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  • Suspected military plane wreck, bones found on Alaska glacier

    <p>Suspected military plane wreck, bones found on Alaska glacier By Chris Klint, Channel 2/KTUU.com and msnbc.com news services ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Possible military aircraft debris, along with material that may be bone fragments, has been discovered in the Knik Glacier area, north-east of Anchorage, according to officials.</p>
  • Who has bought the Kindle Fire?

    11/27/2011 6:21:00 AM PST · by Eye of Unk · 51 replies · 1+ views
    vanity | 11/27/2011 | Eye of Unk
    Has anyone bought the Kindle Fire yet? Is it an adequate tablet and book reader? With my town having lost its brick and mortar book store all I have is miniscule supermarket best sellers. I do not want to invest in an Ipad, I do like the Kindle foe e-book reading but the Fire at its low price is very tempting, I would like to hear of any reviews, the ones I see on Amazon I have to kinda take for a lot of favoritism.
  • Bear Memories

    05/17/2011 5:04:18 AM PDT · by Eye of Unk · 6 replies
    1990 | Terry Ross Erickson
    Bear Memories The youngest baby was about three, a carbon copy of him in me, When Dad took us all to Yosemite. Not expecting it to become a calamity. The chubby baby smelled of food. He wouldn't share, which the bears thought rude, so when Donnie bopped the bear's brown nose. The bear's unpredictable anger rose. Donnie took off in high gear, wailing. The bear growled, his patience failing. The bear chased the babe. The baby ran. Dad heard him yell near the garbage can. The bear looked around and saw Dad coming But followed the child who kept on...
  • A woe of a cats tale, mine and yours?

    11/25/2010 3:18:28 AM PST · by Eye of Unk · 73 replies
    Vanity | Thursday November 25th, 2010 | Eye of Unk
    Out of over 10,000 replies here at Free Republic this is just my third thread. I think it deserves its attention, its about my kitties. I have had way too many over the years, and I have lost many from natural predators and the two legged monsters as well. I happen to live 11 miles north of Wasilla, Alaska, a place that has seen "some" publicity lately. But this vanity thread is about my one special mixed calico/siamese female that was taken away from me by my stepdaughter simply because she hated it. I spent half the night driving through...
  • Cruise Ship sinking in Alaska

    05/14/2007 5:24:53 AM PDT · by Eye of Unk · 137 replies · 12,508+ views
    FOX News ^ | Monday May 14, 2007 | Eye of Unk
    Cruise Ship With 281 People on Board Runs Aground off Alaska
  • Alaska fish ate tainted commercial feed

    05/13/2007 3:02:59 PM PDT · by Eye of Unk · 16 replies · 870+ views
    Anchorage Daily News ^ | Sunday May 13, 2007 | Eye of Unk
    Millions of young fish being raised in Alaska's vast network of salmon hatcheries were fed food contaminated with melamine, the same substance that has triggered a massive recall of pet food following the deaths of cats and dogs.