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Funeral for Marine Cpl. Gregory Fleury

A Marine presents a rose to Donna Fleury-Brown, mother of Cpl. Gregory Fleury. The funeral service for Marine Cpl. Gregory M. W. Fleury was held on Friday afternoon, November 6, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Anchorage. Fleury died while serving in the Afghanistan province of Helman when two helicopters collided on October 26.

Tragedy at Fort Hood

A swat team enters the main gate at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

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Bill Allen and Rick Smith sentencing

Bill Allen arrives in Federal Court on Wednesday morning, October 28, 2009, for his sentencing.

2009 AFN Convention

The 2009 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention on Friday October 23, 2009 at the Dena'ina Center. The Alaska Federation of Natives convention runs through Today Saturday at the Dena'ina Center.

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Representative Richard Foster

Rep. Richard Foster, D-Nome, flips through his Black's Law Dictionary during debate on the House floor at the Capitol Friday, May 1, 1998 in Juneau, Alaska.

Beluga found near downtown Anchorage

A lactating female beluga whale stranded just off of Elderberry Park 200 yards from downtown Anchorage on Friday October 9, 2009. Biologists later performed a necropsy on the dead whale.

Anchorage Homeless Coordinator

Ed O'Neill of the Anchorage Responsible Retail Beverage Association guides visitors through a homeless camp Wednesday October 7, 2009 along Reeve Boulevard near Ship Creek.

New Anchorage homeless coordinator Darrel Hess visits a camp near Ship Creek adjacent to Tyson Elementary School.

Moose at Powerline Pass

Bull and cow moose gather in Powerline Pass in Chugach State Park above Anchorage on Saturday September 19, 2009. The moose gather annually for the fall rut.

Moose gather at Powerline Pass in Chugach State Park for the fall rut.

Earthquake in Indonesia

Women sit in front of a destroyed building in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. A second earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude rocked western Indonesia Thursday, a day after the region was devastated by an undersea quake of 7.6 magnitude.

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Tsunamis swamp Samoas

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, devastation after a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake is seen in Lalomanu in Samoa. A powerful quake in the South Pacific hurled massive tsunami waves at the shores of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga flattening villages and sweeping cars and people back out to sea.

A Pacific Ocean earthquake and tsunami caused devastation on the Samoan Islands.

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