Coast Guard Medevacs Sailor Southwest of Kodiak
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 47-year-old male from the 422-foot tanker Murray Star which was more than 500 miles southwest of Kodiak Thursday.
NASA's UARS Due to Re-Enter Atmosphere Late Today or Early Tomorrow
NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere late Sept. 23 or early Sept. 24 Eastern Daylight Time, almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. Although the spacecraft will break into pieces during re-entry, not all of it will burn up in the atmosphere.
UN Human Rights Office Voices Profound Regret after Execution of US Man
NEW YORK-The United Nations human rights office expressed profound regret today over this week’s execution in the United States of Troy Davis, saying that the process that led to his death may have violated international law.
Representative Young’s Opening Statement at Secure Rural Schools Hearing
Washington D.C.-Alaska Congressman Don Young offered the following statement at the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands hearing on draft legislation that would create a stable revenue source for rural communities through an increase in forest management receipts, in light of the pending expiration of the Secure Rural School Program: