Oops! Tech Error Wipes Out Alaska Info

March 20, 2007 By ANNE SUTTON, Associated Press Writer Computer keyboard

(AP) -- Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.

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