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  • Polar Bears to Be Listed as 'Threatened,' Interior Secretary Says 17 May 2008 15:55 GMT
    ... the need to protect "the society and economy of the United States" from detrimental limitations on ... gas exploration in the Arctic," said WWF Alaska office Managing Director Margaret Williams. WWF is ...

  • Alaska: McCain 50% Obama 41% 17 May 2008 13:35 GMT
    ... The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Alaska voters finds John McCain earning 50% of ... taxes so much that it harms the economy. Thirty-four percent (34%) are worried that the next ...

  • Striking Out on Energy By Lawrence Kudlow 17 May 2008 13:17 GMT
    ... It's a bad idea. It's really a cap-and-kill-the-economy plan, as well as an unlimited spend-and-tax-and-regulate plan. ... and President Bush's idea of drilling in Alaska. That's not good. And make no mistake ...

  • McCain 50% 17 May 2008 13:17 GMT
    ... The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Alaska voters finds John McCain earning 50% of ... taxes so much that it harms the economy. Thirty-four percent (34%) are worried that the next ...

  • Striking Out on Energy 17 May 2008 10:11 GMT
    ... It's a bad idea. It's really a cap-and-kill-the-economy plan, as well as an unlimited spend-and-tax-and-regulate plan. ... and President Bush's idea of drilling in Alaska. That's not good. And make no mistake ...

  • Politicians on peak oil 17 May 2008 10:11 GMT
    ... face the need for a whole new economy, from the way we generate power, to how ... to export after 2015. Neither drilling in Alaska, the continental shelf or other ultra-deep-water sites ...

  • Consul: State residents have more ties to Germany than they think 17 May 2008 08:45 GMT
    ... including climate change and globalization of the economy, he said. Together the United States and the ... Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, Alaska and Wyoming. He is stationed in San ...

  • Who's to blame for U.S. shortfall in oil production? 17 May 2008 06:16 GMT
    ... than a million barrels a day from Alaska if not for President Clinton's veto 13 ... been openly attempting to undermine the American economy as well as America's war on terrorism. A ...

  • State's unemployment rate holds steady 17 May 2008 05:17 GMT
    ... the farm sector after seasonal adjustment. The unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.2 percent, the ... margin of error, shows that, as the economy has turned down, the job market has ... is the third-highest in the nation, behind Alaska and Michigan. Statewide in April, job gains ...

  • There's no accounting for fishing workforce Ñ as yet 17 May 2008 04:37 GMT
    ... thousands of crew members who work aboard Alaska's fishing fleets. Best guesses peg the number ... workforce is an important part of the employment and economic picture, and better data is ...

  • Venezuela 17 May 2008 01:30 GMT
    ... lived. Their main concerns were violent crime, inflation and shortages of basic foodstuffs such as ... to the poor in Africa, the Caribbean, Alaska, the Bronx and even London. He was ... with the personal. Chávez spoke about the economy and foreign policy as well as his ...

  • Can the Euro Extend its Gains 17 May 2008 00:57 GMT
    ... AAA, gas is the most expensive in Alaska followed by Connecticut, with the average price ... both exceeding $4 a gallon. The US economy still faces many threats, but there could ... Federal Reserve to keep their focus on inflation. Although the big moves have been concentrated ...

  • The long slide 17 May 2008 00:54 GMT
    ... lived. Their main concerns were violent crime, inflation and shortages of basic foodstuffs such as ... to the poor in Africa, the Caribbean, Alaska, the Bronx and even London. He was ... with the personal. Chávez spoke about the economy and foreign policy as well as his ...

  • County employment data show some promise 16 May 2008 23:14 GMT
    ... and other economists warn that the county's economy has probably not yet hit bottom. Cox ... 2,200 jobs, which helped shave the local unemployment from 5.3 percent to 5.0 percent. From ... nation after Michigan at 6.9 percent and Alaska at 6.7 percent. ...

  • Big Moves in the Currency Market 16 May 2008 23:10 GMT
    ... AAA, gas is the most expensive in Alaska followed by Connecticut, with the average price ... both exceeding $4 a gallon. The US economy still faces many threats, but there could ... Federal Reserve to keep their focus on inflation. Although the big moves have been concentrated ...

  • State jobless rate holds at 6.2% 16 May 2008 22:37 GMT
    ... PDT, May 16, 2008 SACRAMENTO -- California's economy produced some upbeat news Friday when the ... Friday when the state reported that the unemployment rate held steady in April at 6.2%. ... trailing only rates posted by Michigan and Alaska. The unemployment rate in April was a ...

  • $4 Gas Becoming Commonplace, Diesel Nears $4.50 16 May 2008 21:51 GMT
    ... have broken through the $4 mark in Alaska and Connecticut this week and $4 prices ... state because gas prices and the slowing economy are causing more Floridians to take vacations in ...

  • Customer greeter by day, fire department volunteer by night, Steven Beuving meets obstacles with a winning smile 16 May 2008 21:48 GMT
    ... for The Arc of Amador and Calaveras' employment program. While the 29-year-old has had his ... so far has been a cruise to Alaska." When Beuving approached The Arc of Amador ...

  • My turn: Make education relevant 16 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... T he Empire's May 8 article, "Study: Alaska worst in U.S. at producing college graduates," ... make Alaskans more competitive in our global economy. The first condition is "brain drain," a ... resources, college graduates will find more meaningful employment here. I'm a proponent of higher education ...

  • State jobless rate steady at 6.2% 16 May 2008 21:36 GMT
    ... PDT, May 16, 2008 SACRAMENTO -- California's economy produced some upbeat news Friday when the ... Friday when the state reported that the unemployment rate held steady in April at 6.2%. ... trailing only rates posted by Michigan and Alaska. The unemployment rate in April was a ...

  • California's unemployment rate holds at 6.2% 16 May 2008 21:36 GMT
    ... PDT, May 16, 2008 SACRAMENTO -- California's economy produced some upbeat news Friday when the ... Friday when the state reported that the unemployment rate held steady in April at 6.2%. ... trailing only rates posted by Michigan and Alaska. The unemployment rate in April was a ...

  • Alaska's unemployment rate holds steady in April 16 May 2008 21:32 GMT
    ... Alaska's unemployment rate holds steady in April Alaska's unemployment ... he suspects the slowdown in the national economy is playing a role in the numbers. ...

  • Bird migration boosts local economy 16 May 2008 21:18 GMT
    ... marks the annual migration of millions of birds from the tropics to Canada and Alaska. Many stop here in northwest Ohio That makes the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in Oak ...

  • 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US 16 May 2008 21:17 GMT
    ... nineteen seventies we learned that increasing fuel economy in cars just convinces people that it's okay ... Just havin' fun. So up here in Alaska what are you supposed to do when ...

  • Make education relevant 16 May 2008 19:56 GMT
    ... T he Empire's May 8 article, "Study: Alaska worst in U.S. at producing college graduates," ... make Alaskans more competitive in our global economy. The first condition is "brain drain," a ... resources, college graduates will find more meaningful employment here. I'm a proponent of higher education ...


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