SKWENTNA- A 5.3 magnitude earthquake woke many residents of South Central Alaska this morning. The quake occurred at 6 am approximately 12 miles north of the small community, and 78 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska's central hub. The occurrence was 50.7 miles deep.
GENEVA-The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for another year as it welcomed recent security improvements in the country but stressed the need for further progress on the humanitarian, human rights and political fronts.
KILLEEN, TEXAS-A soldier AWOL from Fort Campbell, Kentucky was arrested in a Killen, Texas hotel room on Wednesday with bomb making materials and faces federal charges that may be leveled at him as early as today.
HOMER-At Monday's City Council meeting, the city of Homer voted to officially opt out of the automatically activated Tsunami Warning System. Currently, Homer is the only community that has done so, but Seward, Kenai, and Seldovia are considering making the same move.