Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Alaska’s nuclear ambitions
Source: By Stefan Milkowski, The New York Times
KTVA
Updated:06/30/2009 08:00:46 AM AKDT
In a quest to lower energy prices, some municipalities in the oil-rich state of Alaska are looking to small-scale nuclear power.
The City of Galena, a village of 580 people on the Yukon River, has been working for years with energy giant Toshiba Corp. to bring […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Today: Partly cloudy. High 66F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mainly clear. Low 52F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds. High 69F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy. Low 53F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
U.S. troop pullback darkened by deaths of 4 soldiers
By Aamer Madhani and Nadeem Majeed, USA TODAY
BAGHDAD — Four American soldiers have died in combat during the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraqi cities, adding a darker note to a milestone that Iraqis have wanted for some time.
By Khalil Al- Murshidi, AFP/Getty Images
The troop deaths prompted Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to assure Iraqis that […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Bertrand, bishop (of LeMans)
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Johan Olaf Wallin of Sweden, Bishop, Hymn Writer
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Saint Theobald of Provins
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Saint Martial
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Memorial of the 1st Martyrs of the See of Rome
There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the converts of the “Apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 15:20). Paul had not yet visited them at the time he wrote his great letter in a.d. 57-58.
There was a large Jewish population in Rome. Probably […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Commemoration of St Paul
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
DoD Advised to Ban Tobacco Gradually
June 30, 2009
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Butt out. But slowly.
That’s the counsel of the Institute of Medicine, which has issued a report advising the Defense Department to phase in a military-wide tobacco ban, beginning at the military academies.
The report was requested by the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs, which asked the Institute of […]