  We were right about that secret head tax meeting: Looks like the public was right to call the mayor and Seattle City Council out after the incredibly swift head tax repeal. The two groups had communicated under the radar. There was no huge underground meeting or anything. Each of at least seven council members spoke one-on-one to the mayor&rs
  
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• Handcuffed Kirkland man dies after jumping off Highway 520 bridge

  17-08-2018 15:49
  A man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence jumped off the Highway 520 bridge and died early Friday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Seattle mayor’s office privately orchestrated talks with council members before head tax repeal, city records show

  17-08-2018 15:00
  New records reveal that a conference call followed by a series of one-on-one phone conversations between Mayor Jenny Durkan’s top deputies and at least seven council members took place in the days before Durkan announced plans to revoke the head tax.
  
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• An almost-secret garden: UW’s Medicinal Herb Garden has been growing for 107 years

  17-08-2018 15:00
  Have you heard of the University of Washington’s Medicinal Herb Garden? Although it has been around since 1911, it remains a little-known feature of the University of Washington campus. The entrance to the main section is tucked away north of West Stevens Way, between Benson Hall and the Chemistry Building. You’ll know you’ve found it […]
  
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• A $550-per-hour coach is helping Sound Transit’s chief get along with his employees

  17-08-2018 15:00
  Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff was hired for his get-things-done style, but employees have complained about his communication style. Enter Andrea Luoma of Port Angeles, doing business as Accomodare Consulting.
  
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• Police probe whether beheaded cat related to other killings

  17-08-2018 14:05
  OLYMPIA — Police say investigators are trying to determine whether a beheaded kitten’s head found this week is related to a series of cat killings in the area. The Olympian reports Lacey police Cmdr. Jim Mack said the head was found in a wooded area near Clearbrook Drive Southeast and Yonkers Drive Southeast. Thurston County […]
  
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• Voltage issues, lost voices and bargaining for parts: These UW students and their attack robots saw it all in China

  17-08-2018 14:00
  It was a mad scramble to get their eight robots up and running before the start of the competition in Shenzhen, China, but a club of UW engineers say they're ready to do it all over again next year.
  
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• Ed Lab impact: Washington adopts rules to limit student suspensions, expulsions

  17-08-2018 14:00
  Public schools in Washington last year suspended or expelled more than 41,000 students. But two years after lawmakers passed a bill to change student discipline, new rules have updated a 40-year-old policy.
  
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• Plane skids off rainy Manila runway, rips off engine, wheel

  17-08-2018 09:23
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A plane from China landing on a rain-soaked Manila runway in poor visibility veered off in a muddy field with one engine and a wheel ripped off but no serious injuries among the 165 people aboard who scrambled out through an emergency slide, officials said Friday. Only four passengers sustained scratches […]
  
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• People plucked from rooftops as Indian floods kill 324

  17-08-2018 08:06
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers used helicopters and boats on Friday to evacuate thousands of people stranded on their rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala that killed more than 320 people in the past nine days, officials said. With heavy rains stopping after a week, rescuers moved quickly to take […]
  
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• People plucked from rooftops after India floods kill 164

  17-08-2018 08:06
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers used helicopters and boats on Friday to evacuate thousands of people stranded on their rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala that left more than 160 dead. With heavy rains stopping after a week, rescuers moved quickly to shift those marooned by floods to 1,200 state-run […]
  
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• People evacuated from rooftops after India floods kill 164

  17-08-2018 08:06
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescue workers use helicopters and boats to evacuate hundreds of people stranded on their home rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala where more than 160 people have died. With torrential rains stopping on Friday, thousands of rescuers worked quickly to shift the marooned people to 1,200 […]
  
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• Wenatchee-area district shortens school week to 4 days

  17-08-2018 08:05
  A school district north of Wenatchee is moving to four-day weeks when the school year begins later this month. KING-TV reports the Waterville School District in Douglas County will hold classes Monday through Thursday, giving students and faculty three-day weekends. Superintendent Tabatha Mires says the change aims to increase staff retention and recruitment as well […]
  
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• Slain Colorado mother painted rosy picture of married life

  17-08-2018 08:05
  FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — Shanann Watts’ Facebook page painted a portrait of a happy married life — of a woman dedicated to her husband and their two young children. She called her husband “my ROCK!” and said he was “the best dad us girls could ask for.” But that idyllic image was shattered Wednesday when […]
  
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• Slain Colorado mom painted happy picture of married life

  17-08-2018 08:05
  FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — Shanann Watts’ Facebook page painted a portrait of a happy married life — of a woman dedicated to her husband and their two young children. She called her husband “my ROCK!” and said he was “the best dad us girls could ask for.” That idyllic image was shattered Wednesday when her […]
  
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• Trump nixes $92M military parade, blames DC for high cost

  17-08-2018 06:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the “ridiculously high” price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the White House. Trump on Twitter accused local […]
  
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• Trump nixes $92 million military parade, blames D.C. for high cost

  17-08-2018 06:11
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the “ridiculously high” price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the White House. Trump on Twitter accused local Washington, […]
  
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• TS Ernesto aims at Ireland, Hurricane Lane forms in Pacific

  17-08-2018 06:00
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto is far from land moving rapidly over the north Atlantic toward a weekend approach to Ireland and the United Kingdom, while Hurricane Lane has formed out in the Pacific and is heading on a path likely to take it south of the Hawaiian islands next week. The U.S. […]
  
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• Fairy tale with a soulful twist

  17-08-2018 05:20
  Over the summer, 60 kids and teens have been working with local professional artists crafting the 2018 Teen Summer Musical, “Cinderella, A Love Story with the Sound of Motown” at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.
  
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• FDA approves generic EpiPen as shortage leaves parents scrambling

  17-08-2018 03:12
  A widespread shortage of EpiPens may mean children across the country will return to school without the lifesaving medication that prevents those with serious allergies from going into anaphylactic shock.
  
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• What Corona owner’s $4 billion bet on a marijuana firm says about pot’s future

  17-08-2018 02:25
  Constellation Brands’ investment in Canopy Growth, the biggest known deal in the marijuana industry, shows just how far traditional alcoholic beverage companies are willing to go to find growth.
  
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• Former Skagit County sheriff’s deputy pleads not guilty to wire fraud; trial set in federal court

  17-08-2018 02:14
  Deputy is accused of using as much as $35,000 intended to help train narcotics search dogs for his own use.
  
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