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Ex-Sen. Stevens in plane crash, unclear if survived
Yahoo.com ^ | 10 Aug 10

Posted on 08/10/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by bjorn14

Former Republican U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was aboard a plane that crashed in Alaska, and it was not immediately clear whether he survived, a congressional source said on Tuesday. Half of those aboard the plane were killed in the crash and a doctor is apparently on the scene, though rescuers are having trouble reaching the site because of bad weather, the source said, declining to be further identified. Stevens lost his re-election bid in 2008 after he was convicted on corruption charges, but the case was later thrown out because of prosecutorial misconduct.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: braking; planecrash; stevens; tedstevens
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To: bjorn14

The Senator was a very kind, polite, even funny, man. He was always ready with a kind word, a smile or just a wink when I passed him in the halls. I pray for his family and staff ( who are in many ways an extended family) and for all those who lost loved ones in this crash.


61 posted on 08/10/2010 9:55:43 AM PDT by brothers4thID (http://scarlettsays.blogspot.com/)
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To: Retired Greyhound

RIP, Senator Stevens.

Wonder if the media will treat his death as they did Byrd and Kennedy’s. Dumb question, I know. He never killed anyone or joined the KKK, but will not get the adoration in the press that those two did.


62 posted on 08/10/2010 9:56:53 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: bjorn14

Former Senator Stevens killed in crash: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100810/pl_nm/us_crash_plane_stevens

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican Senator Ted Stevens was among those killed when a small plane crashed in Alaska on Monday night, local television station KTUU said on its website on Tuesday, quoting a longtime family friend.


63 posted on 08/10/2010 9:59:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

May he rest in peace.


64 posted on 08/10/2010 10:00:52 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I will not be silenced. I WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER)
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To: Twotone

>>”I think that explains the likelihood of being in multiple incidents. “

The rules are different, also. 30 years ago (if not now?) FARs allowed a greater gross weight in Alaska. This decreases the safety margin. VFR rules were routinely ignored, at least for float planes.

As an example, in Ketchikan, I noticed that the airport beacon was indicating Instrument weather conditions (which was obviously appropriate). The beacon would occasionally be turned OFF, indication VISUAL conditions, although the WX had not changed. Then, a float plane would land in the channel, and the IFR light would start again!

DG


65 posted on 08/10/2010 10:21:03 AM PDT by DoorGunner ("Rom 11: until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so, all Israel will be saved")
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To: billhilly

It was his earmark, in the House, that instigated the controversy, for which SENATOR Stevens got eternally blamed.

Size of district not a factor.


66 posted on 08/10/2010 11:27:22 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck -)
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To: billhilly

“his [Don Young’s] earmark, in the House” [again clarifying, not Stevens]


67 posted on 08/10/2010 11:35:32 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck -)
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To: Brytani

Only thing I remember is remodeling of his home? I could be way off though.


68 posted on 08/10/2010 11:50:10 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: txrangerette

All facts are important. Most people who are well informed know that the “Bridge to nowhere was Don Young’s stepchild.” Not everyone seems to know that the state of Alaska has only one congressional district, as do Montana, Delaware, S.Dakota, N.Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming.


69 posted on 08/10/2010 11:50:17 AM PDT by billhilly
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To: Brytani

On July 29, 2008, Stevens was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts of failing to report gifts received from VECO Corporation and its CEO Bill Allen on his Senate financial disclosure forms, formally charged with violation of provisions of the Ethics in Government Act. Stevens pleaded not guilty and asserted his right to a speedy trial, which began on September 25 in Washington, DC, to have the opportunity to clear his name before the November election. On October 27, 2008, barely a week before the election, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts. National Public Radio reported on April 1, 2009, that United States Attorney General Eric Holder, citing serious prosecutorial misconduct during the trial, decided to drop all charges against Stevens—an action that vacated his conviction.

During his trial, Stevens campaigned for re-election to his Senate seat. On November 4, 2008, eight days after his conviction, he lost the election to Democrat Mark Begich by 3,953 votes, a 1.24% margin. Stevens conceded defeat in a statement released the next day, making him the first U.S. senator from Alaska to be defeated in a general election and the longest-serving U.S. Senator ever to lose a re-election bid.


70 posted on 08/10/2010 12:03:28 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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Lefty pigs here at work and on various web sites are spewing their usual hate....

Many saying “Why couldn’t it be Palin/Palin family”

Leftists = Pigs.


71 posted on 08/10/2010 12:18:55 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (David Horowitz: "The War on Sarah Palin is really a War on Conservatives.")
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To: G Larry

A lot more people were dying in train wrecks than plane crashes in those days.


72 posted on 08/10/2010 12:30:49 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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To: billhilly

i did not say the fact was unimportant...it is not relevant to the misinformation, widespread - in truth in a comment at the start of this thread - that Stevens did the earmark. I replied to that comment with the truth that, no, it was Young.

take a look at why i said it was Young - in response to a comment that it was Stevens. i said, it was by a House rep, then you diverted to the district = the state.

point stands.


73 posted on 08/10/2010 12:40:02 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear". - Glenn Beck -)
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