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Dave Ross

Governor Chris Christie insisted nurse Kaci Hickox be quarantined even though she had no symptoms o...
Dave Ross

Does America miss the measles?

I've noticed there are at least two potential Presidential candidates who talked tough about Ebola, and yet are talking soft on measles.
12 years ago
The fiscal blueprint for the 2016 budget year that begins Oct. 1, seeks to raise taxes on wealthier...
Dave Ross

Time to break out of the loop

It was also the day the president presented his new budget and the same thing happened that happens every time a president presents his budget.
12 years ago
Stunned Seattle Seahawks fans watching NFL football’s Super Bowl XLIX Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, o...
Dave Ross

Is there life after losing?

So now America wonders, 'What becomes of Seattle? What's left for those poor people but to drape the needle in black and go back to being a muddy logging town.'
12 years ago
Katy Perry poses with a football at a news conference regarding the half time show for NFL Super Bo...
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Katy Perry will do it in 12 and half minutes

Who faces the toughest challenge Sunday? Tom Brady? Russell Wilson?
12 years ago
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Rules for the Super Bowl

The rules for fans at University of Phoenix stadium dictate: No air horns, no aerosol cans, no animals - except for your service pig, of course - no bottles, cans, brooms, coolers, knives, laser pointers, illegal drugs, large umbrellas, fireworks or folding chairs.
12 years ago
At Comcast, they send you over to a customer retention specialist who is excruciatingly polite but ...
Dave Ross

Comcast customer service renames couple with profanity on billing address

As we all know by now, calling the cable company to try to cancel your service ranks somewhere between a mugging and hernia surgery.
12 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch’s seat remains empty after he left during media day fo...
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A fine? Marshawn Lynch should get a bonus

It was Media Day at the Super Bowl and the biggest story to come out of it was about the guy who refused to say anything except ...
12 years ago
Drones are selling at the rate of 200,000 a month and based on the drone videos I’ve seen (as...
Dave Ross

Under the radar

How is it possible that one of those little quadcopters could get past the Secret Service and crash on the South Lawn of the White House?
12 years ago
The biggest factor in whether or not kids take risks online isn’t what the parents do. It&#82...
Dave Ross

Should you spy on your kids’ computer use?

Your kids use the internet too much and you want them to stop.
12 years ago
The Colorado Civil Rights Division had better be careful, because if it forces a Christian to frost...
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Who thought that the front line of social change would run through the nation’s bakeries?

Apparently it does - this time it's a cake shop in suburban Denver that took an order for two wedding cakes shaped like Bibles, which the owner, Marjorie Silva, was happy to make.
12 years ago
Pope Francis is proving you can even discuss sensitive issues in an airplane zooming over the ocean...
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What is the pope really up to?

It's been a long time since Catholics have had a pope who likes to float trial balloons. Saying things like, he wasn't going to judge homosexuals, or that Christ redeems even atheists.
12 years ago
A study says the Seahawks’ winning record and the fact that they earned a spot in the Super B...
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Study: Seahawks wins might mean $120 more in your pocket

We have argued for years about whether sports franchises are a boost to the local economy or basically neutral. But there is some research out there that indicates that the rules are slightly different when you have a team that's as successful as the Seattle Seahawks have been.
12 years ago
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa emphasized serious in the Republican response to the State of the Union add...
Dave Ross

Are they finally serious?

State of the Union speeches tend to be predictable. The state of the union is always strong. But surely the President would at least show a little emotional scarring from last November - right?
12 years ago
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is one of the leaders of this campaign to have the President na...
Dave Ross

The words the White House will not say

President Obama is refusing to use the term "Radical Islam" to describe terrorists who claim to be Muslim. His critics are disgusted.
12 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson celebrates after overtime of the NFL football NFC Championsh...
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The highlights: Seattle Seahawks are the NFC Champions

A Seahawks mashup with the song, "Houdini" from "Foster The People."
12 years ago
Seattle Seahawks’ Chris Matthews recovers an on side kick during the second half of the NFL f...
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It’s not easy being Green Bay

If it's any consolation - I think we've all had a Green Bay experience.
12 years ago
Pope Francis gestures as he addresses thousands of the faithful at the Mall of Asia arena in Manila...
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The Papal punch

Pope Francis is many things. A lot of people think he's the most liberal pope in history. But on Thursday, he proved he is no pacifist.
12 years ago
Today’s $2 gas would be the equivalent of paying 25 cents in 1960. And in fact, correcting fo...
Dave Ross

Why are these people so happy?

Someday, we will tell our children that this was the week gas broke the $2 barrier.
12 years ago
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Fighting fire with food

Did you catch this on the Evening News? A middle school principal in Valley, Alabama wants to arm her students with cans of vegetables.
12 years ago
It’s, “Prompting this question on a religious website: Is it permissible for Muslim fat...
Dave Ross

Step away from the snow

As promised Charlie Hebdo has published another controversial cover. But according to what I hear on the radio, what really seems to have the Muslim world buzzing is the unusual winter weather that has left a blanket of snow in Northern Saudi Arabia.
12 years ago
Frontpages of French newspapers reporting about Wednesday’s attack on a satirical newspaper i...
Dave Ross

Thugs on both sides?

Mainstream Muslim leaders have been quick to condemn the Charlie Hebdo attacks. But Linda Sarsour of the Arab American Association of New York also told Al Jazeera that there is a double standard.
12 years ago
Employees and journalists of the newspaper “La Marseillaise” hold the paper of the day,...
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Pencils up

The attack in France has inspired millions of people to take a stand for free speech and for the right to offend - which was Charlie Hebdo's mission as a satirical magazine.
12 years ago
Harvard...
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Pity poor Harvard

The New York Times created a sensation this week with a story about how employees at Harvard, the incubator for Obamacare, finally got the same letter that a lot of us got.
12 years ago
Instead of an all-gender sign describing who’s allowed to enter – the sign should simpl...
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The symbol we dare not display

Here's a headline from the front page of my newspaper: "All-gender restroom on horizon for high schools."
12 years ago

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