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Home Caught on camera: Man steals donation jar for critically ill girl

By Denise Whitaker and KOMO Staff Published: Feb 26, 2015 at 9:09 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 26, 2015 at 9:09 AM PST

A Hawaii man is accused of stealing a donation jar for a little girl who is comatose and clinging to life while awaiting a heart transplant in Seattle.

Home Insider: TurboTax not doing enough to guard against ID theft (Video)

By Matt Markovich, KOMO News Published: Feb 26, 2015 at 7:08 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 26, 2015 at 7:08 AM PST

When Lisa Letchworth logged into her TurboTax account to file her 2014 federal taxes, she got a big and unwelcome surprise: Someone had already filed a return in her name using her TurboTax login and password.

Home Billing blunder: 13,000 in Wash. overbilled for health insurance (Video)

By Lindsay Cohen, KOMO News Published: Feb 25, 2015 at 5:53 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 25, 2015 at 5:53 AM PST

Nearly 13,000 people across Washington State experienced sticker shock this week after being billed three times their normal amount for health insurance.

Home CarlsonCast: Greenhouse gas emissions hypocrisy reaches new level in Seattle + Hillary Clinton’s wage gap problem (Audio)

By John Carlson Published: Feb 25, 2015 at 12:20 PM PST Last Updated: Feb 25, 2015 at 12:20 PM PST

KVI’s John Carlson lowers the boom on duplicitous environmental activists who opposed the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline, which President Obama just vetoed, and who are now opposing oil tanker train traffic through downtown Seattle.

Home Great White Shark confirmed along Ocean Shores (Video)

By Keith Eldridge, KOMO News Published: Feb 25, 2015 at 5:54 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 25, 2015 at 5:54 AM PST

The state Fish and Wildlife Department is alerting folks along the coast that a great white shark is operating in nearby waters.

Home Christian missionary from Seattle kidnapped in Nigeria (Video)

By Joel Moreno, KOMO News Published: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:16 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:16 AM PST

Prayers are going out for Phyllis Sortor, a local missionary who was kidnapped Monday morning from a school compound in Nigeria, according to officials with the Free Methodist Church.

Home CarlsonCast--taxpayer funded pensions going to convicted sex-offenders in WA and it’s all legal (Audio)

By John Carlson Published: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:15 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:15 AM PST

KVI's John Carlson tackles a new report about former teachers convicted of sex-crimes who continue to collect their taxpayer funded pensions.

Home More and more people claiming their dog is a service animal (Video)

By Jeff Burnside, KOMO News Published: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 24, 2015 at 11:17 AM PST

You see them more and more in stores, on airplanes and even in restaurants: owners making dubious claims that their pets are "service dogs."

Home Mom opens up about Marysville school shooting victim

By Joel Moreno, KOMO News Published: Feb 23, 2015 at 10:55 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 23, 2015 at 10:55 AM PST

The healing has just begun for Nate Hatch, the only victim to survive the deadly October 24 shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School.

Home CarlsonCast: Damage done from West Coast port slowdown labor fight and should NASCAR come to Washington? (Audio)

By John Carlson Published: Feb 23, 2015 at 11:46 AM PST Last Updated: Feb 23, 2015 at 11:46 AM PST

KVI’s John Carlson interviews Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant about the end to the acrimonious labor stand-off between the West Coast port operators and the ILWU.