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Alaska stories: 319 news summaries

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Obama to Honor Veterans During Alaska Visit

First visit to chilly 49th state a refueling stop en route to Asia

Nov 6, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama will visit Alaska next week for the first time, stopping at Elmendorf Air Force Base to observe Veterans Day with base personnel while Air Force One refuels. Like most recent presidents, Obama will visit Alaska en route to Asia, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The president would like... More »

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Alaska • President • Veterans Day • Obama administration • Air Force One • President Obama • Elmendorf AFB

as wasilla turns

 Palins Won't 
 Split Up: Biographer 

Sarah and Todd are building a 'summer White House'

Nov 1, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Some oracles read tea leaves; Sarah Palin's biographer tells the future from home construction. "They're building another house and an airplane hangar," author Joe McGinniss, just back from Wasilla, tells Rush & Molloy of the Daily News . "Just based on the size of the compound, I'd say... More »

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Alaska • Republican • publishing • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Todd Palin • Joe McGinniss • Broadway Books

as wasilla turns

 I'll Sue Palins
 Over Custody: Levi 

'I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again,' says Tripp's dad

Oct 30, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston says he's “definitely” going to court over custody issues concerning Tripp, his son with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. "I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again. I'm done. I'm sure we'll end up in court,” Johnston tells the Guardian , explaining that... More »

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Alaska • teen pregnancy • child custody • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Palin

 Feds Pitch 
 Polar Bear 
 Habitat 

Critics complain move doesn't address main threats

Oct 23, 09 1:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged,... More »

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endangered species • Alaska • global warming • Department of the Interior • wildlife • polar bear • habitat • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

OPINION


 Palin Wades 
 Back Into 
 Health Care 
 Debate 

On Facebook, former Alaska gov picks apart Baucus bill

Oct 18, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - With less than a month to go before the release of her memoir, Sarah Palin has weighed in on the health care debate, opining that the authors of the Baucus bill "no doubt have good intentions, but good intentions aren’t enough." Furthermore, the effort in general "... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Facebook • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Max Baucus • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Drill, Baby, Drill!: Palin

Renewable energy, domestic oil development are complementary

Oct 16, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the US develops renewable-energy sources and cars that don’t need gas, it’s important to recognize that petroleum will be a part of our lives for some time, writes Sarah Palin. And as long as we need it, we should be getting as much as possible from... More »

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energy • oil • Alaska • United States • renewable energy • Sarah Palin • offshore drilling • drilling

Palin Memoir a Gift to Booksellers

Going Rogue likely to continue trend of hits from right-wing figures

Oct 15, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s memoir is expected sell so well that it will singlehandedly boost the fortunes of the ailing book business. The book is already topping preorder lists, and publisher Harper plans an extensive slate of promotional appearances to make full use the former Alaska governor's drawing power. "They... More »

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Alaska • Republican • conservative • publishing • memoir • author • Michelle Malkin • HarperCollins • Borders • Glenn Beck • book • Sarah Palin • Amazon.com • publishing industry • Going Rogue

Alaska Democrats Complain of Palin Email Cover-Up

Year-old requests still unfilled

Oct 8, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have been waiting more than a year for officials to release the thousands of Sarah Palin’s emails, and they’re starting to get suspicious. “I think they’re hiding something, I think this is a travesty of justice,” says the state’s Democratic Party chairwoman. “... More »

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Alaska • email • cover up • Sarah Palin • public records

WATCH IT

 Skier Films 
 Avalanche 
 That Buries Him 

Downhill racer whimpers and gasps as he awaits rescue by pals

Oct 7, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A skier filming a treacherous run down an Alaska cliff ended up capturing an avalanche that buried him for several agonizing minutes as he whimpered and gasped for breath. The camera, still attached to his ski helmet as he lies on his back in the snowy grave, finally picks up... More »

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Alaska • skiing • snow • avalanche • buried alive • ski accidents • downhill run

 Todd Palin Quits Oil Job 


Oct 3, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(AP) - Another Palin calls it quits: Two months after Sarah stepped down as governor of Alaska, Todd has resigned from his oil field job on the North Slope. Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC was apparently effective September 18. As Palin fans await the release... More »

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Alaska • resignation • Sarah Palin • oil industry • Todd Palin • BP Plc

 Paper Sorry for 
 Calling Palin 
 a 'Broad' 

Alaska newspaper editor admits it was a pun, not a typo

Sep 25, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has apologized for Wednesday’s front-page headline about Sarah Palin. Above a small picture of the ex-governor, who had spoken at a Hong Kong investors conference, the paper ran the headline, “A Broad in Asia.” The paper’s managing editor says it... More »

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media • newspaper • Alaska • apology • Sarah Palin

Palin Won't Dine With Journo— Even for $60,000

Ex-governor nixes critical writer's bid
in charity auction

Sep 19, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A journalist willing to fork over $60,000 for a dinner with Sarah Palin found himself frozen out of a charity auction at the last minute, the Huffington Post reports. Joe McGinnis, a Palin critic who wrote a piece last fall slamming her handling of Alaska's gasline, slipped through the... More »

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Alaska • author • Sarah Palin • charity auction • Joe McGinnis

OPINION

'Paris Hilton' Palin Perfect
Politician for Internet Age

Resignation was genius move, writes Greg Beato

Sep 18, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Politics is due for a shake-up of the kind the Internet gave to music and newspapers—and Sarah Palin looks like the only politician ready to deliver, Greg Beato writes in Reason. Palin's resignation makes her a true maverick, Beato writes. Just like Paris Hilton realized you don't need to... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Alaska • politics • resignation • governor • Sarah Palin

Palin Plans Media Kiss-Off for China Talk

Foray into foreign affairs will unfold behind closed doors

Sep 14, 09 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A speech Sarah Palin plans for later this month in Hong Kong won’t leave the room, CNN reports. Not only will reporters not be allowed in, but they won’t even know what they’re missing. “We are not disclosing the topic of Sarah Palin's presentation at this... More »

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China • Alaska • investors • Hong Kong • Sarah Palin • keynote speech • media blackout • CLSA • remuneration

OPINION

Palin Op-Ed a Shallow Ploy for Policy Cred: Ambinder

The former governor does has not done the hard work to become a leading voice on health care

Sep 9, 09 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s got “every right” to write an opinion piece on health care reform. But, plainly, she does not have the right to be an influential voice in the debate, writes Marc Ambinder for the Atlantic. Her piece contains unoriginal ideas—replacing Medicare with vouchers—and smacks of... More »

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Alaska • Wall Street Journal • health care reform • Sarah Palin • op-ed • cable news

 Dinner With 
 Sarah Palin: 
 eBay Bids 
 Start at $25K 
   

Charity auctions meal with GOP star

Sep 9, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - For any wealthy Sarah Palin super-fans out there, this could be your chance: eBay is hosting an auction for a private dinner with the former Alaska governor and husband Todd—provided the winner passes a background check. Bidding starts at $25,000, and proceeds go to a charity that provides... More »

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Alaska • eBay • auction • charity • Sarah Palin • dinner

 Melting Ice Opens Arctic 
 to Trade, But US Lags 

Climate change opens north to shipping, tourism, resource development

Sep 6, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is melting away the main barrier to business in the Arctic—ice—but the US lags behind other countries seeking to exploit the region, the Anchorage Daily News reports. As receding ice opens the area to shipping, resource exploitation, and tourism, it's Russia and Canada who have established... More »

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climate change • Russia • Alaska • global warming • tourism • Canada • Arctic • Coast Guard • resources • shipping • Bering Strait • transport

 Palin's Goodbye 
 Cost Alaska $40K 
 —at Least 

Figures are 'incredibly misleading:' Palin flack

Sep 5, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(AP) - Early estimates put the cost of Sarah Palin's midterm resignation as Alaska governor at a minimum of $40,000, not including a special legislative session partly linked to her departure. The preliminary figures obtained by the AP show it cost the state almost $14,100 for the July 26 swearing-in... More »

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Alaska • Juneau • resignation • Sarah Palin • Sean Parnell

(Newser) - Levi Johnston apparently wasn’t joking when he said he’d be open to doing a nude photo shoot, Gawker reports. Well, not nude exactly, but the Alaska babydaddy is going to strip to his undies for Playgirl, now a website-only operation. "They're in final negotiations to get the... More »

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Alaska • nude photo • Sarah Palin • Playgirl • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

INTERVIEW

 Sarah Wanted to 
 Adopt My Kid: Levi 


Sep 2, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston continues his gripping expose of the Palin family in an interview with Vanity Fair. Some choice revelations from Bristol's ex, who lived with the family for two months following the election:
  • "There wasn't much parenting in that house": The Palin parents were too busy
... More »

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Alaska • parenting • governor • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Todd Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

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