The United States Coast Guard, who had air assets, an HC-130, in Anchorage because of weather in Kodiak, joined in the search for 41-year-old David Slwooko and 48-year-old Debra Kimoktoak, the Koyuk boaters missing since Monday.
The new coalition government of Greece, elected a scant three months ago on a pro-Euro, pro bail-out platform, finds itself between a rock and a hard place as 50,000 protesters took to the streets in Athens demonstrating against austerity measures they say are bringing the Greek population to its knees.
The Aleutian Chain was jolted by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Wednesday afternoon that shook Adak and Atka.
Beginning after the first of the year, in 2013 monies that were to be paid out to claimants of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill will begin going to the state of their last address according to the Exxon Qualified Settlement Fund.