July-Issue-1 2012

About 100 firefighters from Alaska are heading to Colorado to help fight wildfires there.

Investors rejoiced over Europe last week. On Monday, they got back to worrying about the United States.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a decades-long fight over the name of the mountain, widely referred to as Denali by Alaskans.

Lending to small businesses is recovering after a four-month decline.

U.S. and Pakistani officials expressed optimism Monday that Islamabad was close to reopening its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies after a 7-month blockade, a move that could significantly reduce tension between the two countries.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a decades-long fight over the name of the mountain, widely referred to as Denali by Alaskans.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a decades-long fight over the name of the mountain, widely referred to as Denali by Alaskans.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a decades-long fight over the name of the mountain, widely referred to as Denali by Alaskans.

U.S. and Pakistani officials expressed optimism Monday that Islamabad was close to reopening its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies after a 7-month blockade, a move that could significantly reduce tension between the two countries.

Investors rejoiced over Europe last week. On Monday, they got back to worrying about the United States.

The walls are lined with varying sizes of miniature tools — screwdrivers, pliers, protractors and drill bits. Pictures of the old U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Maple" hang in plastic sleeves. Pieces of wood and parts for ship models are scattered about the small workshop space in Dennis "Pat" Carroll's home.

About 100 firefighters from Alaska are heading to Colorado to help fight wildfires there.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. It is the latest move in a decades-long fight over the name of the mountain, widely referred to as Denali by Alaskans.

Lending to small businesses is recovering after a four-month decline.