Bothell's LAF Tech says anyone can learn to be funny with enough practice and determination. They hold workshops, giving atendees access to stand-up comedians, so they can learn the mechanics of joke telling.

University of Washington computer scientists are working on making 3-D models of people, using photos and video, that you could have a conversation with. This means, with enough footage of a deceased love one, you could talk to them again.

This week Rachel fills us in on a new way to look at dieting with 'The Taco Cleanse', examines the Washington childcare crisis, and discusses our dwindling dining etiquette with Bethany Jean Clement of the Seattle Times. Then, Rachel speaks with 'Sound of

Seattle Times' food writer and a Seattle etiquette expert share some of the worst offenses they have seen in restaurants, and offer a solution to bring manners back to the dinner table.

A new book, called The Taco Cleanse, shuns juices and fasts for 30 days of tacos. There are 75 vegan taco recipes in the book, and plenty of advice for how to achieve a better life through a successful taco cleanse.

A single mom, who makes cuff bracelets at night, after work, after her daughter goes to sleep, was thrilled when the GRAMMYs asked to feature her bracelets in the official GRAMMY gift bags.

Five weeks before her wedding, Dana's fiance broke up with by her. Since she was unable to get back the thousands she spent on the reception hall, catering and band, she decided to donate the party to Seattle's Mary's Place.

Neighbors in Queen Anne, Magnolia and Ballard are blaming people living in RVs and buses for a recent uptick in crime. But one guy, who lives in an RV under the Ballard Bridge, says he keeps it clean. But acknowledges that half of the RV dwellers are to b

Last week in Magnolia, more than 300 people came to a meeting to heatedly discuss the crime in their neighborhood. They blame homeless people living in RVs nearby. Now Queen Anne neighbors are experiencing similar crime and have a meeting planned for this

Portland's Ruth Wariner grew up in a polygamist community in northern Mexico, her father's 39th child. Her father was murdered when she was just three months old, and her mother remarried another polygamist who made Ruth's life a living hell. Ruth will be