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Democrats grow confident ahead of health care vote

Democratic House leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. Still at issue were the votes of a handful of members concerned about the abortion issue.

GOP, Tea Party try to distance themselves from racial taunts

Insurers, doctor-owned hospitals get late help

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Iditarod ends with no dog deaths

As the final teams in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race crossed the finish line Saturday night, race officials said no dogs had died along the 1,000-mile marathon across Alaska.

First musher from Jamaica finishes Iditarod

Two-wheeled travelers pumped for paths

The proposed Anchorage Bicycle Plan aims to double the number of people who cycle for transportation; cut the number of crashes between vehicles and bikes by one-third; and dramatically expand Anchorage's network of bike lanes, paths and routes.

Poor returns shut 2 Kodiak king fisheries

Weeks before the snow melts off riverbanks and lakes are ice-free, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that two once-mighty fisheries on Kodiak Island will be shuttered all summer.

PHOTO GALLERY: STATE BASKETBALL, DAY 6

Napaskiak fans cheer their Hawks during the title game of the Class 1A state high school boys basketball championships on Saturday. Napaskiak defeated Nunamiut 43-31.

Napaskiak fans cheer their Hawks during the title game of the Class 1A state basketball championships.

Small-schools tourney crowns its champions

Napaskiak's 1A boys team took home their first state championship title as the 1A and 2A state basketball championships concluded Saturday at Sullivan Arena.

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Napaskiak boys rule 1A

Point Hope boys take out Klawock for title

Port Lions girls win 1A state title

Young defends Sealaska land deal in D.C. hearing

U.S. Rep. Don Young defended a bill last week to give Sealaska Corp. its remaining lands under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

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2A GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

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Every championship team needs a theme song, and the Skagway Panthers performed theirs while huddled in a circle of joy after winning the Class 2A girls state basketball championship Saturday night at Sullivan Arena.

Fairbanks' Ice Park due to lose its longtime location

The mercury uncharacteristically popped above freezing twice in the week before the multi-block competition judging at the 2010 BP World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks early this month. You might have thought the sponsors, Ice Alaska, would be worried that the giant carvings would revert to water within days.

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Palin, Beck to Alaska 'fringe':
Put down your guns, guys

Michigan Militia founder Norm Olson, left, and master of ceremonies Bob Bird, both of Nikiski, at last week's Second Amendment/Constitutional Task Force rally in Kenai.

Fox News host Glenn Beck and commentator Sarah Palin on Thursday urged "fringe elements" in Alaska not to resort to guns to express their anger against the federal government.

ACLU fights for discharged lesbian Air Force officer

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