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• FDA goal to be ‘first’ on devices worries former regulators

  28-11-2018 23:58
  An analysis of FDA data shows that since 2012, tens of thousands of injury and death reports have been filed in connection with devices that were cleared through a streamlined pathway that minimizes clinical trial testing.
  
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• Washington tribes say pipeline will harm orcas, way of life

  28-11-2018 23:33
  The contentious Trans Mountain project would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast and increase tanker traffic to more than 400 vessels annually through the Salish Sea.
  
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• It's NOT All Over, Baby Blue: An Interview with Tim Abbott of Iconic Garage-Rockers the Chocolate Watchband

  28-11-2018 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Read an interview with the guitarist of iconic garage-/psych-rockers the Chocolate Watchband, who are back with a great new album and a date at the Tractor on Dec. 2.by Dave SegalThe Chocolate Watchband hope you'll love them more than in the past.DIRTY WATER RECORDS
  It may come as a shock to some, but the Chocolate Watchband are still making music and touring (they hit the Tractor Tavern Sunday, December 2). The storied San Jose, California garage-psych band—who flourished in the late '60s
  
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• Eric Michael Emond becomes second Washington soldier killed in Afghanistan in less than a week, Defense Department says

  28-11-2018 23:00
  Army Sgt. 1st class Eric Michael Emond, 39, from Brush Prairie, Washington, died from his injuries after his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan.
  
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• Lawyer with City Attorneys Office Is Running for City Council

  28-11-2018 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Andrew Lewis, a lawyer with the City Attorney's office, is running for City Council in District 7. We find out if he supported the head tax, wants to save the Showbox, how he is going to make the city affordable, and what his favorite breweries are.by Lester BlackAndrew Lewis knows his beer and is running for City Council so we can build public housing. COURTESY OF THE ANDREW LEWIS CAMPAIGN
  The City Council’s District 7 seat has a new candidate only a day after Council Member Sally Bagshaw
  
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• Food chain disruption eyed in Hawaii whale sighting decline

  28-11-2018 22:42
  HONOLULU (AP) — Research into the decline of humpback whale sightings in Hawaii points to a food chain disruption likely caused by warmer ocean temperatures in the whales’ feeding grounds in Alaska, federal officials have said. U.S. and international researchers, wildlife managers and federal officials were meeting in Honolulu Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the […]
  
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• Yukon trapper shoots attacking grizzly — then finds his family already mauled to death

  28-11-2018 22:34
  When the bear charged, the Yukon Coroner's Office said, the trapper was "forced to shoot the bear dead" less than a football field's length from the family cabin. He was almost home when he discovered the bodies.
  
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• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office

  28-11-2018 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Urban living is a constant, shifting dance we do with the people around us, and yet, more and more, we exist in our own solipsistic worlds.by Katie HerzogKenishirotie/GettyA few years ago, I was complaining about Seattle weather on the phone with my mother, who has lived in the South for most of her adult life, a region where, when it rains, it quite literally pours. "Well, sure, it rains a lot there," my mom said. "But it's a dry rain, isn't it?"
  She had point. On dry rain days, the rain is jus
  
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• What Can Seattle Learn From Minneapolis’s "Radical Rezoning" Plan

  28-11-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeMinneapolis, home of weird cheeseburgers and Ilhan Omar. Gian Lorenzo Ferretti Photography/gettyimages.com
  Those who live in a big and growing city in the US basically live in the same city. The architecture is much the same, and so are the social problems. The homeless population is increasing, rents are rising, and NIMBYs block every effort to address the housing crisis in the name of preserving this or that neighborhood's "character." Also, as a section in the IMF's report, G
  
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• Trump dismantling US climate efforts as warnings grow dire

  28-11-2018 20:57
  The president's position has been that efforts to combat the emissions that cause climate change have hurt the U.S. economy.
  
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• Making Sense of the Manafort-Mueller Drama

  28-11-2018 20:53 via thestranger.com
  Episode 176 of the Blabbermouth podcastby The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Rich Smith dive into the latest intrigue swirling around the Russia investigation and ask whether Paul Manafort just successfully played Special Counsel Robert Mueller. (On the flip side, they also ask: Is Mueller perhaps the most successful edge-dom in America?)After that, Katie Herzog has some advice for processing the Trump administration climate change r
  
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• Mitch McConnell’s Farm Bill Could Blow Up the CBD Market

  28-11-2018 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Mitch McConnell wants to legalize industrial hemp with this year's Farm Bill. If he succeeds the CBD market is likely to blow up.by Lester BlackMom is going to be buying CBD at Walgreens if this bill passes.UpperCut Images / Getty
  CBD is already big business in America with hundreds of millions of dollars in sales every year. But the market for pot's second most famous compound might soon skyrocket thanks to a somewhat unlikely ally: Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell.
  The powerful Republican from
  
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• Southbound I-5 near Tumwater closed for hours after collision involving semi-truck

  28-11-2018 19:49
  The semi, carrying bags of powdered milk, swerved to avoid a vehicle that was driving too fast on the wet northbound lanes of Interstate 5, officials said.
  
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• We Have Gone Entirely Too Long Without The Witches Scaring the Shit Out of Our Children

  28-11-2018 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Erik Henriksen
  I was scared of everything as a kid (Harry from Harry and the Hendersons? Check! Ghost Librarian from Ghostbusters? Check! E.T.? GET THAT FUCKING THING AWAY FROM ME), but one of the more potent entries on the "Why Erik can't sleep tonight" list was Roald Dahl's The Witches, a book that suggested seemingly nice old ladies are actually hideous demons in disguise who are out to doom children and ruin the world. It's scary because the 2016 election proved it to be true!
  Now comes t
  
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• A List of Holiday Foods to Avoid

  28-11-2018 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Sugar plums? I don't even know what they are!by Ned LannamannEw. Carmen Murillo / Getty
  It’s the time of year when we gather ’round our families, think of the less fortunate, and throw caution to the increasingly cold wind by putting some very odd things into our bodies. Seriously, what is it about the holidays that makes us think that crap like fruitcake, candy canes, and eggnog are acceptable for humans to swallow? Why are peppermint, hardened fat, and nutmeg the three predominant
  
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• Iowa probing abuse allegations at home for troubled youths

  28-11-2018 17:04
  An advocacy organization in the state of Washington alleged earlier this year that foster children from there were being held against their will at the Clarinda, Iowa, facility, were subjected to excessive restraint and were verbally abused.
  
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• Slog AM: Justice Department Wants to Sue Washington, Drug Dogs Are Experiencing Job Insecurity

  28-11-2018 17:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Michael BellYou better update your LinkedIn, Fido.yanjf/Getty Images
  U.S. Justice Department is threatening to sue our state: And why would they do that? Drumroll, please. They don’t like legislation Jay Inslee signed into law that would “help Hanford workers win more compensation claims for illnesses,” reports the Seattle Times. The Justice Department says that it discriminates against the federal government. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he looks forw
  
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• ‘Waiting to see how it comes in’: Snow at Washington ski areas melts away with rain

  28-11-2018 16:10
  Rain and warm temperatures hurt snow accumulations at Mount Baker, Stevens Pass and Summit at Snoqualmie.
  
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• Brazil withdraws offer to host UN climate change conference

  28-11-2018 15:22
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, in a move that environmental groups said put into question Brazil’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Brazil pulled its offer to host the 2019 climate change conference because of […]
  
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• Brazil withdraws candidacy to host climate change conference

  28-11-2018 15:22
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is withdrawing it candidacy to host a large conference on climate change next year. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marco Bernardy said Wednesday that Brazil is withdrawing its candidacy to host the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference because of budget constraints. However, environmental groups say the decision is a nod to […]
  
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• Pierce County pays $7.8 million to children of woman killed after begging sheriff’s office for help

  28-11-2018 15:00
  Pierce County agrees to pay $7.8 million to young children of woman who begged the Pierce County Sheriff's Office to protect her from her boyfriend, who shot her to death days later.
  
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• Pierce County pays $7.8 million to children of slain woman who had begged sheriff’s office for help

  28-11-2018 15:00
  Jessica Ann Marie Ortega, 27, was killed on Feb. 20, 2016, three days after she'd been threatened with death at gunpoint and had reported it authorities. She told them how to find her ex-boyfriend. Then she repeated her request for help. She leaves two children.
  
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• Justice Department threatens to sue Washington state over compensation law that aids Hanford workers

  28-11-2018 15:00
  Federal lawsuit to challenge the state law could come as early as Friday
  
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• If Jay Inslee runs for president, his biggest accomplishment may be his undoing

  28-11-2018 15:00
  The pros and one very big con (what would Bernie Sanders say?) to the idea of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee running for president.
  
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• Family of missing native woman demands answers in Wapato

  28-11-2018 15:00
  Rosenda Strong, a 31-year-old mother of four, went missing last month. Strong is among 23 Native American women or girls who have been murdered, gone missing or suffered mysterious deaths on or near the Yakama Nation Reservation, according to a list maintained by the Yakima Herald-Republic.
  
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• Family of missing indigenous woman demands answers in Wapato

  28-11-2018 15:00
  Rosenda Strong, a 31-year-old mother of four, went missing last month.
  
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• Washington students could be much better at applying for college financial aid. Seattle is leading the way

  28-11-2018 14:00
  During school hours, Cleveland STEM High School in South Seattle gives help to every graduating senior to finish financial aid and college application forms, and the strategy is paying off.
  
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• Seattle high schoolers are applying for FAFSA more than anywhere else in Washington

  28-11-2018 14:00
  During school hours, Cleveland STEM High School in South Seattle gives help to every graduating senior to finish financial aid and college application forms, and the strategy is paying off.
  
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• Kitsap prosecutor: Police shooting of 72-year-old man during chase justifiable

  28-11-2018 13:05
  Kitsap County sheriff's deputies responded May 15 after a family member called to report an armed man in mental distress.
  
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• North Cascades Highway to close for season because of snow

  28-11-2018 12:55
  Highway 20 across the Cascade Mountain Range is scheduled to close at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The road will close on the west side near Diablo and the east side near Mazama.
  
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• World faces ‘impossible’ task at post-Paris climate talks

  28-11-2018 11:44
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris, world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine print. The euphoria of 2015 has given way to sober realization that getting an agreement among almost 200 countries, each with their own political and economic demands, will be challenging […]
  
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• S. Korea conducts successful rocket engine test

  28-11-2018 11:16
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has launched a single-stage rocket to test a locally made engine as part of efforts to place a satellite into orbit. The Science Ministry says it has confirmed its engine test was successful after the rocket landed off the southern coast on Wednesday. It says South Korea aims […]
  
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• Consumers sue potato chip maker over use of ‘Hawaiian’ brand

  28-11-2018 06:32
  Tim's Cascade Snacks, a unit of Pinnacle Specialty Foods, sells Hawaiian Kettle Style Potato Chips made in Washington. The lawsuit claims consumers wouldn't have purchased the chips, or would have paid significantly less, if they knew the snacks were made outside of Hawaii and without ingredients from the state.
  
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• Former Seattle student suing DeVos over student debt incurred at deceptive for-profit school

  28-11-2018 06:28
  The case could set precedent for hundreds of former students of the now-defunct Court Reporting Institute, which had locations in Seattle and Tacoma.
  
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• Vending-machine dispute leads to a murder charge against Seattle tattoo artist

  28-11-2018 05:11
  Seattle police say Tejuan Thomas repeatedly denied striking Todd Grendahl in the head, but video-surveillance footage contradicts that claim. Grendahl died days later after undergoing emergency surgery at Virginia Mason Hospital.
  
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• Fatal dispute involving a vending machine leads to a murder charge against Seattle tattoo artist

  28-11-2018 05:11
  Seattle police say Tejuan Thomas repeatedly denied striking Todd Grendahl in the head, but video-surveillance footage contradicts that claim. Grendahl died days later after undergoing emergency surgery at Virginia Mason Hospital.
  
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• With shortage of foster parents, Washington has almost tenfold increase in hotel stays for foster kids

  28-11-2018 04:10
  The problem is especially acute in King County and counties to the north, where the overall number of nights in hotels was more than 1,000 between September 2017 and August 2018.
  
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• Seattle Public Schools athletic director, accused of bullying, will leave district at end of year

  28-11-2018 04:02
  Eric McCurdy's departure comes after the district agreed to a $500,000 settlement with a former employee who said McCurdy had bullied her.
  
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• Seattle’s Polyclinic to join UnitedHealth Group as changes sweep the healthcare industry

  28-11-2018 03:12
  The Polyclinic, a 101-year-old Seattle-based physicians group, will sell a controlling stake to insurer UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest players an a business being reshaped by cross-industry acquisitions.
  
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• Scientist claiming gene-edited babies reports 2nd pregnancy

  28-11-2018 02:58
  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway. The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, revealed the possible pregnancy Wednesday while making his first public comments about his controversial work at an international conference in Hong Kong. He […]
  
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• Another gene-edited baby may be on the way, scientist says

  28-11-2018 02:58
  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher who claims to have helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies says a second pregnancy may be underway. The researcher, He Jiankui of Shenzhen, revealed the pregnancy Wednesday while making his first public comments about his controversial work at an international conference in Hong Kong. He claims […]
  
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• Slog PM: Frank Chopp Will Step Down as House Speaker, Boeing in a Bind, It's Juicy Out

  28-11-2018 02:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Boeing is in a bind, Olympia gets creative, RIP to Spongebob's dadby Nathalie GrahamWhat's an embattled aerospace giant to do? southerlycourse/Getty Images
  Durkan is throwing out a bunch of old misdemeanor warrants: Over 200 cases of non-violent, low-level crimes that are five years old or older will be tossed out, according to Mayor Jenny Durkan. These crimes—like the 107 people charged or convicted of prostitution or the 73 charged with third-degree driving with a suspended license&mdash
  
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• Anti-Semitic graffiti targets Jewish family’s West Seattle home

  28-11-2018 02:29
  Jewish residents in West Seattle's Sunrise Heights neighborhood on Monday morning found anti-Semitic spray painted vandalism along their alley. Police are investigating.
  
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• ‘SpongeBob’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

  28-11-2018 02:14
  Stephen Hillenburg’s animated show about a gentle and zany underwater world became a cultural phenomenon.
  
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• Friends gather to recall slain Pacific Islander community stalwart, who they say lives on through his culture

  28-11-2018 01:46
  Friends and acquaintances of Leaua Loto, who was killed in Des Moines on Saturday, gathered to recall his achievements and efforts to celebrate his Pacific Island culture and community
  
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• Puget Sound VA, GE Healthcare launch 3D imaging partnership

  28-11-2018 01:43
  GE Healthcare will provide software and work stations for the 3D printing technology, while the VA will provide feedback on the technology.
  
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• His Wife of Thirty Years Now Identifies as Asexual and Won't Agree to an Open Relationship

  28-11-2018 01:28 via thestranger.com
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  When I married my wife in my 20s she warned me that she had been abused a couple of times. We were fine for first decade or so. Early in the engagement we even worked out the "what are you into" discussion that I've heard you recommend (somehow we stumbled on that wise approach). No anal play for either of us, we decided, and she did not enjoy giving oral stimulus to me. NRE made this a non-issue for me, and there still seemed to be so much more we coul
  
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• Shake That Moody

  28-11-2018 01:00 via thestranger.com
  Can being bipolar make her dangerously kinky?by Dan SavageI'm a 30-year-old, Asian American, hetero-flexible cis woman. I'm also newly diagnosed with bipolar II. I'm on medication—the doctor is trying to figure that out—but no talk therapy for right now, as my last therapist wasn't great and I haven't managed to find a new one. My question for you is regarding the relationship between bipolar and kink. One of the common symptoms of the manic stage of bipolar is "risky sex." I equate
  
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