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May 2006Day after day, the killing in Iraq goes on. Iraq's new government can't stop it. So, the president -- under pressure to start bringing U.S. troops home -- instead sends in a 1,500 member "quick reaction force" as a "temporary deployment..." ...There's another stark example of the difficulty and danger of reporting from Iraq. A CBS News crew, embedded with a U.S. military unit, was caught in an attack on their convoy Monday. A photographer and sound technician, veterans of war reporting, were killed. The correspondent, Kimberly Dozier, was critically... Is any of this stuff really going to work? The automatic toll lanes and the real-time traffic information systems, the highway engineering and the social engineering are fascinating to consider as we sit in traffic, but it seems unless we make some rather dramatic changes in our habits our traffic troubles are hear to stay. As one engineer admitted to me, all the things we're doing to smooth out traffic flow are really only slowing down the ra... Well, technically not the HOV lane, but the HOT lane, which stands for High Occupancy Toll. As Allen Schauffler reported, drivers would have the option of entering a HOT lane when traffic backs up -- but for a price. Electronic signs along the route would display a price that constantly changes with the level of traffic. The m... “Are you afraid of heights?” This question from assignment editor Elizabeth Berman. The assignment was to document the banding of three week old fledgling Peregrine falcons that were nesting under the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge. Reporter Gary Chittim had arranged with the state Department of Transportation and the Falcon Research Group to tag along and watch the banding process. Apparently they only had enough room or wanted to take liability for ... I'm often asked, why the casualty count? Since the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq 38 months ago, I often include in my KING5 News reports a graphic stating the number of American dead and wounded. Some viewers don't like it. They claim that "keeping score" is inflammatory and "anti-Bush." Some viewers question my sources. Most nights, it is DefenseLink.mil - the Pentagon website whic... In this business, it seems 90 percent of what we do is scripted, or at least well planned. But every once in a while, something happens and unfolds right in front of you, and you have to think on your feet live on the air. That happened Wednesday, as a gunfight erupted while we covering a standoff down in Tumwater. You can watch the video >> Continue reading: Unscripted, unplanned, and unforgotten Nothing will ever lessen the pain experienced by those who lost their loved ones to Kyle Huff's deadly rampage in Seattle. But the discovery of a suicide note offers some insight into the mind of the murderer. And that is important to the friends of relatives who lose a loved one to sudden violence for no apparent reason. After the ... Today I visited with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington on their efforts to provide the Northwest with science you, the homeowner, can use. (Here's my story that aired on KING 5.) Ever wondered if your house might slide into Puget Sound? By visiting >> Continue reading: Mapping your landslide risk I watched a good part of today's Senate confirmation hearing for General Michael Hayden - the president's pick to lead the CIA. I've covered many hearings for KING 5 and for NBC News back in my DC days. This one, I thought, was pretty good. Hayden looked unassailable decked out in his 4-star general's uniform. But that didn't stop Oregon Demo... Hello, this is my first blog posting. Polls are a tricky business. But in the Washington Post's latest poll, the most striking development to me is the two-to-one disapproval of how the president is handling Iraq. Sounds bad at first. But brace for a bit of a rebound. Iraq's new government takes over Monday. If the new Iraqi le... Do you know your neighbor? Sure we may smile and wave, but in this modern world where we cocoon ourselves with our iPods, pay at the pump and rely on an ATM instead of a human teller, but do we really know our neighbors? On Fircrest's Farralone Avenue they do. When my photographer and I pulled up to cover the >> Continue reading: Know thy neighbor Actually, the president was just practicing. You may have noticed a slightly bumpy beginning to our 5 o'clock newscast on Monday (May 15, 2006). We began our broadcast in its usual fashion, but built it in such a way so we could take the president's speech on immigration reform, live from the White House. We were told the president would begin his speech at 5:01:30 PDT. So what were we to think when the picture from the Whi... Seattle came close to a record Monday, but fell short by just a few degrees of the record. The record high for Seattle for this date is 82, and it was set back in 1958. SeaTac topped out at 79 degrees --unseasonably warm, but not a record. However Portland easily broke their old record of 86, hitting 90 at lunchtime and inching up to a maximum of 91... ...Moms all across the country were pampered, wined and dined Sunday for Mother's Day. I spent time with my mom Friday and Saturday because Sunday is a work day for me. Fortunately my assignment was to drive to Whidbey Island and meet Mary Geist who had been named Mom of the Year. ...Nothing fires up a Seahawks fan more than the Texas Aggies' legal challenge for the trademark "12th Man" that went to court right before the Super Bowl. (Well, except for the officiating embarrassment in Detroit, but we won't start on that again.) After months of negotiations, the Seahawks and the Aggies have come to an agreement, sa... We receive a lot of e-mail and letters here at KING 5, and we're going to start posting a few of them right here on Blogger KING. To get things started, R.H. in Elma, Washington copied us on a letter he sent to Exxon Mobil. It reflects some of the anger that many people are feeling in light of rising gas prices and skyrocketing oil company profits: Dear Sir: Concerning your company's "record profit." I am just an ordinar... |