'Holiday Lights'
Front Page Photos by
Carl Thompson
Craig: 'Just
to let everyone know, my mother was murdered' By James Langton
in New York and Olga Craig - To friends and family, Rachelle
Waterman was a fairly typical teenage girl. Clever at school,
she was a keen singer in the high-school choir and a star member
of the volleyball team. - More...
News Telegraph - United
Kingdom - Sunday - December 05, 2004
Alaska: Gov.
Murkowski Testifies to FERC on Pipeline Regulations; Proposed
rules lack guarantees of in-state and explorers access -
Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski testified before the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission in Anchorage on Friday on the need
to amend proposed federal gas pipeline regulations to guarantee
access and capacity.
"Unstranding the bountiful
gas resources of Alaska's North Slope is the highest priority
of my administration," Murkowski said. "I urge the
FERC to require that a pipeline's open season process establish
as clearly as possible the rules of the game for access."-
More...
Saturday - December 04, 2004
Alaska: Governor
Plans Aggressive Energy Agenda for 2005; Roads to resources,
Bristol Bay exploration, Tundra Travel on tap - Alaska Governor
Frank H. Murkowski will ask the Alaska Legislature to approve
a 2005 energy agenda that promotes oil and gas exploration around
the state and funds efforts to secure a natural gas pipeline
agreement.
Included in the request is
a $20 million state roads package that will fund transportation
projects which spur oil and gas development, including funding
to continue analysis of a road from Prudhoe Bay to Point Thompson.
"As a resource state,
it is absolutely imperative that we invest in the infrastructure
that will allow us to expand our economic base," Murkowski
said. "North Slope oil and gas production pays for virtually
everything we do, so much of what we are proposing today is in
support of oil and gas activities, whether it is directly on
the slope or not." - More...
Saturday - December 04, 2004
Alaska: Temperature
Trivia for the Mercury-Addicted by Ned Rozell - I admit it:
I'm a thermometer junkie. ...I
have three of them attached to my home, and I've memorized three
phone numbers of recorded voices that tell me the temperature
at three other places. I know I have a problem, but the busy
signals I hear during a cold snap tell me I'm not alone. - More...
Saturday - December 04, 2004
Wallet Watch: If
Santa brings a gift card, make sure you use it quickly by
Mary Deibel - The neighbors have caught up with the Joneses,
to judge by the $45 billion that shoppers expect to spend on
stored-value gift cards this year, $17 billion of it during the
holidays alone. - More...
Saturday - December 04, 2004
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