U.S.
Police: Seattle Shooting Is 'Domestic Terrorism'
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Martin Kaste archive
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Economy
Counting Stimulus Jobs Is Tough Work
November 18, 2009 The Web site Recovery.gov says more than 640,000 jobs have been created or saved by the government stimulus. But the head of the board that tracks stimulus spending tells Congress he can't certify that number is "accurate and auditable." A reporter finds that counting the jobs created or saved isn't an easy task.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Books
Palin Begins Media Blitz For 'Going Rogue'
November 16, 2009 Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin launches a media tour Monday to promote her memoir, Going Rogue. What will the book — and book tour — mean for Palin's political future?
Monday, November 09, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The End Of Privacy
Digital Data Make For A Really Permanent Record
October 29, 2009 Information doesn't fade the way it used to. Records once forgotten in long-lost files are now searchable online — perhaps forever. Some computer researchers are looking for ways to give data a life span. But others think we should adapt to a new reality of data that will never die.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The End Of Privacy
Digital Bread Crumbs: Following Your Cell Phone Trail
October 28, 2009 If you use a mobile phone, you're leaving a record of where you've been. But where does your phone say you are? If it relies on cell phone towers for that information, your location may be vague. GPS-enabled phones are more specific. The difference between the two can be miles wide.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The End Of Privacy
Is Your Facebook Profile As Private As You Think?
October 27, 2009 A growing number of companies are trawling social networks looking to scrape up data about you and your friends. For instance, that Facebook quiz you just took? It opened up your photos, political views —- even your sexual preference — to the stranger who wrote it.
Monday, October 26, 2009
The End Of Privacy
Online Data Present A Privacy Minefield
October 26, 2009 Is privacy still possible? For a lot of people, the answer is no, as companies collect personal data in ever-increasing volumes. It flows from online sources — everything from gambling sites to dating services. Even some of your medical information is fair game.
Monday, September 28, 2009
FBI Probes Seattle Link To Somali Suicide Bombing
September 28, 2009 According to a Somali-language Web site, the FBI is investigating whether a young Somali-American man from Seattle took part in a recent suicide bombing in Mogadishu. The Web site says the man drove one of the two car bombs that killed 21 people on an African Union peacekeepers base.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Technology
Wireless Carriers Resist Open-Internet Stance
September 25, 2009 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski says different kinds of traffic should move across the Internet without discrimination. But cell phone companies say their services are very different from the regular Internet — and they warn of dire consequences if they're held to the same standards.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Economy
Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com Vs. Dot-Gov
September 23, 2009 When Congress approved the stimulus bill, it made a point of setting up a Web site called Recovery.gov to allow citizens to track all those billions in spending. But a dot-com version not run by the government also tracks the stimulus, and much of its information is more up to date.
Monday, September 07, 2009
All Tech Considered
Seattle Program Claims To Treat Internet Addiction
September 7, 2009 A program in suburban Seattle is treating what it calls Internet addiction. Some psychologists are skeptical the Internet can be addictive, but the program is treating its first client, a 19-year-old college student who missed classes and spent all day playing "World of Warcraft."
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Politics
In Between The Shouts, A Real Town Hall Debate
August 26, 2009 There's more to this month's health care town halls than you'll get from the YouTube moments. If you listen to Rep. Brian Baird's town hall in Clark County, Wash., mixed in with the angry outbursts and certain paranoid delusions, you'll hear a substantial debate.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Food
Urban Blackberry Pickers Score Big In Seattle
August 20, 2009 This is the time of year when Seattleites go foraging for their food. You see them in parks and along roadsides picking blackberries off the bushes that run rampant throughout the city. The state considers the bushes a "Class C noxious weed."
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Politics
Lawmakers Strive To Avoid Heated Town Halls
August 19, 2009 Lawmakers this summer are discussing the move to overhaul the nation's health care system. But as criticism of the plan, and of them, becomes heated, many members of Congress are working hard to avoid getting caught in front of an angry town hall meeting.
