Kara McDermott
Stories
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Lady Shampoo Ad Or FIFA Poster For Female Players?
FIFA, the international soccer federation, has released its official poster of the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
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Seattle City Council Approves $15 Minimum Wage
In a unanimous vote, to a standing ovation, the Seattle City Council approved a bill to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. The crowd...
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What Seattleites Have To Say About Affordable Housing
Affordable housing means spending 30 percent or less of household income on housing, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Former Boston Top Cop Kathleen O'Toole Picked To Head Seattle Police
Kathleen O’Toole, formerly the Boston police commissioner and Ireland’s chief inspector, has been selected as Mayor Ed Murray's nominee as Seattle's top cop.
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Mayor Murray: $18.13 Minimum Wage By 2025
Seattle’s minimum wage could increase to $18.13 an hour within the next decade, according to Mayor Ed Murray's office. Speaking at Town Hall on Thursday...
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No Proposal Yet From Mayor's Minimum Wage Committee
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and his Income Inequaltiy Committee have not yet reached an agreement in raising the minimum wage. Murray was expected to...
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Gov. Inslee: 'We're Providing Every Opportunity To Find That Miracle'
As the local community held Sunday church services a week after the devastating Oso mudslide, searchers continued their work in the sodden destruction...
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A Hard Day Ahead For Search Operations In The Mudslide
With 100 percent chance of rain in the forecast for Friday, Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots held a brief conference in the morning...
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Fire Chief: 'We're Going To Exhaust All Options To Find Someone Alive'
Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots was not at the press conferences on Wednesday after he was urged to get some rest in the wake of the...
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Salman Rushdie And The Heroism Of Ordinary People
It was Valentine’s Day 1989 when Salman Rushdie got a call from a BBC reporter. She asked him how it felt to be sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini. He thought, “I’m a dead man.”