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• Seattle's Best Beer Shop Is Probably Its Smallest

  20-03-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Vine Street Market in Belltown might be the smallest beer store in Seattle, but it also might be the best.by Lester BlackAll of these beers are good. Lester Black
  The first thing you’ll see when you walk into Vine Street Market in Belltown is a wall of beer. Turn to the left? Wall of beer. To the right? Another wall of beer. In fact, beer covers so many surfaces in this Fifth Avenue market that you get the sense the owners would put beer in front of the door if that didn’t prevent cu
  
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• With black lung fund in jeopardy, taxpayers could foot bill

  20-03-2019 22:50
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration and coal industry allies are insisting that a federal black lung trust fund will continue to pay benefits to sick miners despite a drastic cut in funding. But the expected shortfalls will be covered by taxpayers instead of coal companies, adding more debt to the already struggling fund. […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Uniquely Strange and Beautiful "Oddman Hypothesis" by Nintendo Composer June Chikuma

  20-03-2019 22:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Nintendo video-game composer June Chikuma's "Oddman Hypothesis" is a beguiling sonic enigma from the '80s, rescued from obscurity by the Freedom to Spend label.by Dave SegalWhere has June Chikuma's music been my whole life, asked the guy who's never played video games. Freedom to Spend
  June Chikuma, "Oddman Hypothesis" (Freedom to Spend)
  Japanese composer June Chikuma designed music for Nintendo’s Bomberman franchise circa 1983, among many other video games that formed the chiptune aesthet
  
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• Report: Oregon still not tracking at-risk student success

  20-03-2019 22:19
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A report from the Secretary of State found that Oregon hasn’t followed up on recommendations to better track the progress of the state’s most at-risk students. The report, released Wednesday, said the Oregon Department of Education only made partial progress on three of the 15 recommendations to improve education for students […]
  
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• Police: Teen survives intentional drive off cliff

  20-03-2019 21:49
  PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a teenager intentionally drove a car off a cliff at a state scenic viewpoint northeast of Bend and survived. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the car damaged a historic stone wall at Ochoco Wayside State Park before crashing into the hillside below, but the teen didn’t appear to have any major […]
  
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• Today Is the First Day of Spring, People! What Are You Doing to Do to Celebrate!?

  20-03-2019 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Lizzo dropped a new single, "Tempo" that features none other than Missy Elliott herself!by Jasmyne KeimigIt's spring, motherfuckers POJCHEEWIN YAPRASERT PHOTOGRAPHY/GettyOnce, a friend told me: "Jasmyne, there are two types of people in this world: ones that think the first day of spring is on the 20th of March, and those that think it is on the 21st." As if it really mattered. But, of course, today is the first day of spring. The 20th day in March. The season that does with cherry trees what Ch
  
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• Today Is the First Day of Spring, People! What Are You Doing to Celebrate?!

  20-03-2019 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Lizzo dropped a new single, "Tempo" that features none other than Missy Elliott herself!by Jasmyne KeimigIt's spring, motherfuckers POJCHEEWIN YAPRASERT PHOTOGRAPHY/GettyOnce, a friend told me: "Jasmyne, there are two types of people in this world: ones that think the first day of spring is on the 20th of March, and those that think it is on the 21st." As if it really mattered. But, of course, today is the first day of spring. The 20th day in March. The season that does with cherry trees what Ch
  
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• Flash Deals: We Have Exclusive Discounts for These Seattle Events This Weekend

  20-03-2019 21:32 via thestranger.com
  Flash Deals: We Have Exclusive Discounts for These Upcoming Seattle Eventsby Stranger Things To Do StaffAt Stranger Things To Do, we're on a constant mission to make your life as full of as many fun events as possible, at as little cost as possible. Beyond just our lists of cheap & easy things to do, we're now offering exclusive deals on some of this weekend's hottest music and arts events—just for you! Read on to see this week's crop of flash deals, all of which are on sale for up to
  
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• Sometimes The Damage Is Too Great

  20-03-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Originally published on March 11, 2010.
  I am a girl who sabotaged my relationship. I was angry; I had complaints. But my real issue was a store of repressed childhood trauma, and I was working it out on the closest person to me, my BF. We had something magical, and I destroyed it. I am now willing to give 110 percent to fix it.
  We no longer have sex. We are hardly on speaking terms. I know now that my relationship skills are stunted—more childhood
  
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• Piano teacher accused of sex abuse indicted on 24 charges

  20-03-2019 20:55
  SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — A piano teacher suspected of sexually abusing a young student has been named in a 24-count indictment, which contends the abuse happened monthly from July of 2018 to February 2019. KATU-TV reports 29-year-old Christopher M. Griffin was indicted on eight counts each of sodomy, sex abuse and sexual penetration. Griffin was […]
  
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• Kentucky governor says he exposed his children to chickenpox

  20-03-2019 20:47
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said in a radio interview that he deliberately exposed his children to chickenpox so they would catch the highly contagious disease and become immune. During a Tuesday interview on Bowling Green radio station WKCT, Bevin said his children were “miserable for a few days” after contracting chickenpox […]
  
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• Trends: Cool Art, Hilarious Interruptions, and Live Drag Competitions

  20-03-2019 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerRecent or upcoming at BAM (clockwise from top right): glassworks by Joseph Rossano and Clare Peters; a drawing by Simon Hanselmann; an Oscar Tuazon installation. JOSEPH ROSSANO GLASSWORK: CB BELL; OSCAR TUAZON INSTALLATION: DOMINIQUE ULDRY; COURTESY OF BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM
  Bellevue Arts Museum Is... Actually Cool Now?
  Bellevue Arts Museum—which has no permanent collection and grew out of Bellevue's summer arts and crafts fair—is quickly becoming a hub for amazing, weir
  
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• Prosecutor: Tax dodger now dodging prison sentence

  20-03-2019 20:38
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A prominent tax dodger who was supposed to surrender to prison earlier this month is now accused of dodging his 10-year prison sentence by failing to turn himself in to the federal Bureau of Prisons as ordered. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Winston Shrout was supposed to start serving his sentence March 4 […]
  
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• Early wildfire burns in Oregon

  20-03-2019 20:33
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A wildfire pushed by high winds forced evacuations of some homes in rural western Oregon. Bobbi Doan, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Forestry, said Wednesday that the fire’s estimated size is 60 acres. Bulldozers and people digging with tools and cut a line around 20 percent of the fire. Around […]
  
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• Outside of Seattle, in nearby Kitsap County, homelessness is rising too

  20-03-2019 20:31
  Kitsap County's 2019 count saw a 17 percent increase in the number of homeless people living outside, which an official said might reflect a more accurate count than previous years.
  
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• What Has Beto O'Rourke Actually Accomplished?

  20-03-2019 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 190 considers the newest Democratic presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke. Also: Andrew Yang and his "Freedom Dividend." Scott Eisen / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Katie Herzog admit that every once in a long while, they find a thing or two to agree with in Trump’s tweets—of which there were 28 this past Sunday. Also, Dan continues his war on the electoral college and Katie wonders what Beto
  
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• Alaska board nominee Shaw withdraws nomination

  20-03-2019 19:58
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A former Ketchikan school board president has withdrawn his nomination for a state judicial conduct commission. Gov. Mike Dunleavy nominated Trevor Shaw for the Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct. Shaw faced questioning over his relationship to a former Ketchikan teacher accused of sexual abuse and a recall effort. Shaw said former […]
  
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• Witness the Torrid Trance Rock of NYC's Sunwatchers Tonight at Southgate Roller Rink

  20-03-2019 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalSunwatchers are happy to see you. Really. One Beat PR
  NYC quartet Sunwatchers stand as one of America’s greatest bands of the 2010s. Their self-titled 2016 album on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label is a torrid blast of horn-powered rock shot through with the sinuous melodies of Ethiopian jazz and spiritual ache of Saharan desert psychedelic blues. Concerns about white Westerner appropriation fly out the window once you hear how Sunwatchers alchemize these elements into tra
  
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• US experts: Medicines for opioid addiction vastly underused

  20-03-2019 19:15
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top medical advisers said Wednesday medicines proven to treat opioid addiction remain vastly underused in the U.S. Only a fraction of the estimated 2 million people addicted to opioids are getting the medications, according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The influential group, which […]
  
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• Idaho man charged after collision kills pregnant woman

  20-03-2019 19:00
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man is facing four felony charges after investigators say he drove drunk, fell asleep at the wheel and was in a collision that a killed pregnant woman. The Times-News reports 21-year-old Daniel Cruz Ortiz of Wendell is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, felony drunken driving and […]
  
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• Does it make sense to delay children’s vaccines?

  20-03-2019 18:48
  Health column: Outbreaks of measles, mumps and whooping cough have again reignited vaccination disputes. Pediatricians have some hard advice on the risks of delay.
  
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• Foals Bring That Western Feeling to the Paramount Tonight

  20-03-2019 18:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkFoals have come all the way from the UK to serenade your ass. Alex Knowles
  “This Orient” might be one of my all-time favorite love songs that might not actually be a love song. It’s off Foals’ 2010 outing, Total Life Forever, the album that introduced me to the British rock band with dance-punk and art-rock tendencies. The song is fast-paced and urgent, but also sweet and entreating, and the chorus as delivered by emotive, falsetto-reaching frontman, Yannis
  
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• Senate committee OKs hearing for Medicaid expansion bill

  20-03-2019 18:19
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation involving Medicaid expansion in Idaho will get a public hearing in a Senate committee. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved the hearing for the bill put forward by Republican Sen. Fred Martin. The first section of the bill directs the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to look […]
  
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• Legislation on Medicaid expansion advances in House, Senate

  20-03-2019 18:19
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two pieces of legislation putting work and other requirements on the voter-approved Medicaid expansion in Idaho advanced on Wednesday in both the House and Senate. On the House side, the House Health and Welfare Committee voted 10-3 to send to the full House a bill put forward by Republican Rep. John […]
  
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• Science Says: Tiny ‘water bears’ can teach us about survival

  20-03-2019 18:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s ultimate survivors can weather extreme heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space. Now the U.S. military hopes these tiny critters called tardigrades can teach us about true toughness. These animals are pipsqueaks, only about the size of a period. Under a microscope they look like some combination of chubby […]
  
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• Tougher ballot initiative requirement bill may be changed

  20-03-2019 18:01
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would dramatically toughen the requirements to get an initiative or referendum on the Idaho ballot is headed to the state Senate for possible changes. The Senate State Affairs committee on Tuesday voted to send the bill from Eagle Republican Sen. C. Scott Grow to the full Senate for […]
  
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• Six Ways to Celebrate the Beginning of Spring in Seattle

  20-03-2019 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIt's not spring in Seattle without rows of blossoming cherry trees. Catch them in full bloom at the University of Washington Campus around March 30, or head to events like the Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival in April. Jessica Stein
  Today is the official start of spring, and it's time to go out and celebrate! If you don't know where to start, we've got you covered. Below, you'll find all the highlights of our spring calendar, which features wa
  
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• Bill to create Committee on Federalism heads to Senate

  20-03-2019 17:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Senate committee on Wednesday sent to the Senate legislation to create a panel to monitor how federal laws affect Idaho’s sovereignty and possibly to be combined with another bill aimed at creating a council on federal lands. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted 7-2 to send the legislation to create […]
  
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• Wealthy parents in admissions scandal under intense pressure to make deals. Here’s why

  20-03-2019 17:22
  The wealthy parents accused in the sweeping college admissions cheating scandal have been pilloried, and some have lost jobs. They face prison time if convicted in the massive fraud scheme. Now, sources say some of them are under pressure to cooperate with federal prosecutors, who are looking to expand the case. Prosecutors got the cooperation […]
  
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• Preschool teachers made kids stand naked in closet as punishment, police claim

  20-03-2019 17:13
  EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Two staff members at a Metro East preschool program were placed on administrative leave this week after authorities investigated claims that students were punished by having to stand naked in a classroom closet. The teachers are employed at the Head Start program operated by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center and lead a class …
  
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• 4 arrested after woman stabbed, beaten in Boise foothills

  20-03-2019 17:07
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a woman sustained potentially life-threatening injuries after she was beaten and stabbed in the Boise foothills late Saturday night. The sheriff’s office says the 20-year-old woman reported that she knew her attackers, and that the group beat her, stabbed her with a knife and a broken bottle and then […]
  
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• ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL SPLIFF FILM FESTIVAL LINEUP!

  20-03-2019 16:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out the trailer…by Chase BurnsThat's Grandpa Joe. Who is Grandpa Joe? Come to the fest to find out.Let me cut to the chase: The lineup for the inaugural SPLIFF Film Fest, our film festival made by the stoned for the stoned, has exceeded our expectations. Don't get me wrong, we thought you all would submit good trippy shit, comedic shorts, quickie documentaries, parodies of anti-pot educational films, total mind fucks, and maybe even some pot-influenced actual fucks (which you did, t
  
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• Slog AM: Devin Nunes Sues Twitter, Six Wildfires Break Out in Puget Sound Region, Solar and Wind Energy Quintuples

  20-03-2019 16:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyWe must HARNESS THIS.ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES
  Border wall funding could delay two Washington military projects: The Seattle Times reports that money allocated away from planned domestic military projects could delay an $89 million pier and maintenance effort at Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor and $23 million of maintenance at the Army’s Yakima Training Center. Trump’s national emergency declaration technically allows him to reallocate money from military construction, but t
  
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• Cost of downtown Eugene riverfront park is $14 million

  20-03-2019 15:55
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — City officials in Eugene, Oregon, expect to spend $14 million on the planned three-acre riverfront park, the showpiece of the community’s years-long effort to connect downtown with the Willamette River. The Register-Guard reports they also anticipate spending another $4 million on the neighboring one-acre plaza, which will be constructed in a […]
  
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• Federal judge halts drilling in Wyoming over climate concerns

  20-03-2019 15:18
  The decision by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., marks the first time the Trump administration has been held to account for the climate impact of its energy-dominance agenda, and it could have sweeping implications for the president's plan to boost fossil-fuel production across the U.S.
  
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• Spring starts with another warm and sunny day, but showers and cool temps on way

  20-03-2019 15:11
  Spring is here! But this unseasonably warm weather won't last forever. Here's what the rest of the week, and the weekend, could bring.
  
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• Lawsuit: Vanderbilt hospital operated on wrong kidney

  20-03-2019 14:18
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman says Vanderbilt University Medical Center operated on the wrong kidney during her surgery in what federal officials call a “never event.” The Tennessean reports Carla Miller says the error damaged her urinary system and she now needs dialysis for life. She’s seeking more than $25 million in damages […]
  
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• The buses are coming out of the transit tunnel. Here’s what it means for transit riders and drivers.

  20-03-2019 14:00
  If you rely on any bus through downtown — even one that doesn’t go through the tunnel — be sure to check to see if your stop has changed.
  
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• Live Q&A: What do you want to ask Seattle’s new transportation director, Sam Zimbabwe?

  20-03-2019 14:00
  Seattle has a new transportation director. Sam Zimbabwe, confirmed by the Seattle City Council last month as director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), comes to Seattle from Washington, D.C., where he worked as an associate director of policy, planning and sustainability, before becoming chief project delivery officer. He faces new challenges here. Traffic […]
  
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• Emergency sanctuary opens for kids in South Seattle

  20-03-2019 14:00
  Grandese, where kids will typically stay three to five days, will help buy social workers and law enforcement time to find a suitable foster home.
  
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• ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be

  20-03-2019 14:00
  On the third floor of King Street Station now exists what could be the first community arts space of its kind in the country. Its inaugural exhibition, "yəhaw̓," shows works by more than 200 indigenous artists living and working in the Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Italy: Driver abducts schoolchildren, sets bus ablaze

  20-03-2019 13:45
  MILAN (AP) — A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their chaperones Wednesday, ordering the children’s hands to be bound and threatening them with death during the 40-minute ordeal, before setting the vehicle on fire when he was stopped by a Carabinieri blockade. Officer broke glass windows in the back of the […]
  
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• Environmental Protection chief: Unsafe water biggest threat

  20-03-2019 13:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency’s new administrator says unsafe drinking water is “probably the biggest environmental threat” the world faces. Andrew Wheeler told CBS News in an interview airing Wednesday climate change is “an important issue” but most of the threats it poses are “50 to 75 years out” and it’s “unreasonable” for […]
  
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• Officials: Temple mumps outbreak swells to 67 likely cases

  20-03-2019 12:44
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia health officials say they’ve now believe 67 people have contracted mumps at Temple University. City Department of Health spokesman James Garrow said Tuesday the total number of probable cases stands at 67 — up from 54 cases a day before. WCAU-TV reports health officials confirmed 12 cases through laboratory testing while […]
  
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• Ex-first lady settles with Oregonian over legal fees

  20-03-2019 12:30
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The parent company for The Oregonian/OregonLive has reached a settlement with former first lady Cylvia Hayes that reduces the $128,000 in legal fees a judge ordered her to pay after her unsuccessful lawsuit to stop the release of her emails. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports terms of the settlement were read into the […]
  
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• Kittitas County shooting leaves deputy and suspect dead, officer injured

  20-03-2019 07:33
  Deputies were trying to stop a vehicle in Kittitas County, but the driver refused and fled into the city of Kittitas, according to the Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Kittitas County deputy killed, police officer injured in shooting

  20-03-2019 07:33
  A Kittitas County deputy was killed and a police officer was injured in a shooting Wednesday evening.
  
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• Seattle police investigating officer-involved shooting in Capitol Hill

  20-03-2019 06:38
  The shooting occurred in the 1600 block of Melrose Avenue.
  
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• Officers shoot, wound man after he fires at them on Capitol Hill, police say

  20-03-2019 06:38
  The shooting occurred in the 1600 block of Melrose Avenue.
  
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• Mainer who’s fighting extradition to Alaska is due in court

  20-03-2019 05:20
  AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who is wanted in Alaska to face a murder charge is returning to court. Steven Downs, whose attorneys announced that he will fight extradition, is due Wednesday morning in Androscoggin County Superior Court. Downs is charged with the sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie at the […]
  
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