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2 Alaskans die in 3-vehicle Nebraska crash

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Two people from Alaska have died in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska.

Barrow dentist wins national award

For Amanda Gaynor Ashley of Barrow, skiing to work in polar bear country with .44 Magnum strapped to her hip was a bit of a departure from her East Coast upbringing.

Former mayor of Fairbanks borough dies

FAIRBANKS -- A former mayor of the Fairbanks borough has died. Juanita Helms died Saturday. She was 68.

Young calls health care bill 'a vote to rescind ... freedom'

Alaska Rep. Don Young, a Republican, released a statement after the vote calling it a "vote to rescind American freedom."

Mourners give wolf biologist howling send-off

Friends literally howled in tribute to Gordon Haber on Saturday as more than 80 people filled the Campbell Creek Science Center at a memorial for the fiery wolf biologist.

ALASKA ACES

Aces top Stockton Thunder 5-4 in a shootout

Thanks to goaltender Scott Reid's shootout heroics and the winning shootout goal from rookie center Nick Mazzolini, the Aces persevered Saturday night after twice coughing up three-goal leads and won 5-4 at Stockton.

Obama visit postponed a day

President Obama's first visit to Alaska, originally scheduled for Veterans Day, has been postponed a day, the White House said Saturday.

The Z. J. Loussac Public Library just after sunset early in November 2009. Anchorage's public libraries are facing more budget cuts.

Loussac library lights up at sunset.

Are local libraries in process of checking out?

The city's budget problems are bringing to the fore an institution that for years has quietly served its patrons in the background of other city services like police and fire and public transportation.

What people think about libraries

After hospital cuts, a new women's health center is born

The Wholistic Health Center was conceived earlier this year after a round of layoffs at the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp.'s Kanakanak Hospital.

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Our view: Certain failure?

The state's deal with TransCanada and Exxon may not produce a gas pipeline, but it's a bold attempt to break a 30-year deadlock on the project.

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Biggest stunners: Upsets in Alaska sports history

This morning at 10, the UAA women's basketball team will suit up for a game at one of the country's most storied and hostile basketball arenas, against one of the sport's giants: Duke University. If they win, it could qualify as one of the biggest upsets in Alaska sports history. Maybe.

Alaskan returns from New York to direct opera double-header

The director of Anchorage Opera's twin bill of "I Pagliacci" and "Sister Angelica" is also the director of a hit musical that's been filling houses in New York for the past two years. When's the last time that kind of heavy-hitter did a show in this town?

Comic lights brighten Dark Nights

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Economist: Alaska purchase hasn't paid off for US

Economist David Barker of the University of Iowa

The U.S. paid Russia $7.2 million in gold for Alaska in 1867 -- less than 2 cents an acre. Screamin' deal, right? Wrong, says a University of Iowa economist who suggests the high-maintenance territory should have been dumped on Canada.

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