Bicyclist seriously injured in midtown Anchorage collision, driver ID'd
Bicyclist seriously injured in midtown Anchorage collision, driver ID’d By KTVA CBS 11 News 9:48 AM February 28, 2016 ANCHORAGE – A bicyclist was taken to a hospital with serious injuries early Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle in midtown Anchorage. Anchorage police were notified of the collision around 1:30 a.m. and responded to the intersection of Tudor Road and C Street. According to police, the vehicle involved, a Dodge Durango driven by 32-year-old Connie Khamlue, was..>> view originalWATCH: Fur Rondy fireworks over the Anchorage skyline
Anchorage skier Christianson 43rd in World Cup super-G
Anchorage’s Kieffer Christianson finished 43rd on a hard, fast course in a World Cup super-G race Saturday in Hinterstoder, Austria.Christianson, 23, was the fifth finisher among eight American starters. Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the race, and Steven Nyman of Utah placed 18th to lead three U.S. Ski Team members into the top 30.The marked Christianson's third World Cup start and first World Cup finish this season. In a pair of giant slalom races earlier this season, including one Frida..>> view originalSnowmachiner killed in avalanche near Nelchina Glacier
Snowmachiner killed in avalanche near Nelchina Glacier By KTVA CBS 11 News 10:17 AM February 28, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Alaska State Troopers recovered the body of a snowmachiner who was caught in an avalanche on Saturday afternoon near the Nelchina Glacier. The avalanche was reported south of the Eureka Lodge near the Nelchina Glacier around 12:50 p.m., according to troopers. Two snowmachiners were unaccounted for following the avalanche and there was no further communication from them. Tro..>> view originalCWU men's basketball tops Alaska Anchorage in OT
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Joseph Stroud scored 26 points and Devin Matthews scored five of his seven points in overtime Saturday night as Central Washington subdued Alaska Anchorage 88-81 in its regular-season finale in Nicholson Pavilion.The victory, coming 48 hours after a lackuster performance in a 92-71 loss at home to Alaska Fairbanks, left CWU 13-7 in the conference and 18-7 overall.It also avenged a 92-71 loss to the Seawolves (14-6, 21-10) on Dec. 3 in Alaska. Central will be the No. 5 seed i..>> view originalHometown U: A UAA professor explains how gravitational waves ...
I got to the office a few days ago to find an email in my inbox from UAA astronomer Travis Rector. The subject line read “LIGO.” The key sentence: “It’s hard to express how big a deal this is!”That morning’s “gravitational wave” headlines had slipped right by me in my coffee-deprived, sleepy-earthling state. Interesting, one brain wave murmured, but no time to grasp it now. Rector’s email was a wake-up call. He also mentioned that one of UAA’s physics professors, Katherine Rawlins, had worked at..>> view originalDrama accompanied leisure on voyage around the Horn
Nikki Rajala and Bill Vossler are shown on the ship passing through the Straits of Magellan.(Photo: Courtesy of Bill Vossler)The few times I have been in peril on the seas, I feared I would surely die.This time, with our lifeboat plunging and rocking violently in the ocean swells, I was strangely calm. Perhaps because the woman across from me had appropriated the fear, wringing her hands, squeezing her eyes shut, repeatedly whispering “I don’t belong on the sea,” while my wife, Nikki Rajala, con..>> view originalTwo blasts kill 40 in Somalia
(CNN) - Two bombings in south-central Somalia have killed at least 40 people and injured 70 others. The bombings happened in the town of Baidoa, a key location in the African Union's fight against Al-Shabaab. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a restaurant in Baidoa, and a car bomb exploded near a crowded pharmacy, a source with knowledge of the attacks told CNN. The blasts in the remote town follow a pair of attacks Friday in a popular park in downtown Mogadishu and a resta..>> view originalWorst offenders: Lawmakers live large on campaign funds
Sen. Willie Simmons has spent more than $17,000 at his Cleveland restaurant, The Senator's Place, seen here in this 2005 photo. Simmons says he often has meetings there for his constituents.(Photo: File photo/AP)Mississippi lawmakers spend campaign donations on dry cleaning, clothes, groceries, trips to Alaska, California, Colorado and Florida and on children's parties, taxes, car insurance, apartments and payments to their own companies.Mississippi politicians have few rules on campaign donatio..>> view originalDisney introduces seasonal pricing at theme parks
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The "Happiest Place on Earth" now comes with seasonal pricing. Starting Sunday, Disney's Walt Disney World resort in Florida and Disneyland in California will charge different ticket prices for its parks depending on the time of year, the company announced in a blog post.The calendar will be divided into Value, Regular and Peak periods. The new pricing plan will apply to one-day tickets. A one-day park ticket at Orlando's Magic Kingdom during a Value period will stay at ..>> view original
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