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Karen Weber-Mendham collects her winning check from Lay’s. (Image courtesy Lay’s)...
Jamie Skorheim

Mom of three wins $1 million after masses pick her Cheesy Garlic Bread Lay’s chip flavor

Potato chip fans have spoken and the flavor they'd like to eat more of is: Cheesy Garlic Bread.
14 years ago
Elias Schulte, pictured with his mother, Karina, and father, Dan, was seriously injured in a DUI cr...
Stephanie Klein

Baby injured in DUI crash expected to return home this week

A baby seriously injured in a DUI crash in North Seattle last month is expected to go home this week.
14 years ago
Writer Michael Pollan will be in Seattle discussing his new book, “Cooked: A National History...
Dan Restione

Author offers simple solution to America’s trouble with food

An activist whose books ignited a nationwide movement has a new call to arms out, and his answer to a complex problem is so simple it's one word: cook.
14 years ago
King County search and rescue teams have found the body of a missing Renton man who disappeared in ...
Chris Sullivan

Search crews locate body of Renton man lost in avalanche

King County search and rescue teams have found the body of a missing Renton man who disappeared in an avalanche near Snoqualmie Pass last month.
14 years ago
The federal government found the costs of identical procedures can vary from region to region, but ...
Kim Shepard

Cost of health care in Seattle area can vary greatly

Same procedure, same area, but very different costs discovered at hospitals across the Puget Sound region.
14 years ago
Does your child thrive under stress or does stress negatively impact your child’s performance...
Ursula Reutin

Kids and stress: Can you turn a ‘worrier’ to a ‘warrior?’

From the onslaught of testing that starts in grade school to the race to get into the most prestigious colleges, kids today are under more stress than ever.
14 years ago
The Center for Disease Control released these images of a subject with a grill brush bristle inside...
Chris Sullivan

Barbecue brush bristle sends Seattle teen to hospital

We're barely into barbecue season, and already a local teen has been sent to the hospital after swallowing a wire bristle from a cleaning brush.
14 years ago
Schools with consistently bad test scores and student graduation will now be given three years to t...
Chris Sullivan

Poorly performing Washington schools now on notice

Schools with consistently bad test scores and student graduation will now be given three years to turn themselves around or be put on a plan controlled by the state under a bill signed into law by the governor on Tuesday.
14 years ago
Seattle firefighters don hazardous materials suits to clean up a chemical spill at a SW Seattle com...
Josh Kerns

Chemical leak prompts Seattle community center evacuation

Leaking pool chemicals prompted the evacuation of Seattle's SW Community Center Tuesday afternoon.
14 years ago
The Senate Armed Services Committee hears from top officials of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of S...
Josh Kerns

Senator Murray launches effort to combat military sexual assault ‘epidemic’

Despite efforts to combat the problem, a disturbing new Pentagon report released Tuesday estimates over 26,000 servicemembers were sexually assaulted in 2012.
14 years ago
In this May 30, 2012 photo released by the Puntacana Ecological Foundation, a diver works on a cora...
Alyssa Kleven

Why innovative startups aren’t tackling world’s biggest problems

"I think we are innovating far more rapidly than at any point in history." As author Ramez Naam told KIRO Radio's GeekWire, the startups are following the best method for innovating the great new ideas.
14 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn plans to create meaningful art out of the more than 700 guns turned in du...
KIRO Radio Staff

Guns collected in Seattle buyback program to be turned into “peace bricks”

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn plans to create meaningful art out of the more than 700 guns turned in during the city's buyback program in January.
14 years ago
Peter Sagal is taking a look at how the U.S. Constitution works in present-day America on his cross...
Jamie Skorheim

Peter Sagal: U.S. Constitution saved us from ‘Game of Thrones’ world

The United States Constitution as the subject of a TV show might not sound so flashy, but what if you tie a little "Game of Thrones" in there?
14 years ago
Jurors in Everett are watching the video confession of an inmate charged with murdering prison offi...
KIRO Radio Staff

Jurors watch video confession in correction officer’s murder trial

Jurors in Everett are watching the video confession of an inmate charged with murdering prison officer Jayme Biendl.
14 years ago
77-year-old Allan Blackman owns his own home and makes $50,000 a year, which is why he disregarded ...
Brandi Kruse

State seeking elderly residents to apply for food stamps

Allan Blackman, 77, owns his own home and makes $50,000 a year, which is why he disregarded a phone call and a letter telling him he may qualify for food stamps.
14 years ago
A leading tech expert tells Seattle’s Morning News Microsoft tried to do too much, too fast w...
Jamie Skorheim

Microsoft to retool Windows 8 amidst complaints and confusion

Microsoft says it'll retool Windows 8 to address complaints and confusion that have turned off so many computer users.
14 years ago
Kim Shepard

Potential pay increases for Tacoma city workers raise some eyebrows

The Tacoma City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on pay raises for city workers that could total more than $4.9 million.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Man headed to drug court allegedly stole Maple Valley mayor’s van

A man in need of a ride to drug court could not have made a poorer choice of vehicles to steal in order to get to his court date: A van belonging to the mayor of Maple Valley.
14 years ago
Someone at Issaquah High School is running a “May Madness” contest – an online to...
Kim Shepard

Controversial contest pits girl against girl for ‘hotness’ at Issaquah High School

A "hotness tournament" at Issaquah High School could do damage to already sensitive teenage girls.
14 years ago
Investigators are trying to figure out why a Sound Transit bus plowed into an SUV Monday night, kil...
KIRO Radio Staff

Two killed in Kirkland bus crash; Sound Transit driver claims brake failure

The Washington State Patrol says a Sound Transit bus plowed into an SUV Monday night in Kirkland, killing two people, and just kept going.
14 years ago
It’s likely criminals will test the systems early, and crime around these shops will go up in...
Chris Sullivan

Protecting pot in Washington’s new world

Three North Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries have been broken-into in the last two weeks. With legal pot shops set to open across the state at the end of the year, can we expect to see an increase in these kind of crimes in our neighborhoods?
14 years ago
A fierce debate is going on in Massachusetts and the rest of the country about where and how to bur...
Josh Kerns

Does Boston Marathon bomber deserve a proper burial?

A Massachusetts funeral home director is facing fierce criticism for taking in the body of alleged Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. And a heated debate has ensued about whether Tsarnaev deserves a proper burial, or any burial at all.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Kent man pleads not guilty to raping and robbing man targeted through phone app

A Kent man has pleaded not guilty to raping and robbing a man he contacted through a gay dating application on his cell phone.
14 years ago
Iconic jewelry maker Tiffany is suing Redmond-based Costco for allegedly selling fake Tiffany rings...
Tim Haeck

Jewelry maker sues over Costco’s Tiffany rings

Items such as Aspirin and Thermos are so common that most people use the name to refer to the product, not the brand. That's how trademark protections are lost and that's why corporate America defends its trademark brands like most parents protect their child.
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