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Journey Into The Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes
I once visited the valley as one of a dozen people on a 10-day field trip with John Eichelberger, who then worked at the Alaska Volcano Observatory. As we approached the valley the first day on a bus ride from Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park, the...Tags: Volcanic Eruptions, Volcanoes, Fairbanks, Disasters and Accidents, Bus Accidents
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Anchorage-bound US Airways plane examined in Pa. because of threatening note
The Associated PressPassengers have been removed from a US Airways plane at Philadelphia International Airport because of a threatening note. The Transportation Security Administration won't provide details of the note. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica (loo-PEE'-kah)...Tags: Anchorage, Human Body, Alaska, Air Transportation Industry, U.S. Airways
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Carrs' first black worker recalls his rise through the ranks
Staff WriterWhen Alaska achieved statehood, it did so during the civil-rights movement. Alaska's first black dentist set up shop in 1958, and the state's first African-American was elected to public office in 1964. Between those two events, in 1963 Carrs was the...Tags: Employment, Social Issues, Politics, Career and Workplace, Employers
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Lower Nazareth church celebrates 250 years
The elegant Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is in its 250th year, older than the nation. It's been serving a certain segment of the Christian community in and around Lower Nazareth Township for all that time, and the people in charge there today...
Tags: Entertainment, Simsbury, Allentown, Music, Nazareth
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Trudy Rubin: Russia gives John Kerry very little on Syria
Those who oppose greater U.S. involvement in Syria were no doubt relieved at the announcement that Moscow and Washington want to convene an international conference to end the country's civil war. They shouldn't be. Secretary of State John Kerry's...Tags: John Kerry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Moscow (Russia), Politics, Bashar Assad
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Readers offer solutions to persistent problems
I get the impression that there are a lot of untrustworthy cats in this country from the number of remedies submitted to me on combating urine odors. Here's a step-by-step from reader Ed Zoller in Jacksonville, Fla.: If the area is carpeted,...
Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Awards and honors for Lehigh Valley residents
Jaehyun Park, a graduating senior at Moravian Academy, was named one of approximately 550 semifinalists in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from more than 3,900 candidates on the basis of superior achievements,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, The Pennsylvania State University, Engineering, Ceremonies, Teaching and Learning
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Ruth Thomas
Ruth Butterfield Thomas, died on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Evansville, Ind., where she grew up and attended Bosse High School. In 1943, she went to DePauw University and then Purdue University graduating with a B.S. in 1947....
Tags: Macular Degeneration, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Boston, Melbourne, Purdue University
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Grand Rapids among those targeted to expand urban waters effort
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Patapsco, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bronx (New York City), Environmental Issues
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Chinese investors to fund Pa. turnpike I-95 connection
(MCT) — To help pay for the construction of the long-awaited connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-95, turnpike officials plan to borrow $200 million from wealthy foreign investors. The investors, expected to be primarily from China,...Tags: Corporate Officers, Politics, Financial Markets, O'Hare International Airport, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Bethlehem mayoral candidates each raise more than $55,000
Democrats J. William Reynolds and Robert Donchez raised nearly the same amount of money this year for the Bethlehem mayoral contest, but Donchez's early fundraising efforts from last year were too large to surpass. Donchez had $167,600 to spend on the...Tags: Pittsburgh, Politics, Allentown, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Elections
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Edges curling up on vinyl tiles
Q. When Sandy flooded our basement, we had a contractor pull up the carpeting and install vinyl tiles. He prepared the concrete floor by scraping up the rug glue that remained, and used commercial adhesive to put down the new tiles. Some of the tiles do...Tags: Building Material
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