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Four members of a Texas family on vacation in Alaska remain missing after their boat capsized, and the US Coast Guard suspended the search and rescue efforts Sunday night. Chief Petty Officer Travis Magee, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, said watchstanders received a call on Saturday that a boat approximately 28 feet long was taking on water about 14 nautical miles west of Homer. Good Samaritans aboard another vessel called The Salty Sea were able to rescue four of the eight people on the boat roughly 15 minutes after the Coast Guard sent out a broadcast notice. Guardsmen scoured the area …