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• Gay Man Getting Handjobs From Lady "Massage Women" Wondering What Is Up With Him

  26-11-2018 23:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I have an odd fetish/fantasy thing that I haven't found online. Or maybe it's unhealthy and I need a diagnosis.I'm 34 and gay. I love being gay and I don't have issues about secretly wanting to be straight and accepted by the world or by a religion. But here's my thing: I love getting handjobs at massage parlors from women that I'm not physically attracted to. I'd gone in the past just to try it out and couldn't cum, which was frustrating and a waste of
  
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• The Really Bad News Is Not the GM Layoffs, But Its Plan to Increase the Production of SUVs and Trucks

  26-11-2018 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"The Death of Socrates" (1787), by Jacques-Louis David
  At this point, we must stop playing games and admit, the worst that could happen as a consequence of rapid climate change is going to happen. There are no signs in the world that at all indicate that this conclusion is unreasonable or fantastic. And it's not just climate deniers. It is American consumers. They refuse to change. Change for them is unimaginable. Indeed, they exactly want more of what is making the current and
  
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• Devices implanted to treat pain worsen the suffering for many

  26-11-2018 22:50
  Medical device companies and doctors have touted spinal-cord stimulators as remedies for millions of people in pain. But the stimulators are more dangerous than patients know: Many report being shocked or burned, or suffering nerve damage ranging from weakness to paralysis.
  
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• Q&A on scientist’s bombshell claim of gene-edited babies

  26-11-2018 22:43
  Designer babies might be here sooner than anyone reckoned. A Chinese researcher who says he created gene-edited babies crossed what most scientists consider a forbidden line. It’s not clear if the claim is true and if so, how the twin girls whose DNA reportedly was altered will fare as they grow. There is wide scientific […]
  
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• Driver of crashed UW marching-band bus cited for driving too fast for conditions, could face other citations

  26-11-2018 22:31
  Nancy Aguilar, 36, of Sammamish was driving one of six charter buses carrying members of the University of Washington's marching band to the Apple Cup. The bus slid off the road and toppled onto its side, injuring numerous people on board.
  
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• Two Doofuses Pulled Off One of Mexico's Greatest Art Heists

  26-11-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the subject of Alonso Ruizpalacios's hypnotically beautiful new film, Museo.by Chase BurnsInside the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, where two amateurs conducted one of the world's greatest art heists on Christmas Eve of 1985 while guards were drunk.Diego Grandi/Getty ImagesTwo huge events happened in Mexico City in 1985 that shook the entire country. First, there were the literal shakes: In the early morning of Sept. 19, 1985, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck
  
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• Russian Asylum Seeker Detained in Tacoma Dies

  26-11-2018 21:39 via thestranger.com
  
  An Russian asylum seeker died at a Tacoma hospital on Saturday.by Lester BlackUndocumented immigrant activist Maru Mora-Villalpando speaking in front of ICE's Seattle office in January. HG
  A 40-year-old Russian asylum seeker died in Tacoma on Saturday night. Amar Mergensana passed away at St. Joseph's Medical Center after spending 10 days at the hospital.
  Deepak Saini, a public relations representative for the hospital, said that the man died just after 6 p.m.
  Mergensana arrived in the United St
  
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• US officials: It’s OK to eat some romaine, look for labels

  26-11-2018 21:20
  The FDA narrowed last week's blanket warning on the E. coli outbreak. The agency said Monday that romaine recently harvested in Arizona, Florida, Mexico and California's Imperial Valley is OK to eat. Just check the label.
  
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• Clues sought for decline in Hawaii humpback whale sightings

  26-11-2018 21:16
  HONOLULU (AP) — Researchers are gathering to compare clues on the reasons behind a significant decline in the number of sightings of North Pacific humpback whales in their traditional breeding grounds in waters around Hawaii. U.S. and international researchers, wildlife managers and federal officials will meet Tuesday and Wednesday in Honolulu to discuss the decline. […]
  
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• Perverse Techno DJ Goetic Mirror Reveals His Top 5 Classical Pieces

  26-11-2018 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Masterly techno DJ Goetic Mirror reveals his top 5 tracks; spoiler alert: They're all classical joints.by Dave SegalGoetic Mirror can make anything sound like techno... and he doesn't use headphones. KI CHAN LEE
  GOETIC MIRROR (aka TYLER MADDEN; Dogs on Walks)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Mikhail Glinka, "The Lark""Evgeny Kissin is sometimes too dramatic for me as a pianist, but here that is perfect because he projects the melody in the beginning, so that when everything becomes more complex in the end,
  
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• Trump: ‘I don’t believe’ government climate report finding

  26-11-2018 21:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is rejecting a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released Friday by his own administration. The National Climate Assessment, quietly unveiled Friday, warns that natural disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming. It says warming-charged extremes “have already […]
  
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• NASA says it has landed a spacecraft on Mars to explore the planet’s interior.

  26-11-2018 20:54
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says it has landed a spacecraft on Mars to explore the planet’s interior.
  
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• The 77 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Nov 26-Dec 2, 2018

  26-11-2018 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe theatrical version of literary lesbian prairie goddess Willa Cather's masterpiece My Ántonia opens this Thursday.John Ulman
  Our music critics have already chosen the 36 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from Trixie Mattel in Troop Beverly Heels to a Bob Woodward talk, and from A John Waters Christmas to the Winter Beer Festival. See them all below, and find even m
  
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• As US Border Police Fire Tear Gas at Migrants, Seattle Congressman Demands Answers From Trump

  26-11-2018 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Rep. Adam Smith says Trump's border deployment is "unwise, unnecessary, and likely illegal."by Eli SandersMany of the migrants are women and children. But President Trump is tweeting about them being "stone cold criminals." Mario Tama / Getty Images
  Seattle Congressman Adam Smith, who will likely be Chair of the House Armed Services Committee come January, has sent a letter to President Trump demanding information about the president's deployment of thousands of US troops to the border with Mexi
  
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• Could Pot Help Us Get to Mars?

  26-11-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Pot might be one of the missing links to getting humans to Mars.by Lester BlackInSight's mechanical bones are fine on Mars. Frail human bones? Not so much. NASA/JPL-Caltech
  At around noon Seattle time today an 800-pound robot named InSight will land on the surface of Mars. InSight is loaded with gear to study the geology of Mars, but it’s also a proxy for a much grander future mission: Sending humans to the red planet.
  NASA hopes to send a manned mission to Mars sometime in the 2030s (acco
  
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• Hospital denies heart transplant over money, urges patient to fund-raise for post-op drugs

  26-11-2018 20:03
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids-based hospital system has denied a heart transplant to a 60-year-old woman because of funding concerns, recommending instead that she fund-raise $10,000 for the procedure on her own. Spectrum Health’s Heart & Lung Specialized Care Clinics informed Hedda Martin in a Nov. 20 letter that she isn’t eligible for […]
  
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• Medical examiner says Russian detainee in Tacoma died after suicide attempt, not from hunger strike

  26-11-2018 20:00
  Mergensana Amar had been in ICE custody for almost a year, during which his asylum claim was denied by a court. He was scheduled for deportation this month.
  
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• ICE says Russian detainee in Tacoma died after suicide attempt, not from hunger strike

  26-11-2018 20:00
  Mergensana Amar had been in ICE custody for almost a year, during which his asylum claim was denied by a court. He was scheduled for deportation this month.
  
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• Finding David Sedaris

  26-11-2018 19:46 via thestranger.com
  
  If I can run into my hero twice in one day, it could happen again. Right?by Katie Herzog INGRID CHRISTIE
  A lot of people dream about running into their idol in an unexpected situation. Ideally it would happen on an airplane, when you just so happen to be seated next to, say, George Clooney or Grace Jones. You’ll both be reading the in-flight magazine and he or she will ask if you’ve got an extra pencil for the crossword. You’ll only have a pen, but you’ll ask George or Gr
  
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• The 36 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Nov 26-Dec 2, 2018

  26-11-2018 19:29 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for the week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our music critics have picked everything from an electropop artist with an erudite reputation, John Maus, to soul/R&B legend Mavis Staples to Latinx psychedelic electro-cumbia band Terror/Cactus (with Guayaba and Da Qween). Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar.Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the
  
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• Man, It Sure Looks Like Christopher Rufo Is Still Running for City Council

  26-11-2018 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  I don't know if Rufo understands that he's using the rhetoric of civility to cover up for the incivility he's inserting into this race, but it's pretty obvious and dumb, and he should stop.by Rich SmithThis is the photo I'm using for Christopher Rufo now.AGNIESZKA MARCINSKA / EYEEM / GETTY IMAGES
  After upwards of 20 people yelled at him online, Christopher Rufo suspended his campaign for city council against Mike O'Brien in the 6th District. Though it seemed like we'd be spared the chore of ente
  
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• The Seahawks Are Going to Make the Playoffs (Probably)

  26-11-2018 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Spike FriedmanDavid Moore: one of the the best number three receivers in the league. Grant Halverson/Getty Images
  The Seahawks are going to make the damn playoffs. Well, probably. After a 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers, arguably their fiercest competition for the sixth playoff spot in the NFC, the Seahawks are looking very likely to turn what should have been a depressing rebuilding slog into an impressive run to the postseason. This was a great game between two pretty good teams, with
  
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• FDA says it will overhaul criticized medical device system

  26-11-2018 17:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials said Monday they plan to overhaul the nation’s decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which has long been criticized by experts for failing to catch problems with risky implants and related products. The Food and Drug Administration announced plans aimed at making sure new medical devices reflect up-to-date […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Weather Gets Gusty, Bellingham Gets Sued, Trump's Former Aide Gets to Go to Prison Today

  26-11-2018 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Michael BellThe Pineapple Express (not the movie with James Franco) is heading straight toward us today!! fstop123/Getty Images
  Things are about to get wet and gusty: Yikes, incoming November storm. Maybe get some candles ready and prepare something fun to do sans electricity.The atmospheric river (AKA "Pineapple Express") is aimed right at us & it's juicy! Owl Mountain (Olympic range) received 1.45" of rain overnight, & it's still coming down. The 2nd image is the amount of rain fore
  
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• A ‘juicy’ Pineapple Express storm is hitting Washington, but it won’t make up for dry November

  26-11-2018 16:16
  Sea-Tac Airport could receive between 0.55 inches and 1.75 inches of rain by Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• The ‘heart and soul’ behind Shelton’s fight to help homeless kids: Small program emerges as statewide model

  26-11-2018 15:00
  Funders and policymakers across the country are looking to the Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (HOST) program for inspiration to ending youth homelessness.
  
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• Life after death: Recompose, a soil-based alternative to burial and cremation, moves closer to reality

  26-11-2018 15:00
  Today, Recompose — which would convert human remains to soil — is still just a concept. But it's approaching reality, with scientific testing done at Washington State University and legislative support in Olympia.
  
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• It’s only a traffic stop. Why am I thinking about life and death?

  26-11-2018 15:00
  Whether it's a routine police encounter or hanging out at a yogurt shop, African Americans don't have the luxury of forgetting they might be seen as suspect.
  
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• In a small Washington town with no youth shelters, one woman keeps kids off the streets

  26-11-2018 15:00
  Funders and policymakers across the country are looking to the Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (HOST) program for inspiration to ending youth homelessness.
  
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• Ask an expert: How can Seattle make neighborhoods more accessible to walking?

  26-11-2018 15:00
  In our first ask-an-expert Q & A, we spoke with Vanessa Garrison, the co-founder of GirlTrek, a public health organization that focuses on "mobilizing black women to reclaim their health and communities through walking."
  
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• Gene-edited baby claim by Chinese scientist sparks outrage

  26-11-2018 14:49
  HONG KONG (AP) — More than 100 scientists have signed a petition calling for greater oversight on gene editing experiments after a researcher in China claimed he altered the DNA of twin girls born earlier this month. He Jiankui of Southern University of Science and Technology of China says he did it to try to […]
  
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• Snowstorm batters parts of Midwest, 100s of flights canceled

  26-11-2018 11:17
  CHICAGO (AP) — A wintry storm is battering much of the Midwest early Monday, bringing blizzard-like conditions that have grounded hundreds of flights and closed major highways at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. The Chicago Department of Aviation reported early Monday that average departure delays at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are 77 minutes, and […]
  
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• Slick roads, blowing snow delay air, road travel in Midwest

  26-11-2018 11:17
  CHICAGO (AP) — A wintry storm brought blizzard-like conditions to parts of the Midwest early Monday, grounding hundreds of flights and causing slick roads for commuters as they returned to work after the Thanksgiving weekend. The Chicago area was slammed with up to a foot (30 centimeters) of wet snow, and whiteout conditions stalled commuter […]
  
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• Pre-winter snowstorm continues to batter central Midwest

  26-11-2018 11:17
  CHICAGO (AP) — A wintry storm is battering much of the central Midwest early Monday, bringing blizzard-like conditions that have grounded hundreds of flights and closed major highways at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. The Chicago Department of Aviation reported early Monday that average departure delays at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport are 77 minutes, […]
  
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• Flights canceled, schools closed after Midwest snowstorm

  26-11-2018 07:04
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of flights have been canceled and schools in several states are closed after a snowstorm blanketed much of the Midwest. The National Weather Service issued blizzard and winter storm warnings Sunday for a large swath of the central Plains and Great Lakes region. Flight-tracking website FlightAware reports more than 1,200 flights […]
  
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• How many kids have autism? US government measures 3 ways

  26-11-2018 07:01
  How many American children have autism? The U.S. government answers that question at least three different ways and says the latest estimate — 1 in 40 kids — doesn’t necessarily mean the numbers are rising. The new number, published Monday in Pediatrics , is from one of three periodic surveys the government uses to assess […]
  
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• NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

  26-11-2018 06:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile (482 million-kilometer) journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. Flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped out of their seats and […]
  
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• Anxiety abounds at NASA as Mars landing day arrives

  26-11-2018 06:03
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft’s six-month journey to Mars neared its dramatic grand finale Monday in what scientists and engineers hoped would be a soft precision landing on flat red plains. The InSight lander aimed for an afternoon touchdown, as anxiety built among those involved in the $1 billion international effort. InSight’s […]
  
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• Russian asylum-seeker dies after going on hunger strike while in ICE detention in Tacoma, rights group says

  26-11-2018 03:57
  Immigrants' rights groups want the state to investigate the death of Amar Mergensana, who died Saturday after an 86-day hunger strike while in ICE custody.
  
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• Russian asylum-seeker dies after going on hunger strike while in ICE detention in Tacoma

  26-11-2018 03:57
  Immigrants' rights groups want the state to investigate the death of Amar Mergansana, who died Saturday after an 86-day hunger strike while in ICE custody.
  
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• Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

  26-11-2018 03:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. […]
  
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• AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China

  26-11-2018 03:38
  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. A U.S. scientist […]
  
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• Chinese scientist claims he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies: twin girls whose DNA he said he altered

  26-11-2018 03:37
  HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese scientist claims he helped make world’s first genetically edited babies: twin girls whose DNA he said he altered.
  
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• Leandro Jasso, 25-year-old Army ranger from Leavenworth, killed in Afghanistan

  26-11-2018 03:03
  The soldier, on his third deployment to Afghanistan, had connections to many people in the city.
  
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• 145 pilot whales die in stranding on New Zealand beach

  26-11-2018 02:44
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach have died. However, conservation workers are hoping to save some of the eight pygmy killer whales that remain stranded at the other end of the country in an unrelated event. A hiker discovered the pilot […]
  
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• Trump administration’s strategy on climate: Try to bury Its own scientific report

  26-11-2018 00:41
  Since the National Climate Assessment is required to be produced every four years, not issuing it would have been a violation of the law. Instead, three sources familiar with the strategy said, administration officials hoped to minimize its impact by releasing it on a day when Americans might be unlikely to be paying attention.
  
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