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• PSA: The Bus and the Streetcar Are Free for New Year's Eve

  31-12-2018 23:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Thanks, King County Metro and Sound Transit!by Rich SmithThis is you not killing a pedestrian or getting a DUI.CM
  Hello, you beautiful drunk idiots!Starting at 7 p.m. tonight, you can ride the bus for free until 4 a.m. You can also take the streetcar for free until 1 a.m. You'll still have to pay for the light rail, but tonight it will run all the way up until 2 a.m. The last train leaves Westlake for Angle Lake at 2 sharp, so keep that in mind if you're partying or working a party downtown.Acco
  
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• Tourist braves chilly Green Lake to rescue seagull tangled in fishing line

  31-12-2018 23:08
  The struggling waterfowl faced an uncertain fate. But what to do was clear to 17-year-old Liam Colwell.
  
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• Black Mirror's New Film Bandersnatch Reveals That Gen X Wants Millennials and Gen Z to Bow Down

  31-12-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Bandersnatch is a vampire puncturing the flesh of the young with its teeth and rejuvenating itself by keeping the young old.by Charles Mudede Netflix
  The narrative approach to Black Mirror's new film Bandersnatch is generating lots of noise, despite being not remarkable or interesting or that "experimental." The narrative as video game, or as Borges' short story "Garden of Forking Paths." This sort of thing is still interesting to a certain type that's cut from the same cloth as the young man wh
  
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• Authorities: Woman critical after ex crashes into her car in Parkland

  31-12-2018 21:44
  The 34-year-old woman was granted a restraining order against the man last week, claiming he had threatened to kill her, was violent and was stalking her.
  
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• Authorities: Woman critical after ex crashes into her car

  31-12-2018 21:44
  The 34-year-old woman was granted a restraining order against the man last week, claiming he had threatened to kill her, was violent and was stalking her.
  
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• Authorities recover body from western Oregon lake

  31-12-2018 21:19
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The son of a man who has been missing since late November says his father’s body has been found in a western Oregon lake. The Register-Guard reports the Lane County Sheriff’s Office and the medical examiner’s office were working to identify a body pulled from Sutton Lake on Sunday. Jon Stapp […]
  
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• Bird Box Is About Twitter and That's the Last I Want to Hear About It

  31-12-2018 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  If you do not agree with this take, then John Malkovich's mean character will haunt your days.by Rich SmithDo not look at your Twitter feed unless Sandra Bullock tells you to look. SANDRA DECIDES WHO LOOKS. Paras Griffin / GETTY IMAGESLast week Netflix and Twitter conspired to issue an ultimatum: either watch Bird Box right now, or sit around and wonder why the hell everyone is posting memes of Sandra Bullock running through a forest wearing a blindfold. This is the ransom that social media and
  
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• Police: Man impersonated officer to rob Bend used car lot

  31-12-2018 19:59
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a masked man who wielded a hammer and claimed to be a law-enforcement officer robbed the owners of a used car lot in Bend. The Bulletin reports Bend police officers arrested the 50-year-old man following a short foot chase from the lot Saturday. Police say the man had a […]
  
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• Residents battling Mendenhall River erosion on their own

  31-12-2018 19:44
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — People living near the Mendenhall River are addressing bank erosion on their own after a federal plan fell through. At least eight Mendenhall Valley homeowners who live on Meander Way are pursuing some kind of solution to protect the river bank, the Juneau Empire reported . Plans by homeowners include the […]
  
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• Ada County deputy arrested on suspicion of DUI

  31-12-2018 19:12
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Ada County Sheriff’s deputy was placed on administrative leave after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. KBOI reports that 44-year-old Jason Jones was pulled over by a Boise Police officer. Authorities say Jones was driving a personally-owned sports-utility vehicle the wrong way Sunday night. After failing one […]
  
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• It Is So Foggy Outside Right Now

  31-12-2018 18:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Time for some fog poems.by Rich Smith2019 isn't coming in so clearly. RS
  If you watched Bird Box on Netflix over the weekend, then you might still be too scared to raise your shades for fear of letting those wind aliens(?) get inside your apartment and force you to kill yourself after transforming into an image of your worst fear. But you should find the courage to look soon! It is so foggy outside. It's beautiful in the way a total and absolute rejection can be beautiful, as if the city has bee
  
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• Oregon may consider exporting marijuana to other states

  31-12-2018 18:39
  Brian Smith, a spokesman for the Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board, said he knew of no plans to introduce similar legislation in Washington.
  
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• Man dies after being hit by cars while running across I-5 near Stanwood

  31-12-2018 18:38
  The man was seen running across the I-5 southbound lanes around 6 p.m. Sunday, before he was struck by three cars, according to state patrol.
  
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• I-1639, federal changes reshape Washington’s gun-purchase background checks

  31-12-2018 18:36
  With big changes coming to Washington's firearms background-checks system, lawmakers and one law enforcement group are discussing how to adapt — and possibly reshape — the state's complicated, sprawling system.
  
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• Parents arrested after 2-year-old fatally shoots himself

  31-12-2018 18:29
  BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in Baker City arrested the parents of 2-year-old boy who fatally shot himself with a handgun in the family’s home. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Peter Mankins and Diana Goodman were booked Saturday in the Baker County Jail, the sheriff’s inmate roster shows. Records show they face charges of […]
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in Willow shooting

  31-12-2018 18:13
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who fired shots after a road rage event nine months ago in Willow has been charged with attempted murder. KTUU reports 26-year-old William Stephens also is charged with felony assault. The April 3 shooting left 26-year-old Trent Wohlers paralyzed. Stephens is represented by the public defender’s office, which does […]
  
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• Seahawks Finish Fun Year With Dumb Win

  31-12-2018 18:11 via thestranger.com
  
  This was the most fun Seahawks team of the Russell Wilson era.by Spike Friedman Otto Greule Jr / Stringer
  Boy, what a half-assed finish to the Seahawks regular season that 27-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals was. The Cardinals, who are straight up trash in a way that only an entity from Arizona can be, played really badly, but the Seahawks matched them with a sophisticated array of blunders and miscues.
  But let’s not focus on those for right now. Ethan Pocic kinda sucks, and the Seahawks
  
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• Oregon joins other states allowing roadkill for food

  31-12-2018 17:19
  About 20 other states allow people to take meat from animals killed by vehicles.
  
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• Oregon joins other states allowing people to eat roadkill deer, elk

  31-12-2018 17:19
  About 20 other states allow people to take meat from animals killed by vehicles.
  
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• NASA spacecraft hurtles toward tiny, icy world beyond Pluto

  31-12-2018 16:53
  LAUREL, Md. (AP) — A tiny, icy world a billion miles beyond Pluto is getting a New Year’s Day visitor. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is set to fly past a mysterious object nicknamed Ultima Thule (TOO-lee) at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. It will become the most distant world ever explored by humankind. The flyby comes 3½ […]
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Could Face Drought in 2019; In the Meantime, Fireworks; Elizabeth Warren Is Running for President

  31-12-2018 16:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamA CAUTIONARY TALEAngelo D'Amico/Getty Images
  Whidbey Island not aware that it's a haven for skinheads: Every year on Dec. 8, skinheads and neo-Nazis come to Whidbey Island to commemorate one of their leaders who died there in the 80s. Whidbey Island residents are foggy on the details, many were completely in the dark about the history. But, this year, a group of self-professed neo-Nazis got in a brawl with a black DJ after their Whidbey Island visit and were arrested for allege
  
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• 2 people killed in Rainier Valley house fire, as officials estimate up to $500,000 in damage

  31-12-2018 16:20
  The fire was extinguished by around 6:45 a.m. and is under investigation, according to Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• 2 people killed in Rainier Valley house fire

  31-12-2018 16:20
  The fire was extinguished by around 6:45 a.m. and is under investigation, according to Seattle Fire Department.
  
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• Seattle gets break from the rain for New Year’s Eve, after a wet December

  31-12-2018 16:15
  Despite a wetter-than-average December, Seattle will finish the year short of its normal annual precipitation.
  
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• New Year’s Eve in Seattle: A break from the rain, free bus rides, Space Needle fireworks show

  31-12-2018 16:15
  Despite a wetter-than-average December, Seattle will finish the year short of its normal annual precipitation.
  
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• NYC pharmacies can’t sell cigarettes starting Jan. 1

  31-12-2018 16:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City pharmacies won’t be allowed to sell cigarettes or other tobacco products starting Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reports the ban also includes businesses that contain pharmacies, such as supermarkets and big-box stores. The city’s health department says the change will affect about 500 pharmacies currently selling tobacco products. […]
  
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• Seattle, Columbus mayors wager $105 donation on Rose Bowl

  31-12-2018 15:52
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The mayors of Seattle and Columbus, Ohio, are making a charitable bet on Tuesday’s matchup between Washington and Ohio State in the 105th Rose Bowl. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther says Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will have to donate $105 to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank if the Buckeyes win. If the Huskies […]
  
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• Family calls for changes in police training after shooting

  31-12-2018 15:24
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Friends and family of a man shot by Fairbanks law enforcement officers are renewing their call for changes in police training protocols. About a dozen people with connections to Cody Eyre gathered on the anniversary of this death to remember Eyre, seek additional documentation related to his death and demand changes […]
  
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• Taxes, workers and transit passes: Test your knowledge with our 2018 Seattle politics quiz

  31-12-2018 15:00
  A lot has happened around City Hall this past year. Were you paying attention?
  
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• ‘It was simply an accident’: Conway family gets both support, criticism while mourning loss of toddler swept away by Skagit River

  31-12-2018 15:00
  Hunters discovered the body of 2-year-old Starr Austin Rogers-White offshore in Skagit Bay on Dec. 20, three weeks after he went missing.
  
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• Here’s what’s open and closed on New Year’s Day

  31-12-2018 15:00
  Most public offices are closed and transportation is on special schedules.
  
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• From ‘Hamilton’ fever to the new Nordic Museum, Seattle’s arts-and-culture world saw a packed 2018

  31-12-2018 15:00
  Here are some notable things that happened in the local arts-and-culture world worth keeping in the back pocket of your mind as you glide into 2019.
  
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• Conway family mourns loss of toddler swept away by Skagit River currents

  31-12-2018 15:00
  Hunters discovered the body of 2-year-old Starr Austin Rogers-White offshore in Skagit Bay on Dec. 20, exactly three weeks after he first went missing.
  
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• ‘Bucolic’ Whidbey Island surprised at skinhead headlines — and recent Lynnwood shooting

  31-12-2018 15:00
  The island, which one local describes as "a mixture of hippies on the south end, and Navy people on the north end," is also a draw for white supremacists because one of their own died there in 1984 in an incident that's a distant memory, if a memory at all, to most current residents.
  
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• ‘Bucolic’ Whidbey Island surprised at skinhead headlines — and recent Lynnwood assault

  31-12-2018 15:00
  The island, which one local describes as "a mixture of hippies on the south end, and Navy people on the north end," is also a draw for white supremacists because one of their own died there in 1984 in an incident that's a distant memory, if a memory at all, to most current residents.
  
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• Using an idea from Australia, Seattle could try to end youth homelessness before it begins

  31-12-2018 14:00
  In response to rising youth homelessness across the Puget Sound region, Seattle may soon import a program from Australia that in one city reduced the number of students entering the homeless system by 40 percent.
  
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