Breaking - First Alaska numbers
Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 09:20:40 PM PDT
Over 1,000 people braved temperatures dropping below -30 degrees in Fairbanks, Alaska tonight in the Democratic precinct caucuses. That's nearly 10 times the number who caucused in 2004.
With all of the Fairbanks districts reporting, and representing about 16 percent of the Alaska population, the totals are:
71 % Obama
26 % Clinton
2 % Uncommitted
The Anchorage Daily News online reports that "Voters Swarm Precinct Caucus" - we've had one report that over 4,000 people caucused in Anchorage, setting new records there.
Bush fails Wall Street Journal reader poll
Tue Mar 14, 2006 at 06:00:42 AM PDT
The Wall Street Journal today is polling its readers on President Bush and Iraq. Even they have lost faith. Here are the results so far:
How do you grade Bush's leadership of the Iraq war so far this year?
A 543 votes (13%)
B 509 votes (12%)
C 282 votes (7%)
D 530 votes (13%)
F 2320 votes (55%)
4184 people have voted so far. The poll is available at their front page: http://online.wsj.com/... about 2/3 down the left hand column.
Alaska universities offer Katrina-affected students resident tuition
Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 09:32:52 AM PDT
The Fairbanks and Anchorage campuses of the University of Alaska announced Friday that they would accept late applications from students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner story says that even though Alaska is far from the disaster, the state university is willing to help.
Both campuses are waiving late registration and application fees for refugees from Hurricane Katrina, which ripped through the Gulf Coast on Monday, likely killing thousands of people and leaving tens of thousands more without shelter, food or money.
Lori Keim, spokeswoman for the University of Alaska Anchorage, said transferring students would be eligible for resident tuition.
More excerpts from the article in the jump
Turner Compares Fox's Popularity to Hitler
Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 08:01:01 AM PDT
Broadcasting & Cable reports on a speech by Ted Turner, calling Fox Network "a propaganda tool of the Bush administration" at the National Association for Television Programming Executives on Tuesday night.
The article indicates he "indirectly compared Fox News Channel's popularity to Adolf Hitler's popular election to run Germany before World War II."
Complete story is available at
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/CA499014.html (may require registration)
