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June 12, 2013 @ 10:12 am
Could the NSA find Molly's killer?
On June 1 at 11:18 p.m. in Lake Stevens, Molly Conley was walking with friends after celebrating her 15th birthday. Continue reading > -
June 11, 2013 @ 10:06 am
The other whistle-blowers
The mysterious Edward Snowden is not the only whistleblower with a story about how much data the National Security Agency is gathering on Americans. Continue reading > -
June 10, 2013 @ 11:45 am
Kids, rather than gender, may be responsible for wage gap
Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. President Barack Obama said Monday that 50 years after enactment of the Equal Pay Act, the nation still faces gender wage disparities that must be fixed. "This is the 21st century," he declared. "It's time to close that gap." Continue reading > -
June 10, 2013 @ 10:33 am
The cloud is watching you
We are being told that, for years, the National Security Agency has been storing data on not just some of our phone calls, but all of our phone calls: the time the call was made, the length, the phone numbers - what's called the Metadata. Continue reading > -
June 7, 2013 @ 7:18 am
The plant that wouldn't die
A wheat farmer is Kansas has now filed suit against Monsanto - saying it was negligent in the way it handled a genetically modified strain of wheat that refused to die. Continue reading > -
June 10, 2013 @ 11:00 am
Why are US schools mediocre?
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant was asked that question, and he didn't hesitate. Continue reading > -
June 10, 2013 @ 11:01 am
Is the punch line finally here?
In Moody, Texas last week, an estimated 40,000 Africanized bees killed a man and seriously injured a woman who tried to help him. Continue reading > -
June 6, 2013 @ 7:41 am
The confession of Robert Bales
A judge has accepted the guilty plea of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales - the soldier who now admits to the one-man nighttime attack on two Afghan villages last year that left 16 people, mostly women and children dead. Continue reading > -
June 5, 2013 @ 12:58 pm
How do you punish the IRS?
I apologize for obsessing on the IRS, but the testimony just won't stop - and yesterday testimony from Tea Party organizers was enough to convince anyone that someone needs to be punished. Continue reading > -
June 4, 2013 @ 1:30 pm
Utopian dreams crumble as REI kills unlimited return policy
"It's happened again, another utopian business plan has succumbed to the harsh realities of human nature," said KIRO Radio's Dave Ross at the news that REI decided to change its unlimited satisfaction guaranteed return policy. Continue reading >

















