Getting tested for your dream job
You've taken the SAT, the ACT, the GRE -- now there could be yet another test before you get that dream job. The problem, according to the Wall Street Journal's Doug Belkin is that employers are finding that a college degree is no longer a guarantee that a graduate knows anything.13 years ago
Death raises questions about the dangers of lacking sleep
The death of a 21-year-old Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern last week raised questions about the dangers of going too long without adequate sleep.13 years ago
The two big questions
Now that chemical weapons have been used in Syria - there are two big questions: Can they be destroyed from the air without sending in soldiers, and who will end up running Syria afterwards?13 years ago
President Obama is looking for ways to control higher education costs
The President is on a bus tour looking for ways to control tuition costs.13 years ago
Must we all eventually lose our minds?
They're called Super-Agers - people in their 80's an 90's who can remember things as well as people in their 50's and 60's.13 years ago
When healthy eating becomes a disorder
Healthy eating is a good thing - unless it turns unhealthy. The Moore Center in Bellevue is one of the few clinics that specializes in eating disorders.13 years ago
A thug tells us how to stop gun trafficking
On TheAtlantic.com a convicted murderer named John Lennon, (like the Beatle) - who's serving 28 years to life in New York's Attica prison for killing a fellow thug, revealed how to do it.13 years ago
The better to see you with, Mr. Bad guy
Cameras are everywhere now. The question is, when it comes to identifying bad guys for purposes of preventing terrorism - who's going to watch all that video?13 years ago
Who do you root for?
Here we are again, watching a fight in the middle east, and having no idea who to root for.13 years ago
Could Seattle business’ ban on guns lead to costly lawsuits?
Could Seattle's new gun decal campaign lead to lawsuits? Well you can sue over anything.13 years ago
Counter culture, meet capitalism
Seattle's annual marijuana smoke-in - known as Hempfest - concluded peacefully after one minor confrontation.13 years ago
What makes you feel safe?
I notice that on the CBS News website, the most popular security story - isn't the latest development in the Edward Snowden case.13 years ago
How honeybees are keeping men out of prison
A program in Chicago called Sweet Beginnings, created by Brenda Palms Barber, hires former inmates and turns them into beekeepers.13 years ago
Area 51 is finally addressed
According to a National Geographic special just two years ago, this day should never have come. Because the Central Intelligence Agency "has never and will never, ever admit there is an Area 51."13 years ago
If you knew how much it cost to raise a child
The latest report from the Agriculture Department says that raising a kid to the age of 18 will cost, on average, more than $241,000. That's up about $6,100 in one year.13 years ago
The voice in the nursery
A young couple in Houston claims that the camera system they were using to monitor their two toddlers was hacked.13 years ago
Largest airline in the world? Not so fast
"This is sort of like the marriage, in which the minister says, 'Speak now or forever hold your peace,'" explains CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg. "Well, the Justice Department just spoke."13 years ago
‘Hyperloop’ would promise space travel on Earth
First there was the steam powered train, then high speed diesel trains, then bullet trains, then maglev trains, and now - there it is, all over the Internet - a mock-up of a high-speed transportation system using tubes that could get you get you between cities, say Seattle to Portland, or San Francisco to Los Angeles, faster than what?13 years ago
When license plates speak
Last month, 14-year-old Ashley Barbour of Colville, Washington took off with a guy she'd met online.13 years ago
Idaho’s wilderness security system
Teenager Hannah Anderson is safe - her kidnapper James Lee DiMaggio is dead. And it's thanks to this guy.13 years ago
Why would the founder of Amazon want a money-losing paper?
Satirist Andy Borowitz joked that Jeff Bezos didn't really want to buy the Washington Post. He was browsing their website, but clicked the wrong button and the whole paper ended up in his shopping cart. And of course, he couldn't delete it.13 years ago
Class warfare at 35,000 feet
Air travel is becoming the most obvious reflection of America's growing inequality. At the checkpoint, pre-cleared passengers don't need the typical body scan.13 years ago
Why you can’t sleep and how you can fix it
The reason you often wake up groggy is because your body is still secreting melatonin - the hormone that gets you ready for sleep.13 years ago
