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Report: Bezos says Amazon is not too big to fail, and will one day
Amazon gets a lot of criticism. But one of the latest dire comments came from founder and CEO Jeff Bezos who said the online retail giant is not too big to fail -- it will face bankruptcy one day.7 years ago
John Curley Show
How gun control laws and candidates actually help gun sales
The passage of I-1639 has gun sales in Washington quickly rising, a trend that's become consistent with candidates and ballot measures in favor of gun control.7 years ago
John Curley Show
What are Jay Inslee’s presidential hopes after the midterms?
Tom and Curley discuss whether Jay Inslee would make a good candidate for president.7 years ago
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Social media site Gab returns with help from Seattle-area startup, after Pittsburgh shooting
Social media site Gab returned online with the help of Epik.com, a domain registrar based out of Sammamish. Online registrar GoDaddy took Gab off their platform after the Pittsburgh shooting.7 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff
John Curley pulls his annual ‘pumpkin’ prank
John Curley was able to set up a makeshift pumpkin 鈥渂ox鈥� in the school鈥檚 office.7 years ago
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Amazon helping make Seattle great for tourists; city is worst for dating
The nationally-touring Great Love Debate podcast named Seattle "America's Worst City to Find Love," a stark contrast to Lonely Planet naming it the eighth best city for tourists.7 years ago
John Curley Show
The difficulty in determining why homeless people come to Seattle
Is Seattle a magnet for homeless people? A 2018 survey found 16.9 percent lived outside of King County, and 5.5 percent came from out of state.7 years ago
John Curley Show
John Curley’s adventures with the flu shot that gave him flu-like symptoms
Flu season is upon us, and 成人X站's John Curley discussed his bad experience with getting a flu shot last year.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Battle of experience: Economics of hiring minimum wage workers
According to the latest information from an ongoing UW minimum wage study, workers with more experience saw their pay rise and less-experienced workers did not undergo any actual change.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Washington ranks fifth in the nation for stick shift usage
A recent CarMax survey found that Washington placed fifth in the nation for purchase of manual transmissions. Do you know how to drive one?7 years ago
John Curley Show
Is the future of affordable travel self-flying cars and electric airplanes?
Self-flying cars and hybrid-electric airplanes aren't things of the distant future, and both could end up making air travel more affordable by leaps and bounds.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Spokane is trying to entice unhappy Seattleites looking to flee
Spokane is aggressively opening its arms to Seattleites looking to flee, and doing so with a city-run, $450,000 marketing campaign aimed at more than 500 local businesses.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Why are high-income earners using Seattle public transit more than others?
A total of 11 percent of people earning $75,000 or more took public transit in 2017, a usage higher than lower-earning income groups.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Seattle not allowing dockless electric scooters any time soon
While scooter-shares already exist in dozens of cities -- including Portland and Tacoma -- Seattle is playing it safe while other cities take the plunge.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Amazon offering 25 to 55 cents raises at damage control meetings
Amazon is offering workers 25 to 55 cents raises per hour during damage control meetings.7 years ago
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Prepaid postage results in highest levels of voter turnout since 2004
Curley admits he was wrong, because King County Department of Elections reported its highest rate of primary election turnout since 2004, all due to prepaid postage.7 years ago
John Curley Show
Should Tacoma schools be offering free lunch during teacher strike?
As Tacoma teachers strike, many students can still be found in the cafeteria on weekdays. That's because the Tacoma district is still offering free lunch and breakfast to students at 12 different schools.7 years ago
John Curley Show
9th court decision on public sleeping likely won’t impact Seattle
City Attorney Pete Holmes doesn't believe the 9th Circuit Court decision allowing sleeping on the street will impact Seattle.7 years ago
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Will 9th circuit court decision allowing sleeping on streets backfire?
Will the 9th court decision preventing cities from prosecuting people sleeping on the streets create an incentive for people to be homeless on the West Coast?7 years ago
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Seattle gas stations losing out to high-rise apartment developments
Seattle gas stations are gradually decreasing, which may be due to developers using the land for high-rise apartments instead.7 years ago
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More Washington students majoring in subjects that actually lead to jobs
The number of students majoring in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) has sharply risen both in Washington and nationally as well.7 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff
Kitsap Library swaps late fees for good old-fashioned guilt
Kitsap Library is hoping to encourage more library use by forgiving overdue fees, because the fines are causing people to avoid the library altogether.7 years ago
John Curley Show
A building’s sentimental value doesn’t imply actual value
In deciding which buildings to save and which to let go, it's hard to distinguish between sentimentality and actual value. This is the case of Seattle's Showbox Theater.7 years ago
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Weed is wasteful: Marijuana market is producing new avenues of trash
Washington's legal marijuana market has proved to have a downside -- waste. Plastic is flooding into landfills, and plant waste is difficult to get rid of.7 years ago
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