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 <title><![CDATA[SC lawmakers take a dim view of new light bulbs ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. &#8212; South Carolina lawmakers are taking a stand in favor of states&#8217; lights.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[More radioactive water spills at Japan nuclear plant ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[TOKYO &#8212; Workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan&#8217;s crippled nuclear complex that officials believe are behind soaring levels of radiation spreading to soil and seawater.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Photo: View preservation ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[U.S. Forest Service employee Matt Adams clears brush from a spruce tree he cut down near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center on Monday. Every two or three years, select clearing is done to maintain the view from the pavilion and parking lot.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Police & Fire ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Diplomat and terrorism expert to address Juneau World Affairs Council ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[A renowned diplomat and expert on trade regulation and terrorism efforts will address the Juneau World Affairs Council at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Centennial Hall. Victor Comras will outline themes from his new book &#8220;Flawed Diplomacy: The United Nations & the War on Terrorism.&#8221; It was published in November by Potomac Books.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Denali Commission to host Juneau listening session ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Have you worked with the Denali Commission or are you familiar with its work in your community? Do you have any suggestions about what types of projects the Denali Commission should be doing? The Denali Commission wants to hear from you.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Student music groups bring home the gold ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Thunder Mountain High School music groups came home Sunday night from a national music competition with gold, silver and bronze awards.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Couple joins Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital medical staff ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[SITKA &#8212; The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium S&#8217;áxt&#8217; Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Donna L. Smith, MD, as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and her husband Dr. Robert F. &#8220;Bob&#8221; Crochelt, MD, PhD, as a general surgeon.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[My Turn: Parnell was on the job for Alaska ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[One way to expand your horizons is to travel the world &#8212; which I did recently during my participation in SeaTrade Miami, the largest annual worldwide conference serving the cruise industry.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[We should prepare for eventual disaster ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Out of the shock and disbelief brought by the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, many people are rightly asking can a tsunami strike the United States? The answer is: yes and it already has.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Empire editorial: New features for you on Empire website ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Your online edition of the Juneau Empire just made its next leap into the future of electronic journalism.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bill would let minors in military drink, smoke ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[JUNEAU &#8212; Military members under the age of 21 would be allowed to legally drink and smoke under a bill introduced by an Alaska lawmaker.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Coast Guard unit moving to Juneau ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Coast Guard Electronics System Support Unit Kodiak is scheduled to move to juneau under the newly established ESU Juneau command Friday.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Senators question gov's health exchange strategy ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[JUNEAU &#8212; Lawmakers scrutinized Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell&#8217;s approach to establishing a health care exchange Monday, with a leader of the powerful Senate Finance Committee questioning whether Parnell intended to consult with the Legislature on the &#8220;major public policy question.&#8221;]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rep: No ethical conflict in firefighter bill ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[JUNEAU &#8212; A Republican lawmaker said Monday that he sees no ethical conflict between his serving as a volunteer firefighter and a bill he&#8217;s proposing that would give property tax breaks to volunteer firefighters.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Photo: No cold feet at this wedding ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Carl Eady, second from right, and Joan Kitchen, second from left, enjoy a laugh together during their wedding ceremony beneath an ice sculpture of three horses titled &#8220;Freedom&#8221; on Sunday afternoon at the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Committee bill limits scope of Alaska oil tax cut ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[JUNEAU &#8212; The House Finance Committee unveiled what is intended to be a more limited version of Gov. Sean Parnell&#8217;s plan to cut oil production taxes Monday.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Capitol talk turns to special sessions ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[With several issues hanging fire with the 2011 Alaska Legislature entering its last few weeks, some legislators are beginning to talk special session.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Intern credited for only bill to become law this session ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[With the 2011 legislative session already three-quarters done, only a single bill has yet passed the Alaska Legislature and been signed into law by Gov. Sean Parnell.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Flynn makes Gonzaga Dean's List from 2010 ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Colin Flynn has earned placement on the Dean&#8217;s List for the Fall 2010 semester at Gonzaga University as a result of his outstanding academic accomplishments.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mike Jackson Memoral  HoopTime Shootout ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:26:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Jay John Charles Ginter ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[Jay Ginter, 63, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Pittsburgh, Penn. The cause was complications from mantle cell lymphoma, a blood cancer that he had battled for nearly four years.]]></description>
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