DOWN -- Fairbanks: All that smoke in the Golden Heart City. By all means visit, but hold your breath.

DOWN -- Talis Colberg: Mat-Su Assembly rings his bell with a 6-1 override of his sales-tax ballot measure veto. It's a little rough on the home front.

UP -- Jim Clark: Frank the Bank's former chief of staff gets a long reprieve before corruption sentencing. Feds need him to sing about others.

UP -- Sarah Palin: Out of office, our gal still draws a crowd while dining in Manhattan. And we thought New Yorkers were jaded.

UP -- Wal-Mart: Retail behemoth now state's No. 2 private employer. Alaskans of a certain age can remember when Wal-Mart was one of those Outside outfits.

UP -- Alaska clunker owners: Senate votes another $2 billion ... Say, what can we do to get you out of that old gas guzzler today?

EVEN -- Mayor Dan: City's leader asks Anchorage tax payers for cost-cutting ideas. Nothing like going to the voters, mayor, but be careful what you ask for.

UP -- Rob Heun: Chief wraps up APD career this week. Says relations with Sullivan have been cordial, but the old union leader and the mayor weren't likely to be sympatico.

UP -- High-risk boaters: State stocks Kenai Peninsula launches with loaner life jackets. Strap it on, stud, we don't want to have to drag the river for you.