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Starbucks’ Pricey Silver Card, Winter Storm Watches & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang November 13, 2014
We’re nearing the end of the week and it’s still hella cold. Will it snow? Read on:
Starbucks has launched a limited-edition, sterling silver mini card that arrives pre-loaded with $50 for food, drinks and other merch from the coffee retailer. Wow! What a perfect gift, you say. The hitch: This precious silver card costs a whopping $200. As for that remaining $150…well, duh, that’s what the card and its corresponding key chain are worth. What’s news to me is that this isn’t the first year Starbucks has sold the silver cards, though it is the first year they will be offered in stores.
In the wake of Paseo closing, many locals have expressed their fond memories of the Fremont sandwich shop. Do a quick search on Twitter using #RIPPaseo and you’ll see what I mean. However, there are some who aren’t memorializing the joint due to the allegations that the restaurant treated its workers unfairly. But KIRO’s Jason Rantz thinks too many are treating the allegations against Paseo as “an insignificant aside.”
Churchill Downs Inc.–yes, the company that hosts the Kentucky Derby–has plans to acquire Seattle’s Big Fish Games for $885 million.
There are several winter storm watches in effect at the moment for areas of Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington. As for Seattle? We’re in the clear. For now. Though it’s still going to be chilly for the next few days.
Whooping cough is going around. KIRO 7 reports that Roosevelt High School sent out letters stating it’s had cases of the disease, which causes violent and uncontrollable coughing, since mid-October.
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