Ring My Belle Weekends: A librarian with Tourettes Syndrome who competes as a strongman. Yep, this is a real person.
Rachel talks to the author of a new memoir about his life as a competitive strongman with Tourettes Syndrome who works as a librarian in Salt Lake City.
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Will the Real Queensryche Please Stand Up? Two Bands. One Name. Mass Confusion.
When Seattle band Queensryche split up last year, separating the lead singer from the band, both parties wanted to use the name they came up with 30 years ago. They took the case to court, and the judge decided to come back to the case over a year later. Meanwhile, both bands are touring and making albums under the same name: Queensryche. Rachel spoke with lead singer Geoff Tate.
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Ring My Belle: The Gaza Strip is Getting KFC Via Secret Underground Tunnels!
1. Remember Kai, the free spirited, hatchet wielding hitchhiker who was deemed a hero in Fresno earlier this year? Now he's wanted for murder. 2. Another update: Remember the two teenagers who went on a hike for their first date, got lost, and were dramatically rescued days later? The tale thickens! And it involves meth! 3. Underground tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt are being used to transport cold, soggy contraband KFC! 3. The new Cracker Jacks ain't what they're cracked up to be.
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Ring My Belle: Montell Williams ALSO Had A Double Mastectomy
1. An amazing story about how an 18 year old in CA saved the life of a 16 year old stranger, attempting to kill herself, in NJ. 2. Angelina Jolie isn't the only celeb who's had a double mastectomy. Even Montel Williams has! 3. A new study says people in Washington curse less than anyone else in the country. At least when it comes to recorded phone calls.
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In "Mother For You I Made This," a Seattle Dancer Finds a Stage in the Streets
Seattle dancer and choreographer, Ezra Dickinson, created a piece that describes his relationship with his schizophrenic mother. The dance takes place downtown, at various outdoor locations, to represent his mother's time on the streets.
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If Desserts Could Talk: The Secret Stories of Your Favorite Sweets
A new book called "The Secret Lives of Baked Goods" explores the folklore and history behind desserts from German Chocolate Cake to the Pop Tart.
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Ring My Belle: Angelina Jolie Announces She Had A Double Mastectomy
1. Angelina Jolie announces she had a double mastectomy last month, after testing positive for the BRCA gene. 2. Update: The Skyline Drive-In theater in Shelton, WA has been saved thanks to $40,000 in Kickstarter donations. 3. The New York Post reports that rich, Manhattan families are hiring disabled guides, in wheelchairs, so they can skip the lines at Disneyland.
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Ring My Belle Weekends: Learn the Secret History of Desserts with Cakespy!
Why do Pop Tarts have that silver wrapper? Is German Chocolate Cake actually German? Rachel Belle interviews Cakespy, AKA Jessie Oleson Moore, about her new book "The Secret Lives of Bakes Goods." Seattle chefs reminisce on the cooking of their mother and grandmothers in honor of Mother's Day. Rachel goes out with the Union gospel Mission Search and Rescue team to deliver supplies and conversation to local homeless. A Kirkland woman with cerebral palsy is driving her wheelchair to Spokane to raise money for Guide Dogs of America.
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White Hat Hackers Are the "Good" Kind of Hackers
White hat hackers are hired to protect companies from the evil hackers who break into their systems and steal information. There are only 20 of these firms in the US, and many of them are here in Seattle.
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Ring My Belle: Moms Say Pinterest Perfectionism Stresses Them Out
1. We hear from the daughter of Ariel Castro, who was close friends with one of her dad's victims, that he kept locked up and abused for the past 10 years. 2. In Madison, WI, several people called 911 to report dead bodies in various parks. Turns out, they were just sunbathing. 3. 42% of moms surveyed by Today says they suffer from Pinterest stress: they can never be creative or crafty enough. 4. In Dubai, their airport has installed little cocoons for sleeping. They're the first in the world!
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Union Gospel Mission's Search and Rescue Van brings help and hot chocolate to the streets
Rachel Belle joined the Union Gospel Mission's Search and Rescue Van on their nightly visits to homeless encampments around Seattle.
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Ring My Belle: 105 Year old Woman Says Bacon Is Key To Old Age
1. at the Seattle Times prompt, Dennis Rodman tweets at Kim Jong Un to release the Lynnwood prisoner North Korea is holding. 2. More Lynnwood news! A Lynnwood girl with no legs and only one arm is an award winning swimmer. 3. An article in the Atlantic about what birth is REALLY like. 4. A 105 year old Texas woman says the key to her old age is bacon.
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A Spokane Dash For Puppy Cash: A Kirkland Woman with Cerebral Palsy Wants to Help the Blind
A Kirkland woman with cerebral palsy may be confined to a wheelchair, but that hasn't stopped her from skydiving...and do gooding. Thankful for her sight, she's driving her wheelchair 300 miles to raise enough money to pair up a blind person with a seeing eye dog.
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Ring My Belle: Michael Jackson's Uptopsy Reveals Some Interesting Nuggests. Um. Not Literally.
1. Elizabeth Smart speaks out after the Amanda Berry comes out. But she also says being taught abstinence-only in sex ed affected her kidnapping. 2. The coroner who did Michael Jackson's autopsy reveals some interesting things. 3. At Issaquah High School, people are upset over May Madness. 4. I basically forfeit my planned story to talk about how short Sean De Tore's family is. Sorry!!
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Meat Two Guys Who Went From Vegan To Butcher (See what I did there?!)
I'll introduce you to two men who spend years eating vegetarian and vegan, until they discovered ethical butchery. One is the owner of Seattle's Dot's Delicatessen and the other is the author of the new book, "The Ethical Butcher."
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