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• High school graduation rates up in Oregon, closer to US rate

  24-01-2019 23:57
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former English language learners — including immigrant kids — had among the highest high school graduation rates in Oregon, while statewide the rate increased by 2 percent, reaching closer to the national average. For the 2017-2018 class, the graduation rate was 78.7 percentage points, marking the fifth straight year it has […]
  
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• Where Can a Bisexual Woman Find a Bisexual Woman? Bisexual Twitter Is Here to Help!

  24-01-2019 23:54
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm a 32-year-old woman. I've always known I had it in me to be sexually and romantically attracted to all genders, but because of severe social pressure I chose/was forced onto the path of least resistance as a teen and ended up only dating cis male people. The social cost of me dating a girl in my country, in my family was just too high, and I didn't HAVE to do that to find love and have relationships, so there we are. I've had one long-term relations
  
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• Kshama Sawant Says She Won't Use Democracy Vouchers. Why Not?

  24-01-2019 23:25
  
  Because she thinks this race is going to get expensive.by Rich SmithShe's running. Again. But she's not using Democracy vouchers.CITY OF SEATTLE
  At her re-election campaign launch Thursday morning, two-term incumbent Kshama Sawant said she wouldn’t participate in the city's Democracy Voucher program. How could a socialist turn her back on such a democratic campaign finance system? In short, because she thinks her city council race is going to get pricey.In a statement explaining her decisi
  
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• Rare pangolins languish in China wildlife rescue system

  24-01-2019 22:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When Chinese police found them in the trunk of a smuggler’s car, 33 of the trafficked pangolins — endangered scaly mammals from southern China — were still alive, wrapped in plastic bags soaked with their own urine. But the fate of the creatures — whose scales are worth nearly their weight in […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Rhythmically Tricky "The Diamond That Cuts Thru Illusion" by Mercurial Seattle MC Porter Ray

  24-01-2019 22:48
  
  Porter Ray's fantastically complex “The Diamond That Cuts Thru Illusion” is a highlight from his latest Sub Pop jewel, Eye of the Beholder.by Dave SegalOwner of perhaps the smoothest flow ever. Matthew Chernicoff
  Porter Ray, “The Diamond That Cuts Thru Illusion” (Sub Pop)
  Seattle MC Porter Ray seems like he exited the womb ready to rap. One suspects that even in his daily life, he speaks perfectly on the beat while surveying situations with 360-degree awareness. His flow
  
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• Inslee announces expansion of unemployment benefits to federal employees working without pay

  24-01-2019 22:38
  The move is expected to help employees of the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, food inspectors and Coast Guard personnel.
  
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• Attorney gets 18 months for shooting at law office

  24-01-2019 22:23
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland-based attorney has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for firing several bullets into the Beaverton office of another lawyer. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Erik Graeff, 43, pleaded guilty in October to unlawful use of a weapon and recklessly endangering another person. He was sentenced on both charges Wednesday, […]
  
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• Inslee Gives Unemployment Benefits to Coast Guard, TSA, and Other Federal Workers

  24-01-2019 22:06
  
  Inslee gives federal workers state unemployment benefits.by Lester BlackInslee doesn't think Trump should be punishing state workers in an attempt to build a racist wall. DAVID RYDER/GETTY IMAGES
  Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that he is extending state unemployment benefits to federal workers who are currently working without pay. Inslee's office said the measure will cover "TSA agents, Coast Guard personnel, border patrol agents, food safety inspectors, FBI agents."
  In a post on Medium—
  
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• Seattle police arrest possible suspect in Ravenna Park shooting

  24-01-2019 21:43
  A man in his 30s was taken to Harborview Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg.
  
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• Tacoma/German Duo Hackedepicciotto Conjure a Menacing Beauty-and-the-Beast Scenario at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery

  24-01-2019 21:30
  
  by Dave SegalAlexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto
  The itinerant musical/literary project of Einstürzende Neubauten bassist Alexander Hacke and versatile poet/vocalist Danielle de Picciotto (who plays hurdy-gurdy, auto harp, violin, and piano), hackedpicciotto emit a latent menace in their austerely beautiful art songs. Picciotto coos with grave sweetness while Hacke’s adept at guttural throat singing, as the duo conjure a brooding beauty-and-the-beast dynamic. Hackedpicciotto's n
  
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• Kshama Sawant and Debora Juarez will run for re-election to Seattle City Council

  24-01-2019 21:26
  With all seven of the council's district seats up for grabs, incumbents Bruce Harrell, Rob Johnson and Sally Bagshaw already have bowed out. Lisa Herbold and Mike O'Brien are likely to run but have yet to announce.
  
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• Seattle OKs record $65.7 million settlement for attorney injured in crash with Fire Department ambulance

  24-01-2019 21:20
  The income history of the victim Brooke Taylor — a nationally renowned commercial litigator — was "a significant factor" in determining the amount of the settlement, according to the city.
  
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• The Kid Who Would Be King Review: Excalibur, Skeleton Knights, and a Valuable Lesson™

  24-01-2019 21:00
  
  by Ben ColemanTHE KID WHO WOULD BE KING I don't care if you found Excalibur, STOP PLAYING IN THE GODDAMN STREET
  The Kid Who Would Be King reminds me of the kids movies I watched as a kid, where an actual child comes into possession of something they shouldn't, like a spaceship, or a professional baseball team, or, in this case, King Arthur's enchanted sword Excalibur. Wildly irresponsible behavior and at least one heartfelt exchange with a single parent ensues, and everyone learns a valuable les
  
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• High heat but no record: 2018 was 4th warmest year on Earth

  24-01-2019 20:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — While Earth was a tad cooler last year than the last couple of years, it still was the fourth warmest on record, a new analysis shows. With the partial U.S. government shutdown, federal agency calculations for last year’s temperatures are delayed. But independent scientists at Berkeley Earth calculate that last year’s average […]
  
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• North Pacific fishing industry raising money for Alaska Coast Guard families

  24-01-2019 20:29
  The fundraising effort was kicked off by Chris Woodley, a retired Coast Guard captain who is executive director of the Groundfish Forum, a Seattle-based trade group that represents five companies that operate 19 catcher-processors off Alaska.
  
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• UPDATE: New Bill Threatens to Eliminate Jobs for Hair Stylists in Washington State

  24-01-2019 20:16
  
  by Nathalie GrahamHaircut small talk advice: "How is your livelihood being threatened these days?"ZORAN ZEREMSKI/GETTY IMAGES
  This post was updated on Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.
  A new bill in the Washington State Senate that specifically targets salons has hairdressers and stylists panicking."Everybody wants to thoroughly understand what the bill is," Susie Powers, a stylist based in Fremont with 30 years in the industry told The Stranger. "So many hairdressers are terrified that it is what it
  
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• Why It Matters That Edgar Martinez Is in the Hall of Fame

  24-01-2019 19:50
  
  by Spike FriedmanEdgar Martinez at the 2017 ceremony to retire his number. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
  Let me lay my cards on the table: Edgar Martinez is my all-time favorite baseball player. I love Edgar Martinez in a way that grown men should have grown out of loving baseball players. My dog’s name? Edgar Martinez Friedman. I’ll admit to being utterly blinded by my admiration for Edgar, but there is simply no greater Mariner; there is a pretty solid argument that he is the great
  
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• NASA’s storm-silenced rover marks 15th anniversary on Mars

  24-01-2019 19:41
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Opportunity rover is silently marking the 15th anniversary of its touchdown on Mars. The spacecraft hasn’t been heard from since a global dust storm last June. The six wheeler — about the size of a golf cart — logged more than 28 miles (45 kilometers) on the red planet […]
  
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• Bicycle Parking at UW Station Sucks But Sound Transit Says They're Making It Better

  24-01-2019 19:10
  
  Bicycle parking at UW's stadium station currently sucks, but Sound Transit said they are going to make it better.by Lester BlackUW Station Charles Mudede
  Seattleites are bicycling in record numbers right now as the city copes with losing the Alaskan Way Viaduct. This increased ridership comes despite our leaders thinking biking is a “pretty heavy lift” in January and actively encouraging people to take street-clogging rideshares. I wish I was one of those people getting out on their
  
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• We Don’t Have to Live Like This: Here’s the Way to End Government Shutdowns Forever

  24-01-2019 18:30
  
  We don’t have to live this way, lurching from shutdown to shutdown.by Jason RittereiserTaylor Kirkpartick, 12, holds a sign protesting the government shutdown in Ogden, Utah.Natalie Behring / Stringer
  Representative John Franklin Farnsworth was a soldier in the Union Army, a Republican member of Congress, and a lawyer. In debating the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, readmitting Southern states into the Union, he said: “The first duty of the Government is to afford protection to its citi
  
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• Romeo, the last known frog of his kind, found a Juliet. Can the match save their species?

  24-01-2019 18:24
  Even Romeo seemed to have given up on finding his Juliet. Researchers last heard the frog perform his mating call at the end of 2017.
  
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• Idaho to pay legal fees after losing ‘dairy spying’ lawsuit

  24-01-2019 17:54
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho officials will meet next week to consider paying $260,000 for attorney fees and other costs after losing a lawsuit over an unconstitutional law that sought to criminalize surreptitious filming at agricultural operations. The law was dubbed the “ag-gag” law by critics. It was passed by the Legislature […]
  
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• Idaho may pay legal fees after losing ‘dairy spying’ lawsuit

  24-01-2019 17:54
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho officials will meet next week to consider paying $260,000 for attorney fees and other costs after losing a lawsuit over an unconstitutional law that sought to criminalize surreptitious filming at agricultural operations. The law was dubbed the “ag-gag” law by critics. It was passed by the Legislature […]
  
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• School’s chief seeks 8 percent budget boost from lawmakers

  24-01-2019 17:53
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state’s schools chief said Thursday she needs an 8-percent budget increase to about $2 billion to educate the more than 300,000 students for fiscal year 2020. Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra made the remarks to the Legislature’s budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. Idaho Gov. Brad Little has recommended an increase […]
  
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• Police arrest suspect in street shooting near officers

  24-01-2019 17:44
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of firing a gun and fleeing as officers approached him. Patrick Tillmon was arrested Wednesday. He is charged with three counts of felony assault and misdemeanor weapons and reckless endangerment charges. Police on Jan. 15 received a report of shots fired in the […]
  
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• Kshama Sawant Is Running for City Council Again

  24-01-2019 17:41
  
  The most socialist Socialist is staying the course.by Rich SmithThe most socialist Socialist.Kelly OOn Thursday morning at Saba Ethiopian Cuisine, a restaurant in the Central District she's trying to save from displacement, two-term incumbent Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant announced her re-election campaign. Little hints of a run have been popping up the last few weeks, but now it's really official."The race I‘m running will be a referendum on one fundamental question," Sawant s
  
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• Slog AM: China Blocks Bing, Venezuela's Two Presidents, Australia Is Melting

  24-01-2019 17:26
  
  by Timothy KenneyIt's a metaphor.100/Getty Images
  Have you heard about this new 99 tunnel? Well, the Washington State Department of Transportation is spending $4.4 million to make sure you do. It's as if we haven’t been talking about this tunnel for over a decade now with every Seattle-based newspaper, TV station, radio show, blog, podcast, and nervous small talk fixating on the Highway 99 problems! One of the main things they want to get across is that the tunnel won’t have the same
  
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• Drier, warmer week ahead — and even a chance of weekend sunshine, says weather service

  24-01-2019 15:54
  "You cannot judge our winters by this one," a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle says. We're set to finish January with a stretch of cloudy-but-warm days.
  
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• What can Seattle learn from cities where homelessness has dropped?

  24-01-2019 15:01
  We looked at four cities that saw steep reductions in homelessness and asked what they did to get there.
  
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• Washington state spending $4.4 million to market the Highway 99 tunnel

  24-01-2019 15:00
  The marketing messages remind motorists that the four-lane tunnel, expected to open about Feb. 4, goes completely under downtown, from the stadiums to the Space Needle.
  
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• ‘The cars just disappeared’: What happened to the 90,000 cars a day the viaduct carried before it closed?

  24-01-2019 15:00
  Since the closure of Highway 99 through Seattle on Jan. 11, commute times have been slightly above average — but have fallen far short of the most dire predictions.
  
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• State spending $4.4 million to market the Highway 99 tunnel

  24-01-2019 15:00
  The marketing messages remind motorists that the four-lane tunnel, expected to open about Feb. 4, goes completely under downtown, from the stadiums to the Space Needle.
  
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• $3.4M suit contends state agency neglect caused teen’s death

  24-01-2019 14:35
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Attorneys for a Warrenton boy killed in 2017 are suing Oregon’s child welfare agency, alleging the state failed to prevent the 15-year-old’s death. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks $3.4 million for the surviving relatives of Trevor Secord. The Warrenton High School student died in January 2017 after a […]
  
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• Elk illegally killed and left to rot in Oregon Coast areas

  24-01-2019 14:25
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials say four elk were illegally killed and left to waste in Lincoln and Tillamook counties in early January. The Statesman-Journal reports Oregon State Police are asking for help in identifying those responsible. Officials say on Jan. 8, a five-point bull elk was found dead and wasted in Toledo, just inland […]
  
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• College for older students: New guidebook can help you figure out how to make it work

  24-01-2019 14:00
  The author of a new guide for adult college students offers advice on how to successfully earn a degree at any age — and says one Washington two-year public college ranks among the best in the nation for serving adults going back to school.
  
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• General Mills recalls some flour over salmonella concerns

  24-01-2019 13:12
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills is voluntarily recalling some bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached Flour because of salmonella concerns. The 5-pound (2.26 kilograms) bags have a “better if used by” date of April 20, 2020 and the UPC code 000-16000-19610-0. Customers should discard the product. The company says it discovered salmonella during sampling of […]
  
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• 115.9 degrees! Australian city Adelaide sets new national heat record

  24-01-2019 12:43
  ADELAIDE, Australia — Adelaide sweltered through the highest temperature ever recorded by a major Australian city on Thursday, peaking at a searing 115.9 degrees Fahrenheit as the drought-parched nation heads toward potentially the hottest January on record. The South Australia state capital city of 1.3 million people beat its previous 80-year-old record of 115 F […]
  
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• Jayme Closs will receive $25,000 in reward money after kidnapped teen freed herself

  24-01-2019 12:32
  Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old girl who spent 88 days in captivity after her parents were shot dead in northwest Wisconsin, will receive $25,000 in reward money pledged for information leading to her safe return. Hormel Foods, a Fortune 500 company based in Minnesota, put up the money in October, doubling the reward promised by the […]
  
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• 32,000 Belgian students march to demand climate protections

  24-01-2019 12:06
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of students skipped school for the third week in a row and more than 30,000 swamped the center of Brussels to demand better protection of the world’s climate. What started out as a march of a few thousand high school students swelled to a vocal movement that Thursday also included many […]
  
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• Europe court orders Italy to pay damages to Amanda Knox

  24-01-2019 11:00
  The European Human Rights Court ordered damages that Italy must pay Amanda Knox of $20,000 in costs and expenses.
  
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• Uncharted waters: Scientists to explore Indian Ocean depths

  24-01-2019 07:21
  BREMEVERHAVEN, Germany (AP) — Scientists prepared Thursday to embark on an unprecedented, years-long mission to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the coming decades. The ambitious expedition will delve into one of the last major unexplored frontiers on […]
  
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• In Iran, parched lands hollowed by water pumping now sinking

  24-01-2019 07:04
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Fissures appear along roads while massive holes open up in the countryside, their gaping maws a visible sign from the air of something Iranian authorities now openly acknowledge: the area around Tehran is literally sinking. Stressed by a 30-year drought and hollowed by excessive water pumping, the parched landscape around Iran’s […]
  
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• Trump’s shutdown gift to Pelosi: A unified Democratic caucus

  24-01-2019 06:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has done something remarkable in the government shutdown: He’s unified the diverse new House Democratic majority firmly behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It’s not even about the wall at this point. Democrats are sticking together with an unusual amount of unity as a way to strengthen Pelosi’s hand and set […]
  
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• Alaska notifies 87,000 people after computer security breach

  24-01-2019 06:29
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say about 87,000 letters were sent to those possibly affected by a computer security breach at the state Division of Public Assistance last year. Division director Shawnda O’Brien tells KTVA-TV that officials have not found any sign that data was compromised, but the state is still contacting current or […]
  
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• Sea lion bites fisherman’s leg in southwestern Alaska

  24-01-2019 06:27
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A sea lion bit a fisherman on his leg in a harbor in southwest Alaska, marking a fishing town’s third attack in two years by the marine mammals. Sand Point police officer David Anderson tells the Anchorage Daily News that the sea lion hopped onto the fishing boat Celtic and bit […]
  
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• Sea lion bites Alaska fisherman, tries to drag him into sea

  24-01-2019 06:27
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A sea lion lunged onto a fishing boat off the Aleutian Islands last weekend, biting a crew member on the leg and trying to pull him into the water, officials said. It marked the third time since 2017 that Stellar sea lions have bitten fishermen from the community of Sand Point […]
  
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• Oregon town’s youngest mayor enters office

  24-01-2019 06:25
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The new mayor of a small town in western Oregon is little different than the previous ones — he just celebrated his 19th birthday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Benjamin Simons was sworn into office earlier this month to become Yoncalla’s youngest mayor. Simons was elected in a three-person race in November while […]
  
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• Government shutdown delays, disrupts environmental studies

  24-01-2019 06:23
  The rainwater collection system is broken at the environmental research station on a remote, rocky Pacific island off the California coast. So is a crane used to hoist small boats in and out of the water. A two-year supply of diesel fuel for the power generators is almost gone. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel […]
  
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• Audit proposes culture changes at Oregon Revenue Department

  24-01-2019 06:23
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state audit has recommended changes to workplace culture at the Oregon Department of Revenue after employees reported low morale and unclear direction. The Statesman Journal reports the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office released the audit Wednesday, recommending the agency works to improve internal communications and create an accountability framework with […]
  
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• Sammamish declares emergency in response to ransomware attack

  24-01-2019 05:58
  City officials haven't yet determined the full extent of the attack, which has affected internal shared files.
  
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