Archive for the ‘alaska’ Category
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock. The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning, just hours after seismologists at the Alaska Volcano Center began detecting a series of small tremors.Read ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens supported the $2.5 billion figure for punitive damages, saying Congress has chosen not to impose restrictions in such circumstances. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also dissented, saying the court was engaging in "lawmaking" by concluding that punitive damages may not exceed what the company ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Durban said white killer whales have been spotted twice before: in 1993 in the northern Bering Sea around St. Lawrence Island and in 2001 near Adak in the central Aleutians. There also have been sightings along the Russian coast.Read the full story
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich said Sunday he plans to run for the Senate seat held by Ted Stevens since 1968, ending months of speculation. The 46-year-old Democrat said he plans a formal announcement Monday in Anchorage and later that afternoon in Fairbanks.Read the full story
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
A polar bear shot outside Fort Yukon traveled farther inland than any previous animal of its kind, according to federal biologists. The bear, a female estimated to be 3 years old, walked about 250 miles to the Yukon River community.Read the full story
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
15 howling Alaska winters and 15 brief frenzied summers, and the ancient bus on the Stampede Trail still rusts in the wilderness, almost exactly as Chris McCandless left it...Read the full story
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
When a lone, female wolf appeared at the Brooks River Falls in Katmai National Park & Preserve this summer and began catching sockeye salmon as if she were the most efficient of brown bears, photographer Paul Stinsa didn't know what to think.Read the full story
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