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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)   (Associated Press)
FILE - This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in Dec. 1997, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6....
FILE - This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed...   (Associated Press)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin Graham, who was there to meet her at the airport.  (AP Photo/The Citizen-Times, Stephen Miller)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin...   (Associated Press)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin Graham, who was there to meet her at the airport.  (AP Photo/The Citizen-Times, Stephen Miller)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin...   (Associated Press)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin Graham, who was there to meet her at the airport.  (AP Photo/The Citizen-Times, Stephen Miller)
Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov. 22, 2009, for a visit with the Graham family. At left is Franklin...   (Associated Press)
FILE - This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in Dec. 1997, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6....
FILE - This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed...   (Associated Press)
Activists march with a large poster that reads,
Activists march with a large poster that reads, "Just enough Alaska forests are cut," during a rally in Jakarta, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. About 100 activists of Greenpeace hold a rally in the Indonesian...   (Associated Press)
Anchorage police officers Jennifer Haywood, right, and Arceli Jones, left, help an inebriated homeless woman from a tent in a wooded area of Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 5, 2009 as Sgt. Dennis Allen, back left, helps another stand so the Community Service Patrol can take them to a sleep off...
Anchorage police officers Jennifer Haywood, right, and Arceli Jones, left, help an inebriated homeless woman from a tent in a wooded area of Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 5, 2009 as Sgt. Dennis Allen,...   (Associated Press)
An empty vodka bottle sits outside of a tent where a homeless inebriated couple sleep in a tent in a wooded area of Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009. Homeless inebriates have set up squatter camps in Anchorage woods and greenbelts because the homeless shelters will not accept inebriated people...
An empty vodka bottle sits outside of a tent where a homeless inebriated couple sleep in a tent in a wooded area of Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009. Homeless inebriates have set up squatter...   (Associated Press)
Anchorage Police Sgt. Dennis Allen, left,  tries to get an inebriated man's name as the his inebriated partner sits in a tent while officer Jennifer Haywood, background, watches in a wooded area of Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009. Homeless inebriates have set up squatter camps in Anchorage woods and...
Anchorage Police Sgt. Dennis Allen, left, tries to get an inebriated man's name as the his inebriated partner sits in a tent while officer Jennifer Haywood, background, watches in a wooded area of Anchorage,...   (Associated Press)
Anchorage Police Department Sg. Dennis Allen, right, and officer Jennifer Haywood try to lift an inebriated homeless person from a tent in the woods in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009 so the Community Service Patrol can take him to a sleep off center. Homeless inebriates have set up squatter...
Anchorage Police Department Sg. Dennis Allen, right, and officer Jennifer Haywood try to lift an inebriated homeless person from a tent in the woods in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2009 so the...   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)   (Associated Press)
Cindy Bueler, left, stands with Paul Johnson, who is dressed in a historic military costume, as they wait to get their books signed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)
Cindy Bueler, left, stands with Paul Johnson, who is dressed in a historic military costume, as they wait to get their books signed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood,...   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd during a book signing appearance for,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd during a book signing appearance for, "Going Rogue", at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)   (Associated Press)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography,
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, "Going Rogue", for a fan at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in in Norwood, Ohio, on Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)   (Associated Press)
In this photo taken Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009 Norm Olson, who recently launched the Alaska Citizens Militia is shown at his home in Nikiski, Alaska. Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves...
In this photo taken Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009 Norm Olson, who recently launched the Alaska Citizens Militia is shown at his home in Nikiski, Alaska. Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical...   (Associated Press)
In this photo taken Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009, Ray Southwell, left, and Norm Olson, members of the Alaska Citizens Militia, stand by the woods near their home in Nikiski, Alaska. Olson's militia is minuscule at the moment, but there has been a resurgence of the militia movement nationwide, in part...
In this photo taken Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009, Ray Southwell, left, and Norm Olson, members of the Alaska Citizens Militia, stand by the woods near their home in Nikiski, Alaska. Olson's militia is minuscule...   (Associated Press)
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Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno, top, smiles with members of the Team Extreme children's speed skating club, of Federal Way, Wash., who wear bandanas and facial hair like Ohno during a media event on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle.  Alaska Airlines added a...
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno, top, smiles with members of the Team Extreme children's speed skating club, of Federal Way, Wash., who wear bandanas and facial hair like Ohno during a media...   (Associated Press)
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno, center back, points to a stick-on
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno, center back, points to a stick-on "soul patch" on a member of the Team Extreme children's speed skating club, of Federal Way, Wash., as he poses with them...   (Associated Press)
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno smiles as he walks past his likeness painted on the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle.  The airlines added the likeness of Ohno to the fuselage of the 737-800...
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno smiles as he walks past his likeness painted on the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International...   (Associated Press)
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno waves as he stands next to his likeness painted on the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle.  The airlines added the likeness of Ohno to the fuselage of the...
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno waves as he stands next to his likeness painted on the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International...   (Associated Press)
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno leans out to finish autographing the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in Seattle. The airline added the likeness of Ohno to the fuselage of the 737-800 in support of...
Olympic short track speed skater Apolo Ohno leans out to finish autographing the side of an Alaska Airlines plane at a media event on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in...   (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2008, file photo, Seattle's Mike Boxley shoots during a Great Alaska Shootout NCAA college basketball game against Portland State in Anchorage, Alaska. Boxley came to Seattle University fully accepting the idea that he would play for a Division II school. Now the forward is...
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2008, file photo, Seattle's Mike Boxley shoots during a Great Alaska Shootout NCAA college basketball game against Portland State in Anchorage, Alaska. Boxley came to Seattle University...   (Associated Press)
Kalamazoo Wings hockey players practice on pink ice at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The pink ice is part of the Alaska Ace's third annual
Kalamazoo Wings hockey players practice on pink ice at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The pink ice is part of the Alaska Ace's third annual "Paint the Rink Pink" preseason...   (Associated Press)
Seward's Travis Price soars over the sand pit while competing in the 1A-2A-3A Boys Long Jump finals during the 2009 Alaska Schools Activities Association High School Track and Field Championships Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska.  (AP Photo/Eric Engman)
Seward's Travis Price soars over the sand pit while competing in the 1A-2A-3A Boys Long Jump finals during the 2009 Alaska Schools Activities Association High School Track and Field Championships Saturday,...   (Associated Press)
U.S. Olympian and 2008 World Cup Nordic champion skier Kikkan Randall, left,  puts the U.S. Alpine Championships men's giant slalom third place medal on Warner Nickerson after the event at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
U.S. Olympian and 2008 World Cup Nordic champion skier Kikkan Randall, left, puts the U.S. Alpine Championships men's giant slalom third place medal on Warner Nickerson after the event at the Alyeska...   (Associated Press)
Warner Nickerson skis to the finish of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 to finish third . (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Warner Nickerson skis to the finish of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 to finish third . (AP Photo/Al Grillo)   (Associated Press)
U.S. Alpine Championships men's giant slalom champion Tim Jitloff, left, congratulates David Chodunsky on his run after finishing the event at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Chodunksky finished in 12th place. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
U.S. Alpine Championships men's giant slalom champion Tim Jitloff, left, congratulates David Chodunsky on his run after finishing the event at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31,...   (Associated Press)
Warner Nickerson skis through a gate in the men's giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Nickerson finished in third place. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Warner Nickerson skis through a gate in the men's giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Nickerson finished in third place. (AP...   (Associated Press)
Tommy Ford skis to the finish in second place in the men's giant slalom of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Tommy Ford skis to the finish in second place in the men's giant slalom of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)   (Associated Press)
Tim Jitloff skis to the finish and a win in the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Tim Jitloff skis to the finish and a win in the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)   (Associated Press)
Chris Frank  skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska on March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Chris Frank skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska on March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)   (Associated Press)
Travis Ganong skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Travis Ganong skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, March 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)   (Associated Press)
Warner Nickerson skis through a broken gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.  Nickerson is in third place after the first run.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Warner Nickerson skis through a broken gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom ski event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Nickerson...   (Associated Press)
David Chodounsky works to pull out of a slide as he skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska Tuesday, March 31, 2009.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
David Chodounsky works to pull out of a slide as he skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom event of the U.S. Alpine Ski Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska...   (Associated Press)
Tim Jitloff skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom kiing event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.  Jitloff is in first place after the first run.  (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Tim Jitloff skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom kiing event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Jitloff is...   (Associated Press)
University of Alaska skier Halfdan Falkum-Hansen skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom skiing event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.  The skier from Norway is in second place in the first run...
University of Alaska skier Halfdan Falkum-Hansen skis through a gate in the first run of the men's giant slalom skiing event of the U.S. Alpine Championships at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska,...   (Associated Press)
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  • Food donations pour in to Juneau charities

    Juneau Empire | 11/24/2009 3:46:00 PM

    Food donations to local charities have poured in the past few days. More »

  • Thanksgiving closures

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 2:27:13 PM

    For Thursday More »

  • School Board wants to use leftover funds

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 2:10:06 PM

    The Anchorage School Board wants the school district to spend $10.5 million of leftover money from previous school building projects on new capital-improvement projects. More »

  • A founder of Alaska tourism, Brad Phillips dies in Seattle

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 2:09:03 PM

    Brad Phillips, a founding father of Southcentral Alaska's tourism industry, died Monday in Seattle. More »

  • Trooper kills armed man, finds dead mother in Fairbanks

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 2:06:28 PM

    An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a naked, knife-wielding man at a Fairbanks home Tuesday morning after he confronted officers and refused to put down the weapon, according to troopers. Investigators later found the body of his mother inside the home lying next to a phone. More »

  • Governor picks former teacher to replace Coghill

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 1:49:29 PM

    Gov. Sean Parnell announced Tuesday that former teacher Tammie Wilson will replace John Coghill to represent District 11 in the Alaska House of Representatives. Parnell said he personally interviewed the three applicants forwarded by the Republican Party to fill the one-year vacancy before deciding on Wilson. More »

  • Palin revisits Florida town that welcomed her in 2008

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 1:23:29 PM

    THE VILLAGES, Fla. -- Sarah Palin, who says the 2012 presidential election isn't on her radar, took her "Going Rogue" book tour to the biggest of the battleground states Tuesday, including a stop in the retirement community where tens of thousands of people gave her star treatment in the 2008 presidential election. More »

  • Agents intercept 40 kilos of opium

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 1:18:35 PM

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted more than 40 kilograms of opium at the Anchorage international airport this week, the agency said Tuesday. The dope, worth some $16 million, was shipped from Thailand and was bound for Wisconsin, said Jerry McGee, chief CBP officer in Anchorage. Anchorage is one of the largest hubs for air cargo in the U.S. and international flights often stop here to refuel. More »

  • Rollover kills Glennallen man, injures woman

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 1:17:27 PM

    PALMER -- A Glennallen man died in an accident Monday night after he drove off the shoulder of the Glenn Highway near Sheep Mountain Lodge, according to Alaska State Troopers. More »

  • Eaglecrest ski area set to open a week early

    Anchorage Daily News | 11/24/2009 1:15:37 PM

    JUNEAU -- The Eaglecrest Ski Area is scheduled to open a week early -- if the weather cooperates. More »

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