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Moreover, as has been thoroughly documented by the Bush administration’s own economists, tapping Alaskan oil reserves wouldn’t result in a decrease in oil prices for nearly 10 years. If Bush truly believes that America’s economy is under dire threat from high oil prices, then he should take more immediate steps first, before drilling in Alaska...
...fate of one stubborn little village normally wouldn't make much of a splash. But Shishmaref and other Alaskan settlements are attracting national attention because scientists see them as gloomy harbingers. "Shishmaref is the canary in the coal mine--an indicator of what's to come elsewhere," says Gunter Weller, director of the University of Alaska's Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research...
Tela O'Donnell, 22, a native of an Alaskan fishing town, is the opposite of the street-toughened Montgomery. Her toughest opponents as a kid were the sheep she wrestled near the log cabin she shared with her mother, a part-time mime. O'Donnell will compete in the 55-kg (121-lb.) division. "She's our free spirit," says U.S. coach Terry Steiner. She's also a wild card: O'Donnell upset the favored Tina George to make the team, and has little international experience...
...sure, billions of dollars are at stake. And U.S. producers might capture a bigger share of the dollar that now goes to processors and retailers. But will customers care whether beef is born and raised in Canada or California? Whether tomatoes hail from Mexico or Florida? Whether salmon is Alaskan or Chilean? No one is certain. Nonetheless, rancher Darrell Wood, farmer Chuck Obern and fisherman Scott McAllister are counting...
...solid numbers should come as no surprise considering how well Mann swung a wood bat last summer in the Alaskan Summer Baseball League before his season was cut short due to a broken clavicle...