Archive for December, 2007
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Feast of Marcellus, abbot of the Accemetes, confessor, about 485
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Today in Anchorage
Today: Snow showers. High 24F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low 9F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Committee picks Design for Anchorage Park Strip memorial
Associated Press - December 28, 2007 6:04 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Anchorage committee has made its choice for a renovation design for the Veteran’s Memorial on the Delaney Park Strip. The winning design keeps a Purple Heart display and soldier statue in their current locations but will add wider walkways and “light […]
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Revamping Fur Rendezvous
For those “Outside,” this is our annual City Festival. Recently the festival has been in poor financial shape but Rondy is ready for a makeover. (KTUU-TV) by Sean Doogan Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage is known for its beautiful vistas and abundant wildlife, but also is recognized for its once-a-year winter celebration, […]
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Feast of Tropez, Patron of newborns
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Feast of Thomas Becket
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Thank You For Sharing
“Like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime.” Rep Mike Pence (R-IN), describing his visit to a Baghdad market where a suicide bomber killed 88 people a few months earlier. Pence and the other members of the U.S. delegation visiting the market were decked in flak jackets while surrounded by 100 soldiers in […]
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
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“This president has listened to some people, the so-called Vulcans in the White House, the ideologues. But you know, unlike the Vulcans of Star Trek who made the decisions based on logic and fact, these guys make it on ideology. These aren’t Vulcans. There are Klingons in the White House. But unlike the real Klingons […]
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
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“It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I’m pretty sure.” White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, admitting she had never heard of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
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“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education […]