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• Dick's, Toulouse Petit, Dynasty Room, and More of The Stranger's Favorite Late Night Spots in Seattle

  01-05-2019 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerDick's Drive-in. LESTER BLACK
  Rocco's
  Whether you're stumbling out of a show at the Crocodile or in search of something to soak up that extra tequila shot you didn't mean to order at one of the many dive bars along Second Avenue, Rocco's is a must-visit for a slice of pizza or full pie before heading home after a late night. The pizza is greasy in the best way and served a zillion ways, including traditional cheese or pepperoni, or more adventurous options like the Tikka, Tikka, T
  
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• The Top 13 New Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out at First Thursday Tomorrow

  01-05-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffNight is one of the works by the much-missed Seattle painter and sculptor Akio Takamori on display at James Harris Gallery. James Harris Gallery
  On the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighb
  
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• Joe Biden Is Now the Democratic Front-Runner. Why?

  01-05-2019 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 196 tries to figure out what's so exciting about the newly announced presidential campaign of Joe Biden. Scott Olson / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!
  Dan Savage, Eli Sanders, and Katie Herzog discuss Attorney General William Barr’s problematic Congressional testimony and then try to figure out what’s so exciting about the presidential candidacy of Joe Biden. Because according to polls—which can be wrong!—there&
  
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• His Boyfriend Became His Slave and Now He Misses His Boyfriend

  01-05-2019 22:48 via thestranger.com
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageOriginally published October 25, 2011.
  I've been seeing a guy for a little over a year and all was going very well. We had a good relationship, good sex and good friendship; a nice situation. A couple months ago he told me that he wants to be my slave. I surprised myself by saying okay. I got into it right away. It's very hot, the sex is great, and life has never been more exciting. All is well, sort of.
  The problem is that I don't feel as much friendshi
  
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• Peter Bjorn and John Bring Their Swedish Pop Sounds to the Crocodile

  01-05-2019 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkPeter Bjorn and John, getting darker Johan Bergmark
  It’s been 13 years since Peter Bjorn and John released “Young Folks,” but I bet you still recall that whistle-laden, syrupy-sweet and sticky indie-pop track from 2006, because it was picked up by the mainstream and ruined in the mainstream way: ubiquity. That shit was everywhere for a hot minute. A lot of evolving and five albums' worth of music has happened since then, including last year’s Darker Days. P
  
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• Man sentenced for leaving baby in the woods faces gun charge

  01-05-2019 22:43
  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — An Oregon man who has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for abandoning a 5-month-old baby in the woods of western Montana while he was high on meth and bath salts now faces a federal gun charge. The Missoulian reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch entered a not guilty plea […]
  
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• Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help

  01-05-2019 22:37
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators expressed frustration with the limited cooperation they say they’re receiving with investigations from the state Department of Public Safety. The dispute dates to November, when an acting director of the Alaska State Troopers notified the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office its investigators would no longer have access to […]
  
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• Colorado VFW post named for soldier who died in Afghanistan

  01-05-2019 22:22
  BERTHOUD, Colo. (AP) — A new Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Colorado has been named for a soldier who died a year ago in Afghanistan. The Reporter-Herald reported Tuesday that military veterans chartered the Spc. Gabriel Conde Memorial VFW Post Tuesday in Berthoud. Post 12189 was named for the Berthoud native who died as […]
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 25 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out

  01-05-2019 22:21 via thestranger.com
  Digable Planets, the Seattle International Film Festival, and More Events on Sale the Week of May 2by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can still score tickets for the most popular events. To help you with that, we've rounded up all of the major events that are going on sale in the next couple of days, like Digable Planets and Smokey Robinson. Plus, check out a slew
  
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• After a Drop in December, Seattle’s Rents Are Back on the Rise

  01-05-2019 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  But surprise! Did you know it's cheaper to rent an apartment in Seattle than it is to rent on in Renton or Federal Way?by Lester BlackOur rents would be cheaper if we had fewer single-family homes and more apartment buildings. Getty
  If you’ve been noticing rents creep back upwards in Seattle recently you might not be making things up. Seattle rents are back on the rise after dipping slightly down in December, showing an average increase of 0.4 percent in April and an overall 0.5 percent in
  
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• March for immigrants’ rights highlights sunny May Day

  01-05-2019 21:57
  Hundreds of people marched through downtown Seattle to call attention to workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
  
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• Arizona licenses center where incapacitated woman was raped

  01-05-2019 21:51
  PHOENIX (AP) — An embattled Phoenix long-term care facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth has received an Arizona license to operate, the latest step in an effort to overhaul its image and operations by relinquishing oversight to the state. The Arizona Department of Health Services last week approved the license […]
  
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• Tram report cites inadequate hardware in panel plunge

  01-05-2019 21:50
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new report says the Portland Aerial Tram’s decorative metal panels were attached to the vehicles with “inadequate” hardware since the day the tram opened in 2006. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a system of latches and tethers intended as a failsafe system to prevent the panel from falling off the tram vehicles […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Gorgeous Jangle-Rock of "Two States" by Big-in-Spain Seattle Band Zebra Hunt

  01-05-2019 21:49 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out the wistful jangle-rock beauty of "Two States" by Seattle's Zebra Hunt, who are surprisingly big in Spain.by Dave SegalJangle all the way. Tenorio CotobadeZebra Hunt, “Two States” (Tenorio Cotobade)
  Seattle quartet Zebra Hunt's exquisite jangle-rock is released by the Spanish label Tenorio Cotobade and they've toured that country and were received enthusiastically there more than once. Not bad for a group who suffered the indignity of performing before a sparse, apathetic c
  
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• The Top 13 Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out in May 2019

  01-05-2019 21:35 via thestranger.com
  The Best Shows of The First Thursday Art Walk on May 2 and Beyondby Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've c
  
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• The Top 13 Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out in April 2019

  01-05-2019 21:35 via thestranger.com
  The Best Shows of The First Thursday Art Walk on May 2 and Beyondby Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've c
  
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• New York City to pay $3.5M settlement in Rikers inmate death

  01-05-2019 21:30
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has reached a $3.5 million settlement in a lawsuit filed over the 2014 death of a Rikers Island inmate who records show was deprived of seizure medication. The Daily News reported Wednesday that the city agreed last week to pay the money to Rolando Perez’s girlfriend, who is […]
  
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• Court rules in favor of woman seeking opioid meds in jail

  01-05-2019 21:30
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a judge’s order requiring a jail to provide medication to a woman to keep her opioid addiction in remission. The Aroostook County Jail in northern Maine appealed to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a Portland-based U.S. district judge granted the preliminary injunction, […]
  
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• Sudden closure of outdoors retailer Ascent Outdoors and Ascent Cycles shocks employees and customers

  01-05-2019 21:27
  Owner Scott Solon informed employees on Saturday that all three Ascent stores would be permanently closing. Managers encourage customers to call the store for any items still in store custody.
  
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• A Green, Affordable, and Urbanist Seattle Doesn't Have to Be a Fantasy

  01-05-2019 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Cathy Tuttle has an urbanist dream for Seattle. She thinks it can be realized.by Nathalie GrahamCathy Tuttle has an urbanist dream for Seattle. She thinks it can be realized. Courtesy of Cathy4Council campaign
  Cathy Tuttle has a plan. Actually, she has a lot of plans. And we think she might be able to get them done.
  "I’m an academic so it's my tendency to jump in and do a lot of research," Tuttle told The Stranger one April morning. Her recent deep-dive has been on homelessness. She's talk
  
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• A Green, Affordable, and Urbanist Seattle Doesn't Have to Be a Fantasty

  01-05-2019 21:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Cathy Tuttle has an urbanist dream for Seattle. She thinks it can be realized.by Nathalie GrahamCathy Tuttle has an urbanist dream for Seattle. She thinks it can be realized. Courtesy of Cathy4Council campaign
  Cathy Tuttle has a plan. Actually, she has a lot of plans. And we think she might actually be able to get them done.
  "I’m an academic so it's my tendency to jump in and do a lot of research," Tuttle told The Stranger one April morning. Her recent deep-dive has been on homelessness. S
  
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• Federal agency to study predator-killing plans in Idaho

  01-05-2019 21:09
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal agency says it will conduct an extensive environmental study on its decision to expand the killing of wolves and other predators in Idaho attacking livestock to also include predators attacking deer and elk. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in a government notice says it anticipates taking public comments this […]
  
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• Six Beers Every Seattleite Should Try

  01-05-2019 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackHappy Little Clouds by Cloudburst Brewing. Lester Black
  Craft beer lends itself to expansiveness. When there are 100 beers on tap at your local bar or, in the case of Seattle, more than 65 breweries within the city limits, you can develop an urge to try everything. I'm here to stop you from doing that—because in searching for everything, you'll likely miss a few things actually worth enjoying.
  That's why instead of reciting a list of every great brewery, I've selected six be
  
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• Idaho company ordered to pay $44M in trade secrets lawsuit

  01-05-2019 20:35
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise-based software company has been ordered to pay SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. $44 million in damages in a lawsuit over trade secrets. Officials with Clearwater Analytics did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. The lawsuit, brought by the Connecticut-based financial software company SS&C in […]
  
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• Forecast calls for busy wildfire season along West Coast; Pacific Northwest at above-normal risk

  01-05-2019 20:35
  The Pacific Northwest has entered a period of moderate drought, which could mean an early fire season in the Cascade Range and the Okanogan region.
  
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• Forecast calls for busy wildfire season along West Coast

  01-05-2019 20:35
  The Pacific Northwest has entered a period of moderate drought, which could mean an early fire season in the Cascade Range and the Okanogan region.
  
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• Seven Weekly Dining Deals in Seattle to Try This Spring

  01-05-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffOn Sundays and Mondays, Artusi has one of the best deals in town: Two full-sized pasta entrees and a bottle of wine for just $35. Suzi Pratt
  Plate of Nations and Seattle Restaurant Week may be over, but there are still plenty of good deals to be had for thrifty food lovers dining out on a budget in Seattle every week of the year. Many restaurants offer deals on special menu items to entice more customers to come in on their slower nights, which means you get to reap
  
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• California inches toward 40M people, but growth rate slows

  01-05-2019 20:20
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California had its slowest recorded growth rate in its history last year as the country’s most populous state was hit by a slowdown in immigration and a sharp decline of births. Estimates released Wednesday show California had 39.9 million people as of Jan. 1, adding nearly 187,000 people for a growth […]
  
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• Hospital first in New Mexico to join Mayo Clinic Network

  01-05-2019 20:15
  SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — A New Mexico hospital has become the first in the state to join the Mayo Clinic Network. Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe announced Monday it has become a member of the health care nonprofit group, and officials said the Santa Fe hospital will be able […]
  
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• Washington Supreme Court to review ruling that revoked rights for Seattle hotel workers

  01-05-2019 20:14
  Initiative 124 required hotels to provide workers with emergency panic buttons, keep lists of guests accused of assaulting or harassing workers and bar those guests in certain circumstances.
  
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• Weekly Dining Deals to Try This Spring

  01-05-2019 20:05 via thestranger.com
  Pasta and Wine for $35, Moules-Frites Monday, and More Weekly Dining Deals in Seattle to Try This Spring.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPlate of Nations and Seattle Restaurant Week may be over, but there are still plenty of good deals to be had for thrifty food lovers dining out on a budget in Seattle every week of the year. Many restaurants offer deals on special menu items to entice more customers to come in on their slower nights, which means you get to reap the benefits: savings and something
  
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• Out Now: The Stranger's Guide to Food & Drink 2019, Dining Around the Clock

  01-05-2019 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk COVER DESIGN BY JESSICA STEIN; PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle's culinary game is strong, and the range of options seems limitless. It can feel overwhelming when you're looking for just the right spot to have a meal, whatever time of day it may be. Hence the theme of our Food & Drink Guide: dining around the clock.
  We've compiled a list of recommendations for places to sip coffee by Seattle original roasters, to feast on a fantastic breakfast or brunch, to have a bite of lunch a
  
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• Anchorage gathering planned to remember missing Native women

  01-05-2019 19:57
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska advocacy groups are hosting a public weekend ceremony in Anchorage to remember missing and murdered indigenous women. The free Saturday afternoon event at the Alaska Native Heritage Center is being held to coincide with the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls, to be observed […]
  
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• Tacoma Weekly Loses in Court… Again

  01-05-2019 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Another legal loss in the Tacoma Weekly’s long, documented history of not paying their bills and defrauding their employees.by Lester Black Lester BlackWhen I wrote about Tacoma Weekly’s 20-year history of unpaid bills and wage theft last year, one of the many stories I told was the plight of the Grand Cinema. The indie movie theater told me Tacoma Weekly’s publisher, John Weymer, had taken nearly $10,000 for a printing job in 2017 that he never delivered. Weymer told me the Gr
  
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• Chinese fossil sheds light on mysterious Neanderthal kin

  01-05-2019 19:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40 years after it was found by a monk in a Chinese cave, a fossilized chunk of jawbone has been revealed as coming from a mysterious relative of the Neanderthals. Until now, the only known remains of these Denisovans were a few scraps of bone and teeth recovered in a […]
  
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• US wildlife officials propose downlisting endangered beetle

  01-05-2019 18:53
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say an endangered carnivorous beetle is making a comeback and should be downlisted to threatened. The American burying beetle was once found in 35 states and three Canadian provinces. When it was listed as endangered in 1989, it was only in eastern Oklahoma and Block Island off the […]
  
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• Kansas Senate overrides governor’s abortion ‘reversal’ veto

  01-05-2019 18:14
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate has overridden Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill requiring abortion providers to tell patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after it’s been started. The vote Wednesday was 27-13, just the two-thirds majority needed. The House would vote next, possibly Wednesday, and appears […]
  
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• Kansas lawmakers fail to override abortion ‘reversal’ veto

  01-05-2019 18:14
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas narrowly failed Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill requiring abortion providers to tell patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after it’s been started. It was a second major loss in less than a week for abortion opponents in […]
  
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• Wyoming commission decides against grizzly bear hunt

  01-05-2019 18:13
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has opted not to hold a grizzly bear hunt this year. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that the decision last week follows a bill passed by the Wyoming Legislature this winter that authorized state wildlife officials to hold a grizzly bear hunt in […]
  
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• Marc Maron! Regina Hall! Charles Mudede! And Other Things You Can Find at the 45th Seattle International Film Festival!

  01-05-2019 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigJuliette Binoche stars in Olivier Assayas's very French Non-Fiction, screening at SIFF
  Listen, digital editor Chase Burns and I hustled through a long line for "Press + Influencers" to get into the press preview of the 45th Seattle International Film Festival last night. "Influencers" was scribbled in pen beneath "Press" on the sign. We downed two beers in a matter of minutes before sitting through trailers of all the programmers' top movies, thumbing through the well-organized
  
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• Happy SIFFmas—Here Are the Films, You Trolls

  01-05-2019 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigJuliette Binoche stars in Olivier Assayas's very French Non-Fiction, screening at SIFF
  Listen, Digital Editor Chase Burns and I hustled through a long line for "Press + Influencers" to get into the press preview of the 45th Seattle International Film Festival last night. "Influencer" was scribbled in pen beneath "Press" on the sign. We downed two beers in a matter of minutes before sitting through trailers of all the programmers' top movies, thumbing through the well-organized S
  
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• Trump seeks ruling in case striking down ‘Obamacare’

  01-05-2019 17:52
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Trump administration and several Republican-led states faced a midnight Wednesday deadline for filing papers with a federal appeals panel reviewing a lower court ruling that former President Barack Obama’s health care law is unconstitutional. The administration switched its stance in the case, recently telling the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
  
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• Slog AM: Barr Testifies About Mueller Report, Snake River Dam Could Be Gone in Two Years, Happy May Day!

  01-05-2019 17:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyHe's feeling the heat today. CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  State budget hints that the Lower Snake River dams’ days are numbered: The new operating budget allocates $750,000 over the next two years to perform outreach to local stakeholders like tribal communities, energy experts, and ecologists to see what impacts breaching the dams would have. One would be restoring salmon habitat—the whole point of this project. But others argue it will hurt Washington’s tr
  
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• Idaho woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for embezzlement

  01-05-2019 17:37
  COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho woman under investigation in the death of her husband has been sentenced to prison for embezzlement. News outlets reported Tuesday that 64-year-old Lori Isenberg was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of wire fraud in January. Isenberg is also being investigated […]
  
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• Body recovered, tentatively identified in southwest Alaska

  01-05-2019 17:36
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — The body of a southwest Alaska man missing since October has been recovered from a river. Alaska State Troopers say a body tentatively identified as 21-year-old Wassillie Keene was found floating Saturday in the Johnson River about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) up from the Kuskokwim River. Keene was last seen Oct. […]
  
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• Final report confirms Coldwater Creek cancer risk

  01-05-2019 16:37
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal agency has issued a final report confirming its earlier finding that people who lived near a St. Louis County creek contaminated with nuclear waste could face a higher risk of developing certain types of cancer. The report released Tuesday by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry addressed […]
  
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