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8 hrs ago | Kansas City Star

Emergency landing on tundra as smooth as runway

An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the engine failed near Alaska's Bering Sea coast.Passengers told The Anchorage Daily News the Yute Air pilot remained calm on the flight from Bethel to Kipnuk, and the landing Wednesday was so smooth it could have been on a runway.

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17 hrs ago | The Herald

Picking a fight is a GOP tradition

Picking a fight is a GOP tradition By David Broder WASHINGTON - For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.

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Related Topix: US News, Washington, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Alaska Government, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Kansas City Star

Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska

Thousands of starry-eyed children all over the world are writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season, but they'll not likely to get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular effort begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to ...

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Related Topix: North Pole, AK, Life, Holidays, Christmas, The Postal Service, Indie, Anchorage, AK

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Homer Tribune

Economic Trends publication answers key indicator questions

From 2000 to 2002, employment numbers fell dramatically; then through 2008, fishing jobs stabilized and recovered a bit.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, Life, Food, Seafood, Law, Employment / Labor Law, 9, Anchorage Metro

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Marmots need to leave Alaska island for the birds

HOMER, Alaska - Few records exist about why barracks for 15 people were built on Sud Island in the Barrens in the 1940s.

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Related Topix: Homer, AK, Kodiak, AK, Kenai, AK

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Gouverneur Times

Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release

David Cheezem, co-owner of Fireside Books in Palmer, said people have been calling to make sure they'll be able to get the former GOP vice presidential candidate's memoir, "Going Rogue." He's opening early with coffee and doughnuts to celebrate the Tuesday release.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Books, Wasilla, AK

McClatchy DC

Palin opens book tour, telling Oprah GOP loss not her fault

In her first television interview promoting her new memoir, Sarah Palin on Monday addressed one of the lingering questions many Alaskans have had since she stepped down as governor this summer: Why? "My state of Alaska was being hampered by my presence there, being shackled behind a governor's desk," Palin told talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an ...

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sarah Palin, Alaska Government, US News, US Politics, John McCain

Mon Nov 16, 2009

R & D

Pipeline coordinator resigns at Obama's request

The federal pipeline coordinator of an Alaska natural gas pipeline project announced Monday that she was leaving her position at the request of President Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Government, Barack Obama

Sun Nov 15, 2009

ABC News

Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Environmental Law, Law

Newsday.com

Palin's way of talkin' dissected, you betcha

Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage there was a lot of talk about her distinctive way of talkin', you betcha.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, University of Wisconsin Madison

Fort Mill Times

Weatherization, rebate programs stimulate economy

A statewide weatherization program with the potential of reducing energy costs in thousands of Alaskan residences will improve some 1,740 homes in 2009 alone, and Alaska Housing Finance Corp.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, 9

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KTVF Fairbanks

Vets to get meds at Alaska Pioneer Home

The vets are entitled to the medicines but they have been denied in recent months.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

KTVF Fairbanks

Judge sentences murderer to 309 years

An Anchorage jury in April convicted Christopher Erin Rogers Jr. of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, robbery, assault, vehicle theft and eluding police.

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Related Topix: University of Alaska Anchorage

Telegram & Gazette

Studio settlement reported for fake movie news

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Universal Pictures has agreed to pay $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie "The Fourth Kind," the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

USCG

Coast Guard rescues two more hunters in Southeast Alaska on Douglas Island

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka helicopter crew rescued two more men Thursday after the men became stranded on Douglas Island near Middle Point.

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Myrtle Beach Online

Studio settlement reported for fake movie news

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Universal Pictures has agreed to pay $20,000 to the Alaska Press Club to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie "The Fourth Kind." The Anchorage lawyer who negotiated the settlement for the Fairbanks paper and six other media outlets, John McKay, says the fake ...

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Related Topix: The Fourth Kind, UFO and Alien, Coastal Carolina University, Education

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Juneau Empire

Charities hope PFD gifts exceed costs

The new Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend donation program called "Pick. Click. Give." raised $550,000 this year, but is expected to cost about $900,000 to administer during the program's first three years.

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Related Topix: Juneau, AK, Anchorage Metro

KGW-TV Portland

Injured Alaska swan makes splash at WA sanctuary

After a long flight from Alaska - by jet - Marshmallow the trumpeter swan had plenty of energy left when she arrived at a private wildlife sanctuary near Lake Stevens.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Juneau Empire

Alaska Democrats anticipate Obama's first visit to state

Democratic party leaders say many residents are thrilled over President Barack Obama's first visit to the Republican-leaning state, though he won't make a public appearance here.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Don Young, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Democrat, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Government

Juneau Empire

Alaska gold production at its highest since 1916

Another gold rush seems to be under way in Alaska. The state's gold production last year - 800,000 ounces - was the highest since 1916.

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Related Topix: Fairbanks, AK, Delta Junction, AK, Juneau, AK, Nome, AK, McGrath, AK

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