Daily Archives: February 11th, 2013

Posted inBreaking News, Public Service

King County Council appoints Rod Dembowski to succeed Bob Ferguson in 1st District

by Andrew Villeneuve

This just in from the King Coun­ty Cour­t­house: Min­utes ago, in a unan­i­mous 8–0 vote, the King Coun­ty Coun­cil chose attor­ney Rod Dem­bows­ki to suc­ceed Bob Fer­gu­son as the next Coun­cilmem­ber from the 1st Dis­trict (North Seat­tle, Shore­line, Lake For­est Park, Wood­inville, Both­ell, Ken­more, Kirk­land). Dem­bows­ki was one of three indi­vid­u­als named by King County […]

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Pope Benedict XVI surprises Catholics everywhere by announcing his retirement

by Andrew Villeneuve

Ear­li­er today, at the Con­cis­to­ry Hall in Vat­i­can City, Pope Bene­dict XVI shocked the world com­mu­ni­ty by announc­ing that he has decid­ed to step down as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of this month and allow the Col­lege of Car­di­nals to choose his suc­ces­sor while he is still alive. In resigning, […]