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• The Return of Sunset Fried Chicken and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Dec 14, 2018 Edition

  14-12-2018 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFormerly a walk-up window inside Rachel's Ginger Beer, Monica Dimas's Sunset Fried Chicken arrives in its new home in Queer/Bar today, along with an expanded menu and sit-down service.Sunset Fried Chicken via Facebook
  This week, Monica Dimas's Sunset Fried Chicken finds a new home in Capitol Hill at Queer/Bar, a new restaurant brings "drink and eats" to the former space of Radici in Pioneer Square, and Adana chef Shota Nakajima reveals plans for his upcoming Japanes
  
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• Suspected White Supremacist Arrested in King County

  14-12-2018 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Twelve guns were seized by the FBI and sheriffs in Snohomish County.by Katie Herzogcoldsnowstorm/GettyDakota Reed, a suspected white supremacist, was arrested last week at his mother's home in Lake Forest Park in King County.Reed is accused of threatening to carry out a mass killing in Washington state, a violation of state hate crime statues, as the Daily Herald first reported. After Reed was arrested, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department and the FBI seized 12 guns and ammo from Dakota Ree
  
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• California mandates 100-percent zero-emission bus fleet

  14-12-2018 23:04
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California moved Friday to eliminate fossil fuels from its fleet of 12,000 transit buses, enacting a first-in-the-nation mandate that will vastly increase the number of electric buses on the road. The California Air Resources Board voted to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project that the […]
  
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• California is first state to mandate zero-emission bus fleet

  14-12-2018 23:04
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California moved Friday to eliminate climate-changing fossil fuels from its fleet of 12,000 transit buses, enacting a first-in-the-nation mandate that will vastly increase the number of electric buses on the road. The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to require that all new buses be carbon-free by 2029. Environmental advocates project […]
  
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• Bumbershoot's Attendance Dropped to Its Lowest Level in Years—Has the Music Fest Bubble Burst?

  14-12-2018 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Only 54,000 people attended this year's Bumbershoot music festival, down from 80,000 people in 2015 and over 100,000 in 2013.by Lester BlackBumbershoot 2018 Travis Trautt
  Music festivals around the country have seen their attendance drop in recent years. Unfortunately, this year’s Bumbershoot was not spared from that trend. Attendance at the Seattle Center music festival was down this year to 48,024 people for the weekend, bringing in about 16,000 people a day, according to figures AEG sha
  
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• Bumbershoot's Attendance Dropped to Its Lowest Level in Years

  14-12-2018 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Has the music fest bubble burst?by Lester BlackBumbershoot 2018 Travis Trautt
  Music festivals around the country have seen their attendance drop in recent years. Unfortunately, this year’s Bumbershoot was not spared from that trend. Attendance at the Seattle Center music festival was down this year to 48,024 people for the weekend, bringing in about 16,000 people a day, according to figures AEG shared with The Stranger.
  That’s less than the 80,000 people who bought tickets in 2015, a
  
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• Thousands without power as high winds hit Washington, Oregon

  14-12-2018 22:43
  The National Weather Service issued high-wind warnings Friday for areas along Oregon and Washington's Pacific Coast and Washington's northern interior.
  
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• Thousands lose power in Puget Sound as high winds hit Washington, Oregon

  14-12-2018 22:43
  The National Weather Service issued high wind warnings Friday for Oregon and Washington's Pacific Coast and Washington's northern interior with wind advisories for areas inland.
  
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• Thousands lose power as high winds hit Washington, Oregon

  14-12-2018 22:43
  The National Weather Service issued high-wind warnings Friday for areas along Oregon and Washington's Pacific Coast and Washington's northern interior.
  
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• Over 100K lose power as high winds hit Washington, Oregon

  14-12-2018 22:43
  The National Weather Service issued high wind warnings Friday for Oregon and Washington's Pacific Coast and Washington's northern interior with wind advisories for areas inland.
  
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• Judge’s order halts long-delayed Burke-Gilman Trail missing link — once again

  14-12-2018 22:19
  A King County Superior Court judge sent the city back to the drawing board in its nearly three-decade quest to complete the last missing link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, which runs from Bothell through Fremont before abruptly shunting cyclists and pedestrians onto Ballard streets.
  
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• Sandy Hook Elementary Evacuated After Bomb Threat on 6th Anniversary of Massacre

  14-12-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. Many of the victims—26 total, most of them first graders—have now been dead as long as they were alive.by Nathalie Graham26 people were killed here six years ago.HANDOUT / GETTY IMAGES NEWS
  It's the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre. Many of the victims—26 total, most of them first graders—have now been dead as long as they were alive.This morning, some scumbag called in a bomb threat to the school, the sit
  
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• Judge orders Idaho to give transgender inmate gender surgery

  14-12-2018 21:49
  Barring any appeals, under the ruling Adree Edmo would become the first Idaho inmate to receive gender-confirmation surgery while in state Idaho Department of Correction custody.
  
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• Am I Being a Selfish Bitch?

  14-12-2018 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageOriginally published on July 2, 2009.I'm a 25-year-old straight female. I've been dating my boyfriend for a few months, but we fell in love fast and I want to make this last. However, he doesn't turn me on. It has nothing to do with looks—he's GORGEOUS—but rather with the fact that I am submissive and like things rough (rape fantasies, being tied up, etc.). He is GGG and tries, but he is just too timid. The last guy I dated used to toss me ar
  
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• In the New Chapbook from Future Tense, Felicity Fenton Dives into Social Media Addiction

  14-12-2018 21:29 via thestranger.com
  Felicity Fenton’s new chapbook from Future Tense playfully interrogates social-media addiction.by Joshua James Amberson“As a child plotting my future adulthood, I couldn’t imagine becoming someone who ogled the glow of screens and sweat-clenched the square edges of devices,” writes Felicity Fenton in her new chapbook, User Not Found. “Not once did I believe I would partake in an incessant perusal of digital walls, skimming notes and pictures from others about their
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 106 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: Dec 14-16, 2018

  14-12-2018 21:23 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking because you haven't yet made plans for the 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, ranging from PhinneyWood Phestivus to the grand opening of Seattle Opera's new Civic Home, and from a Fremont Ugly Sweater Bar Party to Snow Day in Denny Park. For even more options, check out our complete Things To Do c
  
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• Instead of Building the Wall, Trump Should Decriminalize Drugs

  14-12-2018 21:03 via thestranger.com
  
  A border wall isn't going to stop drugs from entering the country.by Katie HerzogWho's gonna pay for it?! We are!ElFlacodelNorte/Getty
  To the great embarrassment of most of the nation, Donald Trump will not shut the fuck up about the wall. Unlike most of Donald's promises, he actually seems determined to build the dumb thing, and during a disastrous on-camera meeting with Democrats on Tuesday, said he is willing to shut down the federal government if Congress (which his party currently controls)
  
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• Seattle DJ CCL Appears in Resident Advisor's Top Mixes of 2018 List

  14-12-2018 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Respect to Seattle DJ CCL, whose fantastic, unconventional dubstep mix made it onto electronic-music authority Resident Advisor's best-of 2018 list.by Dave SegalCCL takes a giant (dub)step beyond. Cecilia Corsano-Leopizzi
  International electronic-music authority Resident Advisor placed a mix by Seattle DJ/TUF member CCL (aka Cecilia Corsano-Leopizzi) on its year-end list of best mixes. CCL's in stellar company with such major figures as Ricardo Villalobos, Beatrice Dillon, Avalon Emerson, Kyle H
  
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• A Very Short Review of the Very Bad Mortal Engines

  14-12-2018 20:20 via thestranger.com
  by Suzette Smith
  Based on the 2001 steampunk book series by Philip Reeve about “predator cities” on wheels that roam the wastelands of a postapocalyptic Europe, Mortal Engines is the sort of movie that you watch when you get home from a rave at 3 a.m. and you’re still too high or amped up to go to sleep.
  It does not belong in a theater. At best, with all its giant motors gyrating and people jumping around while dressed up like bikers at a Renaissance faire, Mortal Engines deser
  
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• Zadie Smith Declines to Comment

  14-12-2018 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogA recent short story of hers takes place in a world that resembles “woke Twitter” come to life.DOMINIQUE NABOKOV
  Zadie Smith, the famous novelist and essayist, politely (and wisely) declined to be interviewed for this article.
  Who could blame her? When I e-mailed her requesting an interview, I made the terrible mistake of being honest. What I should have said was that I was interested in talking about her work in advance of her appearance in Seattle (Wednesday, Februar
  
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• 87 Extravagant, Indulgent, and Otherwise Major New Year's Eve 2018 Events in Seattle to Buy Tickets for Now

  14-12-2018 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffExplore MoPOP's exhibits after dark and dance to live bands and DJs before watching the Space Needle's fireworks show at Indulgence.Alabastro Photography
  Spending an intimate New Year's Eve at home with a bottle of Cook's doesn't sound bad, but it's been a tough year, so why not treat yourself to some well-deserved glitz and glamour? Below, we've rounded up all the major, extravagant events you should get tickets for ahead of time to avoid the risk of them selling o
  
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• Major New Year's Eve Events to Buy Tickets for Now

  14-12-2018 19:23 via thestranger.com
  Extravagant Parties, Fancy Dinners, and More Ways to Ring in 2019 in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSpending an intimate New Year's Eve at home with a bottle of Cook's doesn't sound bad, but it's been a tough year, so why not treat yourself to some well-deserved glitz and glamour? Below, we've rounded up all the major, extravagant events you should get tickets for ahead of time to avoid the risk of them selling out, all of which are over $20, ranging from decadent dinners at Canon and the
  
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• Seattle Mariners put $3M toward keeping people from eviction in King County

  14-12-2018 19:17
  The Seattle Mariners have pledged $3 million for a new effort to prevent low-income renters facing eviction from falling into homelessness. The team’s contribution to the Home Base partnership will beef up staffing at the Housing Justice Project, a legal clinic sponsored by the King County Bar Association (KCBA) that provides legal advice and counsel […]
  
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• Seattle Mariners put $3 million toward keeping people from eviction in King County

  14-12-2018 19:17
  The Seattle Mariners have pledged $3 million for a new effort to prevent low-income renters facing eviction from falling into homelessness. The team’s contribution to the Home Base partnership will beef up staffing at the Housing Justice Project, a legal clinic sponsored by the King County Bar Association (KCBA) that provides legal advice and counsel […]
  
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• Seattle Mariners launch $3 million effort for preventing homelessness from evictions

  14-12-2018 19:17
  The Seattle Mariners have pledged $3 million for a new effort to prevent low-income renters facing eviction from falling into homelessness. The team’s contribution to the Home Base partnership will beef up staffing at the Housing Justice Project, a legal clinic sponsored by the King County Bar Association (KCBA) that provides legal advice and counsel […]
  
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• 87 Extravagant, Indulgent, and Otherwise Major New Year's Eve 2018 Parties in Seattle to Buy Tickets for Now

  14-12-2018 19:12 via thestranger.com
  Extravagant Parties, Fancy Dinners, and More Ways to Ring in 2019 in Seattle.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSpending an intimate New Year's Eve at home with a bottle of Cook's doesn't sound bad, but it's been a tough year, so why not treat yourself to some well-deserved glitz and glamour? Below, we've rounded up all the major, extravagant events you should get tickets for ahead of time to avoid the risk of them selling out, all of which are over $20, ranging from decadent dinners at Canon and the
  
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• I Attempted to Bake 106 Different Kinds of Martha Stewart Holiday Cookies in Two Months. People Laughed and Said I Was Crazy. Well, I Was Crazy.

  14-12-2018 18:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Megan SelingOriginally published on Nov. 22, 2007. PAUL HOPPE
  I had been staring at a wall of frozen pizzas for 15 minutes. Freschetta, DiGiorno, Red Baron, Tombstone. I didn't even want pizza. I looked pathetic, in slippers and an oversized Dance Hall Crashers hoodie that I almost never wear in public because, as a rock writer, I don't like to flaunt my undying love for uncool mid-'90s ska bands. But I didn't care. It was almost 1:00 a.m., and I had been at the Ballard Safeway for 45 minutes
  
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• Convenience-store clerk shot in Renton robbery; 2 men sought

  14-12-2018 18:20
  The clerk was shot in the hand; his injuries are not life-threatening, according to police.
  
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• It's Day 14 of 25 Days of Giveaways—Enter Now!

  14-12-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  Each day this month until Christmas, we're giving away new and exciting prizes from local Seattle businesses as part of 25 Days of Giveaways. Everything from event tickets to restaurant and retail gift cards to unique experiences is up for grabs.Today's prizes are:
  Dockside Cannabis: Full tour of Dockside Cannabis' Sodo location and House of Cultivar's production facility for four (must be 21+)
  Nectar Lounge: Two tickets to Stardust New Year's Eve Bash featuring Bo
  
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• Slog AM: Bellevue Badminton Coach Investigated for Misconduct, 7-Year Old Girl Dies in Border Patrol Custody

  14-12-2018 17:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Michael BellThe investigation started a year ago.Vichai Phububphapan/Getty Images
  Sound Transit CEO is getting a $16,000 bonus! How is this even news? Isn’t everyone getting $16,000 bonuses this year? Wait, you’re telling me we’re not all getting $16,000 bonuses? Well, Sound Transit is at least doling one out! They've unanimously decided to throw 16K at Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff, who just got an 11 percent pay raise that slates him to make $364,000 next year.Dear those
  
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• Report: Changes needed to prevent harassment at Oregon Capitol

  14-12-2018 17:06
  SALEM, Ore. — Lawmakers have been told the Oregon Legislature needs to make structural and cultural changes to ensure the Capitol building is free from harassment. Chief among the recommendations from the Oregon Law Commission’s Oregon State Capitol Workplace Harassment work group is the creation and funding of an independent Equity Office that would conduct […]
  
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• Two wins for women: male contraception and a Supreme Court pass

  14-12-2018 15:00
  Christmas came early for women who need health care.
  
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• Sound Transit CEO Rogoff in line for $16,000 performance bonus

  14-12-2018 15:00
  The bonus would be in addition to Rogoff's already approved 11 percent pay raise that boosts his annual salary to $364,000 next year. The proposed bonus still must be approved by the full Sound Transit board.
  
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• How we saw it then: An era of capture, when a generation of orcas was taken from Puget Sound

  14-12-2018 15:00
  Killer whales were shot and reviled, then captured and shipped around the world, before finally being protected as highly intelligent, socially sophisticated animals.
  
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• Got a question about the viaduct and new Highway 99 tunnel? Ask Seattle Times reporters in a live Q&A

  14-12-2018 15:00
  On Friday, Dec. 21 at 11 a.m., Traffic Lab reporters Mike Lindblom and Michelle Baruchman will answer your questions about the old viaduct and new tunnel in a Facebook Live Q&A.
  
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• A bonus with no public debate: Sound Transit CEO Rogoff in line to have salary top $364,000

  14-12-2018 15:00
  Finishing his third year leading Sound Transit, Peter Rogoff survived an investigation into complaints about abrasive management style, profanity and sexism that led to the loss of his 2017 performance bonus.
  
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• Students: We want to know how diversity among your teachers has affected your schooling

  14-12-2018 14:00
  Washington's student population is becoming more diverse, but its pool of teachers remains largely white. We want to hear from those affected by this problem most directly: students.
  
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• How we measured the demographic divide between students and teachers in Washington state

  14-12-2018 14:00
  Data analysis resulted in stories, map and graphics that compare student and teacher diversity in Washington state schools.
  
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• Greater teacher diversity can improve outcomes for students of color. So why are 89% of Washington teachers white?

  14-12-2018 14:00
  Washington state’s public-school students are more diverse than ever, but the teacher workforce doesn’t represent them. In some regions, school districts employ only a few teachers of color — or none at all.
  
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• Dutch suspect kept in custody in slaying of U.S. college student

  14-12-2018 10:30
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — A suspect in the slaying of a 21-year-old American psychology student living in the Dutch port of Rotterdam appeared before a judge Friday and was ordered detained for two more weeks while the investigation continues. The Rotterdam Public Prosecutor’s Office tweeted that the 23-year-old suspect, whose identity hasn’t been released, was brought […]
  
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• Weary climate envoys stumble toward last stretch at UN talks

  14-12-2018 09:43
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Bleary-eyed and pale after almost two weeks of negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries gathered Friday to discuss the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, mindful that the clock was ticking to reach a deal. Preparing for more lengthy debate, organizers extended the close […]
  
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• Draft agreement emerges at UN climate talks, pitfalls remain

  14-12-2018 09:43
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Negotiators at the U.N. climate meeting in Poland are gathering to discuss the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge after almost two weeks of talks. Ministers and senior officials from almost 200 countries were due to hold further meetings Friday before convening in plenary in the afternoon to address remaining differences. […]
  
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• Climate talks inch forward in Poland, may go thru weekend

  14-12-2018 09:43
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Bleary-eyed after almost two weeks of negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries on Friday discussed the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, mindful that the clock was ticking to reach a deal. Anticipating the need for more debate, organizers prepared to hold the meeting, […]
  
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• Climate talks inch forward in Poland, islands threaten veto

  14-12-2018 09:43
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Bleary-eyed after almost two weeks of negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries on Friday discussed the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, mindful that the clock was ticking to reach a deal. Anticipating the need for more debate, organizers prepared to extend the meeting, […]
  
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• Climate talks extended as island nations demand action

  14-12-2018 09:43
  KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Weary officials from almost 200 countries faced another day of negotiations at the U.N. climate talks to bridge their last remaining differences as small island nations on Friday demanded an ambitious stance against global warming. The talks in Poland were supposed to end Friday, but Michal Kurtyka, a senior Polish official […]
  
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• Jazz singer Nancy Wilson dies at 81; she turned songs into stories

  14-12-2018 07:45
  Nancy Wilson, whose skilled and flexible approach to singing provided a key bridge between the sophisticated jazz-pop vocalists of the 1950s and the powerhouse pop-soul singers of the 1960s and ‘70s, died Thursday at her home in Pioneertown, California. She was 81. Wilson’s death, which came after a long illness, was confirmed by her manager, […]
  
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• Faulty gate at Bremerton plant causes sewage, runoff spill

  14-12-2018 06:05
  The Kitsap Public Health District issued a no-contact advisory for waters between Silverdale and Bremerton, warning residents to avoid skin contact with those waters through Dec. 18.
  
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• At a prominent badminton club in Bellevue, girls describe a coach who crossed lines with massages

  14-12-2018 05:01
  Bellevue police have reopened an investigation into alleged misconduct by a coach at a Bellevue badminton academy after several girls and young women have come forward with stories about inappropriate massages and other behavior that made them feel uncomfortable. The club says the coach was terminated last week.
  
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• Deadline is Saturday for Obamacare sign-ups in Washington state

  14-12-2018 03:59
  The number of people signing up for health insurance through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange is less than previous years, but not down as much as sign-ups nationally.
  
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