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...VAUGHAN, 100, dog sledder, explorer and the last surviving member of Admiral Richard Byrd's historic 1928 expedition to Antarctica; in Anchorage. As a mushing-obsessed Harvard student, he persuaded Byrd to bring him along as a dog driver. Affectionately dubbed "the Colonel" in his adopted home state of Alaska, he climbed the 10,302-ft. Mount Vaughan (named for him by Byrd) to celebrate his 89th birthday. His motto: "Dream big, and dare to fail...
...about his own journey toward an active Guadaloupe volcano from which all others were fleeing). Recently he found two other suitable subjects, made two extraordinary films. One is Timothy Treadwell, the very engaging, and borderline bonkers, ?star? of Grizzly Man, who lived among kodiak bears each fall in southern Alaska. The other is Graham Dorrington, a London University aeronautical engineer, who wants to build and fly a hot air balloon - not a behemoth like the Hindenburg, but a small airship called The White Diamond. ?We can realize our dreams!? says this excitable scientist, who often seems near laughter or tears...
...further negotiations. In the last few days, the White House dispatched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to address the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom object to the limited checks on executive authority in the bill. Instead, the opponents won over other GOP colleagues, including presidential hopeful Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The rhetoric got so hot Thursday that Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, a White House ally on the issue, said...
...which can occur as a result of coercion, exhaustion or mental impairment. The juries in the Norfolk trials were not among those. Many experts say the solution is to require police to videotape all interrogations and confessions of suspects in capital cases, as is the law in Minnesota, Illinois, Alaska and Maine...
What's happening with Alaska's infamous "Bridge to Nowhere"? In a move that seems emblematic of this year's pork-barrel propensities, Congress tucked into the transportation bill a provision that earmarks $223 million for a bridge in Alaska to connect Ketchikan and Gravina Island, where only about 50 people live. An additional $229 million was allotted for a similar project elsewhere in the state. Critics raised such a stink that funding for both spans was officially rescinded last week. But the same pile of cash will still go to Alaska, which can now choose whether to spend...