Expedia Buys Orbitz, Amanda Knox Engaged & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang February 12, 2015
Did you win the $564M Powerball jackpot? Of course you didn’t.
If you’re scrolling through Twitter or checking your emails while driving right now in Washington, that’s not illegal. But recently a bill that was proposed would expand the existing law (texting while driving) to make surfing on the web while driving illegal and increase the penalty if you’re caught. The bill has bipartisan support, according to King 5.
Wedding bells are ringing for Amanda Knox, who was convicted of murder in 2009 by an Italian court after her roommate in 2007 was found murdered in their Perugia, Italy, house while studying abroad. That conviction was overturned in 2011. Even though Knox’s murder case is still ongoing, the 27-year-old has gotten engaged to her boyfriend Colin Sutherland.
If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em: Bellevue-based online travel site Expedia has scooped up competitor Orbitz for $1.33 billion.
The prime minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel will be here in Seattle on Monday visiting with Mayor Ed Murray and various local businesses. He’ll also stop by the new Starbucks Roastery and Tasting Room in Capitol Hill, and “hopes to entice Starbucks to open stores in his country,” reports The Seattle Business Journal. Luxembourg currently does not have a Starbucks.
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