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Alaska Politician Blamed For Disturbance On Flight - Usa Today
anchorage (ap) — alaska state sen. lesil mcguire caused a disturbance on an alaska airlines flight, including throwing a glass of water when flight attendants refused to serve her alcohol, authorities said. an anchorage airport police report of the ...
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Alaska Democrats Replace State House Candidate
juneau, alaska (ap) - the alaska democratic party named anchorage school board treasurer chris tuck to replace a candidate for state house who has withdrawn from the race.
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Alaska Democrats Replace State House Candidate
associated press - september 17, 2008 9:44 pm et juneau, alaska (ap) - the alaska democratic party named anchorage school board treasurer chris tuck to replace a candidate for state house who...
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A Century After Air Travel's First Fatality, Safety Is Still Center ... - Seattle Times
cockpit alerts : the faa ordered boeing 737s to be upgraded so they could alert the cockpit crew of failures in the rudder control system following an investigation into a united airlines crash in colorado springs, colo., in 1991 that killed 25 ...
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Nbc Fact-checks Sarah Palin - Raw Story
in the midst of "palinmania," a major media outlet has aired a "fact check" segment two weeks after the republican national convention debut of sarah palin, alaska's governor and senator mccain's running mate. nbc has addressed inaccurate claims on ...
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Senate Must Not Approve Earmark For Unnecessary Alaska Road In Izembek
despite congress’s appropriation of $37.5 million in 1998 to improve king cove, alaska’s medical facilities and connection to cold bay, the town—and alaska’s congressional delegation—once again wants more.
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Mexico, Las Vegas, Caribbean Cruising Rank High On Travel Agent Survey
minneapolis (ap) — mexico, las vegas and caribbean cruising were all high on the list of popular vacation options in a survey conducted by travel leaders (formerly carlson wagonlit travel associates).
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Palin Joins Mccain For Michigan Town Hall Meeting - Newsweek
member comments posted by: morgan2008 @ 09/17/2008 8:44:48 pm comment: maybe you should take a trip to alaska, then you might be able to see russia for yourself without actually traveling to russia.
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Safety In The Air - Detroit News
phoenix -- it was called an "aeroplane," but the contraption orville wright piloted on sept. 17, 1908, was hardly more than a big box kite with a motor. and unlike his famous first flight in 1903, this one was doomed. less than five minutes after ...
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Travel Almanac: Top 10 Outdoorsy Towns To Live And Play In
top 10 outdoorsy towns to live and play in 1. asheville, n.c. 2. haines, alaska 3. portland, maine 4. carbondale, colo. 5. nevada city, calif. 6. ashland, ore.
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Alaska Air Cuts Won't Affect Southeast
alaska airlines is cutting flight schedules and jobs, but many alaska airlines flights in southeast won't be affected, partly because they're subsidized by the federal government.
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Transportation Accidents - Chicago Tribune
northrop grumman's newport news shipyard on wednesday received a $5.1 billion contract to build the next generation aircraft carrier gerald r. ford, marking a major milestone for both the yard and the u.s. navy and ensuring labor stability in newport ...
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Ebay Incorporated - Fort Lauderdale Sun-sentinel
lehman brothers put itself on the block wednesday as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue the investment bank from bad bets on real estate-related holdings that have already laid low other storied wall street firms. the 158-year-old company's chief ...
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United's 2nd Bag Fee Boost May Spark Airline Trend
do hefty checked-baggage fees have you packing light when you travel? you may need to pack even lighter.
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Donald Craig Mitchell: This Week's Palin Primer From Alaska: Bristol And Levi, Earmarks, Troopergate, More
it has been 48 hours since i have had a call from any agent of any national news organization. but here in the subarctic there have been several new developments in which those of you who aren't here in the subarctic may be interested.
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Natural Resources - Hartford Courant
state environmental officials say they are investigating fish kills at three farm ponds in keokuk county. officials say a pond owner reported the first fish kill early this week, followed by reports from other owners in the area southeast of ...
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Pre-game: Today's Strategies - Politico.com
both candidates will let the campaign cool down a little thursday, as obama and mccain travel to new york to mark the seventh anniversary of the sept. 11 terrorist attacks. their schedules are nearly identical: both will appear at an event at ground ...
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Chris Tuck Picked To Face Off Against Ronald Jordan
the alaska democratic party named anchorage school board treasurer chris tuck to replace a candidate for state house who has withdrawn from the race. bronson frye was the democratic primary winner in the race to represent the anchorage dimond business district.
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Alaska's Pfd Sale Covers Continent
the permanent fund dividend travel sale has become alaska airlines' biggest statewide sale of the year. there are better individual fares from time to time, but each fall, alaska airlines comes up with discounts to almost every destination. this year is no exception.
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Obama Puts Heat On Palin As She Boosts Gop Ticket - Yahoo News
farmington hills, mich. - listening to barack obama , it can seem like republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin is the main person standing between him and the white house instead of john mccain . obama is putting as much heat on palin as he ...
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