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• FDA warns supplement makers to stop touting cures for Alzheimer’s, other diseases

  11-02-2019 23:42
  The agency warned 12 dietary supplement companies to stop marketing such products for disease treatments, and called for tougher regulation of the $40 billon industry.
  
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• Brandi Carlile's Grammy Performance Made Me Like Lesbian Music

  11-02-2019 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  I didn’t know music could do this to people, but now that I do, the next time Brandi Carlile plays in Seattle, I may have to break my own rules and actually show up.by Katie HerzogBrandi Carlile with her new babies Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty ImagesMuch of the country was introduced to Brandi Carlile for the first time on Sunday night when the Seattle-area musician won Grammy awards for Best Americana Album, Best American Roots Performance, and Best American Roots Song. These wins make he
  
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• Bellevue house and garage where Jeff Bezos started Amazon up for sale

  11-02-2019 22:48
  Back when Bezos was living there in 1994, the house was worth $135,000. Now it's on the market for nearly $1.5 million.
  
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• Woman offered plea deal in Washington bridge push case

  11-02-2019 22:39
  The defendant is accused of pushing a 16-year-old girl off the bridge Aug. 7 at Moulton Falls northeast of Vancouver. She fell more than 50 feet, broke six ribs and punctured her lungs.
  
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• Woman is offered plea deal in Clark County case of teen pushed off bridge

  11-02-2019 22:39
  The defendant is accused of pushing a 16-year-old girl off the bridge Aug. 7 at Moulton Falls northeast of Vancouver. She fell more than 50 feet, broke six ribs and punctured her lungs.
  
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• Tanker truck crashes, spill fuel in wintery weather

  11-02-2019 22:38
  HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — A tanker truck slid out of control amid snowy conditions on Interstate 84 between Cascade Locks and Hood River and spilled 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel onto the roadway. Oregon State Police said Monday that the driver was going too fast for the snowy conditions. The driver was not injured. […]
  
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• Proposed bill would legalize sports gambling in Washington state’s tribal casinos

  11-02-2019 22:38
  A bill introduced last Friday would legalize sports betting in the state's tribal gaming casinos and include online gaming within those same facilities as well. Both represent a significant development in a state known for some of the nation's toughest anti-gambling laws.
  
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• The 54 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 11-17, 2019

  11-02-2019 22:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffSee troupes of artists (like Sayaka Ohtaki and Tyler Gumm, pictured) from around the world perform in the contemporary dance festival Chop Shop: Bodies of Work this weekend. Christopher Peddecord
  Our music critics have already chosen the 42 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the memoir-adapted play American Junkie to Jacob Lawrence Ga
  
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• Idaho rescue crews search for missing Boise hiker

  11-02-2019 22:15
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Search and rescue crews are looking for a missing 27-year-old Boise man who hasn’t been seen since he went hiking outside of Boise on Saturday. The man’s name has not yet been released. The Ada County Sheriff’s office says the man told people he was going hiking in the Boise foothills, […]
  
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• Future is now: Nike’s next self-lacing shoe hitting shelves

  11-02-2019 22:07
  Nike’s latest performance basketball shoe, from concept to reality, took about three years to put together. Or 30 years, depending on how you count. The Nike Adapt BB — a self-lacing smart shoe that can be controlled by a smartphone — gets released to the public on Sunday, a date that just happens to coincide […]
  
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• Critics protest proposed drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

  11-02-2019 22:06
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Natives who rely on caribou for subsistence lined up in the state’s largest city to protest federal plans for petroleum development in a wilderness area. Environmental groups and other opponents are expected at a Bureau of Land Management meeting in Anchorage on Monday. The agency plans to discuss a draft […]
  
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• Man found fatally shot in vehicle in Auburn

  11-02-2019 21:42
  Police say it's not clear if the shooting happened at the spot where the vehicle was found or elsewhere.
  
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• Grammy Awards Roundup: 2019 Is the Year of the Yee-haw!

  11-02-2019 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigKacey Musgraves took home some of the top awards last night. Amanda Edwards / Stringer / Getty
  The 61st annual Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles last night, hosted by satin-scarf-wearing Alicia Keys, bringing together many of the titans of music to hobble onstage in pinching, pretty shoes and elaborate attire to accept the industry's top prizes (except for, notably, one).
  Kacey Musgraves took home the top prize of the night, Album of the Year, for Golden Hour. She also too
  
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• Idaho’s need for court reporters, explained

  11-02-2019 21:34
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Dianne E. Tucker Cromwell didn’t want to be a court reporter. Her father, mother and sister did the job before her, and back then, in the 1960s and early 1970s, it was intense work that required reporters to spend hours in a room by themselves after court, reading their shorthand notes […]
  
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• What the FDA’s actions mean for dietary supplements

  11-02-2019 21:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Monday to step up its policing of dietary supplements, which it said has mushroomed into a $40 billion industry with more than 50,000 products. The agency warned 17 companies for illegally making claims about their products’ ability to treat diseases. Here’s a look at […]
  
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• Alaska House remains unorganized about a month into session

  11-02-2019 21:24
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Most Alaska House members have been eligible to collect more than $8,000 each in daily allowances since the legislative session started, even though the House has conducted little business without a majority. The House remains unorganized, and Wednesday marks the 30th day of the scheduled 90-day session. While legislators have had […]
  
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• Alaska House has yet to organize about a month into session

  11-02-2019 21:24
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Almost all Alaska House members have been able to make $8,000 each in allowances so far this legislative session while the chamber has been at a standstill. The House hasn’t set up any formal committees or heard a single bill this session due to the lack of an organized majority. Lawmakers […]
  
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• The 40 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Feb 11-17, 2019

  11-02-2019 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLooking for a sexy yet low-pressure atmosphere on Valentine's Day? A concert with neo-soul artist Bilal and up-and-coming R&B star Parisalexa is just the ticket.
  This week, our music critics have picked everything from former teen heartthrob Jesse McCartney to soul revivalists the Dip to underground-electronic music mecca Kremwerk's Five-Year Anniversary Weekend. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more s
  
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• Trump’s speech: Less analytical, more sure than predecessors

  11-02-2019 21:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders are speaking far more simply and with more confidence than they did four score and seven years ago. Donald Trump’s speech has accelerated that trend. A new study says Trump talks less analytically, and more confidently, than all past U.S. presidents. Psychologists at the University of Texas and Princeton University used […]
  
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• Lawmakers agree to temporary truce on redistricting plan

  11-02-2019 20:53
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers say they are working on an agreement involving an impasse on legislation that could lead to changing the Idaho Constitution involving redistricting that Republicans want but Democrats oppose. Republican and Democratic leaders on Monday said they are talking, and that was enough for Democrats not to use procedural rules to […]
  
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• Pair who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood fight charges

  11-02-2019 20:10
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Planned Parenthood is making an unusual legal demand to join California’s criminal prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with invasion of privacy for secretly making videos as they tried to buy fetal material from the organization. A judge in San Francisco will consider the issue Monday. Prosecutors also want to keep […]
  
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• Church parking lots to offer car camping to Medford homeless

  11-02-2019 20:02
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Churches in Medford will soon be able to offer overnight ‘car camping’ in their parking lots to homeless people. The Mail Tribune reported Monday that currently it is illegal to sleep in a vehicle overnight on the streets of Medford. Local churches that want to allow homeless people in their parking […]
  
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• Idaho plans to track costs, benefits of Medicaid expansion

  11-02-2019 20:01
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Medicaid expansion in Idaho will be tracked as a stand-alone item so that lawmakers can see how much it’s costing and where the money is going. Medicaid Division Administrator Matt Wimmer also told lawmakers on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Monday that there will be decreases in the cost of some […]
  
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• The 53 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 11-17, 2019

  11-02-2019 19:49 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur music critics have already chosen the 42 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the memoir-adapted play American Junkie to Jacob Lawrence Gallery's 25th Anniversary Party! Playfulness as Resistance, and from Noir City to Carla Hall at JuneBaby. See them all below, and find ev
  
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• The Neighborhood Group That Will Get Your Stolen Bike Back

  11-02-2019 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Do you know how to find a stolen bike?by Nathalie GrahamStolen: 10/25/18 Tyler Scholes
  Tyler Scholes knew he hadn't done a good job locking up his bike. He just needed a few things from the City Target near Pike Place after work. He would be in and out. But the bike was gone. Jacked. Taken off the lock. Shit.
  "I tried to stop him but he ran away," a panhandler on the street said. "He was saying it was his.""Do you know where someone would take a stolen bike?" The guy nodded. Scholes fished out a
  
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• Youth smoking decline stalls, and vaping may be to blame

  11-02-2019 19:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — Cigarette smoking rates have stopped falling among U.S. kids, and health officials believe youth vaping is responsible. For decades, the percentage of high school and middle school students who smoked cigarettes had been declining fairly steadily. For the past three years, it has flattened, according to new numbers released Monday. There […]
  
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• Sheriff investigating allegations that teacher used force

  11-02-2019 19:06
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An elementary school teacher in southeastern Idaho has been placed on leave after allegedly using physical force against a student. The Idaho State Journal reports the name of the teacher from Grace Elementary School was not released. Grace School District Superintendent Jamie Holyoak confirmed that the teacher was placed on paid […]
  
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• Seattle’s under a snowy mantle on Monday

  11-02-2019 19:02
  Seattle is now in its snowiest February on record, and more is in the forecast.
  
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• Photo gallery: Seattle’s snowy Monday

  11-02-2019 19:02
  Seattle is now in its snowiest February on record, and more is in the forecast.
  
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• The 42 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Feb 11-17, 2019

  11-02-2019 18:47 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 former teen heartthrob Jesse McCartney to soul revivalists the Dip to underground-electronic music mecca Kremwerk's Five-Year Anniversary Weekend. 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 and our Valentine's Day calendar.
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• Falling in Love With a Stoner

  11-02-2019 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog COLLAGE ART BY JESSICA STEIN; PHOTOS SOURCED FROM GETTY IMAGES
  Before I met my girlfriend, I spent a fair amount of time trying to convince dates that there's nothing wrong with smoking a little weed now and then. I had moderate success with this (it's Seattle, not Fort Worth). But then I'd try to convince them that if smoking a little weed now and then was okay, smoking a lot of weed all the time was even better. This may be why I was largely single until my 30s.
  The biggest com
  
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• Yukon Quest leaders Sass, Moore reach final checkpoint

  11-02-2019 18:04
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A former champion of the Yukon Quest reached the final checkpoint Sunday and was expected in Fairbanks on Monday afternoon. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Brent Sass of Eureka is leading the 1,000-mile (1600-kilometer) race that started in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Sass won the race in 2015. He pulled into the […]
  
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• NASA’s faraway space snowman has flat, not round, behind

  11-02-2019 17:59
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The faraway space snowman visited by NASA last month has a flat — not round — behind. New photos from the New Horizons spacecraft offer a new perspective on the small cosmic body 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. Scientists say the two-lobed object, nicknamed Ultima Thule, is actually […]
  
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• Which Metro buses are running during Seattle’s big snowstorm?

  11-02-2019 17:50
  With more snow in the forecast the plan will likely be used again on Tuesday.
  
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• Metro buses are reduced in first use of ‘Emergency Snow Network’

  11-02-2019 17:50
  With more snow in the forecast the plan will likely be used again on Tuesday.
  
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• Here’s what’s been canceled or postponed as snow, freezing rain continue in Seattle area

  11-02-2019 17:47
  More inclement weather on Monday resulted in a new slew of closures and event cancellations in Seattle.
  
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• The Stranger’s Endorsements for the February 12, 2019, Special Election

  11-02-2019 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Election Control BoardYou’d run too if your school only had enough money to clean the classrooms once every three days.THOMAS BARWICK / GETTY IMAGES
  Do you remember your school nurse? Your school librarian? Your school guidance counselor, or even your custodian? Well, the kids who attend Seattle Public Schools probably don’t! At current funding levels, the district doesn't have enough money to pay for a full-time librarian, nurse, guidance counselor, and custodian for eve
  
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• Toddler who fell into Spokane River has died

  11-02-2019 17:23
  The boy was playing with his dogs near his home on Sunday afternoon when the accident occurred.
  
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• Slog AM: Snow That Just Won't Quit, Inslee Pardons Pot Crimes, Another Shutdown Is Looming

  11-02-2019 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneySpare us another shutdown, D.C.erick4x4/Getty Images
  Seattle’s snowiest February ever: With the first snowstorm of the week hitting yesterday afternoon, we’ve now all experienced the most snow in February ever on record. And goddamn do you guys love playing in the snow. I saw people skiing, throwing snowballs at cars, an army of snowmen. I think my favorite part is what you all use for sleds. Laundry baskets work well. A baking sheet can be used in a pinch. Yoga mats
  
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• FDA launches tougher oversight of supplements

  11-02-2019 17:18
  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that while most supplement makers are responsible, huge growth in the industry has allowed "bad actors" to sell dangerous products or make unproven claims, such as a cure for Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• State Patrol trooper injured when car is struck

  11-02-2019 17:13
  SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper investigating a crash on Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley was injured when his car was struck by a passing vehicle. The State Patrol said the trooper was transported to a hospital Sunday evening with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Troopers were responding to a […]
  
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• Chickens cross road, some escape after semi crashes, snarling I-5 near Olympia

  11-02-2019 16:07
  Some chickens died in a semi-truck accident that shut down a portion of Interstate 5 near Olympia early Monday morning, but others bolted and — if they’re anything like their predecessors loosed in a similar accident years ago —they could find a new free-range life. The crash happened around 4 a.m. when the driver of […]
  
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• Live updates on Seattle-area snow: New storm warnings — and one really bad idea

  11-02-2019 15:42
  We'll post updates about the weather, traffic conditions, closures and more throughout the day.
  
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• Live updates: A snowy, ‘complicated’ Monday forecast ahead of another storm

  11-02-2019 15:42
  We'll post updates about the weather, traffic conditions, closures and more throughout the day.
  
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• The Virginia blackface scandal opens a window into Seattle’s own troubles with race

  11-02-2019 15:00
  The controversy over a 1980s photograph allegedly showing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam in a blackface costume shows us that racist caricatures and behaviors endure — and exist even in our own progressive backyard.
  
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• The ‘Nextdoor effect’ in Bellevue: a familiar reaction to crime

  11-02-2019 15:00
  If some folks do have concern about crime rates in Bellevue, it doesn't seem to be because they're on the rise.
  
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• For the crew of the Destination, crab fishing on the Bering Sea took ‘a serious emotional toll’

  11-02-2019 15:00
  Growing up in Alaska, two brothers understood the grueling work, risks and rewards of fishing on the Bering Sea. Read Chapter 3 of No Return: The final voyage of the Destination.
  
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• A ‘mass invasion’ of polar bears is terrorizing a remote Russian island. Climate change is to blame.

  11-02-2019 14:44
  As arctic ice thins, which is linked to the acceleration of climate change, the animals move ashore, ravenous. They scavenge, sometimes coming into contact with human populations. They've been feasting on trash, but what they really need is "high-fat prey." Uh oh.
  
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• Students: Design a drone/robot combo for a virtual moon landing, and win a free trip to NASA

  11-02-2019 14:00
  A national competition sponsored by NASA and run by a University of Washington educational consortium is aimed at inspiring students to think about science, space travel, and the history of America's journeys to the moon.
  
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• As snow complicates school bus routes, Seattle schools chief vows to ‘take action’ on transportation

  11-02-2019 14:00
  The weather complicated an already rough situation. Even in fair weather, Seattle Public Schools officials have been struggling to remedy the district's transportation problems. 
  
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