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• A Peek Into the HUMP! 2018 Jury Room

  18-09-2018 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey"To See What I Have Seen, To See What I See!": Inside the HUMP! jury room.
  The annual HUMP! film festival—featuring sexy 'n' hilarious five-minute dirty movies submitted by sex positive amateurs from around the Pacific Northwest and beyond—doesn't just appear out of nowhere. We get upwards of 100 submissions every year, and only accept around 20-25 of the best entries to be allowed in the festival. So you may be asking yourself, "WHO ARE THE LUCKY PEOPLE W
  
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• State wildlife worker shoots young member of Old Profanity Territory wolf pack

  18-09-2018 23:32
  The wolf is the 16th shot by the state in the Kettle River Range, according to a conservation organization. Wolves in the area have repeatedly attempted to prey on cattle there.
  
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• Oregon using Facebook to remind inactive voters to register

  18-09-2018 23:02
  SALEM, Ore. — In this era of manipulators using social media to interfere in elections, Oregon is instead using Facebook to bolster voter participation by contacting inactive voters to remind them to update their registration. Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson said Tuesday it’s a “first-of-its-kind pilot program.” In Oregon, a citizen can become an […]
  
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• Dude York, SassyBlack, and More Are Playing a Free Concert Outside of City Hall to Save the Showbox

  18-09-2018 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  SassyBlack, Dude York, Spirit Award, and more are playing a free show at City Hall Plaza on Wednesday in support of saving the Showbox.by Lester BlackImage this but with people and music! Seattle.gov
  It turns out Councilmember Kshama Sawant isn't just a socialist organizer, she's also a pretty good music promoter. Seattle's most famous socialist has brought together some of the city's best music talent for a free show in City Hall Plaza tomorrow to rally around saving the Showbox.The show starts
  
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• Police say victim in Friday Central District shooting died at Harborview

  18-09-2018 22:35
  A 38-year-old man died at Harborview after a shooting Friday near 24th Avenue and East Yesler Way, according to Seattle Police and the King County Medical Examiner.
  
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• Historic Idaho home to float to new location

  18-09-2018 22:29
  COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A 115-year-old home in northern Idaho will be moved to a new location and restored as part of a collaboration with the Museum of North Idaho. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports the building, dubbed the “White House,” began as the home for the president of CDA College and later served […]
  
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• Woman critically injured in Renton shooting; suspect arrested without incident

  18-09-2018 22:16
  The suspect in the shooting of a 40-year-old woman in Renton was arrested after returning to the scene, according to reports.
  
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• 1 injured in Renton shooting; nearby school locked down

  18-09-2018 22:16
  Highlands Elementary School was locked down Tuesday afternoon as police searched for a suspect in a nearby shooting.
  
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• Trump rolls back pollution rules for drilling on US lands

  18-09-2018 22:14
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration rolled back an Obama-era rule meant to curb climate-changing pollution on Tuesday, easing restrictions on energy companies that allow huge volumes of natural gas to escape after drilling it from U.S. lands. The move replaces a 2016 rule adopted under President Barack Obama that forced energy companies to […]
  
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• Trump administration rolls back Obama-era methane pollution rule that aimed to help combat climate change

  18-09-2018 22:11
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Trump administration rolls back Obama-era methane pollution rule that aimed to help combat climate change.
  
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• Another Sufferer of Death-Grip Syndrome

  18-09-2018 22:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Hi, Dan. I'm looking for some advice. I'm 26 years old. Never had a girlfriend or even kissed a girl before. But a few months back I met a girl started dating and eventually having sex. Before her I used to masturbate a lot, like four or five times a day. Everyday. But since we started having sex she hasn't been able to make me come — or should I say, I haven't been able to come. She's doing all the right things but it feels like nothing. May
  
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• Russian cosmonauts to conduct spacewalk to probe into leak

  18-09-2018 21:55
  MOSCOW (AP) — A space official says that Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station to inspect a section where a mysterious leak has been discovered. The leak was spotted last month in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station. The crew of three Americans, two Russians and a German quickly located […]
  
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• Maybe We Need a "Slow Tech" Movement?

  18-09-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  “What if we say, ‘That’s not the internet we want to live with’? What if the pillars were accuracy, authenticity and context?”by Eli SandersSloooooow tech. iStock / Getty Images Plus
  Plenty of people have written about the psychological and intellectual benefits of slowing down their own techno-consumption.But maybe it's time for the speed merchants at the helm of Big Tech to decide that they, too, want to be part of slowing our collective roll? That, at least, is t
  
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• Talk about a ‘superload’! Check out what’s crawling along Washington highways

  18-09-2018 21:40
  Over two nights, several semi-trucks and a giant-sized trailer are hauling a generator along a carefully choreographed 47-mile route in Klickitat County. The entire extravaganza has 48 axles and a combined weight of nearly — but not quite — 1 million pounds.
  
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• Kavanaugh's Accuser May Be Telling the Truth but Don't Trust Polygraph Tests

  18-09-2018 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  This isn't to say Christine Blasey Ford is lying. But the polygraph should not be held of up as evidence of someone's innocence or guilt. The evidence says, it just doesn't work.by Katie HerzogBrett KavanaughChip Somodevilla/Getty Images
  Polygraphs are in the news once again after Christine Blasey Ford, now a 51-year-old professor in northern California, accused Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when they were teenagers. According to Ford's account (which Ka
  
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• Former SDOT director Goran Sparrman takes job with private construction and engineering firm

  18-09-2018 21:01
  Goran Sparrman was recently hired as a vice president and business development officer for HNTB, a massive Kansas City-based engineering and construction firm. He will work in the company's Bellevue offices.
  
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• Virginia man killed in flash flood from Florence remnants

  18-09-2018 20:47
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man was killed Tuesday after his pickup truck was overtaken by rushing water during a flash flood caused by the remnants of Hurricane Florence. Virginia State Police said the pickup was found upside down and submerged in water that had flooded Route 607 in Louisa early Tuesday. Police said […]
  
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• Soda Companies Give an Additional $5 Million To Initiative That Blocks Soda Taxes

  18-09-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Soda companies are freaking out over the possibility of local taxes on their drinks.by Lester BlackSoda companies are freaking out over the possibility of local taxes on their drinks. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETT
  The soda industry is putting a massive amount of money behind an initiative that would stop Seattle's soda tax from spreading to other cities in the state.
  Last week, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission, four soda companies donated a collective $5 million in one day to Initiat
  
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• Soda Companies Are Spending $13 Million As They Freak Out Over Seattle's Soda Tax

  18-09-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Soda companies are freaking out over the possibility of local taxes on their drinks.by Lester BlackSoda companies are freaking out over the possibility of local taxes on their drinks. KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETT
  The soda industry is putting a massive amount of money behind an initiative that would stop Seattle's soda tax from spreading to other cities in the state.
  Last week, according to the state Public Disclosure Commission, four soda companies donated a collective $5 million in one day to Initiat
  
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• Dispute emerges over special lighting for Astoria Column

  18-09-2018 20:33
  ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Astoria City Council has rejected a request from a local hospital to bathe the Astoria Column in pink lighting during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The Daily Astorian reports that’s because city officials want a new policy on how and when colored lighting can be used on the landmark. […]
  
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• Female body found in Spokane River remains unidentified

  18-09-2018 20:07
  The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office expects to release the name of the decedent after they identify the body along with the cause and manner of death.
  
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• Vaping While Black in NYC Gets You a Night in Jail

  18-09-2018 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The war on drugs is alive and kicking in NYC, where vaping while Black could land you in jail.by Lester BlackThis person would probably be in jail if they were black and in NYC. Getty Images
  This Saturday I was hitting a vape pen and scrolling through Twitter when I saw something that shocked me—a New Yorker was in jail for doing what has become so nonchalant for us Seattleites.“THC oil” is classified as a controlled substance in NY law. So instead of arresting & charging w
  
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• The Seahawks Offense Sucks so Much, Y'all, They’re so Bad and I Hate Them

  18-09-2018 19:17 via thestranger.com
  
  I mean for Pete's sake, at least stop rolling Russell Wilson into the gaping maw of the league’s best defensive ends!!!by Spike FriedmanGuys? The offense? It sucks. Quinn Harris / Stringer
  That the Seahawks defense is worse than it was a year ago, and yet even worse than the years leading up to last year is no surprise. So many Pro Bowlers and superstars have left the team, that ESPN’s broadcast booth felt the need to interrupt Seattle’s 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears on Monda
  
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• Judge to consider suspending Idaho’s abortion reporting law

  18-09-2018 19:03
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Lawyers are asking a U.S. judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking a new Idaho law requiring doctors to report extensive personal information to the state about women who have had abortions. The Idaho Press reports the law, which took effect July 1, requires health care providers to disclose information about […]
  
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• Oregon House candidate made false statement in voter guide

  18-09-2018 18:53
  SALEM, Oregon (AP) — A candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives has been accused of making a false statement about her education in the official voter guide. Amanda La Bell, the Working Families Party candidate for the 54th House District, wrote in the state Voters Pamphlet that she earned a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta […]
  
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• Donald's Dick Looks Like a Toadstool

  18-09-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  “It may have been the least impressive sex I’d ever had, but clearly, he didn’t share that opinion.”by Katie HerzogSmaller than average not freakishly small. Alex Wong/Getty
  If you wondered why "Mario Kart" was trending on Twitter this morning, bad news: Nintendo did not release a new game overnight. Rather, according to a new story in the Guardian, in Stormy Daniels's forthcoming memoir, she describes, in excruciating detail, what the presidential penis looks like.From t
  
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• Idaho family still waiting for son 8 months after disappearance

  18-09-2018 18:42
  IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — It’s been 8 months since 16-year-old Matthew Jedediah “Jed” Hall disappeared from his eastern Idaho home, and investigators have still found no sign of the teen. The Post Register newspaper in Idaho Falls reports that police are now asking hunters to keep an eye out for the Jed’s silver 2009 Nissan […]
  
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• Family still waiting for son 8 months after disappearance

  18-09-2018 18:42
  IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — It has been eight months since 16-year-old Matthew Jedediah “Jed” Hall disappeared from his eastern Idaho home, and investigators have still found no sign of the teen. Police are now asking hunters to keep an eye out for Jed’s silver 2009 Nissan Versa in case it is parked in a […]
  
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• If UW Really Cares About Climate Change, They Should Provide Transit Passes for Employees

  18-09-2018 18:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Major Seattle institutions provide free transit for employees. Why doesn’t UW?by Katie WilsonMajor Seattle institutions provide free transit for employees. Why doesn’t UW?Levi HastingsThe University of Washington shapes Seattle, literally and figuratively. As a major employer, landowner, and destination, the UW has an outsized influence on our quality of life; as an icon its values and actions reflect back on the rest of us. So when the UW behaves like a low-road employer and doesn&r
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Spacious, Doomed "Something About That Night" by Masterly Ex-Seattle Producer Randall Dunn

  18-09-2018 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The lead track from renowned ex-Seattle producer Randall Dunn's solo debut album is an atypical doomed-love song of paradoxical wonder—both vast and intimate.by Dave SegalThose nocturnal synth emissions, though.Una Blu
  Randall Dunn, "Something About That Night" (figureight)
  Former Seattle musician/producer Randall Dunn rose to prominence over the last 15 years or so working the controls for artists such as SunnO))), Marisa Nadler, Thurston Moore, and Bernie Worrell, while also serving as l
  
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• Slog AM: Dear Yusaku Maezawa—Take Me to the Moon, Mayor Durkan's Head-Tax Texts Surface, a Call to Gums

  18-09-2018 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Dear Yusaku Maezawa—take me to the moon... what's in Mayor Durkan's Pocket?... save the orcasby Michael BellChew this one over.emmepiphoto / Getty Images
  Billionaire sends other billionaire to the moon: Elon Musk, known recently for dating Grimes, calling a rescue diver a pedophile, and smoking a joint on some dumb podcast, has announced that he will be sending Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, founder of Japan’s largest online fashion retailer, around the moon on SpaceX’s i
  
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• Slog AM: Dear Yusaka Maezawa—Take Me to the Moon, Mayor Durkan's Head Tax Texts Surface, a Call to Gums

  18-09-2018 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Dear Yusaka Maezawa—Take me to the Moon... What's in Mayor Durkan's Pocket?... Save the Orcasby Michael BellChew this one over.emmepiphoto / Getty Images
  Billionaire sends other billionaire to the moon: Elon Musk, known recently for dating Grimes, calling a rescue diver a pedophile, and smoking a joint on some dumb podcast, has announced that he will be sending Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa, founder of Japan’s largest online fashion retailer, around the moon on SpaceX’s i
  
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• Tilray stock surges as marijuana imports OK’d by U.S. for California study

  18-09-2018 15:25
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a rare move, the U.S. government has approved the importation of marijuana extracts from Canada for a clinical trial, highlighting a new avenue for American researchers who have long had trouble obtaining the drug for medical studies. The University of California San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research announced Tuesday […]
  
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• Lacking quality weed extract, US researchers turn to Canada

  18-09-2018 15:25
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a rare move, the U.S. government has approved the importation of marijuana extracts from Canada for a clinical trial, highlighting a new avenue for American researchers who have long had trouble obtaining the drug for medical studies. The University of California San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research announced Tuesday […]
  
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• Feds approve importation of pot drug for tremor study

  18-09-2018 15:25
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a rare move, the U.S. government has approved the importation of marijuana extracts from Canada for a clinical trial, highlighting a new avenue for American researchers who have long had trouble obtaining the drug for medical studies. The University of California San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research announced Tuesday […]
  
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• Canadian marijuana imports OK’d by US for California study

  18-09-2018 15:25
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — In a rare move, the U.S. government has approved the importation of marijuana extracts from Canada for a clinical trial, highlighting a new avenue for American researchers who have long had trouble obtaining the drug for medical studies. The University of California San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research announced Tuesday […]
  
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• Hurricane rating system fails to account for deadly rain

  18-09-2018 15:01
  TRENTON, North Carolina (AP) — When meteorologists downgraded Hurricane Florence from a powerful Category 4 storm to a Category 2 and then a Category 1, Wayne Mills figured he could stick it out. He regrets it. The Neuse River, normally 150 feet away, lapped near his door in New Bern, North Carolina, Sunday even as […]
  
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• Who would pay a state carbon fee on November ballot, and who gets a pass?

  18-09-2018 15:00
  Proponents say that most of the major fossil-fuel sources of greenhouse gas would be covered, while opponents point to pulp and paper mills, Alcoa and others that gain exemptions.
  
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• ‘What a mess’: Texts by Seattle mayor, council member shed light on head-tax repeal

  18-09-2018 15:00
  Newly released texts involving Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Councilmember M. Lorena González underscore how polling results helped spike the city’s head tax and offer an unvarnished look at the motivations and strategies behind the abrupt about-face.
  
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• Paul Allen-funded $46 million family center will house 94 families

  18-09-2018 15:00
  The 8-story building will house 94 families in South Seattle, half of them homeless, and the other half low-wage working families.
  
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• Judge orders Seattle to turn over internal records on head-tax repeal, Ed Murray by Sept. 28

  18-09-2018 15:00
  The city’s disclosure of records has become a sore point in a lawsuit contending the City Council broke state law by secretly deciding to repeal a controversial head tax on big businesses before a public meeting and vote.
  
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• $46 million complex funded by Paul Allen will house 94 families in South Seattle

  18-09-2018 15:00
  The 8-story building will house 94 families in South Seattle, half of them homeless, and the other half low-wage working families.
  
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• Man arrested in Washington State University fraternity arson

  18-09-2018 14:51
  The 19-year-old man isn't a Washington State University student, and a motive hasn't been determined, police say.
  
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• Seattle’s school test scores improving — except for students learning English

  18-09-2018 14:00
  Test scores for English learners, who make up 12.5 percent of Seattle Public Schools students, are worse than they were four years ago.
  
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• Oregon judge won’t let animals sue

  18-09-2018 13:05
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don’t have a right to sue. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports in doing so, Washington County Pro Tem Judge John Knowles on Monday refused to become the first judge in the nation […]
  
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• 100 die in Nigeria flooding as toll expected to rise

  18-09-2018 11:41
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say 100 people have died in flooding after heavy rains in recent days. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency tells The Associated Press that the deaths have occurred in 10 states and that the toll could rise. The Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency […]
  
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• Microbead researcher among 6 recipients of Heinz Awards

  18-09-2018 11:37
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A scientist who warned about the environmental threat of microbeads is one of six people being honored with $250,000 cash awards from the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Family Foundation. The annual Heinz Awards recognize achievement in the arts, public policy, the economy and other areas. The recipients of the 23rd annual awards were announced […]
  
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• 1st private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests

  18-09-2018 08:31
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After announcing that he’ll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the weeklong journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the SpaceX rocket “to inspire […]
  
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• North Carolina residents consider fleeing as rivers rise

  18-09-2018 06:41
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times. “Get out now,” a voice boomed from a bullhorn. “This is an emergency.” Waheeda Reese and her 14-year-old daughter, Anissa, were inside watching news reports about drowned towns all over the state […]
  
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• Floodwaters of Florence put North Carolina dams under stress

  18-09-2018 06:30
  Devastating flooding in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence has raised concerns about whether dams across the state, some of them already in poor condition, will be able to hold up under the strain. State officials have been monitoring dam safety in cooperation with local authorities and say there has been at least […]
  
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