DUI Stop in South Anchorage Sends Criminal Back to Jail
A REDDI report went in to the Bureau of Highway Patrol and Alaska State Troopers on Friday afternoon at approximately 5:13 pm reporting an intoxicated motorist in south Anchorage.
Governor Declares Disaster for Storm Ravaged Western Alaska
One week after a series of four storms battered western Alaska with hurricane force winds, Alaska's Governor Parnell made a verbal declaration of a state disaster this Saturday for affected communities in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Bering Straits Regional Education Attendance Area, and the Lower Yukon.
Scores of Tornadoes Sweep through Midwest Killing at Least Eight
Hundreds of thousands are without power, thousands are homeless and at least eight people have been killed in the spate of at least 81 reported tornadoes that spread destruction through 12 states Sunday. Six deaths occurred in Illinois with another two deaths reported in Michigan.
Sunni Fighters Mistakenly Cut off Head of One of their Own
Saying that Allah would forgive the man who mistakenly killed a fellow believer, the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq apologized for the beheading of one of their allies, Mohammed Fares, a member of the rebel group Ahrar al-Sham on Friday.