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• Man dies after stabbing outside Anchorage soup kitchen

  08-06-2017 23:53 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A man has died after being stabbed on a downtown Anchorage street outside a soup kitchen, Anchorage police said.
  No arrests have been made in the case, police say, and witnesses have been transported to police headquarters for questioning.
  The stabbing happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday at Bean’s Cafe, 1101 E. 3rd Ave.
  The man stabbed was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
  
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• Race to Alaska boating contest attracts no Alaskans

  08-06-2017 23:35 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Dan Blanchard’s Team UnCruise Adventures competes in 2016’s Race to Alaska on board the 25-foot trimaran Un-Screwed. The team can’t race this year. (Photo courtesy Dan Blanchard)
  No Alaskans are competing in this year’s Race to Alaska.
  The Washington state-to-Ketchikan competition will have close to 40 motorless watercraft. But the only team from the contest’s namesake destination has withdrawn.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/07NoAKinR2AK.mp3Dan Blanc
  
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• Coast Guard rescues man and dog in Gastineau Channel in duct-taped inflatable

  08-06-2017 23:02 via ktoo.org
  
  A man paddles a homemade watercraft June 7, 2017, in the Gastineau channel near Juneau. A Coast Guard Station Juneau small boat crew rescued a 32-year-old man after the craft began taking on water. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
  A man trying to cross Gastineau Channel on a homemade watercraft found himself in a spot of bother Wednesday.
  A Coast Guard Station Juneau crew picked the 32-year-old up. According to a news release, he was trying to reach Point Bishop in an inflatable, duct-t
  
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• Newscast – Thursday, June 8, 2017

  08-06-2017 23:01 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/20170608-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Testing of the human leg found in Gastineau Channel may take up to a year,
  the state of Alaska anticipates getting another reprieve on federal REAL ID compliance,
  missile defense officials say Kodiak will host anti-missile test launches this summer, and
  possible thunder storms are in the weather forecast.
  
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• Giant gator picks wrong prey at Florida airport

  08-06-2017 20:01
  
  Remains are seen of alligator that was hit by a landing plane and killed in an Orlando airport on June 7, 2017. (Credit: WKMG-TV)
  ORLANDO, Fla. – What should have been a smooth landing turned scaly when a pilot at Orlando Executive Airport hit an 11-foot, 500-pound alligator that was crossing the runway, reports CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG-TV.
  Local pilot Brad Pierce posted a photo on Facebook Tuesday showing the lifeless reptile and explaining the information he was given about the inciden
  
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• Comey accuses White House of ‘lies, plain and simple’

  08-06-2017 19:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated at 12:58 p.m. ET
  Former FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday morning that he was “confused” and “increasingly concerned” about the “shifting explanations” President Trump gave for his firing just over a month ago.
  When Trump fired him, he initially pointed to Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation but later conceded it was because of his handling of the Russia investigation and claimed Com
  
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• Comey on Trump: ‘I was honestly concerned that he might lie’

  08-06-2017 19:28
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey told a Senate panel Thursday that he created contemporaneous records of his conversations with President Trump because he “was honestly concerned that he might lie.”
  Comey was asked during highly anticipated testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee to explain his thinking behind writing detailed memos about his private conversations with Mr. Trump during his time as FBI director. In written testimony released Wednesday, Comey wrote that he do
  
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• 14-year-old boy injured in Anchorage shooting

  08-06-2017 19:28 via ktoo.org
  
  A vehicle-to-vehicle drive-by-shooting in east Anchorage injured a 14-year-old boy early Wednesday, the Anchorage Police Department said in a release. The release was on Nixle, which offers emergency personnel and municipal agencies a way to notify the public about services.
  A vehicle traveling north on Boniface Parkway near Debarr Road about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. At least two adults and three minors, including the 14-year-old, were inside.
  An unknown vehicle pulled up along the driver-side of th
  
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• Mat-Su School Board votes down outsourcing custodian jobs

  08-06-2017 19:22
  
  Custodians in the Mat-Su Borough School District thought the fight for their jobs was over after the School Board voted 4 to 3 against outsourcing their jobs in May. But, Wednesday night, the issue was up for another vote– for the second time.
  “It has come back up strictly and solely because we have to find a way to save money so that we can keep our programs in line,” said Mat-Su Borough School board president Dr. Donna Dearman.
  She said the board has to look at everything aga
  
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• APD searching for suspect in fatal downtown stabbing

  08-06-2017 18:52
  
  Anchorage Police are searching for a man they say fatally stabbed one person downtown Thursday morning.
  Officers were called to the area of East 3rd Avenue and Karluk Street on reports of a stabbing just before 8. Upon their arrival, one victim was located; About an hour later, police said the victim, an unidentified adult male, succumbed to their injuries.
  Bean’s Cafe Director Lisa Sauder says the victim entered the establishment seeking help and employees began to render first aid and ca
  
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• N. Korea fires several projectiles, S. Korea says

  08-06-2017 18:10
  
  (Credit: CBS)
  SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired several projectiles believed to be short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a continuation of weapons tests that have rattled Washington and the North’s neighbors as Pyongyang seeks to build a nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the launch came from the North Korean eas
  
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• General aviation opposes Trump’s air traffic control plan

  08-06-2017 17:51
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – President Donald Trump announced he wants to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control operations, in part to speed up modernization, by shifting air traffic control away from the FAA into a nonprofit corporation supported by fees.
  Alaska Public Media reported Wednesday while most major airlines are on board with the plan, the general aviation industry is not.
  Government Liaison for the Alaska Airmen Association Adam White says
  
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• Man accused in GCI vandalism due in court Thursday

  08-06-2017 17:49
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The man accused of vandalizing equipment at Alaska’s largest telecommunications firm is next scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
  Brodie Eguires-Lee faces several felony counts after police say he broke into the GCI communications room at a midtown Anchorage office building on Sunday and tore up equipment that caused statewide outages. Authorities also allege he threatened a GCI employee with a screwdriver.
  Charging documents say he identified himself to
  
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• Many Americans foregoing healthcare because of cost

  08-06-2017 17:37
  
  With medical costs continuing to rise along with the uncertainty about the future of health insurance coverage, new research shows more Americans are going without the health care they need.
  A survey released Wednesday from Bankrate.com found that one in four American families have not sought medical care because they couldn’t afford it. Thirteen percent of respondents had no insurance, while the rest had a mix of employer-sponsored, individual and Medicaid coverage. The bulk of uninsured
  
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• Killer whales chase down blue whale in rare drone footage

  08-06-2017 17:33
  
  A group of orca whales harassing a blue whale was caught by a drone camera and posted by scientists who study the whales off the Northern California coast. (Credit: Monterey Bay Whale Watch via Facebook)
  A rare sight was captured by a drone camera off the coast of Northern California a few weeks ago. The video shows a group of killer whales streaking through the glassy blue water chasing down a solitary blue whale.
  The video of the pursuit was posted by Monterey Bay Whale Watch on their Facebook
  
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• Copper river king salmon return higher than expected

  08-06-2017 17:21 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Chinook salmon, Yukon Delta NWR. (Public domain photo by Craig Springer/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
  The Copper River king salmon return is coming in better than forecast.
  Predicted to be the weakest on record, at about 29,000 kings, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Upper Copper River management biologist Mark Somerville said the forecast is being questioned – given recent week’s king harvest by commercial fishers on the river’s delta.
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• Some downtown businesses want moratorium on pot shops

  08-06-2017 16:59
  
  Some Downtown Anchorage business owners are discussing the idea of a temporary moratorium to hear more about pot operations that want to locate to Downtown.
  “It turns out there are no limitations on how many pot shops can be in Downtown Anchorage. Just as if we had unlimited liquor stores in Downtown Anchorage. It didn’t make sense to me,” said business owner Robert Neumann at a meeting with other owners Wednesday.
  The Downtown Anchorage Partnership says it does not support a m
  
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• Downtown business want moratorium on pot shops

  08-06-2017 16:59
  
  Some Downtown Anchorage business owners are discussing the idea of a temporary moratorium to hear more about pot operations that want to locate to Downtown.
  “It turns out there are no limitations on how many pot shops can be in Downtown Anchorage. Just as if we had unlimited liquor stores in Downtown Anchorage. It didn’t make sense to me,” said business owner Robert Neumann at a meeting with other owners Wednesday.
  The Downtown Anchorage Partnership says it does not support a m
  
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• Kodiak to host test for Israeli interceptor missile

  08-06-2017 16:58 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Israel is working on a better missile to counter the threat of an Iranian launch, according to Adm. James Syring, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. But Israel lives in a crowded neighborhood, so the plan is to test the interceptor in Kodiak.
  http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170607-01.mp3An Arrow anti-ballistic missile launches from California in 2004 test. (Photo by U.S. Navy)
  Syring told a congressional committee Wednesday the U.S. is Israel’s partner in developing th
  
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• 79-year-old Wasilla man located

  08-06-2017 16:48
  
  Joe Cuddy. (Credit: Alaska State Troopers)
  A Silver Alert issued for an elderly man out of Wasilla late Wednesday night was canceled Thursday morning around 8.
  Late Wednesday night, Alaska State Troopers issued a Silver Alert for 79-year-old Joe Cuddy, who was last seen at Knik-Goose Bay Road in Wasilla.
  Cuddy, a white male with gray hair and blue eyes, weighs 180 pounds and stands 5-foot-8. He’s said to have last been wearing a plaid shirt, blue jeans and gray slippers and driving a gray
  
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• LIVE: Comey testifies in front of Senate Intelligence Committee

  08-06-2017 15:38
  
  The testimony is expected to begin at 6 a.m. AKDT.
  Former FBI Director James Comey will say in public testimony Thursday that President Trump asked him to “lift the cloud” over him and the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
  Comey’s seven-page opening statement, released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee at Comey’s request on the eve of his hearing, reveals key details about his interactions — a total of nine in-pe
  
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• Hope for salmon at Eklutna Lake after dam removal

  08-06-2017 04:11
  
  Work has begun to remove an old dam on the Eklutna River so that water can flow and fish can once again swim upstream.
  Brad Meikeljohn is with the nonprofit Conservation Foundation, the group that is funding the dam removal, which he called, one of the most ambitious restoration projects in the state.
  Meikeljohn said the dam was built in 1929 to supply hydro-electric power to Anchorage. It was abandoned when the federal government built a different plant several decades later. Meikeljohn said th
  
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• UAA initiative saves 1M plastic bottles from landfill

  08-06-2017 03:59
  
  The University of Alaska Anchorage’s “hydration stations” have saved nearly 1,000,000 plastic water bottles from going in the garbage.
  Science maintenance technician Stephanie Tranby saw a need for students between classes to have quicker access to water fountains.
  “When I first started I was fixing a lot of the old fountains. I saw everyone tipping their little jars and I thought we need to get some hydration stations in here,” Tranby said.
  Three years later the UA
  
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• Looming gov’t shutdown threatens AK’s $500M salmon industry

  08-06-2017 03:54
  
  Alaska’s half-billion-dollar salmon season is in jeopardy if lawmakers don’t pass a state budget by the end of June. Without one, state government shuts down July 1.
  That’s also a big deadline for the fishermen statewide — that’s when they’ve got to be out on the water if they want to catch quality salmon. They need the Department of Fish and Game to do it.
  For Zack Worrell, fish and crab are his bread and butter. Worrell is looking forward to what could
  
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• Permanent Fund Corp. shuffles investments while waiting on Legislature’s tab

  08-06-2017 03:52 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell at the corporate office last year. She and other fund managers face uncertainty this year on how much the state will draw from fund earnings. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Uncertainty over how the Legislature will close the state’s budget gap is affecting the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. The corporation is investing more conservatively, so it has cash on hand in case the Legislature uses fund earnings to close the gap.
  How much money the Al
  
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• Even moderate drinking could harm the brain

  08-06-2017 03:31
  
  Heavy drinking can lead to a number of serious health problems, including increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and dementia, but consuming even moderate levels of alcohol could be dangerous, as well, new research suggests.
  The study, published in The BMJ, finds that moderate drinkers were three times more likely to experience a decline in mental skills than people who drank no alcohol at all.
  For the study, researchers analyzed data on weekly alcohol intake in 550 healthy British men and wom
  
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• Watch: Former FBI director Comey to testify about Russia investigation live at 6 a.m. Thursday

  08-06-2017 03:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey will testify Thursday before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired by President Donald Trump nearly a month ago.
  Live video will be available beginning at 6 a.m. Alaska time Thursday.Live special coverage from NPR begins at 6 a.m. Alaska time. You can listen to coverage here and on KTOO over the air.
  The Senate committee is looking into the circumstances around Comey’s dismissal and how
  
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• Watch: Former FBI director Comey to testify about Russia investigation

  08-06-2017 03:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey will testify Thursday before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired by President Donald Trump nearly a month ago.
  Live video will be available beginning at 6 a.m. Alaska time Thursday.Live special coverage from NPR begins at 6 a.m. Alaska time. You can listen to coverage here and on KTOO over the air.
  The Senate committee is looking into the circumstances around Comey’s dismissal and how
  
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• Overdoses now leading cause of death of Americans under 50

  08-06-2017 03:29
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Overdoses are now the leading cause of death of Americans under the age of 50.
  According to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times, deaths last year likely topped 59,000 — 19 percent more than the year before.
  In Ohio, they were up even more.
  On May 26, Cleveland Police Sgt. Timothy Maffo-Judd’s body camera was running as he approached a man slumped in his car. It turned out that the man was minutes from a fatal drug overdose.
  Three applications of Na
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 6-8-17

  08-06-2017 02:25 via ktoo.org
  
  Thursday, June 8, 2017
   
  Thursday on a Juneau Afternoon, Joan Pardes hosts;
   
  UAS Corner – Deb Rydman, Career Services will talk about what her office does for students and what opportunities there are for internships and things like that during the summer and school year.
   
  Troy Quinn will offer a preview of this weekend’s Juneau Symphony concerts;
  We’ll find out about Friday’s Public Media Rock Around the Block Party;
  Charlie Herrington, will be here to h
  
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• Color-changing tattoos aim to monitor health stats

  08-06-2017 01:26
  
  MIT researchers are in the early stages of developing biosensing tattoo inks with the hope that one day they might help monitor blood sugar levels and other health data. (Credit: MIT Media Lab)
  For many people with diabetes, keeping tabs on blood sugar every day is expensive, time-consuming and invasive, but researchers at MIT and Harvard are exploring a creative new approach that could one day help make things easier: biosensing tattoos.
  The scientists have developed special tattoo ink that con
  
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• Girl, 8, booted from soccer tournament for ‘looking like a boy’

  08-06-2017 01:18
  
  Mili Hernandez, 8, and her soccer team were thrown out of a Nebraska soccer tournament after officials insisted she was a boy (Credit: KMTV)
  OMAHA, Neb. — Milagros ‘Mili’ Hernandez, an 8-year-old girl from Omaha and her team were disqualified from a soccer tournament over the weekend after officials allegedly insisted Mili was a boy, reports CBS Omaha affiliate KMTV.
  Mili has been playing soccer for years and is part of the Azzuri Cachorros Chicas club team in Omaha.
  Her team p
  
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• Police chief says severed leg investigation could take up to a year

  08-06-2017 00:50 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson fields a question from a Juneau resident during a meeting at City Hall about crime on Jan. 17, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Families of recent missing persons have been contacted about the human leg pulled out of the Gastineau Channel on May 22, Juneau’s Police Chief Bryce Johnson said Monday on A Juneau’s Afternoon. But tests results on the leg could take as long as a year to be completed.
  “We’ve worked back through our missin
  
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• Haines’ new manager starts job amid political turmoil, conflict of interest questions

  08-06-2017 00:17 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Haines’ new borough manager is breaking ground in a couple ways: she’s the first woman to ever serve as the town’s permanent manager, and she’s a local.
  Debra Schnabel started work Monday, although her contract has not been finalized. She takes the helm during a challenging time.
  Haines is in the midst of a recall effort, two Haines Borough Assembly members have resigned for political reasons, and many people criticized the hire of Schnabel.http://khns.org/wp-co
  
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