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Celso Tolman, vice president of ILWU Local 52, wears a jacket with his union’s logo as he lis...
Josh Kerns

Longshore union argues arena vote goes “too far, too fast”

While the Seattle and King County Councils are moving ahead to approve an agreement to build a new NBA arena, an attorney for the Longshore union argues "They've gone too far, too fast, too quickly."
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Picking out eggplant can be intimidating when there are so many varieties. But learning the many wa...
Jillian Raftery

Ingredient of the week: Eggplant

Many people are afraid of eggplant because they don't know how to cook it. But if you take the time to listen to this week's Seattle Kitchen Show, you'll have all the tools you need to make best fall eggplant recipes.
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Ross and Burbank weekly knowledge-off quiz: Vice Presidents

This week Producer Andrew tests Ross and Burbank, Tom Tangney, and Ursula Reutin on their knowledge of vice presidents.

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Josh Kerns

Follow-up: Romney will no longer mention slain SEAL

Mitt Romney's campaign says he will no longer mention meeting a former SEAL killed in Libya after his mother complained to KIRO Radio and other news outlets.
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Josh Kerns

Mother questions Romney’s account of meeting former SEAL killed in Libya

The mother of a former Navy SEAL killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is criticizing Mitt Romney for using her son as a political "football" and is questioning Romney's account of his meeting with him.
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Rachel Belle

Between the Pages: Recipes & Love Letters Discovered by a Used Bookseller

Michael Popek never intended on taking over the family's used bookstore. Back in the smallish town of Oneonta, New York, running the family business, Michael soon found something that made his job much more interesting.
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Jamie Griswold

Update on hunt to find listener a job

After a few weeks of getting career coaching from Workplace 911's Bob Rosner, Ross and Burbank listener Barb says she's confident she and Bob will land her a job before the 60-day deadline.
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Rachel Belle

The Local Lady Who Carves the White House Pumpkins

In classic October form, I spent Sunday carving a pumpkin. I sawed out two triangles for the eyes and tooth picked them to my pumpkin's head to make a Cat-O-Lantern. I thought I was being creative, until I met Pam Leno.
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Does Columbus deserve his own day?

He never set foot in North America, never even knew it existed. He wasn't even first to discover the continent from Europe. So just why do we commemorate Columbus Day anyway?
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Jamie Griswold

Seattle panhandlers could be city security, janitors

Seattle businesses are asking the mayor and the city to do something about out-of-control panhandling in the city. But Dave Ross says we can turn those panhandlers into useful city servants.
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Josh Kerns

Water beads: the new way to booze?

We don't know if it's a trend yet, but there's some potentially troubling news on the teen excessive drinking front. Luke's getting word from his daughter at Western Washington University some students (not her) are turning to liquid absorbing "water beads" to quickly ingest copious amounts of booze.
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Jamie Griswold

What to do if your co-host passes out live on-air

After a QVC host passed out on live TV, Ross and Burbank decided it was high time they develop a plan should such a thing happen when they're live on air.
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Josh Kerns

Luke Burbank is a power pig

At Luke Burbank's house, the lights are always on even when he's not home. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise Seattle City Light has sent him a "scarlet lettter" of sorts for being a power pig.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Stop asking Liam Neeson about football

Yes, Liam Neeson did attend a Jets Football game. Unfortunately it didn’t qualify him to talk inside sports on SportsCenter. With every question, the reporter seems to dig himself in a deeper and deeper hole. Watch the train wreck: Surely the reporter knows it’s going to be a rough interview when it starts with an […]
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Rachel Belle

A 7-Year-Old Little Person from Everett on Dwarfism Awareness Month

At just three feet, one inch tall, 7-year-old Jasela Sianipar is the smallest student at Everett's Penny Creek Elementary.
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Weekly knowledge-off: Famous walls

In honor of the Mariners moving the SafeCo Field walls in, producer Andrew Walsh quizzes Dave, Luke, Ursula, and Tom about famous walls around the world.
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Pumpkin pies, pumpkin soup. Pumpkin says fall more than most any other ingredient. (AP Photo/file)...
MyNorthwest.com

Ingredient of the week: Pumpkin

This week Seattle Kitchen hosts Tom Douglas, Thierry Rautureau, and Katie O talk about fall's most festive ingredient: Pumpkin.
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Josh Kerns

Luke: Layaway represents best elements of consumer culture

The holiday rush has started early this year as more shoppers turn to layaway to buy things they otherwise couldn't afford.
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Your idea of a trashy cookie might differ a little bit from Tom Douglas’ but it’s proba...
Stephanie Klein

Seattle Kitchen’s favorite trashy cookies

Your idea of a trashy cookie might differ a little bit from Tom Douglas' but it's probably closer in line than what Thierry Rautureau believes to be a guilty pleasure.
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EJ Scott, a 37-year-old improviser, in Los Angeles, started losing his vision about 9 years ago....
Rachel Belle

12 Marathons 12 Months 12 Cities…Blindfolded!

When I was a little girl there was an episode of Little House on the Prairie that scared the #$&* out of me. It was the episode where Mary Ingalls goes blind. My fear is a reality for EJ Scott, a 37-year-old improviser, in Los Angeles, who started losing his vision about 9 years ago.
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MyNorthwest.com

Rachel Belle on New Day Northwest this morning!

Rachel appeared on KING 5's New Day Northwest. Watch the video.
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Ross and Burbank listeners’ take on the debate

Dave and Luke opened the show speaking of course about Wednesday's presidential debate. Listeners also had a lot to say.

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Jamie Griswold

Even sex offenders should be able to decorate on Halloween

Convicted sex offenders are suing a California city over a new law that keeps them from decorating their homes on Halloween. KIRO Radio's Dave Ross and Luke Burbank are siding with the sex offenders, saying they should be able to decorate just like anyone else.
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Josh Kerns

School district proposes trash can cameras to catch kids tossing veggies

In news that's surprising to probably no one, kids in at least one Florida school district aren't eating their fruits and vegetables. But what is surprising is the Lake County School Board is considering installing cameras in cafeteria trash cans to keep track of what's being tossed.
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