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AP: 27 Dead, Including 18 Children, At Sandy Hook School Shooting In Newtown
Twenty-seven people, including 18 children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to the Associated Press. Another person was found dead at 36 Yogananda St. in Newtown, sources told The Courant. Many of the...Tags: Seung-Hui Cho, Elizabeth Esty, Danbury, Executive Branch, Virginia Tech
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State Files Suit Against New EPA Fuel Standards
Channel 2 NewsWarning of higher shipping costs for Alaskans, the state has filed a suit challenging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's acceptance of new Environmental Protection Agency fuel standards for cargo ships and cruise ships. Attorney General Michael...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Environmental Cleanup, Janet Napolitano, Environmental Issues, Cruise Ship Jobs
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State Soccer Tournament Brackets Released
Channel 2 SportsThe matchups, dates and times have been announced for the ASAA soccer tournament. Action begins on Thursday with Dimond and Chugiak High Schools sharing quarterfinal hosting duties. Both the Dimond boys and girls are seeded first, but the South girls...Tags: Alaska School Activities Association, Sports, High School Sports, Soccer
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Weeks After Kodiak Coast Guard Double Homicide, Few Answers
Channel 2 NewsIt's been more than a month since a gunman opened fire inside a Coast Guard communications station in Kodiak, killing two men. A lot of people hoped there'd be some answers by now as to who is responsible, or at least whether or not that person is...Tags: Police Investigations, Murder, Janet Napolitano, FBI, Justice System
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Alaska Village: Kivalina Declares Disaster after Wind Storm
Channel 2 NewsThe northwest Alaska village of Kivalina has declared a disaster after a wind storm created huge snow piles. City administrator Janet Mitchell says the snow piles are as high as houses in some places and one home was completely covered. She says many...Tags: Snow Storms
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Russian Icebreaker Renda Departs for Nome
Channel 2 NewsThe Russian Icebreaker, Renda, finally left Dutch Harbor on Wednesday morning, and began its historic journey north to Nome. It took longer to load the tanker with gasoline than anticipated. The Renda is carrying more than a million gallons diesel...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Travel, National Security, Russia, Defense
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Kenai Courthouse Closed By Suspicious Powder Investigation
Channel 2 NewsThe Kenai Courthouse was closed Monday afternoon as Alaska State Troopers and an Alaska National Guard weapons-of-mass-destruction unit were called to examine a suspicious package received at the building. AST spokesperson Megan Peters says the package...Tags: Justice System, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Warning System Glitches Found After Alaska Quake
The Associated PressGlitches are being reported in Alaska's tsunami warning system after Thursday night's 7.3 earthquake in the Aleutian chain. People living on the Aleutian Islands have been preparing for the next big earthquake and Thursday night they put their...Tags: Emergency Planning, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Alaska, Earthquakes
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Valley Woman's TSA Pat Down at Sea-Tac Sparks Petition
Channel 2 NewsA Valley woman is on a mission to change how the TSA screens airline passengers. The effort comes after Corky Champagne-Einarsen who claims she was singled out at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport Feb. 20 -- the same day and location Alaska State Rep. Sharon...Tags: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Defense, Health, Transportation Security Administration
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AP CEO calls government seizure of phone records 'unconstitutional,' says chill already felt
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Journalism, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), NBC (tv network)
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal...
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Communication could stop a con
The South Bend piece of the Ray Holycross case has now come to an end with a guilty plea and sentencing to 18 months in jail and to pay restitution. Holycross has now been convicted of theft but the story goes much deeper than that; he was able to gain...Tags: Theft, Judges, Trials, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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