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Find the tickets hidden somewhere in Seattle by The Tom & Curley Show so you can cheer on the S...

Seahawks tickets found!

The Tom & Curley Show have hidden a pair of tickets to the Seahawks-Bears game on Friday somewhere in Seattle.
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Josh Kerns

Is it time to douse the Ice Bucket Challenge?

Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone else famous from Bill Gates to Pete Carroll is dumping an ice bucket on their heads. But is it time to douse it?
12 years ago
Fans wait out a lightning delay during the first half of an NFL preseason football game between the...
Jamie Skorheim

Was ‘Cops’ a good call to fill Seahawks-Broncos game delay?

Many Seahawks fans were surprised to see an episode of "Cops" onscreen after the Seahawks-Denver game was delayed due to a lightning storm in the vicinity of Sports Authority Field in Denver.
12 years ago
Would you be comfortable taking the lowest bidder to operate on you? A new service lets doctors com...
Jamie Skorheim

Would you take lowest bidder to operate on you?

People are pretty comfortable with seeking out the lowest rates or rental cars online, but would you be comfortable picking out your medical provider that way?
12 years ago
KIRO Radio’s John Curley is returning to the sidelines to coach for Eastlake Youth Football. ...
Josh Kerns

John Curley returns to youth coaching with cash in hand

KIRO Radio's John Curley is back for a second stint as a youth football coach. And this time he plans to pay off the kids as well as his scouts.
12 years ago
Proposition 1, to create a Parks District, on the August 5 primary ballot has tempers flared. (MyNo...
Stephanie Klein

How KIRO Radio hosts will vote on Seattle’s parks proposition

Seattleites are passionate about their parks and Proposition 1 on the August 5 primary ballot has tempers flared, so we asked our local talk show hosts (and one non-resident who's merely dedicated to dissecting local politics) what they think about a Parks District.
12 years ago
The Seattle City Council is set to close a loophole that allowed many of the worst parking scofflaw...
Josh Kerns

$21 million in upaid fines: Seattle City Council closing parking scofflaw loophole

With some parking scofflaws owing the city of Seattle about $21 million in unpaid fines, the City Council is scheduled to vote Monday to close a loophole that's allowed many of them to get away with it.
12 years ago
Not content with its present film-world domination, Marvel on Friday launches yet another comic boo...
Tom Tangney

Goofy camaraderie in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is infectious

Not content with its present film-world domination, Marvel on Friday launches yet another comic book franchise, with five more superheroes.
12 years ago
An increase in public pot smoking has some parents complaining their kids are being exposed to smok...
Josh Kerns

Public pot smoking around kids sparking growing blowback

With so many more people smoking pot in public - even though it's still illegal to do so - there's growing blowback from those who say even though they support legalization, they don't want their kids to have to breathe it.
12 years ago
Tom Tangney says he understands that there’s a lot of resentment from drivers who say, &#8216...

Should mass transit be free? It’s time to stop thinking about dollars and cents

It's near and dear to my heart and my bus riding beliefs: It's a radical argument that says, listen up America it's time to start making mass transit free.
12 years ago
November will be the fifth time Seattleites will cast a vote on a publicly-funded monorail plan. (K...
Alyssa Kleven

Even visionaries have given up on Seattle monorail, but it’s on the ballot in November

For even a typical, idealistic Seattle visionary, voting on yet another monorail proposal is maddening.
12 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Tom Tangney says posting “In God We Trust” in Pierce County Council ...
Jamie Skorheim

Tom Tangney: Pierce County Council resolution to display ‘In God We Trust’ irrelevant and political

A member of the Pierce County Council is proposing a permanent and prominent display of the national motto "In God We Trust" in the council chambers.
12 years ago
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Interview: Richard Linklater on his groundbreaking film ‘Boyhood’

Tom Tangney interviews the director of "Dazed and Confused," the "Before Sunset" trilogy about his latest film (12 years in the making,) "Boyhood."
12 years ago
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Tom Tangney

Zach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’ is lumberingly earnest

There are no epiphanies to be had in "Wish I Was Here," unless you count the epiphany that this movie doesn't have anything interesting to say.
12 years ago
Socialist Alternative Seattle is planning an anti-Trump demonstration from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday. (Jes...
Josh Kerns

Can Socialist lightning strike twice in Seattle?

Can the Socialist lightning strike twice in Seattle politics? That's the big question as the woman who helped lead Kshama Sawant's stunning upset election to the Seattle City Council seeks to topple Washington state's Speaker of the House.
12 years ago
It’s not certain that immigrant children will be housed at JBLM, but in the meantime, there i...
Jamie Skorheim

What’s to be done with 600 immigrant children potentially coming to JBLM? KIRO hosts respond

There is not word on a official decision yet on whether Joint Base Lewis McChord will be used to house around 600 Central American children who crossed the border unaccompanied, but rumors they may be sent here is getting mixed reactions.
12 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

It’s not two asthmatic cats making that noise under the bed

Victims of burglary are often left with a sense of insecurity. Their things, both monetarily and sentimentally valuable are gone, and they have to replace their sense of security, as well as their things. This is not a story about these people.
12 years ago
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Alyssa Kleven

Democrat stands out from fellow candidates with now-removed elephant pinata shooting

If you can't be a Republican, you can shoot a gun like one, according to John Curley. But doing just that got one candidate in some hot water, and he's removed his ad, in which he took a shotgun to an elephant pinata.
12 years ago
In “The Mikado,” Dave plays Ko-Ko, the The Grand High Executioner of Titipu. It’s...
Alyssa Kleven

Dave Ross defends allegedly racist play ‘The Mikado’

In a play from 1885, put on by a society dedicated keeping these shows alive, accusations of racism have appeared where someone might normally see a show review.
12 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

Rumors of John Curley’s death have been greatly exaggerated

On Thursday, the parody news website "The Kitsap Report" said that John Curley had died in a seaplane crash. Their first problem with the report? He would have been on KIRO Radio at the time of the crash.
12 years ago

Video released in fatal officer-involved shooting at light rail station

Video has just been released from the scene where a King County Sheriff's fatally shot a man two weeks ago.
12 years ago
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Alyssa Kleven

ESPN Magazine reveals almost all of Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch

We finally get to take a peek at what Marshawn Lynch has been hiding underneath his Seahawks uniform.
12 years ago
KIRO Radio’s John Curley says that big-screen TVs, super-sized burgers and “The Three S...

How big TVs, super-sized burgers and the Three Stooges lead to more 911 fireworks calls

Fire officials in King County say fireworks calls quadrupled this Independence Day, when compared to last year. Fire officials have their explanation for this, but John Curley has his own idea.
12 years ago

Video: Shark attacking swimmer

Video has emerged that appears to show a shark attacking a swimmer off the coast of Southern California on Saturday.
12 years ago
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