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Why rush into rush-hour traffic when you have an offer like this? Downtown Seattle's Gethsemane Lutheran Church is inviting people to come down and listen to music and have a few snacks and drinks instead of subjecting yourself to rush hour traffic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ways to save on that Halloween costume With the economy still in recovery mode, there are a few simple things you can do to save money and still rack up the candy during Trick or Treating. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seahawks LB Tatupu may not miss season after all Lofa Tatupu may not be out for the season after all. Seahawks coach Jim Mora said Monday further tests on the three-time Pro Bowl linebacker's chest muscle indicated a partial tear rather than a complete one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Teen wise beyond her years in dealing with bullies 15-year-old Brigitte Berman has taken-on a topic many kids know all-too-well: bullying. But Brigitte's book “Dorie Witt’s Guide to Surviving Bullies” isn’t your typical story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Short on cash? Don't skimp on car maintenance An automotive expert warns skipping maintenance intervals is a bad idea and can lead to bigger and more expensive problems down the road. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | These first graders expect big things this year They camped, traveled, and really had a fun time. Now that we know what kids did over summer break, we asked the same group their expectations of the coming school year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | We ask kids: What did you do this summer? A lot of local kids are heading back to class this week. And one of the first things they'll do is write about their summer vacation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Small horses can be a good small business Winsome, etc. started in 1983 with Jane Taylor's purchase of just one mini. Now Jane Taylor owns six mature mares, each chosen for overall type, balance, correctness and pedigree. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | First parts of Credit Card Act of 2009 now law From now on, credit card companies must give you 45 days notice if they plan to raise your interest rate. The previous requirement was just 15 days. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to protect yourself from mass scale data breaches A man was just charged with the largest case of identity theft in U.S. history after allegedly pilfering 130 million credit card numbers. But there are some steps you can take to keep your identity safe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Not just kids -- seniors need to heed online safety tips too The same sort of protections that we always talk about with kids and computers also apply to older adults who go online but aren't familiar with all the tricks of the Internet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'It created a whole new generation of readers' He's a young kid, he makes mistakes, and he can certainly get into trouble, but 10 years after the first Harry Potter book hit the shelves, young readers still can't get enough of the young wizard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Don't fall prey to predatory debt-relief help Federal and state prosecutors warn that debt relief scammers are ripping off unsuspecting customers across the country. They prey on people who are drowning in dept and feel there is no way out. There are ways to spot these questionable firms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'Store look' is not the look you want on your new HDTV When you see the TV in the store, it's set on a special mode that juices the contrast and brightness, but it's not the optical setting at home with your typically softer light. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Good time to check your tax withholding With the year half over, it's a good time to see how much you have the IRS take out every paycheck so you don't get a big surprise when you file you 2009 tax return next April. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to keep those con artists from your nest egg Whether you've saved a little or a lot, we all want to build up a bigger nest egg for retirement. But be careful! Get sucked in by a con artist and your nest egg could fly away. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'This...has fundamentally changed the thinking of people in the country' James Longley first went to Iran to make a documentary about school kids. Suddenly, the Seattle-area filmmaker found himself caught up in the midst of a questionable election and escalating riots. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Aerospace Analyst Richard Aboulafia weighs in Aerospace Analyst Richard Aboulafia talks with KOMO NewsRadio's Nancy Barrick about the latest delay for the Boeing 787 flight. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Communication the key with contractors You need to make sure your project is done the way you want it, and the best way to avoid confusion is not to talk in generalities. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beware those foreign transaction fees for online purchases You expect to pay a fee when you use your credit card in another country -- but what about just sitting at home but ordering something from, say, Canada? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Quick tips to help reduce the computer wait A few seconds can seem like an eternity when you're waiting for a computer program to load. Want to speed things up? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Using a debit card at a hotel? Beware the hold Hotels normally put a hold on your account for room and tax and something to cover incidentals -- that could be $50 day. It could freeze up a sizable part of your checking account if it has a low balance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Adult spellers wonder: Why should kids have all the f-u-n? Once a month, adults get together to out-spell each other over at Jillian's on Westlake in an event that is similar to what third graders each year, only with more beer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting a divorce? Don't forget these crucial financial steps As you prepare to go your separate ways, you need to separate your credit card accounts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'Star Trek' actor in Seattle for Emerald City Comicon You can still see a hint of the young ensign "Wesley Crusher" behind Wil Wheaton's beard. He's here for the Emerald City Comicon at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kidney stones more common than you realize Some advice given over the years to kidney stones patients is now outdated, but there are things you can do that appear to be truly helpful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Slash your cell phone bill by going pre-paid Your wireless phone doesn't have to be a budget buster. Switch to a pre-paid plan and the savings can be dramatic. With pay-as-you-go wireless plans, there's no credit check, no long-term contract and no surprise charges at the end of the month. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 6 tips to keep that pink slip at bay Executive career coach Maureen Moriarty has six things you can do to help protect your job if layoffs loom at your company. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Few U.S. brands among top-rated cars Consumer Reports is just out with its top-rated cars and trucks for 2009, and the imports produced a clean sweep among the top ratings for best value. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beware of cyber crooks trying to cash in on Academy Awards They hope you'll do a search for celebrity pictures, screen savers or gossip and land on their bogus site, where they can do some damage to your computer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Credit card processing center hacked International hackers recently infiltrated the computers at Heartland Payment Systems, potentially compromising hundred of millions of credit card transactions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Never underestimate the power of a good night's sleep A bad night's sleep can really kill your ability to get things done. According to recent research, too little sleep can also lead to serious medical problems. But there are things you can do to sleep better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Don't throw away that old TV or computer -- E-cycle it! Starting Jan. 1, the state's new E-cycling law takes effect. You'll be able to recycle unwanted computers, computer monitors laptops and TVs for free -- at one of hundreds of permanent recycling centers around the state. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Frugal shopper? Use the power of the internet to save money We have a list of several web sites that can save you money while shopping online for that perfect gift. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Black Friday -- good deals? Or just hype? It happens the day after Thanksgiving -- Black Friday. Is this really a great day for deals -- or is this all a bunch of hype? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Forks still feeding on 'Twilight' popularity The "Twilight" series of books, and the new movie of the same name, are set in Forks, Washington. It's a small town once known for it's timber about an hour south of Port Angeles. Today, it's better associated with vampires. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Protect your credit score or pay the price With the souring economy, if you do anything that lowers your credit score, you can expect to see your credit card interest rate go up, your credit limit lowered, or both. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Detergent Tainted Silt May Be Killing Sea Life in Friday Harbor Sea creatures in an iconic northwest harbor are dying. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield uncovers one man may already know why�but the question is: will anyone listen? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Culinary School in Trouble for Using Wine in Classroom Owners of a local culinary school are scrambling after liquor control board agents raid their classroom. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains, its because they�re using wine. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Local Teacher Honored for Holocaust Education Nick Coddington spent much of his life as a NATO intelligence officer, 4 years ago he gave it up to teach high school history. And now as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, he�s winning national recognition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guitar Hero is so "last year" compared to this "virtual" experience. Why play a fake guitar when you can conduct a fake orchestra? KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports on a new program that turns you into a virtual conductor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Newton Faulkner An English bard with pleasing tunes and a very unique look, NEWTON FAULKNER's "electro-folk" debut disc is called "Hand Built By Robots". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mompreneurs Unite Mom knows best. So what happens when moms work together? KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Chet Baker Time for a little history lesson...the music of CHET BAKER weaves a bittersweet and beautiful spell like no other. PS--Check out his disc "Songs for Lovers"...a MUST for late-night listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Howard Behar on Starbucks' success The the former president of Starbucks International is the most no-nonsense, no putting on of airs, no fanfare, authentic person you could ever meet. He is all about the truth - whatever that might be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Chicago A unique, wonderful voice, KILLER horn arrangements from an associate of the group CHICAGO...HILARY McRAE's debut, "Through These Walls" is perfect music for Springtime! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Leona Lewis The power of Simon! The 'American Idol' judges' latest prot�g� is a huge UK pop-star finding great success in the States with her debut, "Bleeding Love". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: George Michael He's on what he says is his last-ever concert tour (including KeyArena/ Seattle July 2nd), and has released a fine new career-spanning disc called "25"...it's great to hear GEORGE MICHAEL again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Extreme Reality TV Comes to West Seattle It could be called the 'anti-Survivor' reality-tv show....and as KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports its coming soon to West Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Raconteurs From the White Stripes to producing country music legend Loretta Lynn to his 'supergroup' The Raconteurs, JACK WHITE is always up to something worth listening to---and the new Raconteurs disc "Consolers of the Lonely" is a Rockin' good trip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Still have a few LP records stashed around? How would you like a few (million) more? This music lover seeks a buyer for his massive record library. But as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, the collector comes with the collection. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Little-known career choice for young woman CREW Seattle is an organization committed to advancing the success of women in commercial real estate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | UW Student to Remain in Italian Jail UW student Amanda Knox will stay in an Italian prison even though she still hasn't been charged. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Reichert's 'Lifetime' Hunt for Green River Killer He was a detective, then Sheriff, now a congressman...and this weekend his search for the Green River Killer becomes a movie....KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Bright Idea for CFL Lightbulb Recycling They last years longer and use dramatically less energy then traditional light-bulbs... but you can't just throw away your C-F-L bulbs when they do burn out. Now, as KOMO's Travis Mayfield discovered one local city offering help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Toss the rabbit ears now, FCC says. The official digital TV conversion comes next February, but KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports early converts are enjoying a clearer picture and more channels right now. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Help Wanted At Fire and Police Departments Across the Area Despite what you hear about the rest of the economy there's at least ONE sector hiring like crazy. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports from the Convention Center in Lynnwood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Who Says You Need Age and Experience? Filmmakers from across the country are descending on Seattle this weekend, but as KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains...its not just talent that sets them apart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Video deserves a pardon. It seems the Internet killed the radio star. A Northwest band is among the new discoveries. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the web site OurStage is a new venue for fans to rate songs and uncover the stars of tomorrow Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New School Created at WSU We�ve been reporting this record-breaking gift to Washington State University of 25-million dollars today, but KOMO�s Travis Mayfield has more on the new school this money helps create. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | City Officials All Wet After Million Dollar Toilet Scheme Goes Down Drain Seattle officially decides to flush its automatic public toilets, but will our tax dollars go down the drain as well. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield in South Seattle with the story� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: B52s America's Party Band is back with their first new disc in waaaaayyyy too long...It's the B-52s, and "Funplex" is a dance-floor blast! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The love of art meets the art of love. A Seattle gallery owner turns matchmaker. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports on a series of romantic encounters in which artistic singles meet their match. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Iraq War Protests Across Seattle The 5th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war has brought protests across the country and here at home, KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sticky Problem, But Sweet Reward for Future Beekeepers They�re little, yellow, different�and more and more of us want them. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield tells us, people are buzzing about bees. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Feds OK Sea Lion Removal on Columbia River Salmon and sea lions, it�s a live or die struggle playing out on the Columbia river and as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports death may come sooner rather than later for one of them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Woman Hands Out Homemade Love Awards Actors get Oscars, singers Grammies, but one local woman has decided to honor regular people who show small acts of simple love. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Puyallup. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Buyer With Tunnel Vision Wanted We came across a piece of property for sale we just had to tell you about: it�s a half a mile long and a few feet wide. As komo�s Travis Mayfield found, its actually an old train tunnel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gang Website, Promoting or Protecting? He says he�s not a gang member or an undercover police officer, but both consult with him regularly. Now as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, parents too are turning to him for help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Missy Higgins A phenomenon in her home 'down under', MISSY HIGGINS is starting to turn heads with her debut, "On a Clear Night". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | EGG-stra Special Easter Delivery for Food Lifeline They are EGG-static at the Food lifeline in Shoreline today. KOMO's Travis Mayfield was there. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jury Finds Ambulance Driver Cause Bus Crash in 2005 A bus is forced off the road by a speeding driver. Passengers seriously hurt. In a story you'll hear only on KOMO Newsradio, our Travis Mayfield finds it was an ambulance that caused the crash. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle Cabs Going Green They may look orange or yellow, but Seattle�s taxis could soon be green. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New State Toxicology Director Takes Over Accusations of lies, unethical behavior, and poor testing procedures have all cast serious doubt on our state�s toxicology lab. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains there�s now someone new in charge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Game is a Super Smash hit. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports fans lined up for hours to throw Nintendo's newest release into their overheated Wiis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cameras Watching Ferry Docks for Stolen Cars We told you yesterday about police cars outfitted with digital cameras searching automatically for stolen cars, today news of a similar system on ferry docks. Reoprter Travis Mayfield has this story you'll hear only on KOMO 1000 Newsradio. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' A beautifully presented edition of the biggest selling album of all time..."Thriller" has classic videos, intriguing guest-remixes, and the original disc sounding absolutely amazing--what incredible songs! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Police Cameras Finding Stolen Cars More than 120 cars are stolen in our state every month�but some cities are outsmarting the thieves with some remarkable new technology. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A new "golden age" for radio drama? A Seattle author adapts his ambitious new play for audio, and offers it as a free podcast. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports on the web's new theatre of the mind. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Who makes the best cars? Consumer Reports did some research of 262 vehicles, and the Detroit automakers will not be happy with the results. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Stars Continuing the tradition of great Canadian bands, Toronto's STARS take us on a stunning emotional journey with their new disc, "In Our Bedroom After the War". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Bounce in Your Step in Bellevue, Literally Ever curse the sidewalk when you trip? As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains, in one part of Bellevue soon you may not have to. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | In Russia, children with cancer can be isolated, ostracized. A group effort among Seattle and Russian churches and hospitals introduces hospice care to St. Petersburg's seriously ill children. KOMO's Corwin Haeck interviews the priest behind the project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Local Airforce General Helping Rebuild Iraqi Airforce KOMO's Travis Mayfield interviews Airforce General Robert Allardice from Baghdad Iraq. During the interview Travis asks General Allardice about his role rebuilding the Iraqi Airforce, his observations about changing security, and how closely the US presidential election is being watched in Iraq. This is the entire unedited interview. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | City Light Testing Plug-In Hybrids You plug in your toaster and your tv without a second thought, but Seattle City Light is looking ahead to a day when many of us might be plugging in our cars as well. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Campus Going 'Green,' For Job Training Other colleges are green with envy over South Seattle Community College�s new Georgetown Campus, KOMO�s Travis Mayfield tells us why. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | EBay Strike Benefits Ballard Mom Thousands of Ebay users are �on-strike� after the online auction site changed its fee and comment structure. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports that�s actually helping one local entrepreneur. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Unlikely Friends Join for Green Tax Breaks Business, environmental, and labor groups coming together seems like an unlikely alliance. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, many say green technology is their shared future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | E-Bay Strike Sends Customers to Local Website Thousands of E-bay users are �on-strike� after the online auction site changed its fee and comment structure. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports that�s actually helping one local entrepreneur. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Jack Johnson JACK JOHNSON's new disc "Sleep Through the Static" is the Number One album all over the world this week! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Choo Choo Bob, Part One Part one of a three-part series with Mark Aucutt of KOMO 1000 News talking with model railroad hobbyist Bob Bradbury, who is also known as "Choo Choo Bob." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Choo Choo Bob, Part Two Part two of a three-part serieswith Mark Aucutt of KOMO 1000 News talking with model railroad hobbyist Bob Bradbury who is also known as "Choo Choo Bob." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Choo Choo Bob, Part Three Part three of a three-part serieswith Mark Aucutt of KOMO 1000 News talking with model railroad hobbyist Bob Bradbury, who is also known as "Choo Choo Bob." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Erotic treats! Seattle's spiciest sweet shop braces for its busiest day. If the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, imagine where these sexy goodies will get you. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Decision '08: An eight year old's perspective. Politics can get pretty confusing...especially if you're eight years old. But that didn't stop a local third-grade classroom from casting their own ballots in Washington's statewide mock presidential primary. Reporter Jon Repp has a look. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | KOMO Radio interview with Barack Obama Charlie Harger from KOMO 1000 News had an exclusive interview with Senator Barack Obama, who talked about Friday�s huge crowd at Key Arena� and opened up a bit about his private life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | John McCain at Seattle's Westin Hotel John McCain's speech at Seattle's Westin Hotel on Friday, Feb. 8. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Barak Obama Rally At Seattle's KeyArena The entire speech of Barak Obama at a rally at Seattle's KeyArena Feb. 8, 2008. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hillary Clinton Raw Speech In Tacoma, Feb. 7, 2008 The entire speech Hillary Clinton gave in Tacoma on Feb. 7, 2008. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | KOMO Radio interview with Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton sat down and spoke with KOMO Radio om Feb. 8, 2008, during her visit to Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Sarah Brightman Pop/ Classical Diva SARAH BRIGHTMAN's new disc "Symphony" is full of soaring vocals, grand melodies, and some real surprises! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | When it comes to music, everything old is new again. A pair of Seattle record collectors gather their all-time favorite 78 rpm discs. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports on the best old-timey music you've never heard. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Juno Soundtrack A huge left-field hit in theaters, the soundtrack album for "Juno" is also making lots of fans...here, we check out The Moldy Peaches' number "Anyone Else But You". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spreading "random kindness" from the Eastside to the rest of the world. If Duvall can be kind for a week, maybe we all can be kind for a day. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports an emissary of kindness hopes to inspire good deeds all over. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: One Republic A classic many-years-in the-making "Overnight Sensation", ONE REPUBLIC channels some Pure Pop Magic on their disc, "Dreaming Out Loud". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Super Mario meets the maestro... It's definitely not your standard symphonic fare. Komo's Jon Repp takes a look at a unique performance at Beneroya Hall: showcasing familiar music like you've never heard it before. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle musicians hit the campaign trail The RHETORIC is heating up in the race for the White House...as Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama traded jabs in last night's debate. Now, upporters from both campaigns are putting their message to song. Reporter Jon Repp explains how Seattle musicians are right there in the middle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Interview with Matt Tuiasosopo Part 2 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Interview with Matt Tuiasosopo Part 1 Matt Pitman interviews M's prospect Matt Tuiasosopo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Natasha Bedinfield OK pop-star NATASHA BEDINGFIELD's 2nd disc, "Pocketful of Sunshine", lives up to its' name with a fun and positive-thinking message. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sun's about to set on a bowling landmark. Despite thousands of monthly bowlers, the half-century old Sunset Bowl will meet the wrecking ball. But as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, one Ballard bowler has a plan to save it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Road tolls might pay for transit, too. Road and bridge tolls in our state will be a fact of life, many policy makers believe. Now, as KOMO'S Corwin Haeck reports, a new House bill would divert a portion of that revenue to pay for public transit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sonics owners low on self-esteem? A year ago, when they were seeking a new arena, the team was worth millions to the local economy. Now, as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, Sonics owners say nobody likes them and the team adds little to the economy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Middle School Mars Explorers Grounded Without Your Help They're chasing storms and planning a mars exploration. But students at Key Peninsula Middle School need your help. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Forty years after the Beatles' heyday, a Seattle band records a "new" Beatles album. Apple Jam began by honoring John Lennon. Now the band attempts the ultimate tribute: An all-new CD of Lennon/McCartney songs the Beatles never recorded. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Floods destroy a resource farmers depend on, and some hay angels ride to the rescue. A Seattle church takes action to supply astonished farmers with tons of badly needed hay. And, as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, these angels are not done yet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The child we leave behind may be the smartest kid in the class. Federal education mandates strive to elevate lower performing students. But KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports they may do little for the Highly Capable kid. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Thanks for the couch. Now I just need a living room. Flood victims are grateful for all the generously donated beds and refrigerators. But, as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, home furnishings aren't much good without a home to furnish. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Need hardware advice? Skip the big chain stores Whether you're all thumbs or a serious do-it-yourselfer, a good hardware store can be your best friend before you start a project. But which store should you chose? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Radiohead British band Radiohead caused a big stir by offering their new 'album', "In Rainbows," as a 'pay what you want' download on their web site, provoking the question, "What is the value of music?" Over a million people downloaded it, but Radiohead is keeping the money-tally a secret. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Police point to gangs in another teen death One teenager is dead, another is hurt, and police are looking for a gunman who crashed a late night party in downtown Seattle. Reporter Jon Repp has the story Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | From jerseys to jackets...it's Blue Friday in Seattle! Break out the BLUE. Seahawks fans are showing their colors with pride a day before the big game. Reporter Jon Repp has the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to spot a scam in between the lines The mail is filled with winning prize notices -- official-looking documents that say you've won a big bucks sweepstakes, contest or foreign lottery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat! Mother Nature's son They say luck has nothing to do with success. But try telling that to chef Keith Luce. He's the new executive chef at The Herbfarm -- Woodinville's internationally-acclaimed restaurant known for it's five-hour, nine-course dining extravaganza. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Treatment tips for cold sores They're called cold sores, but those painful and unsightly sores around the mouth don't have anything to do with the common cold. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The best new consumer products All year, expert testers at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute put new products through the paces. The most innovative problem solvers win the prestigious Good Housekeeping Good Buy Awards. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Deadly floods and a gruesome crime: The year's top stories broke in December. Newspaper editors thought 2007's biggest story roared in with the weather. But then came Christmas Eve. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A pension plan for Washington state's unused roads. Cash is now available for roads where no one drives. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports "retirement" of old logging roads could help prevent floods. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Year's Eve: It's not just for rowdy drunks anymore. Tonight's bar scene will be hyperactive, but KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports there are New Year's alternatives for families and teetotalers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New cordless phone tech means no interference You may pay a bit more for a DECT phone, but the price difference isn't all that much considering what you get in return. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: The Favorite of 2007 Our favorite disc this year came from a singer whose personal travails almost, but not quite, overshadowed the engaging, soulful music on her 2nd CD. O WHO can it be? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Popular beach trail to be closed until March. More fallout from the December deluge. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports landslides washed out parts of Lynnwood's much-loved Meadowdale Park. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The last minute is here! Shoppers struggle to complete their lists. KOMO's Corwin Haeck asks eleventh hour holiday shoppers who on their list was hardest to buy for, and what they ended up getting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: El Vez A big part of TEATRO ZINZANNI's fun is EL VEZ, the Mexican Elvis...here, he puts a muy caliente spin on a Christmas Classic. Thank you. Thank you very much. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A musician dedicates his new rock anthem to an Eastside native killed in Iraq. Chris Van Der Horn's death has inspired a song, and also new hope for grieving military survivors everywhere. KOMO's Corwin Haeck tells the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Shirts Across America Two girls from different Seattle high schools had an idea�a year later they�ve raised 14-thousand dollars and they�re of moving a Katrina family out of their FEMA trailer and into a real house. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Printing Custom Action Figures Its a new printer, but it doesn�t spit out flat 1-dimensional images�instead it prints 3 dimensional replications�literally it�s a model maker. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains how a local company is using it to bring video game characters to life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Homeless "camp out" at city hall. Homeless people and their advocates hope an all night protest will compel Mayor Nickels to change his policy of sweeping the homeless out of city greenbelts. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports from downtown Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | I�ll Be Home For Christmas When Josh Groban recorded I'll Be Home for Christmas for his new album Noel, he had an idea� what if we put messages from the troops and their families in the song? His original take on the classic was the inspiration for a local version. Our thanks to Josh's label, WEA/Reprise for allowing us access to the recording. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kindergarten Classroom Needs Books Its an exciting day here at KOMO 1000 News�we�re kicking off a new series�once a month KOMO�s Travis Mayfield will tell the story of a local teacher in need of simple classroom items to enrich their students education. Then he�ll tell you how you can help make their wishes come true. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Picture Perfect Ticket for Speeders Redlight cameras are all the rage right now as cities across Washington add them to intersection after intersection...but now one city is considering speed-cameras...komo's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Voters May Say One Thing, But Think Another Less than two weeks away from the first presidential primary...and polls are everywhere... but now some UW researchers are saying you might want to read those numbers with caution. KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains why. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | College students in the flood zone could get free tuition. This month's storm disaster was a learning experience, but now some students will get help with the learning they really want. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guess it had to happen sooner or later. The new streetcar gets into an accident. Police say the driver of an SUV was at fault for a mid-morning with the orange trolley at the corner of Mercer and Terry. KOMO's Corwin Haeck has more details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Investing in the World's Working Poor Micro-finance is an idea that landed one man the Nobel Peace prize� but until now investing to help the world�s working poor has been nearly impossible. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Christmas is here today for volunteers in the flood zone. In Chehalis, the United Way's logistics coordinator says he'll skip the holiday at home. Volunteers tell KOMO's Corwin Haeck all they want for Christmas is to keep on helping their neighbors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | You're not hearing things: The Space Needle is talking to you. That voice inside your head is part of an interactive exhibit. KOMO's Corwin Haeck explains the technology that beams the sound directly into your ear canal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Ferries Mean Employment for Local Shipbuilders A najor shot-in the arm for Seattle's maritime economy as the Governor proposes plans to build up to 7 new ferries. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield breaks down the details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Car Ferries for Port Townsend Keystone The governor wants to spend 100-million dollars to build new car ferries for the Port Townsend-Keystone run. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, that likely means those old electrics won't fixed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More bad news for flood victims: Their water-logged cars are beyond repair. Mechanics in Lewis County say there is nothing they can do. They tell KOMO's Corwin Haeck a flooded car is a totaled car. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | "It's New Orleans all over again." An Olympia woman who spent months helping Hurricane Katrina is now helping victims in Chehalis. She tells KOMO's Corwin Haeck people here don't yet appreciate the full impact of the Lewis County disaster. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Chehalis River: Did overdevelopment of the flood plain make flooding worse? Lewis County officials can't agree. But KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports they do agree this booming county needs better guidelines for growth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Floods are bad news even if you're a fish. Flood waters have overwhelmed streams where salmon lay their eggs. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports water heavy with debris can wash away fragile salmon nests. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Even a marble holds meaning for flood relief After seeing the flood devastation, Leiney wanted to help and give up one of her most prized possessions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Flooding may take away Christmas from some low-income kids An annual Christmas party for kids is jeopardy after flooding destroyed nearly 200 of their donated toys. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Josh Groban Big-voiced Josh Groban has the number-one album in the land, with his new disc "Noel." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gameday for Coug Colors Since 2003, once a week a loose network of Coug fans have ensured that their school colors make it on national TV. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield uncovers how and why tomorrow that streak could break. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | State Lawmakers Investigate Toxic Toys Parents, outraged after millions of toys are recalled because they contain toxic chemicals, are now turning to state lawmakers. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Is technology overload taking a toll on your life? There is new hope for stressed-out Seattleites suffering from too much technology. Reporter Jon Repp has a look at a workshop that lets you unplug. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Toy Recalls Complicate Holiday Toy Drives Toys for Tots has been forced to destroy a large number of donated toys this year and because of that they�re in extra need of help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Target Marketing Or Discrimination? Like many companies Alaska Airlines markets to gays, but now a new discount offer has some conservative groups claiming discrimination. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Video game vest lets you feel your mistakes It could take your video game experience to a completely different level. Reporter Jon Repp looks at a brand new gaming accessory that makes that make-believe gun battle a little more realistic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A legal loophole has Flexcar fit to be tied. If you see a parking space marked "car share," you can grab it. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports a parking enforcement gray area has Flexcar seeing red. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle's cabaret circus comes full circle. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, after 10 years, One Reel's Teatro ZinZanni reopens right back where it started. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pampering Your Pooch...for a Price Are you buying your puppy anything for Christmas? How much are you willing to spend? KOMO�s Travis Mayfield may have found the ultimate gift any dog-lover could get. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle police target homeless camps. Homeless advocates are upset over what they describe as heartless and inhumane tactics. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the city's greenbelt eviction policy is under review. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Boys On Film: Iconography of 1980s band goes on display. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports: 25 years after they sold the first of a reported 75 million records, Duran Duran are the subject of a Seattle coffee shop's art gallery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mitt Romney was warned about Graham killer. Why weren't local police? Authorities in Massachusetts made sure the presidential candidate knew an ex-con from his state could be loose in Washington. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports police here would have appreciated a "heads up." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ferry's grounding means less cash flowing into Port Townsend. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports with no car ferry to bring tourists, shops in the picturesque town could struggle to stay afloat. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Don't set caution aside when shopping online They seem so different, but in many ways shopping online is very similar to going to a regular retail store, except you don't have to leave the house. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Three vintage steel electric ferries are pulled out of service. Damage discovered on one means the others get drydocked. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the move ends car ferry service to Port Townsend until at least January. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: The Eagles With their first studio album in 28 years, The Eagles are doing it all themselves on "Long Road Out of Eden." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | You say you want to serve meals to the homeless on Thanksgiving? Thanks anyway. Downtown shelters have all the volunteers they need for Thursday. But KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports there are still ways you can help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Shipwreck Tale A maritime mystery has washed ashore on one of Washington's beaches. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Reading Identities at the Crime Scene From our follow-up file: a technology helping police instantly identify people at the scene of a crime could soon be used by more agencies in our state. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tunnel Vision for 520: Neighbors envision a highway below the bay. When a new bridge is built, neighbors want to submerge the section of State Route 520 between I-5 and Lake Washington. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the project would potentially create a major park. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Fun Forest is about to get clear cut Amusement rides have been part of Seattle Center since 1962. Now KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the city has cut a deal to raze the forest in 2009. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ready to pack? The TSA can help. The word is "SimpliFLY." That's the advice from the TSA heading into the holidays. Reporter Jon Repp has the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Navigating through holiday airport construction. It could throw a last-minute wrench in your holiday travel plans: crowded parking lots and a maze of orange construction barrels. Reporter Jon Repp has some tips. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tips for shopping for electronics Whether you're looking for an MP3 player, computer or big screen TV, you should be able to find what you want and have a pleasant shopping experience -- especially if you go online. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Getting the most out of gift cards It looks like gift cards are going to be a hot item again this holiday season. They may be even bigger than last year, but Consumer Reports is warning shoppers about their pitfalls. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Carrie Underwood One of the most successful of the "American Idols", and the Female Vocalist of the Year at this years' Country Music Association awards, CARRIE UNDERWOOD's second disc is a swingin' honky-tonk romp. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Minding your manners, on campus and off. The University of Washington expands the reach of its student Code of Conduct to cover misbehavior away from the campus. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Violence in the name of peace is never appropriate, a long time peace activist says. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports one anti-war protestor doubts that Olympia's violent demonstrators are even part of the peac movement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which air purifiers work best? Nobody wants to breathe dirty air. That's why air purifiers are such big sellers these days. For its December issue, Consumer Reports tested dozens of models. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Learning Literacy, Emotional Literacy Teaching empathy� It's a first of its kind program anywhere in the U.S., and as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, its underway in 10 local classrooms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Craig's List for Teachers Goes Coast to Coast From our follow-up file now: A story of a classroom in need, a story, that thanks to your efforts, now has a happy ending. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'Green' Tree Concerns Walk through Westlake Plaza and you cant help but notice everyone�s talking about the Christmas Tree. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains why.. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | King County Approves Budget 4-point-9-billion dollars is a lot of money, but its less than King County Executive Ron Sims wanted to spend next year. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lots of shoe bargains to be had online They seem like something you'd really need to try before you buy, but online shoe shopping is really popular. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Preserving memories from World War II soldiers World War Two veterans are speaking out -- many of them for the first time. Reporter Jon Repp has more on a local project that preserves first-hand accounts of combat. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ipod Apartments? One developer is banking on a new pre-fab design for apartments in downtown Seattle... KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jury Orders Uhaul Pay 15 Million to Local Woman A jury has awarded 15-point-5 million dollars to a local woman who was severely injured after debris blew out of the back of a U-haul. KOMO's Travis Mayfield was in court when that verdict came down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band return to form with the fantastic new album, "Magic". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Port Townsend will host the world's most famous opera stars, if only via satellite. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports a tiny movie theater is bringing the Met to the Olympic Peninsula. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Won't you be my high rise neighbor? Downtown condos can make strangers out of neighbors. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports a new website aims to bring high rise dwellers closer together. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More young victims are emerging in investigation of Lake Tapps pilot. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports as detectives view boxes full of video tapes, they say the alleged child rapist likely had victims around the country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Veteran Healthcare Will Cost More Than War Itself New numbers out today reveal the stark price of Iraq war veteran healthcare. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle Lawyers Want Return of Law and Order in Pakistan Last weekend Pakistan's President suspended that country's constitution and began arresting judges, lawyers, reporters, and anyone opposing him. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, that has lawyers here protesting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Prop 1: Where do we go from here, and how will we get there? Voters deliver the roads & transit measure a resounding defeat. KOMO's Corwin Haeck asks commuters why it went down Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | As days get shorter, winter depression increases As the days grow colder and the sun sets earlier, about 1 in 20 people get seasonal affective disorder. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat! Satisfying your sweet tooth Jennifer Shea studied in college to be a dietitian, but now serves up your daily sugar fix at Trophy Cupcakes and Party, where you can find all sorts of exotic cupcakes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seatte Nurse Talks About Mission to Uganda Most people like to help others, but not many of us have the ambition, time or resources to travel to other countries to do so. One Puget Sound area nurse who just came back from a month-long mission in Uganda has a passion for it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Craig's List for Teachers With budgets being cut everyday, most teachers are now spending some of their own money on classroom supplies. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports there's a new way anyone can help fund a classroom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Police Union Makes Visible Statement About Contract Contract talks between the city and Seattle Police have been stalled for 10 months�but as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports�the police union is turning up the heat. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spelling is for school kids! This contest makes you define your terms. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports self-described "word nerds" compete for the title "smartest person in Tacoma." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle is the summit of climate change conversation. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports 100 mayors, and former president Clinton, gather to brainstorm on how to meet the Kyoto standards, Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | On Her Way to the Top Meet Ingrid Michaelson Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Port Orchard Pastor Facing Serious Accusations 7 former church members have accused their pastor of raping them as children. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | State Lawmaker Resigns in Wake of Gay Sex Scandal Now facing criminal charges himself, Republican state legislator Richard Curtis has resigned�. And in a statement says he apologizes for any pain his actions may have caused. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield has the latest on the now former Vancouver area lawmaker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Reverse Trick-or-Treating You'll probably give out chocolate tonight to trick-or-treaters�BUT in some neighborhoods don't be surprised if you get some chocolate in return. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Know your trick-or-treating options! Does your neighborhood turn into a ghost town on Halloween? Reporter Jon Repp looks at how your child can scare up some treats anyway. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | No zoo garage, and a shorter Children's Hospital KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports activist neighbors have killed a proposed parking garage at Woodland Park Zoo, and forced Children's Hospital to modify its expansion plans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Scaredy-cats. Why your pets should be afraid - - VERY afraid - - on Halloween. A pet health expert says keep your dogs and cats indoors tonight. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports for pets, Halloween is upsetting and potentially deadly. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Two new e-mail scams to watch out for One pretends to be from the Federal Trade Commission. The other pretends to be from the Credit Union National Association. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New flood maps could mean severe restrictions in Skagit County KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports FEMA's plan to redraw the flood maps generates more concern than the floods themselves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | "Dropout factories." That's what a national study calls some state high schools KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports the state superintendent's office disputes the Johns Hopkins study, which says 22 high schools statewide graduate fewer than 60 percent of incoming freshmen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How Long Should it Take to Become an American? Some immigrants say its taking too long to become American citizens... its a charge so serious the ACLU has now filed a class action lawsuit to force the issue. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | She's trying to clean up a homeless encampment, and she's turning to the internet for help. It looks like a vacant lot, but neighbors say a makeshift homeless encampment is a hotbed for drugs and possibly a lot more. Reporter Jon Repp has the story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Good Customer Service Big companies gave up on personal customer service long ago right? Maybe not...KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Stolen Bio-Diesel Dr. Dan sells Bio-diesel on the honor system, but over the weekend Dr Dan's system was dishonored. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat: Kathy Casey Just in case the pumpkins and falling leaves didn't tip you off, the holiday season is here. And Seattle's own Culinary Diva, Kathy Casey, is here to help with your party planning. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The scariest part of Halloween weekend? All the DUIs. That's why Harborview and downtown nightclubs hope costumed revelers will avoid driving after the party and use one of nine taxi stands. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Make sure you have a 'grab it and go' box You never know when you will get the word to evacuate your home at a moment's notice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Off-Site Cat Adoptions They�re part of the solution, when it comes to over-crowding at King County's animal shelters. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Kent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Up close with a Lamborghini Superleggera It's definitely NOT a commuter car: the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera is attracting a crowd of Seattle buyers despite the slow economy. Reporter Jon Repp got to take the supercar out for a spin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Many not using inhalers correctly According to a new study, one in three people use their inhalers incorrectly putting their health at risk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do you need an appetite adjustment? Lots of psychological factors make us eat more than we should. For instance, some people eat when they are stressed, depressed, or excited. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Living the Fiery Nightmare Only those living the nightmare can properly describe what its like in Southern California today. KOMO's Travis Mayfield spoke today to a UW grad surviving in the midst of it all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Missing Husband Found After 16 Years Judy Sullivan thought her husband died in 1991...now she's been given the devastating news that she was wrong. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Zombies wanted! Here's your chance to practice your zombie walk and be in a movie at the same time. Reporter Jon Repp takes a look at the latest feature film shooting today in Port Gamble. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Attorney General sues over eBay magazine scam The Washington State Attorney General's Office caught is suing a couple, formerly from Bremerton, who sold magazine subscriptions on eBay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Ghost Stories Wanted They�re looking for new ghost stories in Seattle�s oldest neighborhood. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains from Georgetown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wildfire Evacuations Continue in San Diego Afternoon hosts Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum interview a University of Washington graduate now living in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NASA Finds Unsafe Skies, But Withholds Investigation Air travel could be much more dangerous in this country than we think and apparently that's something NASA doesn't want us to know. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What will your insurance cover after a storm? Our Northwest wind storms do more than knock out power. They tear off roofs and bring down trees that smash into cars and buildings. So what can you expect your homeowners policy to pay for? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: James Blunt Englishman JAMES BLUNT is back with a second disc of Melodic Melancholy, "All the Lost Souls". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sharing a Secret 3 PostSecret 3 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sharing a Secret 2 PostSecret Part 2 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sharing a Secret Keeping a secret can destroy a person�s life, but as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, sharing one can be life changing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Why does the power fail when the wind blows? Blame it on the fir trees. Washingtonians love their evergreens,.but those tall trees can make short work of power lines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Are children's cold medicines really dangerous? Starting today federal regulators will debate over-the-counter cough suppresants and decongestants aimed at infants. Corwin Haeck reports some doctors claim they're deadly, while others deride them as ineffective. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Giving birth soon? Some new moms can't do it without their Doula. It's an ages-old tradition, but Corwin Haeck reports professional birthing assistants called doulas are in fashion again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | TV hosts may cry about it, but you can't just give away a pet. It might upset Ellen DeGeneres, but Tacoma is proposing restrictions on animal ownership. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What a lot of garbage! And more than one company wants to collect it. Corwin Haeck reports CleanScapes and Waste Management politely talk trash as they vie for the valuable Seattle garbage collection contract. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Did immigration agents overstep their bounds in the arrest of a high school girl? Seattle ICE says no. A spokeswoman for Seattle's Immigration and Customs Enforcement tells Corwin Haeck agents acted properly when they detained a Burien high school senior who was later deported Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wine Academy Releases Reds It�s a graduation-day of sorts at South Seattle Community College�but you won�t see any diplomas, instead you�ll have to taste the student�s work. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Endangered Coho may become extinct. We're talking ferry, not fish. The M.V. Coho ferries thousands a week between Washington state and Victoria B.C. Now, as KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports, Victoria harbor redevelopment threatens the Coho. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | He's a world champion weightlifter...and he's 83. What do you plan on doing when you're 83 years old? Reporter Jon Repp takes a look at an Issaquah man who won a World Championship gold medal...for weightlifting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which to choose: LCD or plasma? So what will it be -- a plasma or LCD TV? That's the decision most people in the market for a new, state-of-the-art television will need to make. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How about a little light reading? Very little, very light. Corwin Haeck reports fans of the world's tiniest books share their big passion at Seattle's vintage book extravaganza. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Recapturing that Rocky Mountain High ten years later. KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports John Denver's local friends and fans ignore the tabloid stuff, and treasure the music and the man. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A special group of aviators are in Seattle this weekend. KOMO's Kristin Hanes has more on women who flew bomber planes during World War Two. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rotten Neighbors? Its an entertaining read...but does a new website that allows others to taddle on their neighbors...offer helpful information? KOMO's Travis Mayfield talked with afternoon hosts Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum about Rotten-Neighbor-Dot-Com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The courtesy wave and the early merge: Two signs Seattle drivers are too polite. What irritates you about the way people drive around here? A Seattle blogger counts off his top peeves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which Northwest band is the most prolific? Venture a guess. They virtually invented the surf guitar sound. Now, after 50 years and 250 albums, the Ventures may be headed for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hakia tries to best Google with 'semantic analysis' Searching for a new search engine? Even if you're happy with Yahoo! or giddy with Google, you might want to check out Hakia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Matchbox 20 Matchbox 20 returns with "Exile on Mainstream", with 2 discs, one of new songs and 1 of their "Greatest Hits"...quite a combo! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007 Puget Sound Heart Walk We all know that walking is good for you, and if you walk this weekend, it could help save lives at this year's Puget Sound Heart Walk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Morningsong Their mission is to care for homeless children while their parents look for stable work and housing, and they need your help. It's a program called Morningsong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Get a Job, Stay Out of Prison Nearly half of all prison inmates released in Washington return to prison. But one state agency is doing everything it can to buck that trend... KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | UW Fined After Spring Shooting UW didn't follow its own work-place violence plan in the days and weeks leading up to a deadly shooting on campus last spring. KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Want a tase of Europe? Head to the steamship in downtown Seattle. KOMO's Kristin Hanes has more on this fundraising event for the Virginia 5. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 'Green' product claims not always true The only way to know if you're grabbing a green product is to check the ingredient list. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Prayer for Pets He�s a dog with cancer and his owners are doing everything they can to save him�as part of his care, today his friends and family turned to a catholic priest. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains why from West Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: The Long Goodnight New music from Connecticut, THE LONG GOODNIGHT has a great way with a melody. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Remembering Princess Diana 10 years ago the world lost the People's Princess... but as KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports her legacy even here in Washington has not dimmed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Broadband Slow in US in Comparison to Japan We're told our internet is blazing fast... but turns out in America we are lagging way behind... KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | It's sure to be a Thriller when hundreds do the zombie dance Michael Jackson's hit is revived on a global scale, and Corwin Haeck reports a group of Seattleites will join the ghoulish fun. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Blogger Finds Submarine Pictures on 'Virtual Earth' A local blogger stumbles across photos of a formerly secret Navy technology�but as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports you won�t believe where he found those pictures. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Kink In Counter-Top Maker's Advertising Plan Can a kitchen counter-top manufacturer be controversial? Absolutely, just ask the folks at Mario & Sons in Spokane. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Teachers strike in Spanaway, a strike deadline is set in Shoreline. Start of school in Pierce County's third largest district is delayed at least two days as teachers picket for better wages. Meanwhile, teachers in cash-strapped Shoreline can't come to terms with their district. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The football is fantasy, the cost to your boss is real. Some employers dread the start of the NFL season. Corwin Haeck reports that's when many employees waste company time working on their "fantasy football" team. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A long walk on the beach: History is revealed on a hike around Lake Washington. A historian spends her vacation circumnavigating what she calls metro Seattle's Central Park. Corwin Haeck reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bush in Bellevue Making Case that Surge is Working In a fundraising visit to Bellevue yesterday President Bush continued a careful effort to convince Americans that the surge in Iraq is working. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Bellevue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mother Distracted Online, Baby Drowns Instant messengers are supposed to keep you in touch, but in Mason County prosecutors say a mother distracted by her chat-session may have accidentally drowned her baby. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Shelton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | You could get PAID just to sit in rush hour traffic KOMO's Kristin Hanes has more on this growing trend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | E-mail greeting cards latest target for malicious hackers These bogus e-greetings are the latest trick cyber-thieves are using to get malicious software on to your computer. Click on the link to get your e-card and you'll go to a site that's booby-trapped. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Barn again: How King County's most majestic farming artifacts are getting a second chance. You can complain about historic preservation until the cows come home. But Corwin Haeck asks, what if the cows have no home to come to? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mega-Millions could pay out a quarter of a billion. But what are the chances? If you're someone who says "never tell me the odds," stop reading now. Corwin Haeck has the bad news about the huge jackpot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bumbershoot Preview The musical-coda to Summer, BUMBERSHOOT is next weekend, and it's packed with great Arts! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Simple money-saving tips There are two ways to save money. Don't buy things and keep the things you have in good shape, so you don't have to replace them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Goodbye to a Remarkable Volunteer Tom Ingrim has gone to Eastern Europe every year since 2007... this year his cancer returned and jeapoardized that trip. Tom made that trip anyway... he returned earlier this month, but a few days ago Tom lost his battle with cancer. KOMO's Travis Mayfield joined Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum to look back on Tom's life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Faith and File Sharing Online Its the Christian alternative to Youtube. KOMO's Travis Mayfield takes a look at Godtube.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sue your boss...for being a jerk! Washington lawmakers are getting tired of bullying bosses. Reporter Jon Repp explains a new proposal that would let you take your employer to court for "workplace abuse." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A fish story with a Jurassic flavor. No one had seen a Sockeye in this British Columbia river for decades. But Corwin Haeck reports the species defied expectations to make a remarkable comeback. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Are home lead tests accurate? You can get these kits for less than $10 at most hardware stores. The question is do you want to use them? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Parents Confused By WASL Math Requirments Last spring the state delayed rules requiring your kids to take the Math WASL to graduate right? Wrong�KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Feds Apologize to Iraqi Refugee An Iraqi artist fled Saddam Hussein�s regime for safety here in Seattle 4 years ago. Today he�s getting an apology from the US Government after wrongly imprisoning and interrogating him. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Podcasting: When the listener becomes the listened to. Even after an explosion of new podcasts, a Seattle podcaster says there is room for yours - - and as Corwin Haeck reports, he'll even teach you how to do it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Many kids have undiagnosed high blood pressure Calculating elevated blood pressure in children is trickier than in adults, and many doctors may not bother evaluating kids' numbers because they assume hypertension is an adult problem. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Space Travel Supply Store Supports Creative Writing They�ve bottled �uncertainty� and they�re selling �near-death rays� � but as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield uncovered the �Greenwood Space Travel Supply Store� is just a front for something much bigger. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Going Online to Checkout College Roommates Facebook and Myspace aren't just for teens, parents are now going online to check-out their kid's friends, classmates, and college roommates. KOMO's Travis Mayfield joined Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum to chat more about this store. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | King County parks win big after small election turnout. The first ever statewide primary to be held in August attracted a predictably small number of voters. Corwin Haeck reports King County voters chose to tax themselves for the benefit of parks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | You can throw the book at a convict, but not just any book. Prisoners in the state corrections system are allowed to buy books only from "approved" vendors. Now, as Corwin Haeck reports, a group that donates books to prisoners feels locked out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Antioxidant supplements sometimes do more harm than good But a number of recent studies have found that antioxidant supplements aren't the magic bullet we had hoped they'd be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle, you're as cold as ice! The August chill is unusual, but Seattle's social chill is the same as always. Corwin Haeck reports on two separate efforts to warm up the Seattle Freeze. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cross the New Narrows Bridge, Get Busted for Cheating You've got your 'Good to Go' transponder and still you might get busted for cheating. KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FBI Puts Ferry Passengers On Alert State Troopers with dogs patrolling the docks, armed Coast Guard officers walking the decks. Now a warning to ferry passengers to be on the look out for two men. KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beware of college scholarship scams They promise you big bucks to help pay those enormous college bills. But in most cases, they're looking to rip you off. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Easing Flood-Zone Restrictions Homeowners left high and dry by ultra-strict new flood-zone regulations are awash with hope. KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Border Patrol Agents could someday look like soldiers from Star Wars KOMO's Kristin Hanes tells you about a new device likened to a lightsaber. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lifebeat: Resiliency Lifebeat's Kristin Hanes has more on how resiliency affects your health. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do fabric softeners increase the risk of a dryer fire? Dryer fires are a real hazard. But do fabric softeners increase the risk? Some people think they do. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Osteoporosis -- it's not just for women Statistics show that one in four Caucasian men will fracture a bone due to osteoporosis in his lifetime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Construction Preview Things may look a little different this morning on North I-5 into Seattle, but this is only the beginning. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield is along the interstate to explain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Get Grandpa's FBI File Dot-Com Ever wonder if grandpa Jim had a secret past? Want to know about grandma Jane�s life as a labor activist? KOMO�s Travis Mayfield tells us how to find out� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Captain Kirk once searched for Spock, now Spock is searching for you It's common to say you "googled" something,....but a former Seattle man is hoping folks say, "I spocked you". KOMO's Kristin Hanes explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lifebeat: The best shoes for summer Lifebeat's Kristin Hanes explains why lots of people have foot problems during summertime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to make sure you're hydrated when working out Experts say by simply stepping on the scale before and after a workout, you can tell if you're taking enough steps to stay hyrdrated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Past DOT Predictions and Realities The state is predicting epic-backups if we don't make alternate plans for I-5 closures later this month, but they've made such predictions before. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reminds us if these predictions come true. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | I-5 Construction Impacts Ferry System Ferry riders who thought they'd have nothing to worry about when the state shuts down much of I-5 for the last half of August, should think again. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Fancy dog collar let's you track Fido Your dog's COLLAR could be smarter than your DOG! KOMO's Kristin Hanes has more about the new Astro Collar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lifebeat: 10 Symptoms not to Ignore Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Life-Sized Portraits Slow Traffic You probably hang portraits of your kids inside your house, but would you erect life-sized pictures in your yard? KOMO's Travis Mayfield explains why some parents are already doing it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Videos Making Baby Smarter? Maybe Not They're videos sold to make your baby smarter, but UW researchers says they might make your little one dumber. KOMO's Travis Mayfield with details. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Internet continues to be a dangerous place A new report shows on-line threats can hurt you in many different ways -- believe it or not, $7 billion is the estimate of how much money consumers lost to Internet thieves during the past two years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Paving Begins on Seatac's New Runway What's it worth to you to cut your delay at Seatac Airport? 1-billion dollars? KOMO's Travis Mayfield says, paving begins today for the long-awaited 3rd runway. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Blogging Away Graffiti What started as a fun experiment has quickly grown into a community action project aimed squarely at cleaning up graffiti. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Government auction sites may have what you need If I say Internet auctions, you'd probably say "eBay." But there are several other sites you might want to visit that specialize in stuff government agencies want to unload. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Records are making a comeback I-pods are flying off stores shelves,...but some people are sticking with music,....that SPINS. KOMO's Kristin Hanes has more on the resurgence of an old, familiar technology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lifebeat: How to pick Eggs Lifebeat's Kristin Hanes explores what types of eggs are best Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Hydro racing: Sport or not? No question the Seafair race attracts a huge crowd, but does this raccous spectacle qualify as a sport? Corwin Haeck assembled your thoughts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The high cost of "Liberty" Talk about putting a woman up on a pedestal! Seattle's own Statue of Liberty replica is ready to rise again, but the project could use a little financial help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | An alleged victim of Terapon Adhahn breaks her silence It's been 7 years since Sabrina Rasmussen was abducted. Now, she's talking about her experience, and about the man accused of her attack Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Shortcuts around the I-5 mess? Don't bet on it. There's just one week to go before construction closes off northbound lands of I-5 approaching Seattle. Reporter Jon Repp tried to get some shortcuts from professional drivers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which kitchen sinks rate best? For its August issue, Consumer Reports tested sinks made from a variety of materials and found that two held up the best -- enamel on top of cast and enamel on steel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What to do about diabetes drug Avandia? What should patients taking the drug to treat their diabetes do? I spoke to ABC News Medical Editor, Dr. Timothy Johnson about that. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Splitting Up DSHS? Something must be done, but what? That's the question swirling around our state's troubled Child Protective Services. KOMO's Travis Mayfield now with a plan being offered up by one state lawmaker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Escaping Your Car Under Water As divers in Minneapolis continue the grim task of trying to find cars at the bottom of the murky Mississippi River after that disastrous bridge collapse, many people are wondering what they would do if their car was suddenly plunged into the water. KOMO's Lisa Brooks and Eric Slocum talked with reporter Travis Mayfield about what to do. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Prost Amerika! A site promoting Seattle tourism to Germans There are no towering Alps or massive beer gardens in the Pacific Northwest,....but a new tourism website is putting Seattle on the map - in GERMANY. KOMO's Kristin Hanes reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do you love Frank Sinatra? You'll have to hear THIS Puget Sound area big band. James Kerl's Swing Session Big Band plays the music of Frank Sinatra and Count Bassie when they were at The Sands in Las Vegas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Love Frank Sinatra? Just wait until you hear this Puget Sound area Big Band The glitz of Las Vegas is brought to Seattle with James Kerl's Swing Session Big Band. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sound Transit's Light Rail plan is far from "green," one critic says. Add up the ecological cost of all that tunneling, and light rail might hurt the environment more than it help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Trendy kitchen counters have some drawbacks No kitchen remodel would be complete without a new countertop. If you're looking for trendy, concrete and limestone might be on your list. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat! Seattle's own tropical oasis If you can't make it to Hawaii this summer, head to Luau Polynesian Lounge, where you'll find 'island soul food' at a restaurant boasting the city's longest happy hour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Do the Time and Pay the Fine, or You Can't Vote Again Do your time, pay your fine and then you can vote again. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield says that�s the gist of a ruling handed down from the State�s Supreme Court today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Help Wanted: State Highway Engineers The state has the money, 16-billion dollars, and the projects, hundreds of roads, bridges, and freeways in dis-repair, but will there be the people to do the work? KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | To save the Sonics, former foes team up Chris Van Dyk still believes there are "more important things" than sports, but he's on board with an initiative campaign to keep the Sonics at KeyArena. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Treatments available for excessive sweating It's normal to sweat. Your body does it to cool down. But some people sweat too much and for no apparent reason. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Last Trip to Help in Moldova It is a life saving annual trip, helping the sick and dieing in the Baltic region, now the tables are turned and this may be the last trip for a Redmond man. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield has Tom Ingram�s remarkable story. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How Chess Keeps Drug Dealers Out of a Local Park People have been playing chess in the park for decades, but in one park they�re using chess to chase drug-dealers away. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A centennial celebration at majestic St. James The grand cathedral on First Hill marks 100 years as Seattle's interfaith gathering place. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Schools face support staff shortage The Puget Sound area's booming economy has a downside for some local school districts, which can't find enough people to fill hundreds of open positions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Many breafast bars pack taste but lack nutrition Breakfast bars are convenient and tasty. But while some of these bars are made with whole grains, others are nothing more than a candy bar in disguise. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The latest price hike? Twelve dollars a gallon! Luckily, we measure our Starbucks coffee by the ounce. Corwin Haeck reports, starting next week, your average coffee drink will cost nine cents more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | When should you file an insurance claim? Consumer Reports says to think twice about putting in a claim for a small amount, one that�s a little bit above the deductible. It might cost you more in the long run. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Colbie Caillat Sunny vibes, catchy tunes, and 10 million 'MySpace' hits have COLBIE CAILLAT off and running on her debit, "Coco". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat! 'Confess Your Love for Cheesecake' That's what it says under the sign at The Confectional, a tiny store in the heart of Pike Place Market. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | There - he said it! Sonics owner owns up about his preference. Clayton Bennett says he believes Oklahoma City is more "viable" for Sonics than Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Waiting for Harry: Midnight, Saturday morning, or maybe next year! Harry Potter's final adventure hits bookstores at midnight, but Corwin Haeck reports library patrons might have to wait months to read it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mike Webb's Family Reacts To News of Arrest It was the ROOMMATE. That's who Seattle Police say has now confessed to killing former radio host Mike Webb. KOMO's Travis Mayfield has reaction from Webb's family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Banned: Transfats in King County No more trans fats. KOMO's Travis Mayfield says its an all out ban for restaurants in King County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Menu Changes Coming in King County One 'Big Mac' ... $3.50 ... 540-calories. Soon that's what you'll see on drive-through and ordering boards across King County. KOMO's Travis Mayfield says menus will be changing at more than McDonalds. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Locksmith scam makes a bad day even worse If you lock your keys in the car, you'd never call a locksmith in New York. At least, you wouldn't do so intentionally. But that's exactly what will happen if you call some of the companies working in the Seattle area. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Counting Calories and Banning Transfats Calorie information printed right on the menu or ordering-boards and an all out ban on transfats. KOMO's Travis Mayfield says the King County Board of Health will be deciding on both today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Consumer Reports From Consumers Its YoutTube meets Consumer Reports, but the reviewers are you and your friends. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports on expotv-dot-com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What You Need to Know Before Crossing the New Narrows Bridge It�s the first toll bridge in our state in years. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports,pay attention or your next trip across the newTacoma Narrows bridge could cost you more than expected. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Good-To-Go? Get in Line The new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened today and you still don�t have one of those good-to-go transponders in your car? As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Gig Harbor,be prepared to wait to get one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Injured Yankee fan flies home safe The Yankees send a Kirkland man home aboard a private jet after he survives a broken neck in the Bronx. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Some garden hoses contain toxic danger Not all garden hoses are alike, though they may look alike. It turns out some garden hoses may contain dangerous levels of lead. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New GM SUV ranks among all-time best Consumer Reports is out with its latest ratings of sports utility vehicles and, believe it or not, an American-made model got high marks. Consumer Reports calls the Outlook "the best American SUV it has ever tested." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music Minute: Sara Bareilles It's a sunny, Southern-California Piano Pop sound from SARA BAREILLES on her debut, "Little Voice". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which material is best for your kitchen floor? Kitchen flooring takes a lot of abuse, so it needs to be tough. In its August issue, Consumer Reports looks at some of the options. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Go Eat! The Pink Door Magical, serendipitous, inspiring. Those are all words Jacquelina Di Roberto uses to describe the Italian-American restaurant she opened in Seattle's Pike Place Market more than 25 years ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | iPod Dangers in a Thunderstorm Thunderstorms are in the forecast for a couple of places around the area tonight and with that forecast comes new fears if you're caught in a storm with your I-Pod or mobile phone. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle versus Phoenix? They have the heat, but we have the power. Corwin Haeck reports solar energy may work better in Seattle than it does in the desert. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cuddle up, Seattle! It may not be for everyone, but Corwin Haeck reports "cuddle parties" are helping Seattle experience the theraputic benefits of the simple squeeze. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cuddle up, Seattle! It may not be for everyone, but Corwin Haeck reports "cuddle parties" are helping Seattle experience the theraputic benefits of the simple squeeze. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Forget about frying an egg on the sidewalk: A Seattle man's solar oven can roll out an entire meal Instead of battling the sun, more and more Seattleites are putting it to work...in the kitchen. Reporter Jon Repp takes a look at the eight ounce solar oven. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | International meds have same name, different drugs You probably know that all drugs have two names -- a chemical name, and a brand name. No two drugs can have the same chemical name. But no one is keeping track of brand names around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Zoo Heats Up The heat today is causing some unique challenges at Woodland Park KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cooling Stations Open Its not a question of loving the heat or hating it, for some it�s a literally a life or death issue. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Des Moines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Esoterics Show Courage in the Face of Adversity It is groundbreaking music, sung by local people and this weekend 'The Esoterics' will be showing 'Courage in the Face of Adversity.' The founding director of The Esoterics, Eric Banks, joined Eric Solcum and Lisa Brooks in the KOMO studios to talk about this weekend's upcoming concerts in Seattle and West Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How to pick a good watermelon Watermelon is more than refreshing. It's also a good for you. It's loaded with lycopene, an antioxidant that may help reduce the risk of certain diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A darker "Harry" for 5th movie Fans stay up to watch the boy wizard grow up, and Corwin Haeck has their reaction to "Order of the Phoenix." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 500,000 Faulty Sprinklers Still in Washington Homes The sprinkler in your home or apartment may not work during a fire. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, even 6 years after a recall hundreds-of-thousands of the dangerous sprinklers have not been replaced. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Preparing for Major I-5 Closure We are exactly 1-month away from the largest freeway closure in state history. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from underneath I-5. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bellevue upgrades a Segway...with laser beams It could save the city of Bellevue thousands of dollars: A tricked-out Segway, complete with laser beams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | See the bats, let the bats see you. A sunset bat walk shows off some of Seattle's resident flying rodents. Corwin Haeck has more on a creature that should be admired, not feared Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | First skin patch for dementia gains federal approval The drug in the patch, called Exelon or rivastigmine, is the same as that now available in capsule form but provides a regular and continuous dose throughout the day, according to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Is Google really the best? Google is the biggest search engine, but is it the best? To find out, the editors at PC World Magazine tested dozens of search engines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bring Your Home Alive Bringing your home alive, literally. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from the up-coming-�street of dreams.� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Comedy tries to stand up in a suburban strip mall Does the East Side have a sense of humor? KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports a former comic is betting on it, as he opens the first ever full-time comedy club in Kirkand. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Couples count their lucky sevens all the way down the aisle Any wedding day ought to be your lucky day, but KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports scores of couples are taking no chances. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pirates set to plunder as another Seafair begins Johnny Depp's Captain Jack may be hot now, but KOMO's Corwin Haeck reports Seattle's pirates have been big for decades. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New mattresses flammability rules going into effect Starting this week, all mattresses made or imported into the country must meet a new flammability standard set by the federal government. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dozens of firefighters from around the region endure the ultimate test You'll want to check this out if you think you have what it takes to be a firefighter. Competitors call it the toughest two minutes in sports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A 'Transforming' Movie Experience The reviews are out and the money rolling in. It looks like Transformers the Movie, opening today, will be one of this summer�s blockbusters. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield got a sneak-peak with some major fans earlier this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Americans Celebrate 4th With New Citizenship Today more than 500 immigrants from 82 different countries became Americans today at the Seattle Center. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from the 23rd annual naturalization ceremony. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Olympia Man a Real 'Sicko' Out of 25-thousand, an Olympia man is chosen to tell his story in one of the hottest and most controversial films of the summer. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield explains, Eric Turnbow isn�t just another �Sicko.� Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sewer project will freeze the ground beneath your feet. Not everyone agrees the Brightwatersewer treatment project is a good idea, but the technology is cool. VERY cool. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Class or no class? This class action settlement looks a lot like a promotional coupon. A group of Seattle area Jiffy Lube stores could profit from a judgement against them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Make sure you use enough sunscreen The American Academy of Dermatology recommends you use a sunscreen any time you'll be in the sun for more than 20 minutes. 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That's what fans are asking after the sudden resignation of Mariners manager Mike Hargrove. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Driving the Demand for Green Cars We�ve heard �it isn�t easy being green,� but KOMO�s Travis Mayfield visited a groundbreaking car-dealership where that�s the only way to be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What's your target heart rate when exercising? To get that health benefits of exercise, you want to get your heart pumping, but you don't want to over-do it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Northwest Masterpiece Discovered Inside Closet Collectors thought it was lost forever. Then one day a painting worth tens-of-thousands of dollars was discovered behind mops and buckets in an old janitor�s closet. KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports from Seattle�s Capitol Hill. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Improve your diet with dried fruit Kids like dried fruit because it's sweet. Parents like it because it doesn't have to be washed or peeled or otherwise prepared. It's also portable and has a long shelf-life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Remembering Seth Cook 'He may have been short in stature, but he was a giant.' That's how 13 year old Seth Cook's father is remembering his tiny son. As KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports, Seth died Monday from a heart-attack in his Darrington home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Golf Clubs Send Balls Flying More and more golf balls are going astray, through windows, onto rooftops, but as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports, its not because players are getting worse. No, its because they�re trying to get better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Remodeled Boat, New Hydro Team A sure sign Seafair is near, this weekend the hyrdo race season kicks off in Evansville Indiana. As KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports it�s a dream come true already for one local driver. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Beware those surprise fees at hotels Industry analysts say more hotels are now padding the bill with extra surcharges that customers may not know about when they book the room. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | University of Washington students the recording industry's latest target The University of Washington says it will forward letters from the recording industry to students accused of illegal downloads. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Seattle too cloudy and too bright for stargazers Are the stars out tonight? Probably not around here, thanks to clouds and light pollution. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Living Trust Warning He used high pressure tactics to scare seniors into giving him all their private information, then he ripped them off. That's why the state Attorney General's office says they went after a former Sumner resident. KOMO's Travis Mayfield reports. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All-Day-Kindergarten Raises Test Scores It could mean higher WASL scores, higher graduation rates, a better educated population and as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield report it begins with kindergarten. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Renewing Your Passport Under new requirements millions of Americans are rushing to ensure they have a valid passport causing huge delays at the state department. But as KOMO�s Travis Mayfield reports it may not be as bad if you just need a renewal. 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What do you do after winning the most prestigious award in baking and pastry? Open up your own shop. That's what William Leaman did in West Seattle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | No need to rush to Vista If you do, then now is the time to start taking better care of yourself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Does shutting down a computer shorten its life? ABC's Jim Hickey had a chance to sit down with Bill Gates and talk about the new Windows operating system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which financial records do you need to keep? It's a common question this time of year - how long do I have to keep my bank statements, credit card receipts and documents I used to prepare my taxes? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Buying an HDTV for the big game? A brand-new tune in a classic style, "All My Life" shows a different side of BILLY JOEL. 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The utility says it made a mistake and needs to charge the customer for the service that was used by not paid for. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New passport rules take effect soon Starting on January 23rd, anyone flying between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda will need a valid U.S. passport. That includes children. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Which cell phone carrier rated highest? Consumer Reports annual ratings of cell phone service is out. The results, based on the comments of nearly 43,000 readers, are similar in many ways to year's past. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Take advantage of your tax refund The smart thing to do is take advantage of a new law that took effect in January (Pension Protection Act of 2006) that lets you split your refund and have the money directly deposited in as many as three accounts at three different financial institutions. One of those accounts can be an IRA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | How much poison gas does a generator create? It's a problem that's getting worse; carbon monoxide poisonings from portable generators. In 2005, at least 64 people across the country died this way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A new way to get motivated to lose weight A Graham woman came up with the idea for the Fit America contest, giving prizes to those who can lose weight. 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