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• Irish measure’s goal is to put health warnings on alcohol

  06-10-2018 23:56
  The measure is the first in Ireland to treat excessive alcohol consumption as a health problem rather than as an issue of licensing or of law and order.
  
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• Seattle demonstrations planned in wake of Kavanaugh confirmation

  06-10-2018 23:37
  A Seattle protest rally and march, and at least one celebration, was planned in the wake of the Senate's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice.
  
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• In Seattle, Kavanaugh protesters rally downtown. At a bar, a few supporters raise their beer glasses.

  06-10-2018 23:37
  The fight to block Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court was over. But for many, the anger over how the past few weeks unfolded was fresh.
  
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• In Seattle, anti-Kavanaugh protesters rally downtown. At a bar, a small group raises its beer glasses.

  06-10-2018 23:37
  The fight to block Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court was over. But for many, the anger over how the past few weeks unfolded was fresh.
  
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• Anti-Kavanaugh protesters rally in downtown Seattle

  06-10-2018 23:37
  Seattle protests and at least one celebration were planned in the wake of the Senate's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice.
  
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• Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed To Supreme Court

  06-10-2018 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithFucking fucker fucking being such a fuck.Getty Images / PoolRepublicans Senators, the Federalist Society, and Donald Trump have successfully conspired to make Brett Kavanaugh an associate justice of the Supreme Court. They pushed him through three credible allegations of sexual assault, two bullshit hearings from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a sham FBI investigation. They framed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's, Deborah Ramirez's, and Jill Swetnick's stories as a Democratic conspi
  
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• 50 Intellectually and Morally Bankrupt Assholes Vote to Confirm Kavanaugh

  06-10-2018 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Fucking fucker fucking being such a fuck.by Rich SmithFucking fucker fucking being such a fuck.Getty Images / PoolRepublicans Senators, the Federalist Society, and Donald Trump have successfully conspired to make Brett Kavanaugh an associate justice of the Supreme Court. They pushed him through three credible allegations of sexual assault, two bullshit hearings from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a sham FBI investigation. They framed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's, Deborah Ramirez's, and Jill
  
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• Miniature Horses Are Welcome on Alaska Airlines (But No Snakes, Please)

  06-10-2018 22:06
  Under a new policy that took effect this week, miniature horses have joined dogs and cats as one of the three animals expressly allowed on board as service animals.
  
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• How many squirrels in Central Park? Count aims to find out

  06-10-2018 20:38
  NEW YORK (AP) — It’s one of the enduring mysteries of life in New York City: Just how many squirrels live in Central Park? There could soon be an answer. Counters started roaming the 840-acre park on Saturday for its first ever Squirrel Census . Organizers of the two-week count tell The New York Times […]
  
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• Body found on Greek island is man missing in severe storm

  06-10-2018 18:21
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says it has identified the badly decomposed remains of a person found on an island shore as a 67-year-old man who was reported missing in a storm that struck a week ago. The man and his 58-year-old wife went missing Sept. 30 on the island of Evia, off […]
  
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• Californians weigh making egg-laying hens cage-free by 2022

  06-10-2018 18:02
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California voters are right to think they already weighed in on how big cages should be for egg-laying hens. In 2008, voters ushered in Proposition 2, which sought to free egg-laying hens from tiny cages. It didn’t outlaw cages but barred California farmers from keeping hens — as well as calves […]
  
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• California measure would make egg-laying hens cage-free

  06-10-2018 18:02
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A measure on California’s November ballot would require that egg-laying hens be cage free by 2022. The measure would phase in the standard by creating new minimum size requirements for confinement pens for hens, as well as for calves raised for veal and breeding pigs. It would also ban sales from […]
  
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• Ballard rail engineer adds this vintage caboose to his collection

  06-10-2018 16:00
  James Norvell, an engineer on the Ballard Terminal Railroad, already owned a "speeder" rail car. So when he found a vintage caboose for sale in Whatcom County, he decided to bring it home with him.
  
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• Rachel the Pig pulls her weight at Pike Place Market

  06-10-2018 15:00
  Rachel is one big pig. And piggy bank. Given her girth, she’s not that heavy at 550 pounds, 200 less than her namesake who won at the 1985 Whidbey Island County Fair. Sculptor Georgia Gerber created the bronze mascot in 1986 for the Pike Place Market Foundation. The foundation likes to say she’s been “bringing […]
  
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• Memorial statue of Chris Cornell, ‘Seattle’s son,’ finds public home at MoPOP

  06-10-2018 15:00
  A public unveiling ceremony for the life-size sculpture in Cornell's hometown will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Leaders dispute findings that cleared King County deputies in Tommy Le shooting

  06-10-2018 15:00
  Leaders of a dozen civil rights and community groups have filed a complaint disputing the King County Sheriff’s Office’s findings that a deputy was “justified and within department policy” when he fatally shot Tommy Le during a disturbance in Burien last year.
  
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• Voters guide: How much will Seattle’s education levy cost, and what exactly will it pay for?

  06-10-2018 14:00
  Here’s what you need to know about the city’s largest-ever education levy, and whether the expiring tax has made a difference in schools, before you send in your ballot.
  
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• Second 17-year-old charged with murder in drive-by shooting that killed woman in Burien office

  06-10-2018 04:04
  Adnel Kenjar, 17, has been charged as an adult with second-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 19 death of Gabriela Reyes Dominguez as she worked at a Burien chiropractor's clinic. Kenjar is accused of firing the fatal shot from an SUV.
  
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• 17-year-old charged with murder in drive-by shooting that killed in woman in Burien office

  06-10-2018 04:04
  Adnel Kenjar, 17, has been charged as an adult with second-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 19 death of Gabriela Reyes Dominguez as she worked at a Burien chiropractor's clinic. Kenjar is accused of firing the fatal shot from an SUV.
  
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• Allowing drugs at a tiny house village didn’t work. So why is Seattle trying it again?

  06-10-2018 04:00
  What to do with drug-addicted homeless people living on the streets is difficult, because traditional shelters won't take them. But the city's experimental attempt to do it on the cheap at a tiny house village was a bust.
  
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• King County to pay former jail inmate $1M for spinal-cord injury untreated for 10 days

  06-10-2018 03:49
  Bryan Telford fainted and fell at the jail in 2016. He immediately asked to be taken to Harborview Medical Center, but was not transported for 10 days, according to court documents. His lawsuit argued that by waiting, jail staff failed to meet required standards.
  
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• King County to pay former jail inmate $1M for spinal-cord injury that went untreated for 10 days

  06-10-2018 03:49
  Bryan Telford fainted and fell at the jail in 1016. He immediately asked to be taken to Harborview Medical Center, but was not transported for 10 days, according to court documents. His lawsuit argued that by waiting, jail staff failed to meet required standards.
  
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• Hurricane Sergio in Pacific could make U-turn toward Mexico

  06-10-2018 03:49
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Forecasters are predicting that Hurricane Sergio will do an about-face in the Pacific Ocean and head back toward Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Sergio is a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph). It was nearly 1,000 miles (more than 1,500 […]
  
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• Slog PM: King County Is Looking Into Housing the Homeless in a Jail, LaCroix Has a Fun Secret Ingredient

  06-10-2018 02:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Careful on I-90, unemployment is low, UW students get into Me Tooby Nathalie GrahamHome sweet home? MIVPIV/GETTY
  Slog PM is brought to you by this Ziploc baggy of homemade edible crumbs: I'm not entirely sure where they came from. They were bequeathed upon me and Chase (the digital editor). There were never whole edibles in here. They were always crumbs. We think they were cookies at some point. They taste vaguely like chalk and vaguely like really bad brownie bark. If this kills me is it bad
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• Vehicle blamed for deadly California wildfire

  06-10-2018 02:41
  CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California wildfire that killed two firefighters and destroyed nearly a dozen buildings in Northern California was caused by a vehicle. The U.S. Forest Service on Friday said investigators determined that a hot catalytic converter ignited dry roadside vegetation. However, investigators haven’t identified the vehicle. The so-called Ferguson fire […]
  
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• Your Seattle Weekend Cheat Sheet: Oct 5–7, 2018

  06-10-2018 02:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSee pretty fall foliage at the Seattle Japanese Garden's Maple Festival this weekend.
  Congratulations, you've made it to the weekend! All week long, we at Stranger Things To Do have been posting lists of Seattle events to prepare you for this moment, but if you haven't been keeping up, don't worry—here are the basics to get you started on your weekend planning adventures.
  If you want to immerse yourself in seasonal festivities...
  Head to the UW Botanical Garde
  
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• Washington’s Strawberry Commission gets in a jam with state auditor as it dissolves

  06-10-2018 02:01
  The Washington State Strawberry Commission is going away at the end of the year.
  
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• Washington Strawberry Commission in a jam with state auditor over ‘risk of loss, waste and abuse’

  06-10-2018 02:01
  An accountability audit released paints a sad portrait of the Strawberry Commission, which has been around since 1993, but won’t be much longer.
  
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• Nudging a species toward self-destruction

  06-10-2018 02:00
  Biologists have now developed a way to manipulate mosquito genetics that forces whole populations of the insect to self-destruct. The technique has proved so successful in laboratory tests that its authors envisage malaria could be eliminated within two decades.
  
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• Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases

  06-10-2018 02:00
  Researchers hunt for answers as thawing Arctic lakes leak greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
  
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• North Seattle College rated among nation’s top LGBTQ-friendly community colleges

  06-10-2018 01:51
  North Seattle College received a 3.5 out of 5 on its report card from Campus Pride, a nonprofit that supports college students working on inclusion and safety.
  
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• Study suggests more older women may benefit from bone drugs

  06-10-2018 01:40
  A bone-strengthening drug given by IV every 18 months greatly lowered the risk of fracture in certain older women, a large study found.
  
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• Suspect in random stabbing of a Kent pedestrian charged with felony assault

  06-10-2018 01:39
  Kent police say video-surveillance footage of another random stabbing of a pedestrian shows a suspect whose physical features match those of Lejon Phillips, 30, who was charged with second-degree assault for stabbing a man in July for no apparent reason.
  
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• The Exorbitant Privilege of Racist White Voters

  06-10-2018 01:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede dkfielding/gettyimages.com
  Early this year, the French economist Thomas Piketty posted a paper, "Brahmin Left vs. Merchant Right: Rising Inequality & the Changing Structure of Political Conflict" (PDF), that pointed out recent macro-level political developments in three major capitalist democracies (UK, France, and US). These states are converging to a political order that has two political parties, which are run by two elite groups in their societies: the highly educated a
  
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• I'm Running for Senator of Maine

  06-10-2018 00:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogFuture Maine Senator Katie Herzog Sarah Hoffman
  I am pleased to announce my candidacy for Maine senator. While it's true that I've never actually been to Maine, I have been to both Vermont and New Hampshire, which is pretty much the same thing. In additon to these qualifications, I have never, unlike some people, promised to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.As a candidate for senator, I promise to run a clean and uplifting campaign based on truth, justice, and plenty o
  
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• Uber Settles Data Breach Suit with Washington State

  06-10-2018 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWashington state will get roughly $5.8 million in a settlement against the rideshare company Uber, the Seattle Times reports.The lawsuit goes back to a 2016 data breach. In November 2017—a year after the breach—the company announced that it paid hackers $100,000 to cover up the breach rather than report it. The breach impacted drivers, whose license numbers and other personal data were stolen, as well as Uber customers.Soon after, Washington
  
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• A Beef Festival, A Midwestern Restaurant, and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Oct 5, 2018 Edition

  06-10-2018 00:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCowabunga, which starts today, bills itself as "America's largest festival of beef." Cowabunga via Facebook
  First, the bad news: Due to some last-minute delays, Shake Shack won't in fact be opening this Saturday (but says they'll be opening "very soon"). The good news: This week brings Midwestern-themed fried fare from a new restaurant called Petoskey's Pizza, the announcement of a new Grand Central Baking Company coming soon to Wedgwood, a beefy bacchanalia from Co
  
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