Fri, 02 May 2008 09:25:04 GMT
Real estate curriculum at UAA impressive (Anchorage Daily News)
If you want to learn more about real estate investment and management, check out the University of Alaska Anchorage's real estate curriculum.
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Thu, 01 May 2008 00:03:20 GMT
Young blasts Mack over Coconut Rd. (The Hill)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Wednesday defended changes his staffers made to the notorious Coconut Road earmark, the third time in a year he took to the House floor in an attempt to justify one of his suspect pet projects.
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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:58:18 GMT
Young defends Coconut Road, accuses Mack (The Hill)
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Wednesday defended changes his staffers made to the notorious Coconut Road earmark, the third time in a year he took to the House floor in an attempt to justify one of his suspect programs.
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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:03:20 GMT
Young, Jefferson quiet as Coconut Road earmark nears vote in House (The Hill)
Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and William Jefferson (D-La.) are keeping mum on whether they will vote for a bill that includes language calling on the Department of Justice (DoJ) to investigate the notorious Coconut Road earmark when that measure comes to the House floor Wednesday.
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Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:08:20 GMT
Alaskan cartoonist with Maine ties brings funny fauna to an ever-widening audience (Bangor Daily News)
Ever since Gary Larson retired, "The Far Side" fans have yearned for a successor — not a clone, just something always funny, often skewed, and completely worthy of that single-panel spot in the comics. To me, we’ve finally found it in Alaskan native Chad Carpenter’s "Tundra."
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Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:25 GMT
Candidates with same last name battle mistaken identity (KTUU Anchorage)
Associated Press - April 27, 2008 7:34 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - They both answer to the same last name: Metcalfe. And that can -- and has -- led to voter confusion for the two...
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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:14:15 GMT
Realtor: Sunny days are ahead for the Alaska economy (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Alaska is a safe haven in the national housing market. Investments in homes in Alaska appreciated nearly 2 percent in 2007 and nearly 9 percent in 2006.
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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:25:46 GMT
Obscure Florida road leads Young into controversy (Anchorage Daily News)
Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to ask the Justice Department to look into what happened in 2005 when Alaska's sole congressman earmarked $10 million in unasked-for money to study a highway interchange in southwest Florida.
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:24:09 GMT
Senate Requests Inquiry on Highway Earmark (New York Times)
A change to a 2005 bill re-allocated $10 million for roadwork in Florida, reportedly to benefit a political contributor of Representative Don Young of Alaska.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:40:25 GMT
House GOP opposes Senate’s ‘Coconut Road’ measure (The Hill)
House Republican leadership does not favor a Senate measure calling on the Department of Justice (DoJ) to launch a criminal investigation on a controversial earmark sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska).
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:44:24 GMT
Fla. interstate earmark may be probed (UPI)
U.S. Senate leaders want Congress to take a look at a questionable earmark that Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, once inserted into a funding bill.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:26:16 GMT
Builder's delinquent loans sting local lender (Anchorage Daily News)
After suffering a big hit to its bottom line last year, Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union, the state's third-largest, is suing a prominent local builder and his business associates to recover $16 million in delinquent loans.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:59:23 GMT
Roadshow: Demand greater supply of oil (San Jose Mercury News)
Q I disagree with your Tuesday column, where you glibly dismiss Paul Neumeyer's questions about increasing energy supplies by drilling for more oil in Alaska and off the California coast.
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:21:27 GMT
Florida Road Could Be the Next 'Bridge to Nowhere' (Fox News)
A local road in Florida could become the new "Bring to Nowhere," as Florida legislators protest a $10 million earmark for the road, sponsored by an Alaskan congressman.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:33:05 GMT
The Last Frontier of Flying (New York Times)
Alaska covers 656,425 square miles, but has only about 14,368 miles of road. That leaves only one option for business travelers: bush pilots.
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