Friday
March 11, 2005
'At
Rest'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
National: Bid
to bar drilling in ANWR defeated By Richard Mauer - Republicans
held off an attempt Thursday to strip the Senate budget resolution
of its provision to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to oil exploration, setting the stage for a battle on the Senate
floor, probably next week. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
National: Congress
considers more regulation of data-collection industry by
Margaret Talev - After years of pressure from consumer groups
and several recent cases affecting hundreds of thousands of Americans,
some members of Congress now seem intent on cracking down on
identity theft, not just by going after computer hackers or educating
consumers but by imposing stricter regulations on the companies
collecting and selling personal information. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
National: U.S.
official secrets multiplying at fast pace By Lance Gay -
Federal agencies are drawing protests from news organizations
by removing previously public documents from their Web sites
and creating new national security secrets at an accelerating
pace. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
National: FOIA
offers citizens access to government data By Thomas Hargrove
- Ever wanted to take a peak into the inner working of the federal
government? Or perhaps you're just curious about what bureaucrats
have written about you and your family? - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
Washington Calling: Ides
of March ... Kevlar shorts ... dogfight ... more By Lance
Gay - Syrian President Bashar Assad should beware the Ides of
March.
The runes being read in Washington
aren't looking good for the son of Syrian strongman Hafez al-Assad.
A computer geek and technocrat, Bashar never really wanted the
job as Syria's leader, and is in office thanks to his late father's
geriatric cronies. - More...
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Deep-Sea Coral
by Doug Schneider
Scientists Allen Andrews,
left, and Gregor Cailliet of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
are studying the age and growth of corals that thrive in the
deep sea. Photo Courtesy Doug Schneider, Alaska Sea Grant.
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Alaska: Deep-Sea
Coral by Doug Schneider - Probably few of us can imagine
living to be well over one hundred years old. Yet in nature,
many species often live this long. Bowhead whales can live more
than 150 years, as can land tortoises and rockfish, to name just
a few. Scientists recently discovered that the deep-sea corals
in waters off Alaska also live a long time, and may play a key
role in maintaining healthy fish stocks. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
Alaska: Exports
Rebound to $3.2 Billion High in 2004 - Alaska businesses
exported $3.2 billion in goods to foreign countries in 2004,
topping the $3 billion mark for the first time in more than a
decade, according to data compiled by the state Department of
Commerce, Community and Economic Development. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
Alaska: Young
Tells Congress "It's My Way, Not Your Highway" say
Alaska Conservation Groups - Transportation Committee Chairman
Don Young (R-Alaska) on Thursday oversaw the passage of H.R.
3, a $284-billion transportation bill that will authorize spending
on highway and transit projects for the next six years. A staggering
$721.9 million is earmarked for 39 wasteful transportation projects
in Alaska, including $423 million for two massive bridges say
Alaska conservation groups. -
More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
Alaska: State,
Public Safety Union Reach Accord on Contract - Alaska Governor
Frank H. Murkowski on Thursday praised a new three-year labor
contract approved for state troopers, airport police and fire
officers who are represented by the Public Safety Employees Association,
calling it a balanced agreement. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
Alaska: Alaska
is "Going Wild" - The State of Alaska and the Alaska
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development are
co-hosting a one-of-a-kind, invite-only event, showcasing the
best that Alaska has to offer. Held on Sunday, March 13, 2005,
the event will take place in the elegant Sheraton Boston Hotel,
located in the heart of downtown Boston. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
 Ketchikan:
Listen
to this KRBD story... A Ketchikan Group still hopes to keep
recreation lands in the Leask Lakes areas from being logged.
The Mental Health Trust Authority has already said it will award
the timber contacts to Alcan. Jay Marble reports.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
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Columns - Commentary
 Dave
Kiffer: Nostalgia
like that... For my birthday, my darling wife Charlotte bought
me a video of the movie "Ray."
There is a scene in the movie
where Ray Charles is performing before a packed auditorium and
it takes me back to the old Kayhi Auditorium in the early 1970s,
when Charles brought his big band to Ketchikan. It was one of
the great moments of my youth and changed my life. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
 Dale
McFeatters: Changing
the rules on bankruptcy - The bankruptcy bill that just passed
the Senate and is assured of House passage is being described
as "the most sweeping" and "most significant change"
in bankruptcy laws in 27 years and as a political victory for
President Bush.
A political victory for Bush
and the credit-card and banking industries, yes. But as for "sweeping"
and "significant," only time will tell. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
 Linda
Seebach: Stuck
with Social Security as we know it - I wish Social Security
had been set on track toward a sustainable financial future years
ago, when it might have done me some good. But I turned 65 in
December, and now I'm stuck with it.
By "sustainable"
I mean, to be entirely non-technical about it, that the system
is in actuarial balance as far as projections go, with projected
revenues sufficient to pay projected benefits forever. Depending
on who's counting, the system is several trillion dollars short
of that now. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
 Marsha
Mercer: When
dinner can do you in - The cat shot him.
The Associated Press reported
one day last week that a man in Michigan was standing at his
stove, cooking, about 6 p.m. when one of his cats knocked a loaded,
9mm handgun to the floor. - More...
Friday - March 11, 2005
 Joseph
Branco: The
Minimum Wage should be abolished - Who has the right to assign
a minimum amount of money an employer can pay an employee? The
government? By what authority? There are no provisions in the
constitution that grant the government that kind of power. It
is my contention that the concept of a "minimum wage"
should be abolished. - More...
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