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Friday, May 09, 2008
Local News
| Halloween robber pleads guilty |
05/08/2008
Author: KTNA
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One of the Talkeetna Halloween robbers has plead guilty to receive lesser charges and not stand trial. Her sentencing is scheduled for August.
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| Check out the Webcam at Saunder's Field |
04/14/2008
Author: KTNA
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The first sandhill crane was spotted by Saunders' Field watcher Rick Ernst on Monday, April 21st.
Since then, there have been more arrivals, and the Cranecam captured ITS first cranes on Monday morning the 28th. Check for cranes, geese, ducks, shorebirds (and who knows what else!) on the cranecam.
Follow the link below to the latest Webcam photo, archived photos, and info from the techie, Jok Bondurant, who put it all together.
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National/International News
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| Prudhoe Bay oil production halted |
| Oil production at Prudhoe Bay was halted today when a vehicle clearing snowdrifts damaged the power supply to processing centers. BP said production would be “way down” today and would ramp back up over the next several days. BP’s Northstar field also went off-line as a result of the power outage. Northstar produces about 79,000 [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Prudhoe Bay oil production halted", url: "http://aprn.org/2008/05/09/prudhoe-bay-oil-production-halted/" }); |
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| Demonstrators protest sharp rise in Juneau power rates |
| More than 130 people protested the recent quadrupling of power prices in Juneau this afternoon on the steps of the state capital. In addition to seeking government relief, the Juneau People’s Power Project urged Juneau citizens not to pay the new rates. Rates spiked to 52 cents a kilowatt hour after avalanches knocked out the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Demonstrators protest sharp rise in Juneau power rates", url: "http://aprn.org/2008/05/09/demonstrators-protest-sharp-rise-in-juneau-power-rates/" }); |
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| Karleen Jackson, Alaska Commissioner of Health and Social Services resigns |
| Jackson has been with the department since 2003, when she became deputy HSS commissioner in the Murkowski administration. She took over as commissioner in 2005 and was not replaced when Governor Palin took office last year. But Jackson says she recently compared notes with Palin and it was clear they had a difference of opinion. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Karleen Jackson, Alaska Commissioner of Health and Social Services resigns", url: "http://aprn.org/2008/05/09/karleen-jackson-alaska-commissioner-of-health-and-social-services-resigns/" }); |
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| Professor: Myanmar Sees Its Identity at Stake |
| Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, talks about the military government of Myanmar and why it's been so reluctant to accept outside assistance in the aftermath of the cyclone. |
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| Can Obama Be Called the 'Presumptive Nominee'? |
| Several more superdelegates threw their support behind Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama on Friday, all but erasing the once-substantial lead of his rival, Hillary Clinton. Political analysts E.J. Dionne of The Washington Postand David Brooks of The New York Timessay the race is essentially over. |
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| Groups Scramble to Get Aid to Myanmar Survivors |
| Despite troubles with Myanmar's military rulers, U.N. World Food Program spokesman Paul Riley says the agency has 240 staffers on the ground hurriedly working with government ministries to get aid to survivors of the cyclone. The agency fears running out of time. |
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