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Dave Ross

This Jan. 12, 1992 file photo shows Tonya Harding, left, and Nancy Kerrigan at the 1992 U.S. Figure...

20 years later: Dave Ross writes songs for Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan

Twenty years ago , America watched one of the most bizarre scandals in sports history.
13 years ago
Even in friendly countries the NSA is making us look like the Death Star. People need to understand...
Dave Ross

Dishfire

It's yet another disclosure from the Snowden files by the Guardian of London: an NSA document from 2011 about a program called Dishfire, which is making big news in Britain
13 years ago
We now come to learn that even unplugging from the Internet might not protect you. (AP Photo/File)...
Dave Ross

The spy on your desktop

We're used to the idea that computer attacks are going to be a constant threat.
13 years ago
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Dave Ross

Courting the Young Invincibles

The President has been courting young people, to get more of them to sign up for health insurance, but it's been tough. Not enough of them are signing up.
13 years ago
A security guard enters the Cobb theater Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Wesley Chapel , Fla. A 71-year-...
Dave Ross

When you can’t ‘stand your ground’ in Florida

Just outside Tampa, an ex-cop by the name of Curtis Reeves, age 71, was at a showing of "Lone Survivor" with his wife, and was irritated that the man in front of him - Chad Oulsen, also there with his wife - was texting during the previews.
13 years ago
Cash registers these days are just computers, so they can be infected the same way your desktop can...
Dave Ross

So who has your credit card information this time?

The December data breach at Target, could end up affecting as many as 110 million people, and Target CEO Greg Steinhafel told CNBC he knows exactly where it happened.
13 years ago
Ron Unz is a registered Republican who plans to put a $12 minimum wage on the California ballot. An...
Dave Ross

A conservative Republican pushing a higher minimum wage?

There's another ultra-rich person also pushing for a higher minimum wage.
13 years ago
Senior Vice President, Strategic Product Marketing, Sharp Electronics Marketing Corporation of Amer...
Dave Ross

Just when you thought TV had been perfected

Now that we all have gorgeous high definition flat screen TVs, I go to CNN and there's a report from the Consumer electronics show, with a new kind of television.
13 years ago
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks about the upcoming legislative session, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, a...
Dave Ross

If he was ‘Czar Inslee’ he would have handled Boeing differently

We know that politicians are ambitious but Governor Jay Inslee dropped a bombshell at the end of Thursday's legislative preview in Olympia.
13 years ago
In this Dec. 1, 2013 file aerial photo, the tollbooth lanes, lower left, lead to the George Washing...
Dave Ross

Even Richard Nixon’s aides knew better than to sabotage traffic

Republican Governor Chris Christie has apologized to the people of Fort Lee, NJ, now that a series of e-mails seems to show his aides deliberately sabotaged traffic on the local on-ramp to the George Washington Bridge last fall to punish the Mayor for not supporting his campaign.
13 years ago
A snap shot of LA writer Alli Reed’s fake OKCupid.com profile....
Dave Ross

When ‘the worst woman on Earth’ joins OKCupid

Ladies, have you ever wondered if there is any dating profile that men would not respond to?
13 years ago
This artist’s rendering provided by the Satanic Temple shows a proposed monument that the New...
Dave Ross

Is Oklahoma ready for this?

In 2012, the Oklahoma State legislature authorized a ten commandments monument at the state capitol in Oklahoma City.
13 years ago
Kuhl and her researchers asked, how do adults use parentese when talking to babies, and how are the...
Dave Ross

UW research finds ‘baby talk’ benefits children’s vocabulary

Did you speak parentese to you kids when they were babies?
13 years ago
Dennis Rodman waits for the elevator as he arrives at his hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea after a m...
Dave Ross

McCain calls Dennis Rodman an ‘idiot’ following comments on Lynnwood man imprisoned in North Korea

NBA star Dennis Rodman continues his trip in North Korea with a team of fellow former NBA players, including former Knicks player Charles Smith and former Sonics star Vin Baker, for an exhibition game on leader Kim Jong Un's birthday.
13 years ago
What would Jesus do? (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)...
Dave Ross

Would Jesus vote for unemployment benefits?

There are some people who argue that even if Congress can find the money - it's time to cut unemployment benefits.
13 years ago
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That time Dave Ross rapped the lyrics of Grandmaster Flash

Danny O'Neil knows a lot about the Seahawks, but as it turns out he also knows a lot about hip hop.
13 years ago
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Dave Ross

Embracing the vortex

By now you know the Midwest has been in the grip of a polar vortex, a perturbation of the jet stream that's pinched off a huge bubble or arctic air, and sent it rolling through the Midwest as far south as Texas
13 years ago
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Dave Ross

Why Dennis Rodman isn’t helping Lynnwood man imprisoned in North Korea

Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Monday with a team of fellow former NBA players, including former Knicks player Charles Smith and former Sonics star Vin Baker, for an exhibition game on leader Kim Jong Un's birthday, after saying he wants to show that North Korea isn't such a bad country.
13 years ago
This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, top, Switch75 light LED bulbs in clear and ...
Dave Ross

Edison’s light bulbs do a slow fade

Let's go back for a moment to 2011. Under an energy conservation plan signed by President Bush, old filament bulbs were being phased out.
13 years ago
Just as there was a divide between the local union and the national union, there was also a divide ...
Dave Ross

The Boeing Affair: It’s Complicated

Just as there was a divide between the local union and the national union, there was also a divide between Boeing Chicago and Boeing Puget Sound.
13 years ago
Dave Ross

The evolution gap

Congressman Paul Broun represents Georgia's 10th Congressional district. He's a member of the Tea Party. And a little over a year ago at a Sportsman's banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Georgia, he announced his conclusion that evolution is a lie.
13 years ago
If Edward Snowden expects clemency, he’ll need to at least acknowledge that, and convince us ...
Dave Ross

Pardon Edward Snowden?

A New York Times editorial says NSA-leaker Edward Snowden has done America a service by disclosing the extent of our government's "curiosity" - and therefore deserves Presidential clemency.
13 years ago
Anyway, pot needs the kind of sophisticated music that made alcohol sound so acceptable and safe, l...
Dave Ross

Busting the slacker stereotype

The State of Colorado is legally selling marijuana by the eighth on an ounce.
13 years ago
But I think there’s a reason that we have remained mostly unruffled by the stagnant economy, ...
Dave Ross

Why are Americans so optimistic?

When you look objectively at the Big Picture, there is nothing to be that happy about.
13 years ago

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