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If confirmed by the Senate, Comey, a former federal prosecutor, would succeed FBI Director James Mueller. His background appears to have secured support on Capital Hill, but civil liberties groups have voiced concerns about his record of signing off on tactics employed by the Bush administration to go after and prosecute suspected terrorists.
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The notion of Bitcoin ATMs is by no means a new one and has been in the news since at least February, but a London event last week served as a reminder that the idea is on the verge of becoming a reality by the end of the year.
At the Bitcoin London conference on Tuesday, July 2, a startup by the name of Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures of a small table-top, cash-only device that will convert hard currency deposits into units of the digital currency in user accounts, called "wallets."
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It took crews about 10 minutes to put out the fire. Everyone died inside the plane, she said.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson confirmed to The Associated Press that the dead included nine passengers and the pilot.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Otter was operated by Rediske Air, based out of another Kenai Peninsula community, Nikiski.
Will Satathite, who was working Sunday at Rediske Air's Nikiski office, confirmed to the Peninsula Clarion newspaper that the aircraft was flown by Nikiski pilot and company owner Willy Rediske.
A man who didn't identify himself at the Rediske office declined comment later Sunday to the AP, saying the crash was under investigation.
Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Meagan Peters said a fire that consumed the aircraft initially kept firefighters from reaching the wreckage. The passengers have not been identified.
The Soldotna Police Department said Sunday evening that the remains of all 10 people have been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Anchorage for autopsies and positive identifications.
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The NTSB is sending an investigative team from Washington that's scheduled to arrive Monday afternoon. Also taking part will be Alaska-based investigator Brice Banning, who was called back from the Asiana crash in San Francisco.
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An Army artillery exercise on Fort Wainwright originally started the fire, which has been burning for 18 days, said Mel Slater, a spokesman with the Alaska Fire Service.
A Fort Wainwright commander told Pleasant Valley residents Saturday that the artillery exercise took place during a National Weather Service "red flag" warning, when the public is advised against activities that could start fires, the Fairbanks News-Miner reported.
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Buddhoe extended the deadline, and von Scholten arrived in Frederiksted later that afternoon.
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== Senators should use common sense, not consultants ==

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