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• 20 LPs Not on Pitchfork’s “200 Best Albums of the ’80s” List That Should’ve Been

  14-09-2018 23:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Pitchfork’s “200 Best Albums of the ’80s” list left out WHAT?by Dave SegalNo Hassell, no peace.
  Pitchfork’s latest list, The 200 Best Albums of the ’80s, is fairly solid, but (there’s always a “but” with any blog post about the precarious conceit of canon-building) there are questionable inclusions and head-scratching omissions. This tweet by the astute record-producer/-collector Andy Zax accurately summarizes the problems.
  Too many genre pie
  
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• A warmer world worsens hurricanes, but what about Florence?

  14-09-2018 23:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say a warmer world makes for nastier hurricanes. The storms are wetter, possess more energy and intensify faster. And their storm surges are more destructive because climate change has already made the seas rise. Study after study shows that climate change in general makes hurricanes worse. But the role of global […]
  
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• A warmer world makes hurricanes wetter and more intense

  14-09-2018 23:25
  Global warming didn't cause Hurricane Florence, scientists say. But it makes the system a bigger danger.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 91 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: Sept 14-16, 2018

  14-09-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCelebrate the many Latin American countries that celebrate their independence in September at Seattle Fiestas Patrias. Bill Edgar
  Panicking 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 Bellwether Arts Week events to the Second Use Fall Fest, and from Seattle Fiestas Patrias to the St. Demetrios Greek Festival. Fo
  
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• Japanese supply run to space station delayed again

  14-09-2018 23:13
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Japanese supply run to the International Space Station has been delayed again. The countdown was halted Saturday local time in Japan, with only a few hours remaining before liftoff. Earlier in the week, a typhoon delayed the launch. A reason for the latest postponement was not immediately given. No […]
  
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• The Gay Community Already Has a Flag, Thanks

  14-09-2018 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Please consider this idea. It sounds batshit crazy, I know, but let's make racism so gay the racists can't stand it anymore.
  I'm tired of the Confederate battle flag. It represents the worst in white people, and is a banner for those who would take pride in toothless cousin-fuckery. It also represents the ability to openly proclaim a belief that a group of people should be enslaved, tortured and quite possibly murdered not only for the color of their sk
  
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• Two killed in crash of small experimental airplane in Thurston County

  14-09-2018 23:07
  The identities of the two men who died Friday afternoon in an airplane crash in Thurston County will be released after an investigation by the coroner's office.
  
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• Chinese scientist pleads guilty in plot to steal GSK secrets

  14-09-2018 22:56
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Chinese scientist has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline in what prosecutors said was a scheme to set up companies in China to market them. Tao Li pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a single conspiracy count. The change of plea comes two weeks after […]
  
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• Judge’s decision will allow Washington state to kill wolves

  14-09-2018 22:55
  Recent legal battles over the kill orders have strained relationships and could threaten the common ground brokered among some conservationists, ranchers and government officials over Washington's wolves.
  
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• Florence downgraded to a tropical storm; surges, flooding will continue as it lashes South Carolina

  14-09-2018 22:47
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Florence downgraded to a tropical storm; surges, flooding will continue as it lashes South Carolina.
  
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• Michigan Madness: 98 Cannabis Dispensaries Ordered to Close

  14-09-2018 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh JardineAn Ypsilanti, Michigan, cannabis dispensary. smontgom65 / Getty ImagesIf you live in Michigan and are a medical cannabis cardholder, get thee to a dispensary today (Friday), as there are about to be some serious fire sales. But it's not being done for a good reason—the state is forcing 98 Michigan dispensaries to shut down.While the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board can be an agency that, um, fosters challenging opportunities for license holders, they shine compared
  
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• Head of Seattle’s FBI division promoted to national-security post in Washington, D.C.

  14-09-2018 22:31
  The FBI has promoted the head of its Seattle Field Division to the post of executive assistant director of the bureau's National Security Branch in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Bodycam video released in fatal shooting of Oregon man

  14-09-2018 22:25
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Body camera video from two campus police officers in Oregon shows they ordered a legally armed black man to drop a gun before opening fire, killing him. Portland State University released the video Friday after Officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie were cleared by a grand jury in the June 29 […]
  
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• The Best Festivals in Seattle: Fall 2018

  14-09-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffNever, ever miss Short Run, the big, exciting November expo of indie comics artists from all over the place.Alida Bevirt
  You may not think of fall as festival season, but it's full of them—Fremont Oktoberfest, FreakNight, and the Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival all happen this time of year, along with events celebrating everything from light to books to LEGOs. You can also find a complete list of festivals in Seattle this fall on our Things To Do
  
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• Tacoma educators OK deal to end strike; school set to start Monday

  14-09-2018 22:08
  The Tacoma Education Association said 98 percent of members in attendance Friday voted to approve the deal, which includes an average 14.4 percent raise for teachers.
  
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• We Found the Purple Unicorn Pot

  14-09-2018 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's pot critic found a new strain of weed on the market that fittingly is called Purple Unicorn.by Lester BlackThis is the Purple Unicorn. Lester Black
  I had no intention of buying the Purple Unicorn when I walked into Hashtag Cannabis in Fremont last week. But after I found the pot I was I looking for (a particular strain of kush that tastes like chai tea) the budtender said “you have to check this out” as she reached for a wax-dipped jar. “It’s unbelievably p
  
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• Where Has Police Reports Illustrated Gone?

  14-09-2018 21:46 via thestranger.com
  
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• Blood Orange's Negro Swan Is Beautiful, Haunting, and Brutally Honest

  14-09-2018 21:19
  
  by Santi Elijah HolleyBlood Orange lands at the Moore tomorrow night. NICK HARWOOD
  Though Dev Hynes has written and produced hits for the likes of Solange, Florence and the Machine, Kylie Minogue, and Carly Rae Jepsen, his solo work as Blood Orange has never been all that concerned with chart-topping singles. Over seven years and three albums, Hynes used the Blood Orange moniker to delve into deeper, more delicate, and more personal material.His new record Negro Swan explores themes like the ong
  
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• Nearly $1 million in cash, 33 guns and 10,000 fentanyl pills found in Arlington man’s home, feds say

  14-09-2018 21:05
  A federal grand jury has indicted two men after a tip and traffic stop in July led to the recovery of a small arsenal of weapons, nearly $1 million in cash hidden through an Arlington home, and thousands of powerful narcotic pills.
  
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• Escaped Inmate With "ZOOM" Tattooed on His Head Found After Cyberbullying the Police

  14-09-2018 20:55
  
  “We had no leads,” Whitcomb said. “Then he just texted us.by Nathalie GrahamNobody cyberbullies our boys in blue and gets away with it.IPGGutenbergUKLtd/ Getty Images
  An inmate escaped from the King County Jail back on Aug. 23. He managed to slip by security and walk right out the front door with a group of inmates being processed for release.
  Joseph Matthew Tramato, 49, was arrested on burglary and drug charges. He has an extensive criminal record, according to Srgt. Sean Whit
  
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• Hurricane stokes talk of extending college football season

  14-09-2018 20:31
  With an eye toward player safety and scheduling flexibility, the NCAA last year considered ways to lengthen the college football season so every team would have 14 weeks to play 12 games every year. It didn’t come to pass. The topic popped up again this week as Hurricane Florence prompted the cancellation, postponement or relocation […]
  
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• Presidential Candidate Michael Bloomberg Gives Mayor Durkan (and the City of Seattle) a $2.5 Million Check for Being Green

  14-09-2018 20:30
  
  by Greg ScruggsMichael Bloomberg at the America's Pledge launch event, "We Are Still In," in Germany last fall. Lukas Schulze/Getty Images
  The Storm weren’t the only team to bring home the bacon for Seattle this week. Team Durkan also deserves some credit for landing an award worth $2.5 million to help the Emerald City stay green.
  Earlier today in Kerry Park, Mayor Durkan hosted billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (and apparently as of yesterday, 2020 presidential cand
  
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• Firefighter’s death caused by retardant drop from 747

  14-09-2018 20:27
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new report says a firefighter battling the largest wildfire in California history was killed last month when thousands of gallons of flame-suppressing liquid were dropped from a Boeing 747 flying only 100 feet (30 meters) above treetops. The retardant struck with such force it uprooted an 87-foot (27-meter) tree that […]
  
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• The Best Music Shows in Seattle: Fall 2018

  14-09-2018 20:15
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis year's Earshot Jazz Festival, which runs from October 7–November 4, will put a special focus on the music of youth and women, including the Tia Fuller Quartet. Jerry Madison
  More than just rustling leaves and raindrops, fall in Seattle also sounds like Kamasi Washington’s cosmic jazz, Goran Bregović’s orchestral Balkan music, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, an operatic The Turn of the Screw, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Earshot
  
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• Virgil Fassio, former Seattle Post-Intelligencer publisher and ‘civic spirit,’ dies at 91

  14-09-2018 20:06
  Virgil Fassio, a lifelong newspaper man and civic leader, spent 15 years as publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  
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• Street flooding, canceled classes due to Texas coastal rain

  14-09-2018 19:51
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A tropical disturbance is bringing heavy rain to already saturated areas along the Texas Gulf Coast, resulting in street flooding and prompting some schools to cancel or cut short classes. A weak tropical disturbance just off the South Texas Gulf Coast on Friday was predicted to bring 5 inches (12 centimeters) […]
  
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• Trump is a popular target at California climate summit

  14-09-2018 19:47
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Trump was a popular target Friday at California Gov. Jerry Brown’s climate change summit in San Francisco. Two prominent Democrats and a Republican mayor criticized Trump for his decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate accord. “While Donald Trump may have pulled out of the climate […]
  
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• John Kerry blasts Trump’s withdrawal from Paris climate pact

  14-09-2018 19:47
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the landmark Paris climate accord. “While Donald Trump may have pulled out of the climate agreement, the American people have not,” he said opening the second day of the Global Climate […]
  
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• Republican Primary Challenger Endorses Democrat Carolyn Long for Congress

  14-09-2018 19:19 via thestranger.com
  
  That's not supposed to happen.by Rich SmithLong's candidacy continues to empurple.Courtesy of Carolyn LongOn Thursday Democrat Carolyn Long picked up an endorsement from Michael Cortney, one of the three Republicans who ran for Congress in southwest Washington during the primaries.If you've been reading your Slogs like you're supposed to, you know Long took second in the primary and is now running a surprisingly tight race against Republican incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler. Cortney's endorsement
  
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• Florence could dump enough rain to fill the Chesapeake Bay

  14-09-2018 19:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Florence’s rain total will likely be staggeringly huge. Meteorologist Ryan Maue of weathermodels.com calculates that Hurricane Florence is forecast to dump about 18 trillion gallons of rain over a week over the North Carolina, South Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland. It doesn’t include rain after it dissipates and its remnants […]
  
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• The Best Theater, Dance & Comedy Events in Seattle: Fall 2018

  14-09-2018 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss Lin-Manuel Miranda's pre-Hamilton hit musical In the Heights, coming to the Seattle Rep in November. John Daughtry, 2011
  You may not be jet-setting this fall, but settle into a theater seat and you'll be transported to Lin-Manuel Miranda's New York City, Shakespearean England, and everywhere in between. Plus, laugh along with comedians like Phoebe Robinson to cure the onset of SAD. Below, we've rounded up all of our critics' performance picks for the seas
  
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• Our Critics' Festivals Picks for Fall

  14-09-2018 19:10 via thestranger.com
  Picks from Seattle Art and Performance for September 17–December 9, 2018.by Stranger Things To Do StaffYou may not think of fall as festival season, but it's full of them—Fremont Oktoberfest, FreakNight, and the Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival all happen this timeof year, along with events celebrating everything from light to books to LEGOs.Food & DrinkSept 21–23Fremont Oktoberfest Raise a (gigantic, oversized) stein to Seattle's biggest fall beer festival, whi
  
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• Our Critics' Music Picks for Fall

  14-09-2018 19:05 via thestranger.com
  Picks from Seattle Art and Performance for September 17–December 9, 2018by Stranger Things To Do StaffMore than just rustling leaves and raindrops, fall in Seattle also sounds like Kamasi Washington’s cosmic jazz, Goran Bregović’s orchestral Balkan music, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, an operatic The Turn of the Screw, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and Earshot Jazz Festival. Below, we've rounded up the biggest and best music events you need to know about this seaso
  
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• Our Critics' Visual Art Picks for Fall

  14-09-2018 18:56 via thestranger.com
  Picks from Seattle Art and Performance for September 17–December 9, 2018by Stranger Things To Do StaffTake refuge from fall's cooler temperatures inside a museum or art gallery, where you can see everything from international artists addressing themes of healing and self-care to a photography show about space and time to centuries-old Viking artifacts. Below, we've compiled all of those and more critics' picks for art shows and events this season. MuseumsBainbridge Island
  Museum of Art
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• Our Critics' Readings & Talks Picks for Fall

  14-09-2018 18:56 via thestranger.com
  Picks from Seattle Art and Performance for September 17–December 9, 2018by Stranger Things To Do StaffWant to curl up with a great read this fall? Get inspired by the host of authors coming to town, including buzzy novelist Lauren Groff, Broad City star and essayist Abbi Jacobson, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Alice Walker, and popular science writer Neil deGrasse Tyson. Below, we've compiled all of our critics' picks for the season's literary events.FictionMon Sept 17Esi Edugyan: Wash
  
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• Prominent health policy expert resigns over plagiarism claim

  14-09-2018 18:44
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A prominent health policy expert at Dartmouth College resigned after being accused of plagiarizing the work of other professors for a paper published in a prestigious journal. H. Gilbert Welch sent an email to colleagues Thursday saying he was saddened to resign. He maintained that the dispute was over authorship, not […]
  
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• A Seattle Hospice Worker Brings Death to Life in "The Final Say"

  14-09-2018 18:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Talking about death may be uncomfortable, but it's coming for all of us. We may as well get used to it.by Katie HerzogLPETTET/Getty
  Last spring, Brookyn-based podcasting company Gimlet Creative (the marketing arm of Gimlet Media) announced Casting Call, new show featuring Jonathan Goldstein, Canada's drollest radio host. Goldstein—probably best known in this country for his work on This American Life as well as his previous Gimlet Media show Heavyweight—acts as a sort of neurotic Rya
  
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• Wildfire forces evacuation of hundreds of Utah homes

  14-09-2018 17:45
  SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire roaring through dry terrain in Utah has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes. People were told to leave three communities near the city of Spanish Fork on Thursday after the lightning-sparked blaze exploded in size to 31 square miles (80 square kilometers). It’s also threatening to […]
  
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• Western wildfires force evacuations of hundreds of homes

  14-09-2018 17:45
  SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A swift Utah wildfire fanned by high winds has more than doubled its size as it burns through dry terrain and forces evacuations of hundreds of homes, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday. The blaze south of Spanish Fork grew to 84 square miles (217 square kilometers) from 31 square […]
  
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