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Paul Allen gives big donation to WSU for global health

Washington State University is getting the biggest donation in its history – from its most famous drop-out.  Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, is giving $26 million, to support the new School for...

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Director James Cameron helping launch "Avatar" exhibit in Seattle

If you’re a fan of the movie “Avatar” you might really like the exhibition opening Saturday at Seattle’s Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.“Avatar” director James...

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Paul Allen to open airport operations - for space!

Paul Allen’s new company, Stratolaunch Systems hopes to bring airport-like operations to the launch of commercial and government payloads and, eventually, human missions. Plans call for a first flight...

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Paul Allen's dramatic spaceship joins Bezos in space-race

Paul Allen is bankrolling a dramatic new space-craft, which aims to launch satellites later this decade, and maybe people, too. The project uses an airplane made from two rebuilt Boeing 747’s. It looks...

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What is it about the NW that makes the rich yearn for outer space?

What is it about our super rich tech guys and local culture that makes them want to send people into outer space?Yesterday, the space venture backed by Jeff Bezos (of Amazon fame) announced it was...

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Microsoft co-founder puts $300 million into 'brain observatories'

Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, is more than doubling his investment in unraveling mysteries of the brain – and bringing some of America’s top scientists to a new lab in Seattle. They say...

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Washington among top 10 states for cyber crime; Paul Allen hit

Sitting in a coffee shop with a friend 10 days ago, I got a call from an 800-number, I took it and it was a credit card fraud warning. I didn’t answer the questions and ended the call. You know, never...

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World’s largest garage door: First giant step for Allen’s spaceship

Billionaire Paul Allen’s spaceship project has reached a milestone in the form of the world's widest garage door. The door will make way for a strange vehicle under assembly in the Mojave Desert. 

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Experience His Music Project: Paul Allen Releases Star-Studded CD

A new CD is being released Tuesday by hometown kid Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. The CD features his songwriting and collaborations with Joe Walsh, ChrissieHynde, and Heart.

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New Program Offers Financial Counseling to Those in Need

Learning how to budget and save is something everyone can benefit from, even people who barely have a penny to their name.That’s the idea behind so-called Financial Empowerment Centers Seattle is...

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