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Alaskan tsunami watch issued after 6.5 quake near Adak
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck 85 miles northeast of Adak triggering a tsunami watch along Alaska and the Pacific Coast to California. No large waves developed. Separate reports note four Southern California plane crashes killing nine, a gunman killing three in Colorado, Eastern Airlines grounding four jets, Bush having a skin cancer removed, and a near collision of two airliners at O'Hare.
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