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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: Natural Disasters, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Disasters
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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: British Airways Plc, U.S. Airways, Air Transportation Industry, Human Body, Alaska
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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: Government, Politics, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Employees
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PASSINGS: Bernard Waber
Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin...Tags: Upper East Side, Book, Long Island, University of Pennsylvania, Arts and Culture
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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: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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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: Christianity, Nazareth, Religion and Belief, Muhlenberg College, Allentown
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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: Colleges and Universities, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Technology, Culture
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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....
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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, Elections, Allentown, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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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: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), The Philadelphia Inquirer, Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin
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Ex-husband not bitter, just 'confused' about missing Pa. woman's reappearance
PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — Lee Heist's phone won't stop ringing. Just about every five minutes, it chimes with calls, from New York, from Philadelphia, from Lancaster County, Pa.. They're calling with questions about Brenda Heist - Heist's ex-wife,...Tags: Family, Theft, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Key West, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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Man accused of passing counterfeit money is charged with assaulting Maryland State Police troopers
dona@herald-mail.comOne of three men accused of passing counterfeit currency Monday has been charged with assaulting Maryland State Police troopers as they attempted to take him into custody in the parking lot of Premium Outlets, according to Washington County District Court...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Trials, Maryland State Police, Prosecution
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