Anchorage Daily News

Mining initiative Web site must be modified

FAIRBANKS - The state's political watchdog agency says a Web site launched this week by the Department of Natural Resources on the mining ballot initiative can remain in place, but must undergo changes.

Dead man found in apartment parking lot

Anchorage police are investigating the death of a man found early this morning lying in the parking lot of a Midtown apartment building.

Fatal crash, overdue planes keep searchers busy

Two people died in a plane crash near Sitka, two others - including the deputy commissioner of the state Department of Revenue - were on a plane that disappeared near Juneau, and troopers are on the lookout for a plane that may be missing on the Kenai Peninsula.

House, Senate search for energy relief

The Alaska House and Senate finance committees are moving along parallel paths with energy assistance bills, but so far their ideas differ greatly.

Eagle River man dies in Seward Highway crash

An Eagle River man is dead after a three-car accident on the Seward Highway Thursday night near Summit Lake, the Alaska State Troopers said.

Alaska Newsreader

Exxon Valdez decision starts the analytical wheels turning.

Bloomberg.com reported that Exxon's shares fell 15 cents on the news, and that the payout represents "about 12 hours of sales for the oil company."

Crash kills motorcyclist on Northern Lights

An Anchorage man was killed this morning on the east end of Northern Lights Boulevard when his motorcycle rear-ended a truck with such force that the motorcycle wound up in the bed of the pickup and its passenger was thrown onto the truck’s roof.

Former medical examiner dies of cancer

Franc Fallico, the state's former chief medical examiner, died of cancer Saturday. He was 66.

'Incidental' harm allowed to polar bears in oil exploration

WASHINGTON - Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is allowing oil companies to affect them in small ways while exploring for oil and natural gas in the Chukchi Sea over the next five years.

Pilot pleads guilty in bootlegging case

A case of beer and a bottle of whiskey cost the owner of Ambler Air Service $55,000 this week.

Man charged in construction-zone assault

WASILLA - Alaska State Troopers say a double hit-and-run spree early today ended with a 29-year-old Houston man under arrest and accused of hitting a road construction flagger.

Gen. Schwartz named Air Force chief

Defense Secretary Robert Gates launched the Air Force in a new direction Monday by announcing an unusual choice -- former Alaskan Command commander Gen. Norton Schwartz -- as the service's next uniformed chief.

Fire damages Jewel Lake home

A fire in an attic kept 23 Anchorage firefighters working for more than an hour on a blaze that caused an estimated $300,000 damage to a Jewel Lake home early Sunday morning.

May 29: First movie in Inupiaq

At a theater (not so) near you, the first movie in Inupiaq. You'd have to be in New York Sunday to see the Barrow- and Fairbanks-raised and NYU-trained filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's latest film, "Sikumi" at the Sundance Institute. It also shows later this month in Los Angeles, according to Back Stage.

Feds halt inmate's Arizona-to-Alaska heroin scheme

An inmate at an Arizona prison plotted with four other people to ship and distribute at least a kilogram of heroin to Alaska and to the prison, according to a federal indictment handed down this week.

BP reports small leak at Prudhoe

JUNEAU - BP reported a small oil leak that occurred while attempting to bring a well back online earlier this week at the nation's largest oil field.

Fort Yukon toddler killed by dog

A toddler was killed in Fort Yukon this week when he wandered into a neighbor's yard and was attacked by a chained dog, according to village police.

Students face charges for school prank

Police say what was intended to be a senior prank has resulted in criminal charges against a group of students, and school officials are calling the damage to Service High School vandalism.

Anchorage parks projects share over $300,000 in grants

Sixteen grassroots parks projects in Anchorage got $312,519 in total grants Thursday from the Anchorage Park Foundation.

Interior Department delays decision on polar bear listing

The Department of the Interior says it needs at least 10 more weeks to decide whether polar bears should be listed as threatened or endangered.

Linehan gets 99-year sentence

Just before a judge sentenced her to 99 years in prison, former stripper Mechele Linehan fought back tears and spoke for the first time in court. She pleaded for leniency, telling the judge she is not the monster the prosecution says she is.

Audio slide show: Linehan speaks at sentencing

Photos: Sentencing gallery

Photos: Mechele Linehan gallery

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