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• Two people in critical condition, six students hurt in school bus crash in Covington

  18-03-2019 23:47
  Two occupants of a car are in critical condition, while six students suffered minor injuries, according to Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority.
  
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• Two people in critical condition, seven students hurt in school bus crash in Covington

  18-03-2019 23:47
  Two occupants of a car are in critical condition, while six students suffered minor injuries, according to Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority.
  
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• Yet Another Captain of Industry Says America's Economy Isn't Working for a Lot of Americans

  18-03-2019 23:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersJamie Dimon, CEO of Chase Bank.Win McNamee / Getty Images
  On trend with other billionaires, Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon recently said that "a big chunk" of Americans have been "left behind" by the US economy.“Forty percent of Americans make less than $15 an hour," he noted. "Forty percent of Americans can’t afford a $400 bill, whether it’s medical or fixing their car."
  This won't be news to at least forty percent of Americans. But check out some other experiences t
  
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• Case dropped against Oregon man who drove through protest

  18-03-2019 23:43
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has dismissed charges against an Oregon man who was accused of hurting a protester when he slowly drove his car through a demonstration. The Oregonian/Oregon Live reports that 55-year-old Mark Alan Dickerson was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving and misdemeanor harassment. Authorities say he caused bruises to the side, […]
  
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• Her Proposal Prompted Him to Issue a Counterproposal

  18-03-2019 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm a 33 year old cis-hetero female in a committed monogamous relationship of about ten years. We've been living together for about seven years and speak in terms of "we" when we discuss our future (retirement and beyond). But we both have concerns about marriage that have led us to leave the question alone for the bulk of our relationship. Over the last few months we've started to explore it, discussing pros and cons and what it might look like for us.
  
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• Seattle area feels warmest winter day ever recorded, weather service says

  18-03-2019 22:55
  The stretch of warm days that started at the end of last week and broke other records over the weekend is slated to continue through the workweek, according to weather service meteorologist Samantha Borth.
  
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• Seattle area feels warmest winter day ever recorded at Sea-Tac, weather service says

  18-03-2019 22:55
  The stretch of warm days that started at the end of last week and broke other records over the weekend is slated to continue through the workweek, according to weather service meteorologist Samantha Borth.
  
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• Gov. Jay Inslee to appear tonight on ‘The Daily Show’

  18-03-2019 22:50
  Inslee appears on "The Daily Show" at 11 tonight.
  
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• KOMO's 'Seattle Is Dying' News Special Is Killing Me

  18-03-2019 22:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThis city has one foot in the grave. edb3_16/gettyimages.com
  The local iteration of Trump TV (aka KOMO) recently aired an hour-long News Special attempting to offer an examination of Seattle's homeless crisis that's as sober as possible. To make sure the viewer is sufficiently alarmed, it is called "Seattle Is Dying." This city—with a GDP of over $250 billion and a corporate community with a market-capital value that's over $2 trillion—is experiencing nothing less th
  
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• Students, others rally for University of Alaska system

  18-03-2019 22:33
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students and others gathered in front of the state Capitol Monday in support of the University of Alaska system amid ongoing debate over the state budget. Signs held up in the windy conditions read such things as “Fund our Future” and “Alaska Stands Tall for UA,” a riff on Gov. Mike […]
  
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• Exercise vs. drugs: Which does better against high blood pressure? Against fat?

  18-03-2019 22:23
  Taken together, the two reviews indicate that exercise can equal or exceed the effects of drugs on high blood pressure and on visceral body fat. But they also underscore that exercise science could stand to raise its game and develop greater rigor in testing exercise as medicine.
  
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• I Got Lost Three Times at the Emerald City Comic Con but the Portrait of Hermione Made out of Jelly Beans Made It All Worth It

  18-03-2019 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  We love geeks!by Nathalie GrahamRey, textin' Nathalie Graham
  My favorite part of conventions is how they overflow into the daily lives of the city. I like seeing Batman ordering a sandwich at Subway. I like walking down Pike Street from Capitol Hill to downtown and progressively seeing more and more costumes—was that Team Rocket? Was that girl dressed as a goth Jon Snow or is she that guy from the Umbrella Academy, that show Netflix keeps trying to peer pressure me into watching?
  There's a
  
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• Facebook Is Having Trouble Finding Worthwhile Reporting in News Deserts It Helped Create

  18-03-2019 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersLocal news is in crisis, partly because of Facebook. Alexander Koerner / Getty Images
  Facebook is not the only reason there's a local news crisis in America.But the rise of Facebook is definitely a major contributor to a massive die-off in community-rooted journalistic enterprises around the country that, according to the Associated Press, has left America's small towns and urban centers with 1,400 fewer newspapers over the last 15 years.Enter "Today In," Facebook's new-ish effort
  
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• Washington woman who shoved friend off bridge pleads guilty

  18-03-2019 20:52
  Prosecutors are recommending no jail time when Taylor Smith is sentenced later this month.
  
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• Bill to legalize hemp passes Idaho House

  18-03-2019 20:44
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would legalize hemp by aligning Idaho state law with the federal Farm Bill has passed the House. The Post Register reports the bill passed overwhelmingly on Monday, with only seven lawmakers voting in opposition. Republican Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy of Genesee is one of the co-sponsors of the […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Subtle, Sublime "What You're Doing to Me" by Space-Rock Underdogs Duster

  18-03-2019 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  "What You're Doing to Me" is a great, lost track from ex-Up Records stalwarts Duster, whose fab Numero Group box set does the space-rock underdogs justice.by Dave SegalMaking enervation sound enticing since 1997. Numero Group
  Duster, "What You're Doing to Me" (Numero Group)
  Following box sets of slowcore giants Codeine and Bedhead, Chicago reissue label Numero Group again reveals its love of patient, emotionally subdued rock with a lavish box encompassing the catalog of San Jose, California band
  
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• Oregon House approves 10-year ban on ‘fracking’

  18-03-2019 19:55
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon House approved a 10-year ban on fracking to explore for oil and natural gas. Lawmakers voted 42-12 on Monday to prohibit the process, which injects high-pressure liquids into underground rock to extract oil and gas. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration. There are currently no fracking […]
  
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• Woman found dead after fire at Bonney Lake home

  18-03-2019 19:40
  Fire crews responded to the double-wide mobile home about 10:45 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a fire.
  
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• Woman sues hospital she says stored frozen embryo for years

  18-03-2019 19:34
  NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island hospital she says froze her embryo and kept it in storage for 13 years without her knowledge. The Providence Journal reports that Marisa Cloutier-Bristol says in her lawsuit against Women & Infants Hospital in Providence that its negligence took […]
  
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• ‘We need a million — and quick!’ Dem candidates’ playbook

  18-03-2019 19:34
  It's become a familiar claim as newcomers to the field boast that they raised $1 million or more in the hours and days after launching their campaigns. Here's a look at how they did it, and why it's important.
  
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• Democrats strain to claim they have 2020 fundraising chops

  18-03-2019 19:34
  It's become a familiar claim as newcomers to the field boast that they raised $1 million or more in the hours and days after launching their campaigns. Here's a look at how they did it, and why it's important.
  
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• A Tax Policy That’s Actually Good for Real People—Like Students and Immigrant Workers. No, Really.

  18-03-2019 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Louie Tan Vital and Sumayyah Waheed frikota / Getty Images
  We all feel it. Things are unbelievably expensive around here. It’s hard to afford rents and the high cost of food and transportation. And if you are a minimum wage worker, or even if you’ve managed to get to a moderate income, you’re not just grappling with the ridiculous cost of living in Seattle—you’re also shouldering more than your share of the taxes that are paying for our schools, parks, and other
  
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• Thousands of dead menhaden wash up in New Jersey shore town

  18-03-2019 19:10
  OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community. The adult menhaden were found Saturday in creeks and bays in Oceanport that are part of the Shrewsbury River estuary in Monmouth County. Officials say the deaths occurred after a large school of menhaden […]
  
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• What's the Best Way to Store Weed Long-Term?

  18-03-2019 18:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine CASARSAGURU/GETTY IMAGES
  Storing cannabis long-term may not be a pressing issue for those who don't have a great deal of it, or consume it at a rate where long-term storage isn't a really a concern. But be it a bountiful homegrown harvest, a great score made from your local dispensary, or a killer, uh, "hook up," how to best keep your weed in primo conditions for future sessions is a worthwhile question. Working with the known factors—cannabis degrades when exposes to light
  
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• The 69 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: March 18-24, 2019

  18-03-2019 18:28 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 45 best music shows, but now it's our arts critics' turn to pick the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from a night of Broad City Trivia with Betty Wetter to Marie, Dancing Still: A New Musical, and from the grand opening of ARTS at King Street Station to Northwest Women Stars of Food & Wine. See them all below, a
  
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• Trump administration proposes big cut in Hanford spending

  18-03-2019 18:07
  Hanford's annual budget would drop from about $2.5 billion this year to $2.1 billion next year under the budget request submitted to Congress, which sets the budget.
  
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• Anti-abortion bill clears Georgia Senate committee

  18-03-2019 18:03
  ATLANTA (AP) — Abortion rights activists chanted “shame” as Republicans on a Georgia Senate committee moved Monday to ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The Senate Science and Technology Committee approved the bill on a party-line vote of 3 to 2. The legislation, backed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, has passed […]
  
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• New Idaho Medicaid expansion ‘sideboard’ bill introduced

  18-03-2019 17:48
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new Medicaid expansion “sideboard” bill that would require some Medicaid recipients to work at least 20 hours a week and require people over 100 percent of the federal poverty level to keep private insurance was introduced in the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee on Monday. A hearing on the […]
  
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• UN hosts powers to discuss preventing an arms race in space

  18-03-2019 17:41
  GENEVA (AP) — Government experts from 25 countries have opened a meeting to look at ways of preventing an arms race in space, amid uncertainty whether some of the world’s biggest powers will actually find it in their national interests. The informal, closed-door talks over two weeks starting Monday at the United Nations in Geneva […]
  
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• Sierra Nelson's Bioluminescent Poetry

  18-03-2019 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithSierra Nelson photographed during Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium, February 2019.STEVE KORN
  Sierra Nelson is a poet and a performer who has a longtime love affair with science and sea creatures. It began with her summertime visits to the tide pools near her grandmother's house in Port Angeles. The misty aquatic wonderland was a sharp contrast to her early childhood of catching crickets and lizards in the sagebrush deserts of Nevada, where she lived until moving to the Pacific N
  
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• Slog AM: The MHA Vote Seattle Has Been Waiting For, Boeing and the FAA Fucked Up, An Outbreak of Space Herpes

  18-03-2019 16:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamURGENT: There is ABSOLUTELY NO kissing allowed IN SPACE. I repeat: DO NOT SMOOCH IN SPACE.Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
  Good morning, hello, it's spectacular out, isn't it? If you're a real Slog AM enthusiast and you're sitting at your breakfast table, your office desk, or sneaking an illegal peek at your phone in traffic, you're probably wondering "hmm this is very late today." Don't be alarmed! It's not just you. In fact, not being "alarmed" is what caused this whole thing. O
  
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• Baltimore mayor quits hospital system board over book sales

  18-03-2019 16:46
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh stepped down from the University of Maryland Medical System’s board of directors on Monday, days after it came to light that the hospital network had for years purchased her self-published children’s books. Board positions are unpaid, but The Baltimore Sun reported last week that around a third of […]
  
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• State Patrol starts buying bump stocks from public

  18-03-2019 16:44
  A second buyback will be held on March 24-25 at all Washington State Patrol offices.
  
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• Wyoming grizzly bear sightings mark end of hibernation

  18-03-2019 16:43
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials say grizzly bears are starting to emerge from hibernation in northwest Wyoming. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports a state Game and Fish Department warden spotted a bear last Friday near the base of Steamboat Mountain — a week after bears were sighted outside their dens in nearby Yellowstone […]
  
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• Feds investigate Oregon company’s African wood products

  18-03-2019 16:12
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roseburg Forest Products, one of the country’s leading manufacturers of particleboard and plywood, has ended production and sales of certain lumber products in the midst of a federal investigation into whether the wood came from the illegal logging of African rainforests. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Oregon Public Broadcasting […]
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured after explosion at Idaho house

  18-03-2019 16:12
  MCCALL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say an explosion destroyed a house in central Idaho, leaving a man dead and a teenage girl injured. The McCall Fire Department says the Sunday afternoon blast at the home near the McCall golf course created a large crater and debris field. Firefighters entered the burning rubble after hearing the […]
  
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• High-tech mapping of potholes will help city manage streets

  18-03-2019 16:03
  March 18-- Mar. 18--Snowmelt reveals many things. The first crocus, tulips and daffodil blossoms of spring. The trash and dog poop that people left behind, thinking somehow the snow would make those left-behinds magically disappear. And potholes. Lots of potholes. In 2018, the city filled 4,610 potholes. The year before that, it repaired 4,795 potholes. This year, so far, the city has filled ...
  
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• Seattle-area forecast: Clear skies, warm temps and a ‘Full Worm Supermoon’ on first day of spring

  18-03-2019 15:03
  This week will start out with clear skies, more record-breaking temperatures and a super full moon, so it could be a stellar week for sky-gazing evenings in the Puget Sound region.
  
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• Supreme Court to consider Louisiana’s non-unanimous juries

  18-03-2019 14:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider overturning a criminal conviction by a 10-2 jury vote in Louisiana. The justice acted Monday, four months after Louisiana voters amended the state constitution to prohibit non-unanimous verdicts in criminal cases. Oregon is the only state that still allows them. The high court will consider the case […]
  
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• What are the most common reasons people are homeless in Seattle?

  18-03-2019 14:00
  Who is homeless because of personal struggles, and who is homeless because of economic reasons in Seattle? The answer isn't simple.
  
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• The college-admissions scandal is a small part of a historical problem when it comes to privilege in higher ed

  18-03-2019 14:00
  The tabloid-style scandal highlights a broader conversation that has gained new urgency: what to do about affirmative action in our state and nationwide.
  
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• Take a common houseplant, add a little rabbit DNA and voilà! You get a super air purifier

  18-03-2019 14:00
  By modifying a common houseplant, a semiretired researcher at the University of Washington says he has developed a natural air filter that will clear homes of airborne toxins. “I think it’s going to be big,” he says.
  
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• College-admissions scandal is small part of an old problem when it comes to privilege

  18-03-2019 14:00
  The tabloid-style scandal highlights a broader conversation that has gained new urgency: what to do about affirmative action in our state and nationwide.
  
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• Capitol Hill homeowners say Eastlake upzone would ruin views of Lake Union

  18-03-2019 14:00
  With the Seattle City Council almost certain to approve taller buildings and denser construction in the hearts of 27 neighborhoods, debates in recent weeks have zoomed in on details, including changes along Boylston Avenue East.
  
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• A gender pay gap in Northwest public radio network sparks debate

  18-03-2019 14:00
  A salary difference between male and female reporters in the Northwest News Network has ignited debate about the gender pay gap. Network officials dispute the gap was because of gender, but acknowledge female reporters' pay was "on the low side," yet weren't able to address it.
  
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