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Apr. 24, 2009
Alaska's Mount Redoubt towers more than 10,000 feet above sea level, is an active volcano and can send clouds of ash so high that jetliners could be at risk.
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Low-level activity seen at Alaska volcano

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 1 (UPI) -- Scientists said Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano remained relatively quiet Wednesday, producing only low-level emissions and weak seismic activity.

Mount Redoubt spews more ash in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 28 (UPI) -- Alaska's volcanic Mount Redoubt, in an early Saturday eruption marked by lightning that cast an eerie glow, sent ash rocketing into the sky, witnesses said.

Plume of ash from Mount Redoubt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 27 (UPI) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted Friday morning after two overnight explosions.

7th Mount Redoubt explosion is small one

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 25 (UPI) -- A small explosion at Mount Redoubt in Alaska early Wednesday sent up an ash cloud 15,000 feet that dissipated over the volcano, scientists say.

Alaska volcano erupts

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 24 (UPI) -- Alaska's snow-covered Mount Redoubt was steamy but quiet Tuesday, after two days of eruptions sent plumes of ash and steam about 11 miles above Cook Inlet.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt has 5th eruption

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 23 (UPI) -- Mount Redoubt, a volcano in southern Alaska, spewed anew Monday, the fifth eruption since it rumbled back to life, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Scientists confident in Redoubt tracking

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Scientists at volcano monitoring stations in Alaska say they are confident in their abilities to track volcanic activity at the active Redoubt Volcano.

Alaskan volcano about to erupt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Alaska's 10,200-foot Mount Redoubt Volcano, located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, could erupt at any time, geologists say.

Scientists: Alaskan volcano ready to erupt

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Mount Redoubt in Alaska has been showing signs of increased activity that could mean the volcano may soon erupt, scientists said Friday.

Alaska's Mount Redoubt rumbles

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The Alaskan Volcano Observatory says Mount Redoubt is rumbling and an eruption of the 10,917-foot peak could occur within days.
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo