KNIK: Government Hill council opposed plan; impact statement delayed for review.

Edrie Vinson called the lengthy round of town meetings on the proposal to bridge Knik Arm "the most concentrated scoping process you've ever seen from the Federal Highway Administration."

Government Hill resident Tom Pease saw it differently.

"But there were also many meetings we've been closed ...

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For the roster impaired, that's David Kirtman, who's only been in the program for six or seven years. Well, only five, but it seems as if he's been toiling out there on the practice field anonymously for that long.

"They said that? I didn't know that,'' Kirtman said. "I think now people recognize me more just because they're not going to recognize somebody who doesn't play. Now I ...

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Lashing wind and rain pounded Mexican beach resorts on Friday and thousands of tourists hunkered down in shelters to escape Hurricane Wilma, which was hammering Caribbean resorts on its way to densely populated southern Florida.

Heavy rain was coming down in diagonal sheets and howling winds were buckling sturdy trees.

Tourists were evacuated from luxury b...

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Hoping to put ethanol in your tank? The plans for a station in Austin dispensing E85 (85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline) have not materialized. But if you happen to be in San Antonio, check out the alternative fuel station at 4023 N. Interstate 35. The station also dispenses propane motor fuel. Do not know if your vehicle can run on ethanol? Visit www.e85fuel.com.

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Two South Korean friends will be reunited for the first time since they left Holland when Tottenham take on Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Tottenham left-back Lee Young-Pyo will come up against compatriot Park Ji-Sung in the top-of-the-table encounter which will also feature a Dutch reunion.

The South Korean internationals were major stars for their country during th...

TWO mothers whose young daughters developed cancer have unveiled a book to raise funds for the hospital that helped treat them.

Louise Miles and Michelle Smith from Helensburgh met when their five-year-old daughters, Katy and Chloe, contracted the disease and were treated in the same ward at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children.

Katy is in remission, but Chloe died earlier th...

I have left you standing in the annals of futility. I have spent an entire morning last weekend lovingly planting small groups of my favourite crocuses, Cream Beauty and Blue Pearl, in carefully planned little groups of 30 at intervals along the lawn that edges the garden's most prominent flower beds. They were to be my final act of showing off in spring time.

In they went and, by Tuesda...

The other nun said she wouldn't mind, but felt funny about actually purchasing it.

No problem, said the first nun. She took a six-pack to the cashier.

The cashier's eyebrows shot up. "It's not what you're thinking," chided the first nun, "We use beer for washing our hair."

Without blinking, the clerk reached under the counter and put a pretzel package in the bag with the b...