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Big baby walrus coming to NYC aquariumA 234-pound baby walrus is coming to the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. |
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Oil prices up as Turkey-Syria tension risesOil prices rose Thursday as tension between Turkey and Syria raised concerns that crude oil supplies from the Middle East could be disrupted. |
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Stocks head higher, despite Europe worriesThe stock market headed higher in early trading Thursday, latching on to a piece of encouraging news about U.S. unemployment and ignoring worrisome developments in Europe. |
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Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killedA masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting Thursday near his home in the capital, officials said, adding the assault bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida's Yemen branch. |
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Team Obama hopes veep debate halts GOP momentumDemocrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance since Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first presidential faceoff. |
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Fairbanks says yes to energy utilityThe Fairbanks City Council has voted in favor of supporting a borough-sponsored energy utility. |
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Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulatorsThe specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday. |
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Finance leaders to address global economic threatsWhen global finance ministers meet this week in Tokyo, they'll confront a triple challenge: Economic troubles in three major regions are threatening the world's economy. |
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Alcoa and Chevron lead Dow Jones average downDownbeat reports from Alcoa and Chevron at the start of a critical corporate earnings season pulled stock indexes lower for a third straight day Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average slumped more than 100 points. |
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Yum Brands upbeat about China divisionThe owner of the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC chains predicted Wednesday its fast-growing China business will serve up another round of strong profit growth next year despite a slowing economy in its most important overseas market. |
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Million-dollar home intentionally burned |
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Alaska Airlines: Operations returning to normalAlaska Airlines said flights were running close to normal late Monday after a fiber-optic outage shut down its ticketing system for more than four hours, causing the airline and its regional carrier to cancel 78 flights, affecting nearly 7,000 customers. |
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US official in Libya said he wanted more securityA top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. |
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WH race contested in far fewer states than in pastSo much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them. |
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Oil price soars on supply jittersThe price of oil rose more than 3 percent Tuesday on concerns about supplies from the Middle East and the North Sea. |
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Kodiak Launch Complex expansion faces delayAlaska Aerospace Corporation's plans for a new launch pad have been delayed, not canceled. |
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Pilots get new tool to avoid bump flightsSam Gottstein has had some memorable flights, but nothing like the nail-biter coming into Alaska's capital city earlier this year. |
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Significant flight delays for Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines President and CEO Brad Tilden says there might be a partial solution by noon Pacific time to computer problems that have caused system-wide flight delays for his carrier. |
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Calif. gas prices hit record high 2nd straight dayCalifornia motorists faced another day of record-breaking gasoline prices Sunday, though relief appeared to be on the way. |
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Weak forecast on Asian economy sends stocks lowerInvestors looked warily at forecasts for poor U.S. corporate earnings and weaker growth in Asia and decided there wasn't much reason to buy stocks. |
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Archive » Transportation |
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Alaska Airlines: Operations returning to normalAlaska Airlines said flights were running close to normal late Monday after a fiber-optic outage shut down its ticketing system for more than four hours, causing the airline and its regional carrier to cancel 78 flights, affecting nearly 7,000 customers. |
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Pilots get new tool to avoid bump flightsSam Gottstein has had some memorable flights, but nothing like the nail-biter coming into Alaska's capital city earlier this year. |
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Significant flight delays for Alaska AirlinesAlaska Airlines President and CEO Brad Tilden says there might be a partial solution by noon Pacific time to computer problems that have caused system-wide flight delays for his carrier. |
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Archive » Construction Articles |
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Kodiak Launch Complex expansion faces delayAlaska Aerospace Corporation's plans for a new launch pad have been delayed, not canceled. |
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Archive » Oil & Gas |
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Oil prices up as Turkey-Syria tension risesOil prices rose Thursday as tension between Turkey and Syria raised concerns that crude oil supplies from the Middle East could be disrupted. |
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Archive » Technology |
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Kodiak Launch Complex expansion faces delayAlaska Aerospace Corporation's plans for a new launch pad have been delayed, not canceled. |
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Archive » National Politics |
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Team Obama hopes veep debate halts GOP momentumDemocrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance since Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first presidential faceoff. |
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US official in Libya said he wanted more securityA top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. |
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WH race contested in far fewer states than in pastSo much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them. |
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Archive » Finance |
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Stocks head higher, despite Europe worriesThe stock market headed higher in early trading Thursday, latching on to a piece of encouraging news about U.S. unemployment and ignoring worrisome developments in Europe. |
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Finance leaders to address global economic threatsWhen global finance ministers meet this week in Tokyo, they'll confront a triple challenge: Economic troubles in three major regions are threatening the world's economy. |
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Alcoa and Chevron lead Dow Jones average downDownbeat reports from Alcoa and Chevron at the start of a critical corporate earnings season pulled stock indexes lower for a third straight day Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average slumped more than 100 points. |
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Weak forecast on Asian economy sends stocks lowerInvestors looked warily at forecasts for poor U.S. corporate earnings and weaker growth in Asia and decided there wasn't much reason to buy stocks. |
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Archive » General News |
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Big baby walrus coming to NYC aquariumA 234-pound baby walrus is coming to the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. |
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Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killedA masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting Thursday near his home in the capital, officials said, adding the assault bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida's Yemen branch. |
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Fairbanks says yes to energy utilityThe Fairbanks City Council has voted in favor of supporting a borough-sponsored energy utility. |
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Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulatorsThe specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the scope of its state license, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Wednesday. |
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Yum Brands upbeat about China divisionThe owner of the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC chains predicted Wednesday its fast-growing China business will serve up another round of strong profit growth next year despite a slowing economy in its most important overseas market. |
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Million-dollar home intentionally burned |
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Alaska Airlines: Operations returning to normalAlaska Airlines said flights were running close to normal late Monday after a fiber-optic outage shut down its ticketing system for more than four hours, causing the airline and its regional carrier to cancel 78 flights, affecting nearly 7,000 customers. |
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US official in Libya said he wanted more securityA top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. |
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Calif. gas prices hit record high 2nd straight dayCalifornia motorists faced another day of record-breaking gasoline prices Sunday, though relief appeared to be on the way. |
