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Dave Ross

Technology can help you find a restaurant, a hotel, a date, but can it help you find religion? (AP ...
Dave Ross

What is technology’s role in faith?

If the Bible was being written today, Eve wouldn't just give Adam and apple, she'd also give him an unlimited data plan to go with it.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross

Thank goodness there’s baseball

The Little League World Series is now down to the final game in Williamsport, PA, and what a drama it's been.
12 years ago
Steven Hauschka, seen here kicking a Super Bowl field goal attempt was among one of the top-scoring...
Dave Ross

The extra point

It won't happen until 2015, but NFL insiders are saying that the extra point as we know it, is going to change.
12 years ago
Protester Walter Rice, 75, a life long Ferguson resident and Vietnam veteran waves an American flag...
Dave Ross

Is the lesson sinking in?

So. What's the worst thing that could happen near Ferguson, Missouri?
12 years ago
Police detain a protester Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Br...
Dave Ross

New poll, same results

Did you hear how the President opened Monday's news conference?
12 years ago
The Rev. Al Sharpton raises his hands with the crowd during a service for the Michael Brown family ...
Dave Ross

The cooler heads speak out

At the Greater St. Mark's Family church in Ferguson, Missouri, the town where an unarmed Michael Brown was shot last week, a small crowd of about 50 heard State Attorney General Chris Koster apologize.
12 years ago
Stephen Fry is probably Britain’s most famous TV personality. He suffers depression. Fry even...
Dave Ross

The culture of cruelty

Since Robin Williams died, amateur Internet shrinks have been busy diagnosing a person they never met.
12 years ago
Conrad Bassett-Bouchard smiles after he won the title at the National Scrabble Championships, Wedne...
Dave Ross

You will win, but people will hate you

Scrabble is the only board game I still play. Not to brag, but the fact is, I usually win. Until, this week when my daughter beat me by two points. It was quite a shock.
12 years ago
This 1944 file photo originally released by Warner Bros. shows actor Humphrey Bogart, right, holdin...
Dave Ross

Lauren Bacall’s trouble with men

She was a Hollywood legend who kept company with Presidents and could freeze a man with that deep voice and that famous no-nonsense "Look."
12 years ago
Driving, which used to be fun, just isn’t anymore, according to Dave Ross. (AP Photo)...
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Bring the fun back

From what I can see, and admittedly this is anecdotal, the no texting while driving laws aren't working.
12 years ago
By law it’s the human who presses the button who gets the copyright. (Photo from the camera o...
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There is an Indonesian monkey who needs a good attorney

Three years ago, British photographer David Slater was on a guided tour of an Indonesian forest when he experienced what I assume is every Indonesian tourists dream: a close encounter with a crested black macaque.
12 years ago
Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war...
Dave Ross

This man says he could end Israel-Palestine fighting tomorrow

In recent years every fights between Israel and the Palestinians peters out in a could of confusion, with both sides claiming victory. The deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset says this fight should end differently.
12 years ago
That Pacific Northwest will be a winner in terms of climate change, says University of Washington A...
Dave Ross

Cliff Mass: Pacific Northwest will be winner in climate change

As you know, climate change is here. There is some debate perhaps over whether it is man-made or not, but it's pretty clear things are changing. University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Professor Cliff Mass has been looking at what will happen to different areas as we move into the next century and he says there will be some winners and there will be some losers.
12 years ago
It’s an historic moment – for the first time ever, the House of Representatives as a bo...
Dave Ross

The House of Representatives versus Barack Obama

It's an historic moment - for the first time ever, the House of Representatives as a body has voted to sue the president of the United States.
12 years ago
Two moms who recently let their kids spend a warm day in a public park unaccompanied were arrested....
Dave Ross

Arresting parents for what could have happened

Two moms let their kids spend a warm day in a public park, unaccompanied. At which point other parents called the cops. And the mothers were arrested.
12 years ago
Chart shows trust funds of the Social Security and Medicare systems. (AP)...
Dave Ross

Were you planning to retire someday?

Every year the trustees responsible for keeping Social Security solvent release their report.
12 years ago
Members of the media listen as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks ...
Dave Ross

The border crisis being exaggerated?

For the past few weeks we've been hearing about the flood of unaccompanied children coming across the southern border.
12 years ago
Dave Ross

Are you a precrastinator? Procrastination might not be your biggest problem

You may think that one of America's biggest problems is procrastination. It turns out that is not the case, it's pre-crastination.
12 years ago
“There is something hardwired, not just in humans, but in dogs that motivates to want to rega...
Dave Ross

Are you cheating on your dog?

It's something you need to think about because according to psychologist Christine Harris at the University of California, San Diego, "Dogs tend to show jealous like behavior when their owner pays attention and affection to another dog-like being."
12 years ago
Depending on which of two opposite Obamacare rulings stands, about 7 million working class American...
Dave Ross

Is the clock ticking on your health care?

Two federal courts have just issued two opposite rulings on Obamacare. Depending on which one stands, about 7 million working class Americans will either keep or lose their health insurance.
12 years ago
A Malaysian air crash investigator takes pictures of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airline...
Dave Ross

The dance begins

The UN Security Council has passed a unanimous resolution "condemning in the strongest terms" the "downing" of the Malaysian Airlines jet on July 17.
12 years ago
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Dave Ross just bought a robot for his home

I did a crazy thing last week. I saw a story about a new robot on one of those crowdfunding sites and bought one for $499.
12 years ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a recording of nationwide TV address at the Novo-Oga...
Dave Ross

Mr.Putin’s decision to provide arms to his friends seems to have backfired

United States intelligence now has persuasive evidence that the doomed Malaysian Air jet was shot down by Ukrainian separatists using weapons provided by Russia.
12 years ago
Ukrainian coal miners search the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the villa...
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Now it’s everybody’s business

It's like our gang problem, isn't it? As long as the gangs kill each other, we unfortunately, tend to tolerate a certain level of violence. But when the bullets stray into the nice neighborhoods, then it becomes everybody's business.
12 years ago

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