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• Reader Advice on Jerking Off and Eating Too Much

  06-09-2018 23:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent oldies: His wife says he can't jerk off, but it helps him focus! This guy is up to his eyeballs in covet—Is it time for a divorce? She's turned on when she forces her boyfriend to eat, but is she forcing him to eat too much? And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.
  First, jerking off:I'm a female, a feminist, and a lesbian (which maybe makes my opinion on this useless) but "You can't do what you want t
  
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• September Flavors of the Month: Seattle Food & Drink Specials To Try Now

  06-09-2018 23:47 via thestranger.com
  Fig and honey cupcakes, peach plum ice cream, and more local food & drink specials to try in September.by Stranger Things To Do StaffIt's almost fall, but there's still plenty of late summer produce to be excited about, and Seattle is taking note with delicious food and drink specials, from fig and honey cupcakes to peach plum ice cream. Meanwhile, some purveyors are gearing up for fall with flavors like pumpkin beers, pomegranate doughnuts, and Schilling cider caramel apple ice cream. You'l
  
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• City Council Staff Coached Ben Gibbard on How to Support the Showbox

  06-09-2018 23:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Death Cab For Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard received talking points from a member of city staff before he gave public testimony to try to protect the Showbox.by Lester BlackBen Gibbard speaking to the City Council last month. Lester Black
  When Ben Gibbard showed up at City Hall last month to rally around saving the Showbox it was a surprise to almost everyone in the room. But it turns out the people running the City Council knew the rock star was coming, they even had an idea of what he was goin
  
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• California fire agency says it has exhausted annual firefighting budget and needs $234 million more

  06-09-2018 22:56
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California fire agency says it has exhausted annual firefighting budget and needs $234 million more.
  
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• Chance the Rapper's Horror Flick Slice Will Screen in Seattle—for One Night

  06-09-2018 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Erik Henriksen
  A few years ago, cool-kids film distro company A24 announced they'd be releasing Austin Vesely's Slice, a pizza-themed horror flick starring Chance the Rapper, Atlanta's Zazie Beetz, and that guy with the hair from Stranger Things. Since then, there's been little news about it—until this week, when it was revealed Slice will screen for one night only, in 21 cities, on September 10. Seattle's one of 'em.
  Should you see Slice? YOUR CALL. On the upside, hey, that's a good tr
  
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• Slow hiring of school-bus drivers in Seattle causes delays on 15 routes, some over an hour long

  06-09-2018 22:49
  A school bus driver shortage caused delays up to 90 minutes on routes all over the city.
  
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• Hurricane Norman on course to pass Hawaii to northeast

  06-09-2018 22:44
  HONOLULU (AP) — One hurricane is on course to bypass Hawaii to the northeast, while another appears set to weaken before it gets closer to the island state. The National Weather Service said Thursday Hurricane Norman’s center will likely pass 200 to 300 miles to the northeast of the main Hawaiian Islands. Meteorologists are warning […]
  
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• Man kills dog Washington family got after Vegas shooting

  06-09-2018 22:29
  Lona and Joseph Johnson were at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival last year when a gunman shot more than 500 people. The couple said they got the dog to deal with post-traumatic stress.
  
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• Family that survived Vegas attack says comfort dog was shot

  06-09-2018 22:29
  Lona and Joseph Johnson were at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival last year when a gunman shot more than 500 people. The couple said they got the dog to deal with post-traumatic stress.
  
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• UPDATE: Senator Maria Cantwell Will Vote Against Brett Kavanaugh

  06-09-2018 22:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Until today, Senator Cantwell hadn't moved forward from her July 9 expression of "grave concerns" about the nominee.by Eli SandersWashington State Senator Maria Cantwell long ago announced she had "grave concerns" about Brett Kavanaugh, but had not yet said which way she'd vote on his nomination. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  UPDATE 1:15 pm An hour after this post originally went up, The Stranger received an e-mail from Cantwell spokesperson Bryan Watt saying: "Sorry for the delay here. She op
  
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• Deaths of 2 women found in University District apartment ruled a murder-suicide

  06-09-2018 22:12
  The roommates, both from Thailand, met when they attended Boston University. Police say the 32-year-old woman stabbed her 25-year-old roommate to death, and then stabbed herself, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office.
  
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• Side of seagrass please: Scientists find omnivorous shark

  06-09-2018 22:06
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Ruining the reputation of sharks as bloodthirsty predators, California researchers said they have found a shark that enjoys a side of seagrass with its prey. Bonnethead sharks not only eat grass while chomping fish and squid — they also digest the plant and gain nutrition from it, scientists at the University […]
  
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• Side of sea grass please: Scientists find omnivorous shark

  06-09-2018 22:06
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Ruining the reputation of sharks as bloodthirsty predators, Southern California researchers say they’ve found a shark that enjoys a side of sea grass with its prey. Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, announced Wednesday that bonnethead sharks not only eat grass while chomping fish and shrimp — they also digest […]
  
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• Don't Miss These Pioneer Square Art Shows This Month

  06-09-2018 22:05 via thestranger.com
  The First Thursday Art Walk on September 6 and Beyondby Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've compiled the
  
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• The Top 13 New Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out in September 2018

  06-09-2018 21:58 via thestranger.com
  The First Thursday Art Walk on September 6 and Beyondby Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've compiled the
  
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• Crystal Mountain to be sold to Alterra Mountain Company

  06-09-2018 21:56
  The sale of Washington’s largest ski resort is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018.
  
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• Debunked: Mystery coke machine selfie near Space Needle is a hoax

  06-09-2018 21:47
  A photo, posted on social media around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, showed the coke machine in front of the Space Needle next to Fisher Plaza.
  
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• Trump Announces Presidency Was an Elaborate Prank Show Called Trump’d

  06-09-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Courtenay HameisterYou've been Trump'd. Chip Somodevilla / Getty
  WASHINGTON, DC—In a shocking announcement on Tuesday, “President” Donald J. Trump announced that his entire 18-month tenure as commander-in-chief has been a prank for a new show he’s developing for NBC called Trump’d.
  “John McCain was no war hero,” Trump said when asked what he thought of the recently deceased US Senator from Arizona. “I said it before—I like people who weren
  
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• Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82

  06-09-2018 21:27
  Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in “Deliverance” and “Boogie Nights,” commercial hits such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and for an active off-screen love life which included relationships with Loni Anderson and Sally Field, has died at age 82. His death was confirmed Thursday by his agent […]
  
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• Which Way Is Senator Maria Cantwell Going to Vote on Brett Kavanaugh?

  06-09-2018 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Senator Cantwell hasn't moved forward from her July 9 expression of "grave concerns" about the nominee.by Eli SandersWashington State Senator Maria Cantwell has "grave concerns" about Brett Kavanaugh, but has not yet said which way she'll vote on his nomination. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  The hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is getting real, with secret e-mails tumbling out and Senator Cory Booker risking expulsion from the Senate for personally exposing documents related K
  
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• White House Mole Should Have Published Anywhere Else

  06-09-2018 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogMole, you chose the wrong outlet. Digital Vision/Getty
  Considering the sheer amount of coverage it's gotten (and the ensuing presidential tantrum), it's unlikely you missed the op-ed published in the New York Times yesterday by an anonymous senior Trump official. The official claims that there's a clandestine group working in the White House to shield the world from Trump's unhinged plans and mood swings. An excerpt:The root of the problem is the president’s amorality. Anyon
  
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• Have you herd? Moose, bighorn sheep pass on migration tips

  06-09-2018 20:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for the best place to eat? Ask a local. Now scientists say that same insider knowledge shapes the springtime migrations of moose and bighorn sheep. Animals learn from experienced members of the herd about where to find the best food, building sort of a cultural know-how that’s passed through generations […]
  
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• Paul Ryan's PAC Comes for Kim Schrier with a Familiar Attack

  06-09-2018 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  We've heard this one before.by Rich SmithThe Trump administration still has 500 kids locked up in cages and yet somehow Republicans still think they should run images like this.Congressional Leadership Fund
  The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC associated with Paul Ryan, is running its first attack ad against Kim Schrier, the Democrat running against Dino Rossi in a hotly contested race for in Washington State's 8th District.The argument made in the ad might sound familiar to regular re
  
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• David Rolf, powerful labor leader, handing off reins at Seattle-based SEIU 775

  06-09-2018 19:34
  One of the region's top labor leaders is leaving his position.
  
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• Oregon sheriff: Remains found in missing couple’s burned cabin believed human

  06-09-2018 19:25
  JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says remains found in a burned cabin near John Day are believed to be human. The remains were found in a burned-out cabin near John Day belonging to Terry and Sharon Smith, who have been missing since July. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office is […]
  
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• Record-breaking September cold hits northern Minnesota

  06-09-2018 18:50
  HIBBING, Minn. (AP) — The mercury is falling in northern Minnesota, with cold air bringing in a record-breaking chill. The National Weather Service says temperatures plunged below the freezing mark in several locations early Thursday. It was 28 degrees (-2 Celsius) in International Falls, breaking the Sept. 6 record of 31 (-0.5 C). It was […]
  
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• "They" Is a Fine Pronoun, But It Ain't Mine

  06-09-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  "They" might be gender neutral, but it's not neutral in itself.by Katie HerzogThe author, at left, as a young butch.
  This week the Atlantic published a piece by John McWhorter, a linguist at Columbia who has occasionally inspired controversy for, among other things, arguing that affirmative action should be based on class, not race. This article, his first as a newly minted contributing editor at the Atlantic, is about an issue nearly as hot-button as affirmation action: the singular "they."
  "Th
  
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• Showbox Owner Sues the City to Block Preservation, Seeks $40 Million

  06-09-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The owner of the Showbox sued the city for $40 million in damages and asked a judge to reverse the city's protections on the building.by Lester Black Kelly O
  What has long been expected is now a reality: the guy that owns the Showbox and wants to tear it down for a new high rise development is suing the city for trying to protect the historic venue.Roger Forbes, the owner of the building, is alleging that the city broke its own zoning rules and state law when it rushed an ordinance through the C
  
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• Amway founder and Magic owner Richard DeVos dies at age 92

  06-09-2018 17:31
  ADA, Mich. (AP) — Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday. He was 92. Family spokesman Nick Wasmiller says DeVos died at his Ada, Michigan, home due to complications from an infection. DeVos was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He […]
  
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• UK physicist donates $3 million prize to boost diversity

  06-09-2018 17:15
  LONDON (AP) — One of Britain’s leading astrophysicists is donating her $3 million purse from a major science prize to encourage diversity in physics. Jocelyn Bell Burnell says the money will go to the Institute of Physics to fund graduate scholarships for people from under-represented groups — women, members of ethnic minorities and refugees. She […]
  
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• Slog AM: Fentanyl Deaths Quadruple in Alaska, Washington Schools Threatened by Number of Unvaccinated Kids, India Decriminalizes Homosexuality

  06-09-2018 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Kavanaugh sucks, hate crime protections expand, earthquake in Japanby Nathalie GrahamInject your children with vaccines.SPENCER PLATT / GETTY
  The opioid crisis is hitting Alaska hard: Deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl nearly quadrupled in Alaska last year. There were 37 overdose deaths in 2017 compared to 2016’s 8 deaths. Alaska has one of the highest opioid death rates per capita.
  Vaccinate your kids, you idiots: Ah, don’t you love fall in the air? The leaves are turning, sc
  
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• North Korean charged in crippling Sony hack, WannaCry virus

  06-09-2018 16:18
  A North Korean has been charged with devastating cyberattacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment and for the WannaCry ransomware virus that infected computers in 150 countries and crippled parts of the British health care system.
  
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• NYC mayor’s office: People from quarantined jet have the flu

  06-09-2018 15:27
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City mayor’s office says 10 people hospitalized after a large commercial jet arrived from Dubai have tested positive for influenza. Mayoral spokesman Eric Phillips tweeted on Thursday that some tests came back inconclusive on other viruses and will be re-administered. All 10 patients will be kept in the […]
  
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• Sound Transit is taking a $300 million gamble on a new I-405 bus station in Kirkland

  06-09-2018 15:00
  As design moves ahead for the Northeast 85th Station in Kirkland, Sound Transit’s own projections say only a few hundred people would go there to catch the buses promised in 2024.
  
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• Senate OKs bill expanding federal hate-crimes penalties that Mercer Island banker helped draft

  06-09-2018 15:00
  A bomb threat at the Stroum Jewish Community Center in 2017 prompted a Mercer Island businessman to work with Rep. Derek Kilmer to make changes to the federal hate-crimes law.
  
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• Mercer Island banker’s push for stiffer hate-crime penalties clears U.S. Senate

  06-09-2018 15:00
  A bomb threat at the Stroum Jewish Community Center in 2017 prompted a Mercer Island businessman to work with Rep. Derek Kilmer to make changes to the federal hate-crimes law.
  
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• Firing a dart into a wild, sick orca ‘a little bit different,’ sharp-shooting veterinarian says

  06-09-2018 15:00
  Ailing orca J50 isn't fairing well, but an international group of scientists is working to save her, including sharp-shooting veterinarians. They've administered medicine to the whale over the past month.
  
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• Got GET? Deadline approaching for account-holders to switch

  06-09-2018 14:00
  Midnight Sept. 12 is the deadline for people with Guaranteed Education Tuition accounts to roll their units into the state's new 592 savings plan, and the state agency that runs GET is swamped with calls.
  
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• Denise Juneau starts her first school year in Seattle with financial uncertainty looming

  06-09-2018 14:00
  Even with one narrowly averted strike behind her, Denise Juneau's first year will progress in tandem with a period of financial uncertainty for Seattle Public Schools.
  
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• Inquest: Cranberries singer O’Riordan drowned after drinking

  06-09-2018 12:52
  LONDON (AP) — The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan accidentally drowned in a bathtub after drinking, a coroner’s inquest concluded Thursday. A police officer told the inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court that a pajama-clad O’Riordan was found submerged in her bathtub at a London hotel on the morning of Jan. 15. The 46-year-old singer didn’t leave […]
  
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• Fire roaring through Northern California triples in size

  06-09-2018 08:35
  About 45 miles of I-5 are closed in both directions. The blaze also delayed Amtrak's Coast Starlight service between Sacramento and Oregon.
  
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• Big rigs abandoned as wildfire scorches California freeway

  06-09-2018 08:35
  About 45 miles of I-5 are closed in both directions. The blaze also delayed Amtrak's Coast Starlight service between Sacramento and Oregon.
  
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• Abandoned trucks litter California highway as wildfire rages

  06-09-2018 08:35
  About 45 miles of I-5 are closed in both directions. The blaze also delayed Amtrak's Coast Starlight service between Sacramento and Oregon.
  
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• 1 dead in Covington mobile home fire

  06-09-2018 07:27
  Multiple fire agencies were dispatched to 28400 168 Avenue Southeast at about 9:17 p.m. The fire was quickly extinguished and no other homes were damaged.
  
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• Typhoon-damaged airport in Japan to partly reopen Friday

  06-09-2018 06:17
  TOKYO (AP) — A major Japanese airport flooded by a typhoon will partially reopen Friday. Kyodo news agency said domestic flights at Kansai International Airport will resume Friday. The report cited Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as saying Thursday that international flights will restart when the airport is ready. The airport in western Japan is one […]
  
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• Tacoma teachers will strike on the first day of school

  06-09-2018 05:38
  Classes in Tacoma Public Schools won't start as scheduled Thursday after the district and union failed to reach agreement.
  
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• Tacoma teachers strike on the first day of school

  06-09-2018 05:38
  Classes in Tacoma Public Schools are canceled; the district and union failed to reach agreement. Twelve of the district's schools will offer free meals. All athletic activities will continue.
  
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