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Alaska stories: 331 news summaries

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 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 • Levi Johnston Playgirl

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

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will not appear tonight at an Alaska fundraising event to promote a ballot measure requiring minors to consult their parents before having an abortion, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Organizers have promoted the appearance for weeks, and robocalls asked listeners to meet with her at “an... More »

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abortion • Alaska • governor • Sarah Palin • teenager • pro-life • public appearance

(Newser) - A rash of homeless deaths during warm-weather months has alarmed residents and homeless advocates in Anchorage, Alaska. In a feature article ranging from serial killer conspiracy theories to chronicles of life on the streets, the Anchorage Daily News looks at the 12 homeless deaths and points out the most likely... More »

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Alaska • alcoholism • homeless • serial killers • Anchorage

 Rumor Mill: Palin's 
 Moving to Rhode Island 

State's GOP boss has to 'question her sanity'

Aug 21, 09 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Word on the street is that Sarah Palin is planning a move to Rhode Island—but so far, it’s just one rumor among many. Seems a bit of an odd choice: It’s a left-leaning state whose former senator has called Palin a “cocky wacko,” notes Randal... More »

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Alaska • Fox • Rhode Island • rumor • Sarah Palin • book deal

(Newser) - The last time we had to hear about Levi Johnston getting naked, he ended up an unwed teenage father in a soap opera-worthy feud with his babymama's clan. But he's open to repeating the experience and says he'd pose nude—provided the price is right, reports Us Weekly. And... More »

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Alaska • hunting • nude photo • Sarah Palin • Levi Johnston • naked

 Palin Resurfaces on Twitter 


Aug 14, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has changed her Twitter handle to the more civilian-sounding "SarahPalinUSA" now that her old username, AKGovSarahPalin, is defunct, CNN reports. The move sparked speculation that the she may yet tweet again. The former Alaska governor has not tweeted since she resigned, preferring Facebook for her communiqués.... More »

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social networking • Alaska • politics • Facebook • resignation • governor • Sarah Palin • Twitter

Palin Steps Up Attacks on
Zeke Emanuel

Health adviser blasts 'misreading' as 'an absolute outrage'

Aug 14, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's supporters wanted her to make some noise, and now it appears there's no stopping her. She used her Facebook page to criticize health care legislation again today, this time time going beyond death panels and singling out Rahm Emanuel's brother Zeke—a top White House health adviser—for... More »

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Alaska • euthanasia • health care reform • Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel • governor • Sarah Palin • Obama administration • death panel

Alaska's Legislature Overrides Palin Stimulus Veto

Legislature barely hits rare 75% consensus

Aug 11, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska’s legislature voted yesterday to override Sarah Palin’s veto of $28 million in stimulus cash to defray energy costs, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Such an override requires the support of 75% of votes; the measure passed by a hair. “Instead of being the last state in... More »

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Alaska • veto • mutiny • state legislature • veto override • economic stimulus package • Sarah Palin • energy costs • financial crisis

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has denounced the Obama administration's plans for health care reform as "downright evil" in a posting on her Facebook page, TPM reports. "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand... More »

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health care • Alaska • health care reform • Sarah Palin • Trig Palin • President Obama

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