Alyssa Kleven
‘Lincoln’ film rife with inaccuracies (at least about Connecticut)
Congressman Joe Courtney has a problem with Steven Spielberg's blockbuster, Academy Award nominated film "Lincoln."14 years ago
Dave Ross
Most city councils deliberate before empty chairs but not in Oak Harbor
At issue was a local law prohibiting guns in public parks, when Oak Harbor resident Luke Yonkman came to the mic and acknowledged he was legally carrying a concealed weapon - at which point councilman Rick Almberg objected.14 years ago
Jamie Griswold
Monopoly gets a new playing piece; loses an old classic
The masses have chosen and an online vote for a new Monopoly playing piece has selected: a cat.14 years ago
Dave Ross
This might be bigger than skeet shooting
In 2011, a U.S. drone flying over Yemen, fired a missile and blew up alleged terrorist Anwar Al Awlaki.14 years ago
Dave Ross
What did YOU think when the lights went out?
It was very strange. The game was looking like a Ravens blowout, and our group was kind of bored, and then someone said - "hey are you watching this?14 years ago
Dave Ross
Made in America but not by Americans
Part of the new immigration compromise in the Senate would allow as many as 300,000 additional foreign hi-tech workers to come to America and take high paying jobs at companies like Google and Microsoft - with salaries up to 100,000 a year.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Why Senator John McCain is ready to vote ‘no’ on a fellow Republican Vietnam vet
On Thursday, Senator John McCain lit into Senator Chuck Hagel, the President's pick to be secretary of defense - because of what Hagel said about Iraq in 2007.14 years ago
Dave Ross
The gun debate makes some progress
Originally it was a Founding Fathers argument: that an armed citizenry is the only sure protection against an out-of-control government.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Mercer Island residents say tolls would cut their umbilical cord, turn island into Alcatraz
An open house was held at the Mercer Island Community Center to discuss tolling across the I-90 Bridge. Craig Stone from the Department of Transportation was there, merely to host an exhibit on the various tolling options on I-90, but it quickly turned into an impromptu public hearing.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Just when you thought you’d heard the last Obama conspiracy theory
The New Republic this week printed an interview with the President discussing a number of important subjects, but the answer that bubbled up was about his personal attitude toward guns.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Who could possibly be against this?
A group of senators is proposing immigration reform - real comprehensive immigration reform.14 years ago
Alyssa Kleven
‘Argo’ gains momentum at SAG Awards, but KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross voted for ‘Lincoln’
Off air, Dave Ross is known for his roles in local productions of Gilbert and Sullivan favorites. But it's not those acting chops that gave Dave his first opportunity to vote for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.14 years ago
Dave Ross
They held a buyback, and a gun show broke out
There was a gun buyback over the weekend in Seattle - hundreds of weapons turned in, including three street-sweeper shotguns- which impressed the mayor.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Can a wild dolphin really ask for help?
A seasoned diver by the name of Keller Laros certainly thinks so.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Just calmly getting ready
You might think the gun community is -- dare I say -- up in arms about a possible assault weapons ban, but cruising the Internet, they seem to be taking it calmly and just preparing for it.14 years ago
Dave Ross
The testimony you didn’t hear
Yesterday Secretary of State Clinton testified about her response, some members of Congress would say her insufficient response, to the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left ambassador Chris Stevens and three others dead.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Protected by Smith & Wesson
While Gun Appreciation Day was wrapping up last Saturday, Nehemiah Griego, age 15, who had never been in trouble with the law, was leading police to his Albuquerque home claiming he'd returned from a friend's house to find his parents, brother and two sisters shot to death - and that fearing for his own safety, he'd driven the family van to the church where his father was a pastor.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Did it warm your heart, or frighten you?
The conventional wisdom is that people on the left loved the inaugural address, and people on the right found it ominous, with all that mention of equality.14 years ago
Dave Ross
The peaceful transfer of power
Monday's inauguration is a huge affair, but of course the real inauguration - as required by the Constitution, was Sunday at the White House.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Gun Appreciation Day
I know it's Gun Appreciation Day, so I thought I would highlight the part of gun ownership that a lot of people who want to control them don't understand.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Thank you, Lance
Personally I think riding a bike to the point of exhaustion is silly.14 years ago
Dave Ross
Do we want the answer or not?
I didn't realize that the gun lobby had worked to cut government funding for research into gun violence. That seems odd. That would be like car companies trying to prohibit research on air bags.14 years ago
Dave Ross
A limited confession?
"I can only say I was satisfied by the answers." That's how Oprah describes her Lance Armstrong interview - which a source now describes to CBS as "at least a limited confession."14 years ago
Dave Ross
Movement on the gun issue
Look at this gun control bill in the New York legislature: It expands the ban on assault weapons to include certain handguns and shotguns.14 years ago
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