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Dave Ross

With no succession plan in place, or a Steve Ballmer-heir apparent, Parkhurst herself has even sugg...
Dave Ross

Could the ‘Howard Schultz Solution’ fix Microsoft’s problems?

It's easy to forget that Microsoft used to sell for $58 a share. So it's no surprise that Parkhurst says there will be big changes still ahead. "A lot of tech companies over the past decade have done quite well for long term investors," says Parkhurst.
13 years ago
As long as the two of you are alone and in Florida, whoever survives will leave the courtroom a fre...
Dave Ross

The Florida Rule

The jury decided George Zimmerman was simply defending himself when he shot Trayvon Martin. So where does that verdict take us?
13 years ago
Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda demonstrates to the jury how George Zimmerman allegedl...
Dave Ross

Are guns like booze?

As the trial of George Zimmerman winds up - it's worth remembering that there was a time when it looked like there might not be a trial at all.
13 years ago
In July last year, nine months after Microsoft bought Skype, the the files show the NSA boasted tha...
Dave Ross

Microsoft shared Outlook, Hotmail, Skype info with NSA, says report

"When we upgrade or update products we aren't absolved from the need to comply with existing or future lawful demands." The company reiterated its argument that it provides customer data "only in response to government demands and we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers".
13 years ago
Jamie Skorheim

Man shot 16 times settles with King County for $3M, suing state for $20M

The Auburn man shot 16 times by a corrections officer and King County Sheriff's Deputy has settled with the county for $3 million and is now suing the state for an additional $20 million.
13 years ago
What does the picture of a terrorist really look like? (Image courtesy office of Jim McDermott)...
Dave Ross

How to identify a terrorist

A few weeks ago here in Seattle the FBI put up bus posters with photographs of wanted terrorists. The ads were pulled down after congressman Jim McDermott and others thought it perpetuated an anti-Muslim stereotype.
13 years ago
Every scientist, engineer and do-it-yourselfer will tell accidents like the crash landing at SFO ar...
Dave Ross

The cruise control and the parking brake

We're getting the message that the likely cause of the San Francisco plane crash was that the pilots failed to properly engage the plane's cruise control.
13 years ago
Hector Picard uses a plumbing coupling that he attaches to the handle bars of his bicycle – t...
Dave Ross

Man without arms bikes from Miami to Spokane to raise money for armless boy

Hector Picard does triathlons and he's biking across the country to raise money for a little boy born without arms. But the amazing part is, Hector himself doesn't have arms.
13 years ago
Ben Levy speaks about being aboard Asiana Flight 214, which crashed on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at S...
Dave Ross

From confusion to heroism

The latest revelation about Flight 214 - is that according to NTSB chair Deborah Hersman, the pilots said they had dialed in the correct landing speed on the automatic throttle control
13 years ago
Dave Ross

Car prowlers taught lesson with call to mom

Eliza Webb walked up to her car last month in West Seattle only to discover that somebody had found the door unlocked and ransacked it. But she came up with an unconventional way to teach the thief a lesson.
13 years ago
Damage in the downtown of Lac Megantic, Quebec is seen Sunday, July 7, 2013, the day after a train ...
Dave Ross

The oil that blew up in Canada – was American oil

The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has confirmed that the oil cars that exploded in that small town in Quebec came from North Dakota.
13 years ago
This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, Sunday, July 7, 2013, shows the in...
Dave Ross

Dangerous machines

I wouldn't say I'm a nervous flyer. I would say I'm an attentive flyer. I look at my watch during takeoff - I like to be off the ground no more than 30 seconds after we start rolling.
13 years ago
A fiber-optic cable, suspended from buoys, is rolled out by a specialized ship off La Guaira, Venez...

We couldn’t help but listen

The NSA surveillance story seems to have astounded the world for the sheer sweep of the conversations the US government is able to record. But in a way, we couldn't help ourselves.
13 years ago
The Oregon Working Families party has gotten the Oregon legislature to approve a pilot program call...

Are you ready for free college tuition? How about almost-free college tuition?

The Oregon Working Families party has gotten the Oregon legislature to approve a pilot program called Pay It Forward - where you would attend a state college and pay zero tuition, but with one catch.
13 years ago
Snohomish County police have arrested Anthony Garver, who they say stabbed a woman to death in her ...

Suspect in fatal Lake Stevens stabbing has extensive criminal history

Snohomish County police have arrested the man they say stabbed a woman to death in her home in Lake Stevens about three weeks ago.
13 years ago
Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi celebrate outside the presidential palace...

Egypt’s 4th of July

Strange how things work - on a day when we celebrate throwing off military rule in favor of Democracy, Egypt throws off Democracy in favor of military rule. At least temporarily.
13 years ago
Fed-up bus riders have organized the Transit Riders Union and are planning their first protest agai...
Dave Ross

Why drivers should care more about King County bus cuts

Since the legislature adjourned without approving new transit money, King County Metro is now in the process of cutting bus service by 17 percent for next year.
13 years ago
Dave Ross

Armed Vancouver man aims to prove point about second amendment

A man by the name of Mack Worley says he is on a second amendment mission to educate the public about gun rights. So he decided to show up Saturday at the Burgerville in Vancouver, Washington with his semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder.
13 years ago
Is pot really healthier than alcohol and cigarettes – or just as dangerous? (AP Photo/File)...
Dave Ross

Does making pot legal … mean it’s safe to smoke it?

As Washington and Colorado move ahead on the rules for legalizing marijuana, it's opening a new debate on pot safety.
13 years ago
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Dave Ross

Teen develops flashlight powered by the heat of your hand

Imagine a flashlight that requires no batteries, and simply lights up when you grab it - a flashlight powered simply by the heat of your hand!
13 years ago
Daniel Cooney unveils an atheist monument during a ceremony Saturday, May 29, 2013, at the Bradford...
Dave Ross

Another group … comes out

Typically atheists try to get monuments removed from government property. Like Daniel Cooney, who tried to get the Ten Commandments monument removed from the grounds of the Bradford County courthouse in Starke, Florida.
13 years ago
Glenn Greenwald, a reporter of The Guardian newspaper, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong Mond...
Dave Ross

Why don’t the spooks seem to spook us?

Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke the Edward Snowden story, addressed a convention of Socialists over the weekend via Skype - and said he doesn't understand why big-name journalists are condemning him - when they should be applauding him.
13 years ago
Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Duckworth, who lost both ...

The power of shame

Federal law gives preference to disabled veterans in federal contracts. You were inured defending your country - why shouldn't your government give you a little boost? And so it was that Brulio Castillo, who got millions in government contracts using a disability preference, was called before a congressional committee
13 years ago
Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, left, who tries to filibuster an abortion bill, reacts as time expi...
Dave Ross

Wendy Davis – and what she stood for

It took just 13 hours for Texas State Senator Wendy Davis to get national name recognition for filibustering that Texas abortion bill. And now she's using that fame to try to change the national debate.
13 years ago

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