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Dave Ross sings, ‘Beat Carolina’

The last time we heard this Dave Ross song was before the Seahawks beat the Panthers in the NFC Championship game in 2006. The lyrics have changed but the message is the same.
12 years ago
It’s natural to think that things like reading bedtime stories, posting the alphabet of the w...
Dave Ross

Can good parenting raise your child’s IQ?

It's natural to think that things like reading bedtime stories, posting the alphabet of the wall of the nursery, playing Mozart at bedtime should all boost your child's intelligence. Well, Professor Kevin Beaver, who teaches criminology at Florida State decided to test that idea.
12 years ago
Doctors say if you were trying to read yourself to sleep with an e-reader, you were sending a confl...
Dave Ross

Why you feel so sleepy

Part of the reason you're sleepy could be staying up too late last night. But the other part could be the way you were trying to get to sleep. If you were trying to read yourself to sleep with an e-reader, you were sending a conflicting message to your brain.
12 years ago
This photo shows Wal-Mart with a shopping cart in the foreground in Hayden, Idaho, Tuesday, Dec. 30...
Dave Ross

Maybe New Jersey is to blame?

"A small child accessed a concealed weapon that was inside the victim's purse, and discharged it, striking the victim. And she's deceased on scene," explained a police officer.
12 years ago
This May 8, 2014 file photo shows a Parrot Bebop drone, foreground, and the Skycontroller, at a Par...
Dave Ross

It’s the wild west up there

This Christmas will be remembered as the year an entire generation of guys got their first drones.
12 years ago
You these experiments to the well-known ability of crows to recognize human faces, hold grudges and...
Dave Ross

When birds get too smart

Professor Ed Wasserman teaches experimental psychology at the University of Iowa and he designed an experiment using shapes on cards to test the intelligence of crows.
12 years ago
Remember the warnings? Remember the books? Now Christmas explodes everywhere that you look....
Dave Ross

Another year gone

A poem by Dave Ross.
12 years ago
Political consultants are split on whether Santa Claus is more like a Democrat or a Republican. Dav...
Dave Ross

Is Santa a Democrat or Republican?

Chris Cillizza and Phillip Bump of the Washington Post asked various political consultants to consult on the politics of Christmas - specifically, whether Santa would vote Democrat or Republican.
12 years ago
Christmas Eve is upon us, and that means you’re out of time at the mall. (AP Photo/File)...
Dave Ross

Time’s up, shoppers…

A poem by Dave Ross.
12 years ago
In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, North Korean students use computers in a classroom wit...
Dave Ross

It is an incredible coincidence

One day after the President said this about the cyber attack on Sony's computers, "We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately."
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

The show must go on

Sony Pictures is promising to figure out a way to release Seth Rogan's comedy "The Interview" about two journalists being recruited by the CIA to assassinate dictator Kim Jong Un - in spite of North Korea's threats.
12 years ago
Katie Malik, 34, was a contestant on season 4 of “The Swedish Adventure,” battling it o...
Alyssa Kleven

Seattle opera singer finds family, reality TV fame in Sweden

Katie Malik, 34, was a contestant on season 4 of "Great Swedish Adventures," battling it out with other Swedish descendants to meet long-lost family members.
12 years ago
This image released by Columbia Pictures – Sony shows James Franco, left, and Seth Rogen in a...
Dave Ross

Sony is getting hammered

Think about it: the cyberterrorists - apparently sponsored by North Korea - had no trouble nuking Sony's computers.
12 years ago
The U.S. is re-establishing diplomatic relations and easing economic and travel restrictions on Cub...
MyNorthwest.com

Dave Ross original song: Come to Cuba

President Obama said Wednesday the U.S. is re-establishing relations with Cuba, which reminded Dave of his song, "Come to Cuba."
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Tale of two brothers

Brad Woodhouse, a Democrat, and his younger brother Dallas, a Republican - both political activists in North Carolina, were on CSPAN to promote their YouTube Film "A House Divided" which they describe as the story of a typical political family.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Seattle City Council split on tunnel with some calling it ‘boondoggle,’ others ‘essential’

There was a little finger-pointing over Seattle's troubled Highway 99 tunnel project at Monday's City Council briefing.
12 years ago
Bill Cosby’s wife Camille has finally issued a statement defending her husband against sex ac...
Dave Ross

Bill Cosby’s wife defends him

Bill Cosby's wife, Camille, has finally issued a statement defending her husband against sex accusations from at least 27 women, by one count.
12 years ago
It was a story that delighted pet lovers and animal rights activists. The story went that Pope Fran...
Dave Ross

Pets and heaven

A story that delighted pet lovers is coming into question
12 years ago
All that was necessary for gas prices to go down was for Saudi Arabia to cut oil prices – whi...
Dave Ross

What a difference a glut makes

Two and a half years ago, we were talking about $4 gas.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

A different cop story

In Tarrant, Alabama last Saturday, Officer William Stacy got a call to the Dollar General store where a woman had been caught stealing a carton of eggs.
12 years ago
Dave Ross

The most shocking part of that intelligence report

As gruesome as it was, I don't think it will shock many people that the CIA was capable of using torture in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks.
12 years ago
An International Security Assistance Force stands guard during a flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul, A...
Dave Ross

Can our enemies really get any angrier?

Today, Democrats are releasing what by all accounts is a graphic intelligence report on the CIA's torture of terrorism suspects in the wake of the 9-11 attacks.
12 years ago
Confusion happened regardless of how experienced pilots were. It happened even to pilots with milit...
Dave Ross

Zoning out in the cockpit

Everybody zones out while driving. You have automatic transmission, cruise control, collision-avoiding brake systems, computer-assisted parallel parking - there's nothing else to do except try to text without getting caught.
12 years ago
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, De...
Dave Ross

Finally – an immigration vote!

The House of Representatives has finally taken an immigration vote, overwhelmingly passing what Republicans called, "The Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014." And what Democrats called, "cynical, and unwarranted legislation."
12 years ago

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