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Alaska Air Ramp Outsourcing Violation Found
The Associated PressAn arbitrator has ruled that Alaska Airlines violated a union contract by overestimating cost savings when ramp work was outsourced in Seattle in 2005. The West Coast carrier said in a statement it may appeal the ruling issued Thursday in U.S. District...Tags: Collective Contract, Unions
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Four Dead In BC Helicopter Crash
The Associated PressFour people died today after a helicopter crashed into an icy and fast-flowing river in remote British Columbia. The Victoria Rescue Coordination Center said the chartered Hughes MD-500D helicopter plunged upside down into the Kitsault River near Alice...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Maryland
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Protect yourself from credit fraud
Chicago Tribune reporterA former Countrywide Home Loans employee was charged last week with stealing and selling the private financial information of 2 million customers. On Wednesday came the news that 1,500 people who purchased tickets from Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air have...Tags: Credit and Debt, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Theft, Crimes, Personal Data Collection
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Otis E. Lee Sr.
Sun ReporterOtis E. Lee Sr., a retired railroader, World War II veteran and longtime Edmondson Village neighborhood activist, died Saturday of heart failure at Bon Secours Hospital. He was 90. Mr. Lee was born in Whitestone, Va., and was raised in Bordentown, N.J.,...Tags: Ohio, Death and Dying, Minority Groups, Metal and Mineral, Homes
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Embroidery becomes modern protest art
McClatchy/Chicago Tribune NewspapersANCHORAGE—When not working part time at a bookstore in Palmer, Annie Aube collects romance novels and embroiders in her living room. She wears jeans and secondhand clothes and lets her dense, ruddy hair drop to her waist in tight curls. The 26-...Tags: Game Playing, Los Angeles, Arts, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), MySpace
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Sampling of editorials from New York state
The Buffalo News on child porn in NY. Aug. 5. The objections by a local Internet company to the demands of the state attorney general may be completely legitimate, but we're glad the attorney general is pounding his fist anyway. When the subject is...Tags: Michael Mukasey, Government, Consumers, Epidemics and Plagues, Robert Byrd
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Infinite wisdom
Several weeks ago, when President Bush rescinded his father's executive order prohibiting offshore and Alaska drilling, oil prices were about $147 per barrel. The Sentinel editorial board, in its infinite wisdom, postulated that this action was at best...Tags: George Bush, Petroleum Industry
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Airline Customers' Credit Cards Misused
The Associated PressAbout 1,500 people who bought tickets from Alaska or Horizon airlines have been notified their credit cards were misused. Alaska Air says a call center employee diverted some payments to a personal account. Customers are not responsible for repaying the...Tags: Credit and Debt, Police Investigations, Police
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State sues to get bears off list
The state of Alaska has sued Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, seeking to reverse his decision to list polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Gov. Sarah Palin and other state officials worry that a listing will cripple...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Conservation, Dirk Kempthorne, Endangered Species
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Q&A with Rex Ryan
Ravens assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Rex Ryan, like most in his profession, doesn't have much downtime. Even during the offseason, Ryan is busy preparing for the season ahead, and with new assistants coming in with John Harbaugh, it...Tags: Outer Banks
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Three Ships Trapped In Ice Off Alaskan Coast
The Associated PressThree Canada-bound vessels that found themselves stuck in ice off Alaska's northern coast have managed to free themselves and continue on their journey. The Coast Guard says the ships reported Tuesday afternoon that they were stuck about 60 miles north...Tags: Riverton
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It's all about energy
Barack Obama blamed Republican energy policies for some of the nation's economic woes Tuesday as his rival John McCain advocated a large expansion of nuclear power. Obama told an audience in Youngstown, Ohio, that the Bush energy policy, crafted in...Tags: Tom Brokaw, North Carolina, Ohio, Colorado, Government
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