AT&T’s announced plans to upgrade the network by summer of 2016 have stalled. And people in Skagway have noticed, as they slog through another summer of cell phone problems.
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Former CBJ paralegal headed to criminal trial
Prosecutors allege Roxie Starr, 60, improperly accessed APSIN, the Alaska Public Safety Information Network.
Vatican Arrests Defrocked Archbishop On Sex Charges
In an extraordinary and unprecedented move, the Vatican has placed a former archbishop under house arrest after he was accused of paying for sex with children while serving as the papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Senators Reach Framework To Pay For Veterans’ Care Outside System
Senators from both parties have reached an agreement on legislation that would expand the ability of veterans to seek government-paid medical care outside the network of the VA medical system.
Saying It Was Hacked, EBay Urges Users To Change Passwords
Online marketplace eBay says it was the target of a cyberattack in which hackers accessed a database of its encrypted passwords. The auction site says no financial data were revealed — but it’s urging its users to update the passwords on their accounts.
Worst Floods In A Century Kill At Least 24 In The Balkans
The unrelenting rain in the Balkans has caused the worst flooding since records began being kept. According to The Associated Press: The rain caused an estimated 2,100 landslides on Sunday that covered roads, homes and whole villages throughout hilly Bosnia.
Feds Clear Banks To Do Business With Budding Pot Industry
The federal government on Friday issued guidelines for banks seeking to do business with the legal marijuana industry, stopping short of a blanket immunity for them, but strongly indicating that prosecutions for such crimes as money laundering would be unlikely.
Massive Volcanic Eruption In Indonesia Blankets Region In Ash
The second major volcanic eruption in as many weeks in Indonesia has killed at least three people and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands on the island of Java, as Mount Kelud spewed ash and debris 12 miles into the sky.
If Comet ISON Survives The Sun, The View May Be Spectacular
If it manages to hold itself together after a rendezvous with the sun, ISON “could reappear in the dawn sky in early December as a potentially spectacular naked-eye object for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere,”
Blockbuster Fades Out, But Some Zombie Stores Will Live On in Alaska and Texas
The company has 26 stores across Texas and Alaska that will live on after the last 300 or so company-owned stores are closed by early January 2014.