Wednesday
October 27, 2004
'Katmai'
Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson
Ketchikan: Cellmate
charged in prisoner slaying; Carl Abuhl has admitted to strangling
Gregory Beaudoin - A convicted killer at a prison in Seward
has been charged with the August strangulation of his cellmate,
also a convicted killer. - Read
this ADN story...
Anchorage Daily News - Wednesday
- October 27, 2004
 National: Cassini-Huygens
makes first close approach to Titan - Tuesday the NASA/ESA/ASI
Cassini-Huygens spacecraft made a fly-by of Saturn's largest
moon Titan - the closest ever performed.
At the time of the closest approach the spacecraft was traveling
only 1200 kilometres above the surface of the moon, almost grazing
the outer atmosphere, at a speed of six kilometres per second
(21 800 kilometres per hour)! - More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
Ketchikan: Signatures
Of People From Ketchikan and Around The World Journeyed to Saturn
Aboard The Cassini - The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is carrying
more than just science instruments and sophisticated cameras.
Keeping the spacecraft company is the result of a NASA campaign
which began in 1995 - a DVD disk placed onboard the spacecraft
containing the signatures of more than a half million well-wishers
from 81 nations - including well-wishers from Ketchikan, Alaska.
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More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
Alaska: State
Flags Lowered for State Sen. Walter I. "Bob" Palmer
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Governor Frank H. Murkowski on Tuesday ordered state flags
to be flown at half-staff for Walter I. "Bob" Palmer,
former state senator and Hammond administration official who
died on Monday at his home in Juneau. Flags will remain at half-staff
until Nov. 5. - More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
Ketchikan/ Statewide: Aging
Adults: Is There Room for Us in Alaska? - Representative
Sharon Cissna will host a nonpartisan, statewide teleconference
hearing on Friday, October 29, from 1 to 4 p.m., to highlight
Alaska's social and economic relationship to seniors. This hearing,
co-sponsored by Representative Lesil McGuire, Senator Johnny
Ellis, and other legislators, will be an exploration of a subject
pivotal to the long-term planning for both the state and so many
Alaskans. - More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
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Technology: NASA's
Columbia Supercomputer is World's Fastest - Silicon Graphics
(NYSE: SGI) with NASA on Tuesday confirmed that NASA's new Intel®
Itanium® 2 processor-based Columbia supercomputer is the
most powerful computer in the world. Only days after NASA completed
installation of Columbia-and using just 16 of Columbia's 20 installed
systems-the new supercomputer achieved sustained performance
of 42.7 trillion calculations per second (teraflops), eclipsing
the performance of every supercomputer operating today. - More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
Columnist
 Dick
Morris - Nobody
Knows - So now the Zogby poll, which had seen more
Kerry strength than most, is picking up a Bush surge - while
the Rasmussen poll, which trended for Bush, is seeing a Kerry
bump.
I'm glad that I am out of the
business of polling U.S. elections.
The difficulties of accurately
surveying presidential prospects have become ever more daunting
with each new election cycle. The growing difficulties account
for the wide fluctuations in survey data. - More...
Wednesday - October 27, 2004
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