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Identity reported of visitor from Alaska who drowned (Honolulu Advertiser)
The visitor from Alaska who died Sunday while wading in the water at Hanalei Bay has been identified as Frank Palmer, the Garden Island newspaper reported...

Alaska police search for suspect in mall shooting - Police one.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska EUR” Police on Sunday were looking for a suspect in a shooting at an Anchorage mall who may have been wearing a wig and fake mustache when a 29-year-old man was gunned down outside a barber shop. Police said Edwing Matos was shot ...

Sarah Palin Says She'll be Tina Fey Impersonator - ET
Move over Elvis and Marilyn Monroe impersonators on the Strip, Sarah Palin made her stand-up comedy debut Tuesday night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno " and announced, "I picked up a gig in Las Vegas at the 'Legends' show playing Tina Fey ." On his second night back on the late-night job, Jay took a step out of the spotlight, allowing Sarah to ...

'Millionaire Mania' -- for fun and profit
The Telegraph Herald, in cooperation with Diamond Jo Casino and several local businesses, has launched one of its biggest contests ever...

Meetings announced for proposed Alaska refuge road (KTUU Anchorage)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct scoping meetings on a proposed land exchange that could lead to a road through Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge...

Alaska Airlines to Serve as Iditarod's Official Airline Sponsor - MSN Money
ANCHORAGE, Alaska , March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Airlines will serve as the official airline sponsor of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, marking the 32nd year the airline has supported the race. The airline will again present the ...

Gates Foundation awards $900K to Alaska - KTUU
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $900,000 to an Alaska foundation to support educational programs for low-income and minority populations. The money will be invested by the Rasmuson Foundation over the next ...

Gates Foundation awards $900K to Alaska (KTUU Anchorage)
Associated Press - March 3, 2010 7:14 AM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $900,000 to an Alaska foundation to support educational programs for...

Sarah Palin's New Gig: Late-Night Comedian
Sarah Palin says she's going to play Tina Fey in an upcoming Las Vegas show. Just kidding...

Sarah Palin pokes at Tina Fey, White House, in stop on Jay Leno's show - Newser
In remarks taped for broadcast later Tuesday, Palin said the White House health care plan reminds her of acrobatic flips done by snowboard champion Shaun White. And she joked that it's so cold in Alaska it's "5 degrees below Congress' approval rating ...

Jamaican pride: Marshall's trek to Alaska serves as inspiration - USA Today
Marshall, who turned 27 Tuesday, once trained with mutts from the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals but now runs with some of the best dogs from three-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey 's kennel. Marshall has been training ...

Purefoods sweeps Alaska, bags Philippine Cup - Inquirer.net

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Purefoods sweeps Alaska, bags Philippine Cup
Inquirer.net
And in the end, the Giants achieved what had only been done twice before in the Philippine Basketball Association, sweeping Alaska in four games to claim .
Alaska tries to avoid sweepCebu Daily News
Game 4 or more?Business Mirror
Purefoods takes shot at history against AlaskaPhilippine Star
ABS CBN News -GMA news.tv -Manila Standard Today
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Alaska visitor who died at Hanalei beach identified - Honolulu Advertiser
The visitor from Alaska who died Sunday while wading in the water at Hanalei Bay has been identified as Frank Palmer. Palmer, 70, of Juneau, was pulled from the water late Sunday morning and pronounced dead at the scene, county officials said ...

Charges mount in deadly shooting at St. Cloud mobile home park
Additional criminal charges have been filed against a St. Cloud man accused of killing another man at a mobile home park during a card game...

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air report improved February load factors - Trading Markets (press release)

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air report improved February load factors
Trading Markets (press release)
Alaska Air Group Inc (NYSE: ALK | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced on Tuesday that both its Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air subsidiaries posted .
Alaska Airlines February Traffic Rises 5.9%RTT News
Alaska Air Group Reports February TrafficMarketWatch (press release)
Alaska Air Close to the 50 DayTradersHuddle.com

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Gates Foundation awards $900K to Alaska - KTUU

Gates Foundation awards $900K to Alaska
KTUU
AP - March 3, 2010 7:14 AM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $900000 to an Alaska foundation to support .

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Sarah Palin pokes at Tina Fey, White House, in stop on Jay Leno's show
Former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin turned into a standup comic on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show," dropping one-liners about the White House, Congress and Tina Fey - the "Saturday Night Live" star known for her impression of the ex-Alaska governor...

Magnitude 3.6 - SOUTHERN ALASKA
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Dreaming Out Loud - Looking For Alaska by John Green
He befriends a group of kids I wish I went to high school with, including Alaska Young, who changes his life. The story is told in two parts, "before" and "after" an event that changes all the characters in the book. ...

Alaska gets an A (but we prefer the Med.) - Cruises EUR Cruise .
Alaska has been ranked the world's top cruise destination by a panel of 13 experts for the Cruise Show, due to take place in London this month...

Alaska Airlines to Serve as Iditarod's Official Airline Sponsor (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Alaska Airlines will serve as the official airline sponsor of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, marking the 32nd year the airline has supported the race...

Obama's Environment Chief Faces Congress as Dissent Over Carbon Caps Grow
President Barack Obama a s top environmental regulator will testify before Congress today amid growing opposition to her agencya s proposed limits on the pollution linked to climate change...

IRS says many Minnesotans due unclaimed refunds
The IRS says that nearly 19,000 Minnesotans are due more than $16.2 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2006...

With Leno, Palin Pushes Back Against 'Family Guy' - New York Times (blog)

With Leno, Palin Pushes Back Against 'Family Guy'
New York Times (blog)
Ms. Palin, the Republican former governor of Alaska and 2008 vice presidential nominee, locked horns with the EURœFamily GuyEUR producers last month over an .
Family Guy: A step too far?Anchor
Tim McGuire: Sarah Palin: An oversensitive momMinneapolis Star Tribune
Palin Lies on LenoHuffington Post (blog)

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Identity reported of visitor from Alaska who drowned - Honolulu Advertiser

Identity reported of visitor from Alaska who drowned
Honolulu Advertiser
The visitor from Alaska who died Sunday while wading in the water at Hanalei Bay has been identified as Frank Palmer, the Garden Island newspaper reported. .

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The world's strongest earthquakes - Canton Repository
March 27, 1964: A magnitude 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and ensuing tsunami killed 128 people. Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered . magnitude 9.0 quake in Arica, Peru (now Chile ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903 (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
John Wagner/News-Miner Andy Taranto control the puck against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutes Bryan Brutlag in October during the Brice Alaska Goal Rush...

Time: A Conservative Coalition? - Top 10 Post-Election Sarah Palin Quips
Considering that the Obama Administration has referred to Fox News as an "opponent" that is "undertaking a war against Obama and the White House," it came as little surprise when Palin decided her views matched up with the news organization so well that she might as well join it...

Delta adding Grand Forks flights
Delta Air Lines is expanding service between Grand Forks and Minneapolis from five round-trip flights daily to seven, beginning June 10...

Innovative Designs Obtains Alaskan Sales Representation - CNNMoney.com (press release)

Innovative Designs Obtains Alaskan Sales Representation
CNNMoney.com (press release)
Innovative Designs Inc. (OTCBB: IVDN) has signed a sales agreement with Alaska Rep Services to begin representing its entire product line to the State of .

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Seven Seas Mariner Alaska Cruise Travel Log
I sailed on the Seven Seas Mariner from Seward, Alaska southward down Alaska's Gulf Coast and through the Inside Passage of Alaska before disembarking in Vancouver. This seven-day itinerary was a combination of wonderful "upscale but ...

Ethics committee to consider Wisconsin lawmaker's DUIs
A special ethics committee is expected to meet today to consider punishment against a Wisconsin lawmaker charged three times with driving under the influence...

Party Bashing: The threqt of the National Republican Senatorial Committe
In his kiss-and-tell book about the second Bush administration, former White House speechwriter Matthew Latimer recounts drafting a presidential address to the largest gathering of conservative activists in the country...

Alaska lawmakers: Corporate campaigning rules need teeth (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
JUNEAU, Alaska - Some Alaska House members say the laws being written for corporate disclosure and disclaimers in political campaigning need teeth to be effective. Rep. Max Gruenberg, an Anchora...

Two competing Alaska natural gas pipelines to hold back-to-back open seasons (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
CALGARY - An official working on Alaska's proposed US$30-billion Denali pipeline says there are benefits to moving the project ahead without help from the state government, which its competitors have secured...

TeamPilipinas.info: Title-seeking Giants look to finish off Alaska .
dpat ireview ng pba boards ang mga calls ng mga referee favoring the san miguel franchise. obyus na obyus na bias ang mga tawag, from game 1 to game 3, kung tama lang ang mga calls the refs, alaska dapat ang merong 3 wins. like game 3, ...

Alaska regulatory commission denies Enstar rate hike - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has denied a request . The RCA ordered Enstar to refund the extra charges it has made to customers. KTUU-TV reports the company can appeal in Alaska Superior Court...

Alaska regulatory commission denies Enstar rate hike (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has denied a request by Enstar Natural Gas to recoup a $5.7 million billing error. The company had asked the commission to retroactively a...

Sarah Palin pokes at Tina Fey, White House, in stop on Jay Leno's show
Sarah Palin says she's going to play Tina Fey in an upcoming Las Vegas show. Just kidding...

Jamaican pride: Marshall's trek to Alaska serves as inspiration - USA Today

Jamaican pride: Marshall's trek to Alaska serves as inspiration
USA Today
Now he's poised to begin the grueling Iditarod race across the snow-streaked interior of Alaska, where he faces fierce weather and competition from a .

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Tapes indicate child directed planes at NY airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether a child directed planes from Kennedy Airport's air traffic control tower...

Alaska pipeline feud heats up between key players - Calgary Herald

Alaska pipeline feud heats up between key players
Calgary Herald
A field of 14 storage tanks that each hold 510000bbls of oil can be seen at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline .
Two competing Alaska natural gas pipelines to hold back-to-back open seasonsCanadianBusiness.com

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Alaska Ghost Towns Locations Pictures History | Snipsly
Snipsly lets people post content and share in the revenue that is created. The author keeps 80% of Google Adsense revenue...

Bringing bison back to North America
The next 10 to 20 years could be extremely significant for restoring wild populations of American bison to their original range, including the Canadian Rockies; but for this to happen, more land must be made available for herds to roam free, government policies must be updated and the public must change its attitude towards bison, according to a ...

Alaska's Salt Chuck Mine added to Superfund priority list (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An old Prince of Wales Island mine near where clams and mussels are contaminated with arsenic and heavy metals has been added to the federal list of Superfund sites for priority...

Let's Talk: Alaska « It's Getting Hot In Here
Through an event arranged by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, college students from Alaska and across the United States had the opportunity to speak with McKie Campbell, Republican Staff Director for the Senate Energy and ...

Job fairs for veterans planned across Wisconsin
Eighteen job fairs for veterans living in Wisconsin have been scheduled between now and October...

University of Alaska Anchorage hockey coach reprimanded after match . - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - University of Alaska Anchorage athletic director Steve Cobb has reprimanded hockey coach Dave Shyiak for tossing a water bottle onto the ice during Saturday night's game against University of Alaska Fairbanks. Shyiak was penalized ...

Milwaukee man accused of killing 7 women returns to court
A man accused of killing seven women in Milwaukee is expected today to tell a judge whether he's decided to replace his lawyer...

A survey of tea party members finds 36 percent of the respondents support former Alaska Gov. Sarah P
A survey of tea party members finds 36 percent of the respondents support former Alaska Gov...

Mass loss from Alaskan glaciers largely overestimated say researchers - Daily News & Analysis

Mass loss from Alaskan glaciers largely overestimated say researchers
Daily News & Analysis
WASHINGTON: A team of international researchers has said that previous studies have largely overestimated mass loss from Alaskan glaciers over the past .

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Alaska visitor who died at Hanalei beach identified (Honolulu Advertiser)
The visitor from Alaska who died Sunday while wading in the water at Hanalei Bay has been identified as Frank Palmer. Palmer, 70, of Juneau, was pulled from the water late Sunday morning and pronounced dead at the scene, county officials said...

US House Republicans Introduce Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of CO2
Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; US Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tx, and 84 other Republicans introduced H.J. Res...

Alaska ethics committee reprimands senator for implied threat to withhold funds - MiamiHerald.com

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Alaska ethics committee reprimands senator for implied threat to withhold funds
MiamiHerald.com
The Legislature's Ethics Committee has found probable cause that Sen. Albert Kookesh broke state ethics law by implying he would deny .
Kookesh's Sitka ethics charge dismissedKFSK
Sen. Kookesh dinged with ethics violationsAnchorage Daily News

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Alaska Air Group Reports February Traffic | Press Releases @ Your .
Alaska Air Group Reports February Traffic PR Newswire SEATTLE, March 2 SEATTLE, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) today...

Why it's Frugal to Live in Alaska | Ultimate Money Blog- Save .
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Racine ex-mayor to be sentenced after sex sting
Racine's former mayor faces up to 45 years in prison when he's sentenced on charges stemming from an Internet sex sting...

Minnesota panels look at dangers of distracted driving
Minnesota lawmakers are taking another look at the dangers of distracted driving...

Tsunami message from WCATWC
To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions. From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Subject: Tsunami Information Statement issued 03/2/2010 at 2:54PM AKST At 2:52 PM Alaskan Standard Time on ...



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