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 Dan
K. Thomasson: The
real problem is health costs - The other day the charge for
transporting a friend's mother from a nursing home to a hospital
only three miles away was $400. Medicare paid the bill. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
Paul K. McMasters: Getting
a grip on our right to be offended -
Did you hear the one
about the amateur comedians and the lawyer? It goes like this:
- More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
 Howard
Dean: From
the Ground Up - Over the past 30 years, Republicans
have become the majority party in America by building a terrific
grassroots organization. If we are to take our country back for
ordinary working Americans, Democrats will have to match or exceed
the Republicans' ability to motivate voters. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
 Dick
Morris: How
Second Terms Fail - Presidential second terms usually end
in failure. Since 1900, only Teddy Roosevelt could boast of a
second term that was as good or better than his first. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
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International: What
to look for in the Iraqi election - Nearly a dozen candidates
have been killed. Hundreds of others have been threatened and
targeted for assassination, some more than once.
Deadly explosions have rocked
political party offices. Eight staffers of Baghdad's elections
commission died in a suicide-bomb attack. And leaflets in several
cities are warning Iraqis they will face death if they dare to
vote. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
National: Republicans
move fast on Social Security legislation - Senate Republican
leaders made Social Security reform the first piece of legislation
in the new Congress as they introduced a bill Monday that would
allow Americans to shift money from the retirement program into
private accounts. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
National: Declining
birth rate helps fuel Social Security problems - While Social
Security's problems are often blamed on the impending retirement
of the baby boomers, the low birth rate in the United States
could be just as much at fault. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
National: Feds
raise alarm on airplane icing - Federal crash investigations
have made repeated calls for tougher rules and more research
on flying in icing conditions because 135 planes have fallen
out of the sky since 1993 because of ice. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
Alaska: Legislature
Urged to Fully Implement Constitutional Provisions Regarding
Boroughs - The Alaska Local Boundary Commission, created
under Alaska's Constitution to address borough formation and
other municipal boundary matters, has submitted its annual report
to the Alaska Legislature. The report urges legislative attention
regarding the issue of borough government. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
Alaska: Alaskans
Encouraged to "Get Smart About Insurance"; When buying
insurance - don't get fooled - Each month, without fail,
the bills arrive - home mortgage, car payment, student loans.
Usually the largest bills cover those items that mean the most
to us - the assets we spent the most time contemplating before
purchasing. But what about insurance? Strangely enough, insurance
is often one of the most costly bills we pay each month - but,
the one we think little about. That is why the Alaska Division
of Insurance is asking you to take time to learn more during
"Get Smart About Insurance Week," January 2428,
2005. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
Ketchikan: DEC
seeks public comment on Alaska Food Code - The Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold a workshop in Ketchikan
and workshops throughout the state to solicit public comment
on the updated Alaska Food Code. - More...
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
Ketchikan: Cold
storage land denied in Ketchikan - A refusal by the Ketchikan
Gateway Borough Assembly to provide land may doom a proposed
regional cold storage project. - Read
the rest of this ADN story....
Anchorage Daily News - linked
Tuesday - January 25, 2005
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