UP -- Gold seekers: It's the mother lode! Before you catch the fever and quit your day job, take two aspirin and have a Klondike bar.
DOWN -- Pioneer Peak Hotshots: While they're out fighting fires, thieves loot and sack their Palmer base. Suspects arrested; may the guilty feel the heat.
EVEN -- Anchorage school kids: Summer ended Wednesday; did you see all those parents smiling?
UP -- Jerry Prevo: ABT pastor wins a round with Sullivan's veto of gay-rights ordinance. Bully pulpit indeed.
DOWN -- GLBT activists: Gays lose a round with Sullivan's veto of gay-rights ordinance. What if they had a megachurch?
UP -- Nunaka Valley girls: U.S. western region softball champs play their way to the Little League World Series pool. Oh yeah, Alaska lasses can play the game.
UP -- Knik Arm bridge backers: Crossing back in city's short-term plans, so KABATA gotta smile. At least for the short term.
DOWN -- Nuke plant near Fairbanks: No go, says would-be developer. Life is too short to wait on five-year backlog for design approval.
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