<![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News -- Alaska News]]> http://www.adn.com/189/index.xml Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK en-us Copyright 2012 Anchorage Daily News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:57:21 AKST online@adn.com (Online Staff) MI RSS Burninator 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 189 60 <![CDATA[Legislator enters four airport security bills]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331864/legislator-enters-four-airport.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331864/legislator-enters-four-airport.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:20:28 AKST State Rep. Sharon Cissna made headlines around the country a year ago when she refused an airport security pat-down in Seattle and said she'll never go through an invasive check…

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]]> <![CDATA[Stevens says Senate behind timetable on oil taxes]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331802/stevens-says-senate-behind-timetable.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331802/stevens-says-senate-behind-timetable.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:22 AKST Senate President Gary Stevens said the Senate is behind where he hoped it would be in advancing an oil tax bill.

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]]> <![CDATA[Palin aides lash out at HBO's movie 'Game Change']]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331757/palin-aides-lash-out-at-hbos-game.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331757/palin-aides-lash-out-at-hbos-game.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:28:15 AKST Current and former aides to Sarah Palin lashed out Wednesday at HBO's "Game Change," describing the upcoming film's depictions of her on the 2008 campaign trail as "sick" and inaccurate.

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]]> <![CDATA[Environmental, Native groups challenge Shell Arctic air permit]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330982/environmental-native-groups-challenge.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330982/environmental-native-groups-challenge.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:32:35 AKST Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil from drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska this summer by appealing an air quality permit granted by the Environmental…

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]]> <![CDATA[Southeast land deal threatens old-growth trees, Audubon says]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331235/southeast-land-deal-would-threaten.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331235/southeast-land-deal-would-threaten.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:08 AKST More than 12,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest's oldest and largest trees are being targeted for logging under a bill that would place wide swathes of forest lands in…

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]]> <![CDATA[Palmer man accused of impersonating officer in traffic stop]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331282/palmer-man-accused-of-impersonating.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331282/palmer-man-accused-of-impersonating.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:02 AKST Anchorage police shot Ieremia Unasa in the arm during a 2004 rampage downtown. But the 26-year-old Palmer man, charged Monday with impersonating a police officer, now says he wants to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Canadians arrest Alaska-bound man with 75 guns]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332038/canadians-arrest-alaska-bound.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332038/canadians-arrest-alaska-bound.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:33:55 AKST Officers at a southern Alberta border crossing seized 75 guns from an American traveler -- many of which are restricted or banned in Canada.

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]]> <![CDATA[Juneau man who accidentally shot brother faces charges]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331081/juneau-man-who-accidentally-shot.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331081/juneau-man-who-accidentally-shot.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:57:01 AKST A Juneau family is incensed at an assault charge against a man who accidentally shot his brother in the leg after a visit to a shooting range but quickly applied…

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]]> <![CDATA[Floatplane hits rock, sinks; 3 aboard OK]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332030/floatplane-hits-rock-sinks-3-aboard.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332030/floatplane-hits-rock-sinks-3-aboard.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:15:18 AKST A National Transportation Safety Board investigator said a floatplane sank Tuesday after hitting a rock during a takeoff run near Kodiak.

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]]> <![CDATA[Fire destroys cabin]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332029/fire-destroys-cabin.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332029/fire-destroys-cabin.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:12:22 AKST A fire has gutted a small cabin in downtown Fairbanks.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week is designated to help quit tobacco]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332026/week-is-designated-to-help-quit.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2332026/week-is-designated-to-help-quit.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:11:11 AKST This week has been designated "Through With Chew Week" and The Great American Spit Out. Established in 1989, TWCW is an educational campaign aimed at decreasing chewing tobacco use and…

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]]> <![CDATA[Baristas attend police safety class]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330818/anchorage-baristas-attend-police.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330818/anchorage-baristas-attend-police.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:21:31 AKST Dozens of coffee stand workers showed up for a Wednesday safety class offered by the Anchorage Police Department following the abduction of a barista three weeks ago.

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]]> <![CDATA[Deadline March 4 for Anchorage voting registration]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330853/deadline-march-4-for-anchorage.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330853/deadline-march-4-for-anchorage.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:14:18 AKST The Anchorage municipal clerk says residents who want to vote in the April 3 city election must be registered before the deadline March 4.

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]]> <![CDATA[Moose visit to Anchorage hospital goes viral]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329468/22providence-moose.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329468/22providence-moose.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:11:24 AKST Straight from the wild to your computer screen, a moose that wandered into a local hospital entrance has gone viral. The moose strolled into the garage at Providence Alaska Medical…

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]]> <![CDATA[Spike in HIV cases reported in Fairbanks linked to military]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329819/spike-in-hiv-cases-reported-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329819/spike-in-hiv-cases-reported-in.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:36:37 AKST A recent spike in HIV infections in Fairbanks has been linked to military men finding sex partners online, according to newly released public health data.

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]]> <![CDATA[2 charged with conspiring to possess, distribute cocaine]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329399/2-charged-with-conspiring-to-possess.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329399/2-charged-with-conspiring-to-possess.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:10:29 AKST Wearing only a towel, Anchorage resident Shelby Ward signed for a package Friday he apparently thought contained more than 2 kilograms of cocaine. What Ward didn't know was that the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage police still hopeful in search for missing barista]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329773/anchorage-police-still-hopeful.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329773/anchorage-police-still-hopeful.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:54:33 AKST Nearly three weeks since 18-year-old Samantha Koenig vanished, Anchorage police say detectives are still making progress as they investigate the barista's apparent abduction from a Midtown coffee hut.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ex-Palin aide Bailey fined over email use]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329474/ex-palin-aide-bailey-fined-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329474/ex-palin-aide-bailey-fined-over.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:39:53 AKST Frank Bailey, the former Sarah Palin aide turned tell-all author, has agreed to pay an $11,900 civil fine for violating the state's ethics laws by keeping, disseminating and profiting from…

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]]> <![CDATA[Specialty license plates OK'd by lawmakers]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330859/specialty-license-plates-okd-by.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330859/specialty-license-plates-okd-by.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:15:19 AKST The Alaska Legislature recently approved a measure that would create six new specialty license plates.

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]]> <![CDATA[Floatplane hits rock, sinks near Kodiak; 3 aboard OK]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330836/floatplane-hits-rock-sinks-near.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330836/floatplane-hits-rock-sinks-near.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:04:05 AKST A National Transportation Safety Board investigator says a floatplane sank after hitting a rock during a takeoff run near Kodiak.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bartlett High locked down as police sought car-theft suspect]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328813/bartlett-high-locked-down-as-police.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328813/bartlett-high-locked-down-as-police.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:08:00 AKST School officials on Tuesday locked down Bartlett High after a student suspected of a pair of hit-and-run crashes drove into the parking lot and entered the school.

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]]> <![CDATA[Young plans to file for re-election]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329648/young-plans-to-file-for-re-election.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329648/young-plans-to-file-for-re-election.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:14:49 AKST Don Young plans to make it official on Wednesday. Young's campaign says he will file for re-election at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska-based fighter jet makes emergency landing in Saipan airport]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329829/alaska-based-fighter-jet-makes.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329829/alaska-based-fighter-jet-makes.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:05:29 AKST An F-16 fighter jet assigned to Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks made an emergency landing during a training mission in the U.S. territory of Saipan, but no injuries were…

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]]> <![CDATA[Miller PAC raises $5,200 in 2011]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329320/miller-pac-raises-5200-in-2011.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329320/miller-pac-raises-5200-in-2011.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:09:15 AKST A campaign disclosure report shows Joe Miller's political action committee raised $5,210 last year.

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]]> <![CDATA[Help feed the zoo's animals]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329828/help-feed-the-zoos-animals.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329828/help-feed-the-zoos-animals.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:03:24 AKST The Alaska Zoo is looking for fish.

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]]> <![CDATA[Plane flips on landing at Lake Hood]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329826/plane-flips-on-landing-at-lake.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329826/plane-flips-on-landing-at-lake.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:00:13 AKST Three people walked away with minor injuries after a small plane crashed while landing on frozen Lake Hood.

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]]> <![CDATA[Blown-out well proving difficult for crews to get under control]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327737/blown-out-well-proving-difficult.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327737/blown-out-well-proving-difficult.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:25:24 AKST Shutting down the drilling rig involved in last week's North Slope well blowout has proven difficult. The rig and its load of drilling mud are frozen solid. Control efforts will…

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]]> <![CDATA[Fight over shift of alcohol board centers on underage drinking]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327949/alcohol-board-debate-brews-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327949/alcohol-board-debate-brews-in.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:40:37 AKST Alaska breweries, bars and liquor stores are squaring off against police chiefs and treatment advocates over regulation of the alcohol industry.

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]]> <![CDATA[Avalanche survivor: 'We weren't being idiots']]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327695/sole-avalanche-survivor-we-werent.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327695/sole-avalanche-survivor-we-werent.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:12:01 AKST Elyse Saugstad was taking a break with several fellow skiers Sunday in the Washington state backcountry when the shouting began. "Elyse! Avalanche!" The 33-year-old turned to see tons of snow…

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]]> <![CDATA[Moderate quake hits Bering Strait region]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328769/moderate-quake-hits-bering-strait.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328769/moderate-quake-hits-bering-strait.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:33:52 AKST The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a moderate earthquake early Tuesday rocked the Bering Strait region off Alaska's northwest coast.

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage kids make mushing sport of choice]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327797/kids-find-new-sport-omg-its-dog.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327797/kids-find-new-sport-omg-its-dog.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:30 AKST The Goddard-Vaughan family has been trying to answer a question lately, one they never quite imagined would surface in their Anchorage lives: Should they move from their home off Tudor…

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]]> <![CDATA[F-16 makes emergency landing at Saipan airport]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328702/f-16-makes-emergency-landing-at.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328702/f-16-makes-emergency-landing-at.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:50:36 AKST An F-16 fighter jet assigned to Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks made an emergency landing during a training mission in the U.S. territory of Saipan, but no injuries were…

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]]> <![CDATA[Governor signs bill delaying online campaign filing requirement]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328703/governor-signs-bill-delaying-online.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328703/governor-signs-bill-delaying-online.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:36:05 AKST Gov. Sean Parnell has signed into law a measure delaying a law requiring electronic filing of financial disclosures until Feb. 16, 2013.

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]]> <![CDATA[Research rocket blasts through northern lights over Alaska]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327339/rocket-blasts-through-northern.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327339/rocket-blasts-through-northern.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:49:09 AKST A rocket that arced into the northern lights above Alaska Saturday night carried instruments designed to learn more about how "space weather" creates auroras from the interaction of solar particles…

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]]> <![CDATA[Small plane flips on landing at Lake Hood]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328827/small-plane-flips-on-landing-at.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328827/small-plane-flips-on-landing-at.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:58:33 AKST Three people walked away with minor injuries after a small plane crashed while landing at an airstrip at Lake Hood in Anchorage.

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]]> <![CDATA[Welders accidentally started fire on dry-docked Alaska ferry]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327407/welders-accidentally-started-fire.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327407/welders-accidentally-started-fire.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:29:32 AKST A welder accidentally caused a $750,000 fire on the Alaska state ferry Malaspina, according to an investigation report by the Ketchikan Fire Department.

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]]> <![CDATA[Lawmakers consider bill warning of airport pat-downs]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329281/lawmakers-consider-bill-warning.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329281/lawmakers-consider-bill-warning.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:25:37 AKST Airport security around the state could be affected by proposals up for consideration by Alaska lawmakers.

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]]> <![CDATA[Will Alaska be the last frontier for same-sex marriage?]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327925/will-alaska-be-the-last-frontier.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327925/will-alaska-be-the-last-frontier.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:06:08 AKST Seven states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage, including Alaska's nearest U.S. neighbor, Washington state, just last week. But a ban crafted into the state constitution almost…

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage man pleads guilty to child pornography charges]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327507/anchorage-man-pleads-guilty-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327507/anchorage-man-pleads-guilty-to.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:24:06 AKST An Anchorage man has pleaded guilty to trading child pornography online and owning more than 600 illegal images at his home and office, federal court records show.

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]]> <![CDATA[Fire destroys downtown Fairbanks cabin]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328774/fire-destroys-downtown-fairbanks.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328774/fire-destroys-downtown-fairbanks.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:34:51 AKST A fire has gutted a small cabin in downtown Fairbanks.

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]]> <![CDATA[Two jailed on sexual assault charges]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327921/two-jailed-on-sexual-assault-charges.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327921/two-jailed-on-sexual-assault-charges.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:26:31 AKST Two men were arrested over the weekend for allegedly sexually assaulting two women they met while drinking at a downtown Anchorage bar, police said Monday.

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]]> <![CDATA[Former Kodiak teller pleads guilty to bank theft]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327537/former-kodiak-teller-pleads-guilty.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327537/former-kodiak-teller-pleads-guilty.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:20:39 AKST A former Kodiak bank teller pleaded guilty to the theft of thousands of dollars from a bank where she worked.

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage gas prices up 26 cents in past year]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327306/anchorage-gas-prices-up-26-cents.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327306/anchorage-gas-prices-up-26-cents.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:58 AKST GasBuddy.com, a website that tracks retail gasoline prices around the country, says average retail gas prices increased 5.2 cents in Anchorage over the past week that ended Saturday, when the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Man charged with assaulting sleeping woman at friend's home]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327885/man-charged-with-assaulting-sleeping.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327885/man-charged-with-assaulting-sleeping.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:47:04 AKST Police arrested a 25-year-old man Saturday after he allegedly attacked the sleeping roommate of a friend.

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]]> <![CDATA[O'Malley column: 'Love Army' plasters cars with classic Valentine poetry]]> http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/159841#storylink=rss http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/159841 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:38:02 AKST On Valentine's Day, people mostly in Spenard and downtown found plastic bags under their windshield wipers containing love poems. They were signed, simply, "With love, The Guerilla Love Army."

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]]> <![CDATA[Redistricting raises lawmakers' questions]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326564/redistricting-raises-questions.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326564/redistricting-raises-questions.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:34:26 AKST Alaska lawmakers this week will address ethics questions raised by redistricting as they seek clarification over whether they can use state resources to send mailings, such as newsletters, to residents…

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]]> <![CDATA[Police in Wisconsin kill brother of fugitive who died in '06 Homer shootout]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327247/police-bullets-kill-brother-of.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327247/police-bullets-kill-brother-of.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:01:29 AKST The younger brother of a man who died during a shootout with federal agents in Homer in 2006 has died in Wisconsin under similar circumstances.

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]]> <![CDATA[Presidents Day closures]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325341/presidents-day-closures.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325341/presidents-day-closures.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:11:28 AKST Holiday schedule…

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]]> <![CDATA[Photographer waits, watches for perfect light on Mount McKinley]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325316/photographer-waits-watches-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325316/photographer-waits-watches-for.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:32:13 AKST For the past dozen or so years, Norio Matsumoto has camped on glaciers in the Alaska Range in the dead of winter for more than a month at a time…

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]]> <![CDATA[Asian-Americans in military face routine racial slurs, bullying]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326619/asian-american-soldiers-face-all.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326619/asian-american-soldiers-face-all.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:31:22 AKST The harassment of Alaska-based soldier Danny Chen started in basic training -- teasing about his name and whether he was from China, though he was a New Yorker. He wrote…

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]]> <![CDATA[BP uncertain when it can bring refinery back on line]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326562/bp-uncertain-when-it-can-bring.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326562/bp-uncertain-when-it-can-bring.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:32:44 AKST BP says it's working to meet customer demand as its Cherry Point refinery in Washington state remains idle following a fire.

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]]> <![CDATA[House speaker calls for limited budget growth]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327307/house-speaker-calls-for-limited.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327307/house-speaker-calls-for-limited.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:28 AKST Alaska House Speaker Mike Chenault says the House's goal is to keep state agency operating growth as small as possible as it crafts a state operating budget.

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]]> <![CDATA[Crews preparing to clean up after Slope well blowout]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326563/crews-preparing-to-clean-up-after.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326563/crews-preparing-to-clean-up-after.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:34:15 AKST Alaska environmental regulators say cleanup preparations continue at the site of an exploratory well blowout on Alaska's North Slope.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska Ear]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2326430/alaska-ear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2326430/alaska-ear.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:52:22 AKST Alaska politics and political hijinks…

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]]> <![CDATA['Macbeth' at Anchorage Opera was a gripping success]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326556/macbeth-at-anchorage-opera-was.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326556/macbeth-at-anchorage-opera-was.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:23:42 AKST With a shoestring budget, Anchorage Opera has managed to present a gripping "Macbeth" that doesn't readily reveal its shortcuts. Verdi's grand opera take on Shakespeare's story received a compelling production…

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]]> <![CDATA[Park Service seeks input on plans to improve trail]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326561/park-service-seeks-input-on-plans.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326561/park-service-seeks-input-on-plans.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:30:35 AKST The National Park Service is taking comments on its plans to improve and lengthen a trail at Denali National Park.

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]]> <![CDATA[Snow removal from this winter stretches Juneau budget]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326560/snow-removal-from-this-winter.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326560/snow-removal-from-this-winter.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:29:10 AKST A Juneau official said the city has spent as much as $50,000 in snow-removal overtime and material costs.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska brewery to begin selling product in Texas]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326559/alaska-brewery-to-begin-selling.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326559/alaska-brewery-to-begin-selling.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:27:58 AKST A Southeast Alaska brewery says it will soon be offering its beers in Texas.

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]]> <![CDATA[City fund to invest in business startups and expansions]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325344/city-fund-to-invest-in-business.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325344/city-fund-to-invest-in-business.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:09:51 AKST Anchorage city government is creating a fund that will invest in private businesses -- specifically, local start-ups and existing operations that are expanding.

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]]> <![CDATA[Woman with baby due in 2 weeks sentenced to prison]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325037/woman-with-baby-due-in-2-weeks.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325037/woman-with-baby-due-in-2-weeks.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:41:25 AKST A Haines woman who is two weeks from her baby's due date must report to prison Wednesday, a judge ruled over the woman's objections.

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