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• 71-year-old struck, seriously injured in Greenwood by driver believed to be impaired, police say

  15-08-2019 23:47
  Witnesses called 911 around 10 p.m. to report the collision in the 8500 block of Seattle's Aurora Avenue North. Police said the 42-year-old driver of the SUV showed signs of impairment.
  
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• 71-year-old struck, seriously injured in Greenwood

  15-08-2019 23:47
  Witnesses called 911 around 10 p.m. to report the collision in the 8500 block of Seattle's Aurora Avenue North. Police said the 42-year-old driver of the SUV showed signs of impairment.
  
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• Hidden in plain sight: California illegal pot market booming

  15-08-2019 23:36
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s struggling legal cannabis industry is expected to grow this year to $3.1 billion, but it remains outmatched by a thriving illegal market ripe with bargains, a report concluded Thursday. Consumers are spending roughly $3 in the state’s underground pot economy for every $1 in the legal one, said the report […]
  
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• Could Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells? A New Study Looks Promising

  15-08-2019 23:31 via thestranger.com
  by Josh Jardine BOONCHAI WEDMAKAWAND/GETTY IMAGES
  Through reports and anecdotal evidence, cannabis has been touted as offering benefits to those dealing with cancer and alleviating the side effects of cancer treatment. The reduction of anxiety, nausea, pain, and loss of appetite make cannabis a seeming wonder drug that many caregivers will attest to all day long.
  A sizable and growing community swears that the topical and ingested use of RSO (Rick Simpson Oil) and FECO/FSCO (full extract cannabi
  
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• EPA reverses approval for poison traps used by ranchers

  15-08-2019 23:24
  A 14-year-old boy was injured in 2017 when he encountered an M-44 with his dog on federal land near his house on the outskirts of Pocatello. His Labrador retriever died.
  
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• Doctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in US

  15-08-2019 23:10
  NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping products. No deaths have been reported, but at least a few have come close. Some patients have likened onset of the illness to a heart attack, […]
  
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• Humpback whale stranded, euthanized south of Newport

  15-08-2019 23:09
  WALDPORT, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials say a juvenile humpback whale was euthanized after washing ashore southwest of Portland near Waldport. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports a team with the Oregon State University-based Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network was working Wednesday to relieve the 20-foot (6-meter) whale’s stress by keeping it wet and digging out around […]
  
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• Witness: Plane made ‘aggressive’ moves before fatal crash

  15-08-2019 22:57
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A witness told federal investigators he saw an airplane “performing aggressive flight maneuvers” shortly before it crashed earlier this month, killing all four people on board. The witness account is included in a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report on the crash, released Thursday. The report does not include a cause […]
  
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• Million-dollar opioid drug ring started small, No. 2 says

  15-08-2019 22:51
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who prosecutors call the second-in-command of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring said Thursday the operation started small, when he needed cash for student loans so he let his roommate sell his prescription Adderall. Drew Crandall, 33, said the dark-web operation run by his roommate Aaron Shamo, 29, […]
  
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• NTSB cites likely overloading, stability in boat capsizing

  15-08-2019 22:30
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A teenage deckhand, roused awake by water flooding his sleeping area aboard a fishing tender last summer in southwest Alaska, recalled taking a gulp of air as he cast about the vessel for an escape route as it was capsizing. The teen was rescued, as was the boat captain, but another […]
  
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• The Next Stock Market Crash Is So Predictable

  15-08-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLooking at the Minsky moment... golero/gettyimages.com
  Bloomberg reports that a major financial analyst, Harry Markopolos, accused General Electric, a blue-chip, of hiding it troubles (huge debts and losses) in its books. This is called accounting fraud. The company is hiding a $9 billion loss, and will soon need $18 billion in cash and $10 billion in debt to remain solvent. “These impending losses will destroy GE’s balance sheet, debt ratios and likely also violate
  
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• General Electric Accused of Accounting Fraud, Which Means We Have Reached the Stock Market's Ponzi Stage

  15-08-2019 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeLooking at the Minsky moment... golero/gettyimages.com
  Bloomberg reports that a major financial analyst, Harry Markopolos, accused General Electric, a blue-chip, of hiding it troubles (huge debts and losses) in its books. This is called accounting fraud. The company is hiding a $9 billion loss, and will soon need $18 billion in cash and $10 billion in debt to remain solvent. “These impending losses will destroy GE’s balance sheet, debt ratios and likely also violate
  
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• The Truth About 5G

  15-08-2019 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Will 5G kill you?by Katie HerzogSpotted in Queen AnnePublished with permission from the photographer
  If you've walked around Queen Anne recently, you may have noticed a bright yellow flier hanging from utility poles around the neighborhood: "PUBLIC NOTICE," reads one posted at the corner of Galer St. and 4th Ave. N. "Dangerous 5G Cell Tower above on this pole Harmful to humans, animals, and plants within 500 ft Do the research yourself!!!!" At the bottom of the flyer are a number of links to web
  
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• They Met as Adults and Now They're Making Out Like Adults... There's Just One Problem

  15-08-2019 21:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I’m a person. My reluctance to reveal any other information about my identity will become clear shortly. Years ago I found out I have an opposite-sex half sibling. We recently met and quickly bonded. We went from speaking on the phone to spending time with each other. The problem now is that we're obsessively attracted to one another. We began holding hands and then cuddling. But recently things have progressed to make-out sessions that leave me feeling highly conflicted. I f
  
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• They Met as Adults and Now They're Making Out Like Adults... There's Just One Little Thing Wrong

  15-08-2019 21:54 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I’m a person. My reluctance to reveal any other information about my identity will become clear shortly. Years ago I found out I have an older, opposite-sex half sibling. We recently met in person and quickly bonded. We went from having speaking on the phone to spending more and time with each other. The problem now is that we're obsessively attracted to one another. We began holding hands and then cuddling. But recently things have progressed to make-out sessions that leave
  
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• Police departments confront ‘epidemic’ in officer suicides

  15-08-2019 21:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a mental health emergency and highlighting the problem of untreated depression among law enforcement officers nationwide. On Wednesday, Robert Echeverría, 56, became the ninth NYPD officer to take his own life this […]
  
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• The Rolling Stones Live—Not Sucking in Their 70s

  15-08-2019 21:19 via thestranger.com
  
  The Rolling Stones kicked ass in a football stadium last night, albeit with a setlist that rarely went beyond the most obvious hits.by Dave Segal301 years of rock-and-roll legendariness right here. Lester Black
  Mick Jagger hasn't gained an ounce of weight since “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”—last night's set finale, of course—hit the charts. Mick Jagger is 76 and coming off heart surgery, yet he is damn near a perpetual motion machine onstage. Mick Jagger is three years
  
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• Top NASA official gets look at next moon rocket

  15-08-2019 21:08
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NASA’s top official says the rocket expected to power the next mission to the moon is about 90 percent complete. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke during a visit Thursday to a facility in New Orleans where the core stage is being built. The 212-foot-tall (65-meter-tall) core stage is made up of […]
  
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• Boise says no to Ada County landfill wastewater

  15-08-2019 20:27
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise city officials say the Ada County Landfill can’t dump water that soaked through the region’s trash into the Boise wastewater treatment system. The Idaho Press reports the city turned down Ada County’s request to dispose up to 4 million gallons of water collected from the landfill earlier this summer. The […]
  
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• Good Boys Is a Film About 12-Year-Old Boys Saying "Fuck" a Lot

  15-08-2019 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ben Coleman Ed Araquel / Universal Pictures
  If you think a 12-year-old saying "fuck" is kinda funny—and for the record, I'm not judging you—then you'll probably have fun with Good Boys. There are a bunch of 12-year-olds in it, and they all say "fuck" a lot, which also doubles as the film's plot synopsis.
  If you don't think that sounds funny, stay far away, because you really won't like the part where the kids mistake a pile of dildos for ninja weapons.Is any of this good comedy? H
  
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• Autistic boy stabbed with syringes, and nurse loses license

  15-08-2019 20:12
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey regulators have revoked the nursing license of a woman caught on security cameras stabbing an autistic teenager with syringes when he failed to comply with her instructions, officials said Thursday. The state attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs announced in a news release that the New Jersey Board […]
  
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• 9th Circuit: Federal court can enforce tribal court rulings

  15-08-2019 19:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Native American tribal courts can ask the federal courts to enforce rulings against non-tribal members. Boise State Public Radio reports the ruling from the appellate court last week reversed an opinion from a federal judge in Idaho. The question arose in a case […]
  
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• Yakima county judge throws out criminal case, frees Wapato city administrator

  15-08-2019 19:39
  A day after he was arrested on suspicion of official misconduct, former Wapato City Administrator Juan Orozco is a free man. Yakima County Superior Court Judge Douglas Federspiel ruled that there was no factual basis for Orozco’s arrest Tuesday by Yakima County sheriff’s detectives. He made his ruling during Orozco’s preliminary appearance in the Yakima […]
  
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• Yakima county judge throws out criminal case, frees former Wapato city administrator

  15-08-2019 19:39
  A day after he was arrested on suspicion of official misconduct, former Wapato City Administrator Juan Orozco is a free man. Yakima County Superior Court Judge Douglas Federspiel ruled that there was no factual basis for Orozco’s arrest Tuesday by Yakima County sheriff’s detectives. He made his ruling during Orozco’s preliminary appearance in the Yakima […]
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to Bush & LIVE!

  15-08-2019 19:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Taffy MarlerEntries accepted until 11:59pm (PT) on Sunday, September 22, 2019Two lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets to Bush & LIVE | The Altimate Tour, October 16 at accesso ShoWare Center!Enter HEREOr buy tickets here
  
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• $1 million bail set for Burlington man suspected of slaying his ex-girlfriend in Bellingham

  15-08-2019 19:16
  A 22-year-old Burlington man who reportedly told police that he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, a 22-year-old WWU student, is being held in Whatcom County Jail.
  
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• Washington Supreme Court rejects challenges to 3-strikes law

  15-08-2019 19:07
  OLYMPIA — Washington state’s Supreme Court has unanimously rejected three challenges brought against the state’s three-strikes law. The law requires automatic sentences of life in prison without parole the third time someone is convicted of a “most serious offense.” The court has repeatedly upheld the law in the past, but in the most recent challenges, […]
  
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• Gov’t wants a new 911-like number just for suicide hotline

  15-08-2019 18:54
  NEW YORK (AP) — With suicides on the rise , the U.S. government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help. Currently, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline uses a 10-digit number, 800-273-TALK (8255). Callers are routed to one of 163 crisis […]
  
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• Fourth man found dead in eastern Idaho waterways

  15-08-2019 18:33
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officials in eastern Idaho have recovered a dead body from a waterway for the fourth time this month. The Idaho State Journal reports the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office recovered the most recent body on Wednesday from the Snake River in Idaho Falls. The sheriff’s office did not release the […]
  
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• Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic trials sell for $50K

  15-08-2019 18:25
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A pair of handmade Nike track shoes from the 1972 Olympic trials has sold for $50,000. Dave Russell, of Sacramento, sold the rare kicks last month to the Graduate Eugene hotel, a Nike-themed property in Eugene, Oregon. “They wanted something that would say, ‘This is Nike town,’ ” Russell said. “And […]
  
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• Nike track shoes used in 1972 Olympic Trials sell for $50,000

  15-08-2019 18:25
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A pair of handmade Nike track shoes from the 1972 Olympic Trials has sold for $50,000. Dave Russell, of Sacramento, sold the rare kicks last month to a hotel chain in Eugene that is building a Nike-themed property. “They wanted something that would say, ‘This is Nike town,’ ” Russell said. “And […]
  
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• Authorities: Woman pulls gator from pants during stop

  15-08-2019 18:12
  PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida woman who pulled a small alligator from her yoga pants during a traffic stop and illegally possessed numerous other wild animals has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to four charges. Florida prosecutors say a Charlotte County sheriff’s deputy stopped a pickup truck in May […]
  
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• Scientists confirm July set new global heat record

  15-08-2019 17:37
  BERLIN (AP) — July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for man-made climate change. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday that July was 0.95 degrees Celsius (1.71 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the […]
  
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• Friends find body of overdue Wasilla hunter in Eureka area

  15-08-2019 17:31
  WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — A man reported overdue from a sheep hunting trip was found dead by searchers in the Eureka area. Alaska State Troopers say 42-year-old Huey Farrell may have died in the crash of his all-terrain vehicle. Farrell left Aug. 7 for his hunt. Troopers were contacted Sunday because Farrell had not contacted […]
  
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• Slog AM: Epstein's Autopsy Results, India Shuts Off Kashmir's Internet, Please Stop Eating 'Sexy Pavement Lichen'

  15-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamFor the last time, it won't solve your ED, Carl!! mgfoto/Getty Images
  Something's in the water at this Brier grocery store: Who says lightning can't strike twice?Brier Grocery sold a winning lottery ticket on July 18 worth $12.2 million. Then, on August 8, the store sold another winning ticket. This time it was worth $120,000. A slight difference in jackpot totals. Even though these are the first jackpot wins for the store, Brier Grocery's zip-code is one of the luckier zip-cod
  
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• Ex-teacher gets 60 years for sexual abuse

  15-08-2019 16:43
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former teacher found guilty of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. The Statesman Journal reports that Marion County Judge Sean Armstrong on Wednesday sentenced 45-year-old Noah Powers after a jury last week unanimously found the former McKay High School teacher guilty of sexually […]
  
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• Man charged in Alaska cold case killing pleads not guilty

  15-08-2019 16:27
  AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man charged in the sexual assault and murder of a woman in Alaska in a long-unsolved cold case has pleaded not guilty. The Sun Journal reports 44-year-old Steven Downs entered his plea in a courtroom in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday. The case is expected to be tried in Fairbanks. […]
  
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• US makes new push for graphic warning labels on cigarettes

  15-08-2019 16:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are making a new attempt at adding graphic images to cigarette packets to discourage Americans from lighting up. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed 13 warnings that would appear on all cigarettes, including images of cancerous tumors and diseased lungs. Most developed countries worldwide have adopted similar […]
  
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• Cyber charter school chaos, the cost of school supply shopping, the benefits of reading on paper: What Education Lab is reading

  15-08-2019 16:00
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• Washington State Patrol finds driver playing Pokemon Go on 8 phones at once

  15-08-2019 15:55
  A driver had eight cellphones, all playing Pokemon Go. The State Patrol says he "agreed to put phones in back seat and continued his commute with 8 less distractions."
  
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• Distraction x 8: Washington State Patrol finds driver playing Pokemon Go on multiple phones

  15-08-2019 15:55
  A driver had eight cellphones, all playing Pokemon Go. The State Patrol says he "agreed to put phones in back seat and continued his commute with 8 less distractions."
  
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• NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

  15-08-2019 15:12
  ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE (AP) — NASA scientists are crisscrossing Greenland on a mission to track melting ice. Greenland has been melting faster in the last decade and this summer, it has seen two of the biggest melts on record since 2012. Global warming is the chief culprit, but scientists want to know how […]
  
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• Seattle police take aim at downtown gun violence by targeting drug dealers

  15-08-2019 15:00
  "It's great every time you get a gun off the streets because that takes away an opportunity for somebody to get shot," said Seattle Police Sgt. Rob Brown, who has helped lead the West Precinct's Anti-Crime Team in targeting drug dealers during a summertime buy-bust operation downtown.
  
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