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  • July 2008

    • Flap Over Cop's Job Ensnares Alaska Gov.

      newser  |  Anchorage Daily News  |  Jul 22, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Flap Over Cop's Job Ensnares Alaska Gov.

      Alaska's governor, a longshot possibility as John McCain's running mate, is under scrutiny in the wake of allegations she had the state's public-safety commissioner fired as part of a personal vendetta, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Walt Monegan says Sarah Palin pressured him to fire her sister’s state trooper ex-husband, and thinks his refusal led to his own dismissal. More »

    • Oil-Rich Alaska Pays Most for Gas

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 18, 08 12:18 PM CDT

      Oil-Rich Alaska Pays Most for Gas

      Think you’re paying a lot for gas? Try telling that to the people in Lime Village, Alaska, an isolated outpost where prices have hit $8.55 a gallon. Alaska is a major crude supplier, but its residents, paradoxically, face the highest average gas prices in the nation, Reuters reports, because the economies of scale don’t work in the sparsely populated state. More »

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      gas prices  • Alaska

  • June 2008

    • More Young Men Go Into the Wild in Alaska

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 30, 08 7:18 PM CDT

      More Young Men Go Into the Wild in Alaska

      Just as residents of Healy, Alaska feared, more men have come looking for the bus—the old jalopy where Christopher McCandless died on his famous quest, the AP reports. Portrayed in the book and film, Into the Wild , his trip to Alaska has inspired dozens to trek through dicey weather and mosquito clouds to the bus. "I don't want people to go out there and die," a former official said. "It's that simple." More »

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      film  • book  • Alaska  • tourists  • Into the Wild  • visitors

    • Bear Mauls Girl in Alaska Bike Race

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 30, 08 4:19 AM CDT

      Bear Mauls Girl in Alaska Bike Race

      A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race in Alaska was severely injured when she was attacked last night by a bear. She was able to make a brief emergency cell phone call and whisper the word "bear" that triggered an emergency search. The girl suffered head, neck, torso and leg wounds and was protected from even more serious wounds by her bike helmet. She underwent surgery and was in critical condition, police said. More »

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      Alaska  • attack  • animal attack  • grizzly bear

    • Exxon Ruling Enrages Alaskan Fishermen

      newser  |  Anchorage Daily News  |  Jun 25, 08 4:16 PM CDT

      Exxon Ruling Enrages Alaskan Fishermen

      Today's Supreme Court decision to drastically shrink the punitive damages that Exxon must pay Alaskan fishermen over the Valdez spill has left plaintiffs enraged, cynical, and forced to rethink retirement in some cases, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "This is a total slap in the face," said one of his payout. "This won't even pay off a credit card." More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Alaska  • Exxon Valdez

    • Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal , as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends and of the federal search of the Republican's home—and Ted has pushed right back. More »

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      FBI  • negative campaigning  • Alaska  • IRS  • Ted Stevens  • eviction  • Mark Begich

    • Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 7:24 PM CDT

      Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change

      Alaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and bacteria are moving north—and threatening Alaska's prized salmon stock. More »

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      global warming  • disease  • Alaska  • fish  • fishing  • salmon  • parasite

    • Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 8, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      Barack Obama’s campaign will hit GOP-dominated states as the candidate looks toward November, starting tomorrow with North Carolina, the New York Times reports. Obama hopes he can turn those states blue with the help of get-out-the-vote operations launched during the primaries—and aims to use his financial heft to compete in states that haven't voted Democratic in decades. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Georgia  • North Carolina  • Alaska  • Missouri  • campaign trail  • political advertising  • Montana  • Patti Solis Doyle  • red state  • blue states

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Bison on Comeback Trail

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Apr 30, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Bison on Comeback Trail

      Once facing extinction in North America, bison are well on their way to a stunning comeback, LiveScience reports. After commercial hunting and habitat loss reduced their population to less than 1,100, the estimated bison population is approaching 500,000—thanks in large part to conservation efforts started more than a century ago by the American Bison Society and the Bronx Zoo. More »

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      Canada  • Alaska  • conservation  • wildlife  • ranch  • bison

    • Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      newser  |  Anchorage Daily News  |  Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT

      Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal investigation for corruption. Mark Begich will face three other Democrats in a primary; the 84-year-old Stevens will run against two GOP challengers. More »

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      Senate  • Alaska  • campaign  • Democrat  • Republican  • Ted Stevens  • candidate  • Mark Begich

  • March 2008

    • NATO Escorts Russian Bombers Away From Alaska

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 26, 08 4:49 AM CDT

      NATO Escorts Russian Bombers Away From Alaska

      Two bombers from the Russian air force flew uncomfortably close to American territory as they patrolled neutral space off the coast of Alaska, Reuters reports. NATO forces deployed several jets to escort the Russian planes away. The incident is yet another case of the Russian military resuming the Soviet-era practice of flying patrols beyond its borders. More »

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      Russia  • NATO  • Alaska  • Russian military

    • GOP's Strength Frays at Local Level

      newser  |  Politico  |  Mar 24, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      GOP's Strength Frays at Local Level

      Their national candidate needs support, but the Republican Party's state chapters are in no position to lend John McCain a hand, Politico reports. From New York to Alaska, local organizations are rife with dissension, debt, and scandal. "We are clearly rebuilding," says the Michigan GOP chairman. More »

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      John McCain  • California  • Arnold Schwarzenegger  • Alaska  • Kansas  • Arkansas  • campaign funds  • Ted Stevens  • Kathleen Sebelius  • family values

    • 4 Dead After Boat Starts Sinking Off Alaska

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Mar 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      4 Dead After Boat Starts Sinking Off Alaska

      Four crew members of a Seattle-based fishing boat died today after the vessel sank amidst high seas off the Alaska coast, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Officials rescued 42 members, but a search continues for one missing staffer, according to the AP. The boat began sinking shortly before 3 a.m., when it lost control of its rudder 120 miles from Alaska’s Dutch Harbor. More »

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      Alaska  • Seattle  • Washington state  • diesel  • fishing boat  • crew members

    • Senator Blasts 'Foot-Dragging' on Protecting Polar Bear

      newser  |  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner  |  Mar 21, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      Senator Blasts 'Foot-Dragging' on Protecting Polar Bear

      Three months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the administration’s continued foot-dragging,” the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports. More »

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      Alaska  • polar bear  • Endangered Species Act  • Barbara Boxer  • Chukchi Sea

    • Mackey Defends Iditarod Crown

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 12, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      Mackey Defends Iditarod Crown

      Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race today, crossing the finish line in Nome, Alaska, after 1,100 miles over 9½ days, the AP reports—despite unseasonably warm weather and occasionally quarrelsome dogs. "I don't know exactly how to explain it," said Mackey, a 37-year-old throat-cancer survivor. "I'm just blessed with an incredible dog team." More »

  • February 2008

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