Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » 2012 http://newstalk870.am Sun, 19 May 2013 03:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 2012′s Dumbest Criminals Are Painfully Dumb http://newstalk870.am/2012-dumbest-criminals/ http://newstalk870.am/2012-dumbest-criminals/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:00:33 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=174593 It turns out to make it onto a list of the dumbest criminals, you have to actually be pretty dumb. Granted, we can't all be masterminds, but it probably doesn't take much to know you shouldn't make a YouTube video boasting about the bank you just robbed. Or tweet about punching a guy in the face. Nor should you get into a fist fight over a piece of birthday cake.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/2012-dumbest-criminals/feed/ 0 TruTV Best of 2012 – September-October – Horriffic Oregon Crash – Playboy Magazine and Politics in WA http://newstalk870.am/best-of-2012-september-october-horriffic-oregon-crash-playboy-magazine-and-politics-in-wa/ http://newstalk870.am/best-of-2012-september-october-horriffic-oregon-crash-playboy-magazine-and-politics-in-wa/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:00:56 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=113667 September and October saw a spectacular crash captured on video at Columbia Motor Speedway in Hermiston,  a tragic crash in Oregon, and Playboy mixed with Spokane politics!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/best-of-2012-september-october-horriffic-oregon-crash-playboy-magazine-and-politics-in-wa/feed/ 0 (townsquare media image) Watch 2012′s Best News Bloopers In One Epic Compilation http://newstalk870.am/best-2012-news-bloopers/ http://newstalk870.am/best-2012-news-bloopers/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:00:42 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=174643 It's that special time of year when people take all the funny things that happen and make them all into one big thing. Here, for example, are the best funny news bloopers of 2012.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/best-2012-news-bloopers/feed/ 0 YouTube Top Baby Names in Washington Last Year – Is Yours on List? http://newstalk870.am/top-baby-names-in-washington-for-last-year-is-yours-on-list/ http://newstalk870.am/top-baby-names-in-washington-for-last-year-is-yours-on-list/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:01:00 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=114184 The Washington State Department of Health says parents are becoming more "creative" than in decades past.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/top-baby-names-in-washington-for-last-year-is-yours-on-list/feed/ 0 (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Best of 2012-Cable Camera Falls At Bowl Game-Just Misses Players http://newstalk870.am/cable-camera-falls-at-bowl-game-just-misses-players/ http://newstalk870.am/cable-camera-falls-at-bowl-game-just-misses-players/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:00:57 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=32543 Cable camera falls during Iowa-Oklahoma Bowl Game

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/cable-camera-falls-at-bowl-game-just-misses-players/feed/ 0 (getty images) Best of 2012 October – Playboy Magazine + Politics = Hot State Legislative Race in Spokane http://newstalk870.am/playboy-magazine-politics-collide-in-spokane-legislative-race-candidate-appeared-in-spread/ http://newstalk870.am/playboy-magazine-politics-collide-in-spokane-legislative-race-candidate-appeared-in-spread/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:00:33 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=101779 When one side slings mud, they can't expect the other side not to respond.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/playboy-magazine-politics-collide-in-spokane-legislative-race-candidate-appeared-in-spread/feed/ 0 (from Biviano campaign website-amybiviano.com) Technology 2012 Winners and Losers Include Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and More http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/ http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:19:15 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=110328 As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at who won, and lost big-time in 2012.   Where did Facebook land?  Groupon? Ever heard of LinkedIn?  You will.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/technology-2012-winners-and-losers-facebook-twitter-instagram-and-more/feed/ 0 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 'Secession' Movement Begins to Snowball With 675,000 Signatures and Growing http://newstalk870.am/secession-movement-begins-to-snowball-34-of-a-million-signatures-and-growing/ http://newstalk870.am/secession-movement-begins-to-snowball-34-of-a-million-signatures-and-growing/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:26:10 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=106885 Before you start thinking we're splitting, take a breath.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/secession-movement-begins-to-snowball-34-of-a-million-signatures-and-growing/feed/ 0 (Photo by Jacob Silberberg/Pool/Getty Images) Inslee Lead Widens Over McKenna In Governor's Race http://newstalk870.am/inslee-lead-widens-over-mckenna-in-governors-race/ http://newstalk870.am/inslee-lead-widens-over-mckenna-in-governors-race/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:47:58 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=106184 According to the latest information, the slim lead Jay Inslee had over Rob McKenna in the race for Governor has widened a bit.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/inslee-lead-widens-over-mckenna-in-governors-race/feed/ 0 (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Breaking News: Preserve Marriage Washington Concedes Passage of R-74 http://newstalk870.am/breaking-news-preserve-marriage-washington-concedes-likely-passage-of-r-74/ http://newstalk870.am/breaking-news-preserve-marriage-washington-concedes-likely-passage-of-r-74/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:59:52 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105907 Preserve Marriage Washington appears to be conceding the fight as of Thursday afternoon.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/breaking-news-preserve-marriage-washington-concedes-likely-passage-of-r-74/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Preserve Marriage Washington website) Party for Socialism and Liberation Makes Obama Look Conservative http://newstalk870.am/party-for-socialism-and-liberation-makes-obama-look-conservative/ http://newstalk870.am/party-for-socialism-and-liberation-makes-obama-look-conservative/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:00:38 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105370 You might have missed them; they were near the bottom of the Washington State ballot. But they were there.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/party-for-socialism-and-liberation-makes-obama-look-conservative/feed/ 0 Inslee's Seattle Headquarters Suffers Election Eve Break-In http://newstalk870.am/inslee-headquarters-in-seattle-suffers-pre-election-eve-break-in/ http://newstalk870.am/inslee-headquarters-in-seattle-suffers-pre-election-eve-break-in/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:00:06 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105357 Seattle police are investigating a break-in at the state headquarters for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/inslee-headquarters-in-seattle-suffers-pre-election-eve-break-in/feed/ 0 Election Day Shenanigans Abounded http://newstalk870.am/more-election-day-issues-obama-mural-in-polling-place-florida-posters-and-more/ http://newstalk870.am/more-election-day-issues-obama-mural-in-polling-place-florida-posters-and-more/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:14:31 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105317 2012 was quite the election!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/more-election-day-issues-obama-mural-in-polling-place-florida-posters-and-more/feed/ 0 GOP Poll Observers 'Tossed' From Sites in Philly http://newstalk870.am/election-day-hijinks-begin-gop-poll-observers-tossed-from-sites-in-philly/ http://newstalk870.am/election-day-hijinks-begin-gop-poll-observers-tossed-from-sites-in-philly/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:06:54 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105269 I guess being a court-appointed observer doesn't mean anything to Philadelphia Democrats.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/election-day-hijinks-begin-gop-poll-observers-tossed-from-sites-in-philly/feed/ 0 (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) Is 3rd Party Voting 'Wasting' Your Vote? Some Claim It Is [POLL] http://newstalk870.am/is-3rd-party-voting-wasting-your-vote-some-claim-it-is-poll/ http://newstalk870.am/is-3rd-party-voting-wasting-your-vote-some-claim-it-is-poll/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:48:08 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=105005 Most voters believe third-party voting doesn't work.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/is-3rd-party-voting-wasting-your-vote-some-claim-it-is-poll/feed/ 0 Bryson Photo Voting Machines 'Picking' Wrong Candidate in Some Battleground States http://newstalk870.am/voting-machines-picking-wrong-candidate-in-some-battleground-states/ http://newstalk870.am/voting-machines-picking-wrong-candidate-in-some-battleground-states/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:00:45 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=104718 Although it's not considered widespread, increasing reports are filtering in about voter machines that select the "wrong" candidate when the voter pushes the button or touches the screen.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/voting-machines-picking-wrong-candidate-in-some-battleground-states/feed/ 0 (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images) Unemployment Rate Now Higher Than Day Obama Took Office http://newstalk870.am/unemployment-rate-now-higher-than-day-obama-took-office/ http://newstalk870.am/unemployment-rate-now-higher-than-day-obama-took-office/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:30:39 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=104743 On the eve of the 2012 election, the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate is 7.9 percent.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/unemployment-rate-now-higher-than-day-obama-took-office/feed/ 0 (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Voter I.D. Laws & Why Liberals Hate Them http://newstalk870.am/voter-i-d-laws-why-liberals-hate-them/ http://newstalk870.am/voter-i-d-laws-why-liberals-hate-them/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:20:55 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=103558 One of the hottest issues this year is voter fraud. Why are liberals so against voter I.D. and verification programs?

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/voter-i-d-laws-why-liberals-hate-them/feed/ 0 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Obama Wants Chinese-Built Wind Turbines Here – Was It a Biden-Style Goof or the Truth? http://newstalk870.am/obama-wants-chinese-built-wind-turbines-running-here-biden-style-goof-or-truth/ http://newstalk870.am/obama-wants-chinese-built-wind-turbines-running-here-biden-style-goof-or-truth/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:00:32 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=102912 In a very Joe Biden-like gaffe, President Obama said something very interesting.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/obama-wants-chinese-built-wind-turbines-running-here-biden-style-goof-or-truth/feed/ 0 Obama Calls Romney a "Bullsh***er" in Rolling Stone Interview http://newstalk870.am/obama-calls-romney-a-bullser-in-rolling-stone-interview/ http://newstalk870.am/obama-calls-romney-a-bullser-in-rolling-stone-interview/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:34:21 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=102863 As he sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Obama had some "kind words" for his GOP challenger.

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