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New fire in Bangladesh garment factory kills 8; death toll from building collapse hits 930

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A fire in an 11-story garment factory in Bangladesh killed eight people, including a ruling party politician and a top official in the country's powerful clothing manufacturers' trade group, as the death toll from the collapse of another garment factory building passed 900 on Thursday.

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-10/new-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory-k
Not For Web
Anchorage WW II veteran receives overdue combat medal

...plane's belly, with 25,000 feet between him and the ground. The bomb bay doors were left open to keep gas fumes from building up.As he pumped as much fuel as he could out of the affected fuel tank, gas showered him from the damaged pump above...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-01/anchorage-ww-ii-veteran-receives-overdu
State
My Turn: Gun range appeal was a public service

...CUPs that I used to work with many years ago, scope is not limited to traffic flow, population density, or relief from building restrictions.Planning Commissions can set whatever conditions, building restrictions, or allowable uses that are...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-08/my-turn-gun-range-appeal-was-public-s
Opinion
ADF&G: Make your neighborhood safer for people, bears

...neighbors to do the same.? Electric fences - Electric fences can keep bears out of gardens, compost, and away from buildings, chicken coops and domestic animals. For more information, contact your area department office or the visit the department...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-12/adfg-make-your-neighborhood-safer-pe
Outdoors
Study: Distant rural areas may feel cities' heat

...parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes.In an unusual twist, that same urban heat from buildings and cars may be slightly cooling the autumns in much of the Western United States, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-01-28/study-distant-rural-areas-may-feel-citi
State
Historical Sports: 1949 Short Shorts

...their pledges of cooperation by purchasing $50,000 of airport revenue bonds, which will be retired in 15 years from building rentals.On June 23 the $75,000 Salmon Creek Country Club burned to the ground. The blaze broke out at 7:30...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-10-28/historical-sports-1949-short-shorts
Sports
Boat builder crafts more than 100 vessels

...and the world. As the diversity of owners indicates, Tolman skiffs perform well in most situations. Tolman retired from building skiffs commercially in 2000, but every few years another boat has emerged from his shop on Kachemak Drive. The most...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-07/boat-builder-crafts-more-100-vessels
State
Alaska Delegation seeks Roadless Rule repeal in Tongass,Chugach

...Waldo said, the Tongass timber program has lost nearly a billion dollars in the last three decades, much of that from building roads in remote roadless areas for the benefit of just a few timber companies. Waldo said that through the federal...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-13/alaska-delegation-seeks-roadless-rule-r
State
Beavers in winter

...is effected through a ventilation hole in the roof. Apparently this roof vent is sufficient to keep carbon dioxide from building up and allow an influx of oxygen, because when researchers measured the levels of those gases inside an occupied lodge...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2011-11-18/beavers-winter
Outdoors
Firm gets aerial aid in seismic work in Kenai

...a survey crew explored the area and checked out each point, making sure that it was an appropriate distance away from buildings and other landmarks.Land said the next area set to be drilled for seismic is south of Beaver Loop Road.The work...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-02-20/firm-gets-aerial-aid-seismic-work-kenai
State

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