Archive for December, 2008
Monday, December 29th, 2008
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHKAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Today in Anchorage
Today: Bitterly cold. Abundant sunshine. High around 0F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Cold. Low around -5F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Tomorrow: Mainly sunny. Very cold. High 1F. Winds light and variable. Tomorrow night: A mostly clear sky. Cold. Low -4F. Winds N at 5 to 10 […]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Tick tock … tick: Extra second added to 2008
By Jim Wolf Mon Dec 29, 10:00 am ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Those eager to put 2008 behind them will have to hold their good-byes for just a moment this New Year’s Eve. The world’s official timekeepers have added a “leap second” to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks […]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
DNA tracks ancient Alaskan’s descendants
10,300 YEARS OLD: Tests of Southeast Natives challenge prior anthropological results. By GEORGE BRYSON gbryson@adn.com (12/28/08 23:01:32) An ancient mariner who lived and died 10,000 years ago on an island west of Ketchikan probably doesn’t have any close relatives left in Alaska. But some of them migrated south and their descendents can be found today […]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Rush of Arctic cold settles on Anchorage
WEEKLONG FORECAST: Minus 20s pay short visit to east part of town at night. By JULIA O’MALLEY jomalley@adn.com (12/28/08 22:22:06) Sunday was the coldest day of the winter so far, and the rest of the week will be as cold or colder, according to the National Weather Service. A high pressure system, clear and icy, […]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Six Decades After WWII, a Silver Star
December 29, 2008 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services It came 64 years after the fact, but Robert Lee Aston now has one of the military’s most important honors. Aston, a resident of Rapidan, Va., and former B-24 bomber navigator, received the Silver Star medal at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. In 1944, Aston’s commanding […]
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Study: DoD May Act On US Civil Unrest
Let’s hope not. This is not, and should not, be what the military is about. It is also backwards - the “fix” should be to the conditions which cause the unrest, nit the unrest itself. December 29, 2008 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services A U.S. Army War College report warns an economic crisis in the United States […]