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• Cold turkey! Minus 26 atop Mount Washington for Thanksgiving

  22-11-2018 22:41
  PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — It’s downright cold atop Mount Washington, home to some of the most brutal weather in the Northeast. The Mount Washington Observatory says it plunged to minus 26 (minus 32 Celsius) on Thursday morning. The observatory says that broke its daily record low of minus 11 (minus 23 Celsius). It also […]
  
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• Security guard shot at Federal Way nightclub

  22-11-2018 21:22
  A security guard at a Federal Way nightclub was shot in the chest early Thursday, according to Federal Way police. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. His injuries don’t appear to be life-threatening, according to police. Officers were still gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses Thursday morning about what led to the […]
  
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• Scientists find remains of huge ancient herbivore

  22-11-2018 20:01
  BERLIN (AP) — A giant, plant-eating creature with a beak-like mouth and reptilian features may have roamed the Earth during the late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago, scientists said Thursday. In a paper published Thursday by the journal Science, Polish researchers claim their find overturns the notion that the only giant plant-eaters […]
  
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• More than 4 dozen sea turtles killed in Cape Cod cold snap

  22-11-2018 18:31
  WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Animal rescue volunteers say more than four dozen sea turtles have died of exposure after washing ashore in frigid conditions on Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Times reports that low temperatures and high winds combined to kill most of the 50 turtles that washed up Thursday in Brewster, Orleans and Eastham […]
  
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• Viaduct memories: Love it or hate it, the doomed concrete hulk along Seattle’s waterfront brings out passion

  22-11-2018 15:00
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct closes for good Jan. 11, replaced by the Highway 99 tunnel that opens the first week of February.
  
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• ‘There’s hope out there’: Wellspring works to end the cycle of family homelessness

  22-11-2018 15:00
  Founded in 1892, Wellspring Family Services, on Seattle's Rainier Avenue South, works to end the cycle of family homelessness. It focuses, in part, on children's early learning, mental health, preventing domestic violence, helping clients connect to housing and, in general, providing a variety of services that can stabilize the family.
  
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• ‘There’s hope out there’: Wellspring — and a young mother’s will — lifted a family

  22-11-2018 15:00
  With early-learning classes for the kids and housing help, Amy Krajci says Wellspring Family Services helped bring her and her children a "safe, normal, healthy family life." She is now taking classes toward a college degree.
  
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• Seattle has changed: See the Alaskan Way Viaduct under construction in the 1950s

  22-11-2018 15:00
  A look back in The Seattle Times' archives shows the huge amount of change that its construction brought to the city's waterfront.
  
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• Love, hate, and shrimp: Your viaduct memories before it gets smashed to pieces

  22-11-2018 15:00
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct closes for good Jan. 11, replaced by the Highway 99 tunnel that opens the first week of February.
  
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• Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander

  22-11-2018 14:23
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to Mars face their biggest test yet. Their mission: Broadcast immediate news, good or bad, of InSight’s plunge through the Martian atmosphere on Monday. Named WALL-E and EVE after the main characters in the 2008 animated movie, […]
  
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• UN weather group: Greenhouse gases in air rose again in 2017

  22-11-2018 10:09
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather organization says greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere climbed to a new record level last year, warning that “the window of opportunity” to act against climate change is nearly closed. The World Meteorological Organization says globally-averaged concentrations of carbon-dioxide reached 405.5 parts per million in 2017, up slightly from […]
  
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• As Trump questions global warming, UN says: US gov’t won’t

  22-11-2018 10:09
  GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. scientist on Thursday shrugged off an online quip from U.S. President Donald Trump that questioned global warming, saying a U.S. government report will show the “fundamental impacts of climate change on the U.S. continent.” Officials at the World Meteorological Organization also said environmentally minded efforts by the state of […]
  
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• Cut off from the world, an Indian island remains a mystery

  22-11-2018 09:05
  NEW DELHI (AP) — For thousands of years, the people of North Sentinel island have been isolated from the rest of the world. They use spears and bows and arrows to hunt the animals that roam the small, heavily forested island, and gather plants to eat and to fashion into homes. Their closest neighbors live […]
  
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• Turkey prices are the lowest in a decade, but not the kinds Washington farmers raise. Those are soaring.

  22-11-2018 03:42
  Presidential economics are playing out on Thanksgiving dinner tables across the country, as cheaper turkey varieties get cheaper and pricier ones surge.
  
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• Turkey prices are lowest in a decade, but not for the kinds Washington farmers raise. Those are soaring.

  22-11-2018 03:42
  Presidential economics are playing out on Thanksgiving dinner tables across the country, as cheaper turkey varieties get cheaper and pricier ones surge.
  
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• Ocean Shores moves forward with FEMA application for tsunami-safe structure

  22-11-2018 03:22
  Ocean Shores would be the third community on the Washington coast to build a tsunami-safe structure if the proposed project receives funding.
  
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• Slog PM: We're Signing Off for Thanksgiving, Amazon Attempts to Rebrand Virginia, Buy Black This Friday

  22-11-2018 03:16 via thestranger.com
  
  This holiday sucks, Trump attacks judges, Instagram bans botsby Nathalie GrahamThis is us leaving for a luxurious day off! The man on the right is obviously Lester. He doesn't even eat turkey but we're still giving him the day off.Vladimir Vladimirov/ Getty Images
  It’s Thanksgiving Eve! Thanksgiving is the worst holiday. You need proof? Evidence aside from the stained history? Well, I just looked up a Thanksgiving playlist on Spotify and it’s all Michael Bublé and any song tha
  
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• FEMAIL Is Slashing Its Garments—And Prices—For Black Friday

  22-11-2018 03:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Do you want some Black Friday art? Duh, of course you do!by Chase BurnsDid you notice there are ALSO dashes slashes in my headline? Courtesy FEMAIL
  The Seattle/LA-based fashion duo FEMAIL has done the unthinkable. They've turned a Black Friday sale into a work of art.FEMAIL is slashing the prices on two of their garments from past collections, which are really more like wearable sculptures, to celebrate America's worst holiday, Black Friday. But the duo, comprised of Seattle-based Janelle Abbott
  
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• Ruling mostly clears Seattle’s plan to upzone neighborhoods for affordable housing

  22-11-2018 03:00
  Seattle’s environmental review of a plan to allow larger buildings and impose affordable-housing requirements in the urban cores of more than two dozen neighborhoods was almost entirely adequate, the city’s administrative-law judge ruled Wednesday. Only an analysis of the plan’s impacts on historical sites needs additional work, hearing examiner Ryan Vancil said in a written decision. […]
  
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• Ruling mostly clears plan to upzone Seattle neighborhoods for affordable housing

  22-11-2018 03:00
  A year ago, the Seattle Coalition for Affordability, Livability and Equity challenged an environmental review of the city's plan to upzone more than two dozen neighborhoods.
  
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• City of Kirkland employees to undergo bias training after black man asked to leave yogurt shop

  22-11-2018 02:34
  The city also is examining its policies and practices related to "unwanted person" and "trespass" dispatch calls, according to the city manager and police chief.
  
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• Heading out for the holidays

  22-11-2018 02:30
  Between Thanksgiving, Friday’s Apple Cup showdown in Pullman and a wintry-weather forecast, travelers in Washington state will face many challenges over the holiday weekend. Here are some tips for an easier trip.
  
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• Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106

  22-11-2018 02:18
  Ray Chavez would not talk about Pearl Harbor for decades. Then, on a last-minute whim, he decided to return to Hawaii in 1991 for ceremonies marking the attack's 50th anniversary.
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 116 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: Nov 21-25

  22-11-2018 02:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWestlake Park's holiday tree will light up at the same time as Macy's holiday star and fireworks show on Friday. Wear your ugliest snowflake sweater for the chance to win a prize from Alaska Airlines. Seattle Downtown Association
  Panicking because you haven't yet made plans for the Thanksgiving 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 from Wednesday to Sunday, rang
  
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• Where to Watch Friday's Apple Cup

  22-11-2018 02:14 via thestranger.com
  Bars to watch the Huskies and Cougars' 111th football matchup.by Stranger Things To Do StaffFor the 111th year, the Washington State Cougars and the University of Washington Huskies will face off in the Apple Cup, Washington State's biggest annual rivalry football game that takes place the day after Thanksgiving (Fri Nov 23), and whose winning team earns a shot at the PAC-12 championship. The game will go down at Pullman's Martin Stadium, the home of the Cougars, but there are plenty of places t
  
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• 16 Places to Watch the 2018 Apple Cup in Seattle

  22-11-2018 02:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffShutterstock Get ready for the Apple Cup kick-off on Friday.
  For the 111th year, the Washington State Cougars and the University of Washington Huskies will face off in the Apple Cup, Washington State's biggest annual rivalry football game that takes place the day after Thanksgiving (Fri Nov 23), and whose winning team earns a shot at the PAC-12 championship. The game will go down at Pullman's Martin Stadium, the home of the Cougars, but there are plenty of places to
  
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• Climate change is upending the predictability of Italy’s wine industry

  22-11-2018 02:08
  Growers say they have little choice but to try to manage.
  
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• Lynnwood Woman Calls for Murder Charges Against Deputy That Allegedly Shot and Killed Her Boyfriend

  22-11-2018 01:54 via thestranger.com
  
  A Snohomish County Deputy shot and killed a man as he say in the front seat of his pickup truck last month. The man's girlfriend, who was sitting next to him at the time, is calling for murder charges against the cop.by Lester Black Jaromir Chalabala / EyeEm/ Getty
  A Snohomish County Deputy shot and killed Nikolas Peters last month while he was sitting in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck, according to the man's girlfriend, Britt Jakobsen. Jakobsen was sitting in the passenger seat next
  
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• Washington Supreme Court tosses lawsuit filed by mother of woman killed by boyfriend days after he left prison

  22-11-2018 01:47
  Cathy Harper sued the state Department of Corrections, alleging officials failed to keep Scottye Miller away from her daughter. But the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Harper failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove gross negligence.
  
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• Black Friday starts big season for scammers, who love ‘pick up in store’ offers

  22-11-2018 01:43
  Much of the holiday season’s online fraud heats up right after Thanksgiving dinner, experts say, as con artists join consumers in trying to get a jump on those Black Friday deals
  
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• Why Seattle Dogs Eat Better Than Many Humans

  22-11-2018 01:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede spiller2000/gettyimages.com
  And so, there is this. Just Food for Dogs. It's soon to open in Seattle. "We do three things here," claims the company. "We make daily food for healthy dogs and cats, we make a line of prescription food for dogs with specific illnesses and we make custom formulations for sick dogs and cats. And we do it all using ingredients that are 100% certified for human consumption by the USDA." This grub is not cheap; but it is much more nutritious than the sta
  
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• Airplane fuelers at Sea-Tac threaten holiday strike amid contract negotiation

  22-11-2018 01:09
  Aircraft fuelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport authorized a strike last week ahead of the holiday travel rush. Teamsters Union Local 174 represents nearly 150 employees who refuel departing airplanes at Sea-Tac Airport. Those workers voted to join the union in March, but have not been able to negotiate their first contract with their employer Swissport, […]
  
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• ‘Explorer at heart’: American missionary killed in India

  22-11-2018 00:57
  John Allen Chau, 26, was from southwestern Washington state but had worked and traveled all over, from the Cascade Mountains to South Africa. A friend described him as driven by twin passions: a love of the outdoors and fervent Christianity. He was killed this month on an island in India.
  
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• A life of adventure, religion for American killed in India

  22-11-2018 00:57
  John Allen Chau, 26, was from southwestern Washington state but had worked and traveled all over, from the Cascade Mountains to South Africa. A friend described him as driven by twin passions: a love of the outdoors and fervent Christianity. He was killed this month on an island in India.
  
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• Free Will Astrology: November 21–27

  22-11-2018 00:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rob Brezsny
  ARIES (March 21–April 19): In his autobiography On the Move, neurologist Oliver Sacks praised his friend Jerry's curiosity and knowledge. "Jerry has one of the most spacious, thoughtful minds I have ever encountered, with a vast base of knowledge of every sort," wrote Sacks, "but it is a base under continual questioning and scrutiny." So willing was Jerry to question and reevaluate his own assumptions that Sacks said he had "seen his friend suddenly stop in mid-sentence and
  
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• 10 Essential Record Store Day Releases to Cop on Black Friday

  22-11-2018 00:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Here are 10 essential releases to score among the ton of great stuff coming out on Black Friday Record Store Day.by Dave SegalGodhead album, refurbished for 2018.
  The contentious retail holiday known as Record Store Day returns for its Black Friday edition on November 23. The redheaded stepchild to the official RSD held annually in April, Black Friday Record Store Day nonetheless always yields some treasures from the vaults of labels huge and minuscule. No matter how loudly and eloquently you wh
  
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• Romaine calm: Lettuce alert, turkey warning loom over Thanksgiving dinner

  22-11-2018 00:14
  With two food-poisoning outbreaks in lettuce and turkey making headlines before Thanksgiving, the messages about what’s safe to eat can be hard to keep straight. In short: Cook and enjoy the turkey but skip the romaine. Here’s why.
  
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