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• UPDATE 2-Shell's Alaska Arctic spill response plan wins court approval - Reuters

  11-06-2015 23:03
  UPI.com
  UPDATE 2-Shell's Alaska Arctic spill response plan wins court approval
  Reuters
  (Adds comment from environmental groups' lawyer, paragraph 11). By Jonathan Stempel. June 11 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of environmental groups to revoke federal approval of Royal Dutch ...
  Appeals court backs Shell's Alaska campaignUPI.com
  First vessel in Shell's Arctic drilling fleet heads for AlaskaYahoo News
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• The Alaska-Ohio congressional throwdown: Mt. McKinley or Denali? - Los Angeles Times

  11-06-2015 21:26
  
  Los Angeles Times
  The Alaska-Ohio congressional throwdown: Mt. McKinley or Denali?
  Los Angeles Times
  In 1896, as gold standard-embracing William McKinley was running for president of the United States, a visiting gold miner in Alaska began calling a local mountain McKinley. The name stuck. An earlier effort to rename Mt. Whitney after Winston ...
  Obama admin OK with Alaska mountain name changeThe Hill
  Obama administration doesn't object to Mount McKinley name changeAlaska Dispatch News
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• Dramatic Coast Guard rescue in violent Alaska waters - CBS News

  11-06-2015 15:12
  
  CBS News
  Dramatic Coast Guard rescue in violent Alaska waters
  CBS News
  The crew of an Alaska fishing boat is safe after a dramatic rescue at sea. Coast Guard video shows the four men plunging into the six-foot seas from the sinking boat near Alaska's Lituya Bay, CBS News' Elaine Quijano reports. As the ship's crew dealt ...
  Alaska Coast Guard Rescues 4 Men Who Abandoned Sinking BoatABC News
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• Alaska Airlines Announces Fare Sale for New Costa Rica Flights, Fares as low ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  11-06-2015 14:06
  
  PR Newswire (press release)
  Alaska Airlines Announces Fare Sale for New Costa Rica Flights, Fares as low ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  SEATTLE, June 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines began selling tickets today on newly-announced routes between Los Angeles and Costa Rica's two major international airports. The eight weekly flights from Los Angeles to San Jose (SJO) and ...and more »
  
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