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Scrutiny sought for Wasilla Fred Meyer expansion

Fred Meyer hopes to add another 10,000 square feet to its Wasilla store, but city and state officials want to make sure the retail giant doesn't gum up traffic.

Charities begin Juneau electric grant program

Two charities in Juneau have rolled outa city-funded grant program designed to help thousands of low-income residents handlea 447 percent increase in the price of electricity.

Computer glitch delays Ice Classic tally

Organizers of the Nenana Ice Classic still aren't ready to announce how many people correctly guessed the moment when the ice would break up on the Tanana River, even though that moment happened a week ago. "Our computer had an issue," Ice Classic manager Amanda Wubbold said today. "We had to have a laser card rushed to us from Ohio or Utah or someplace."

Death toll in China rising from earthquake

One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing nearly 9,000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school and causing a toxic chemical leak, state media reported.

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First Copper River salmon in Seattle on Friday

Alaska Airlines says its first 737 freighter filled with Copper River salmon will arrive Friday at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle.

Bulldozers have cleared a portion of a field just southwest of the intersection of Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road where Anchorage contractor Jeff Dinwiddie plans to open a nursery -- trees, shrubs, bark mulch, topsoil -- with a temporary office building and fencing.

Bulldozers have cleared a portion of a field just southwest of the intersection of Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road.

Valley potato farm is next to face development

In April, bulldozers began scraping off the coffee-brown "potato dirt," the first harbinger of development coming to the intersection of Palmer-Wasilla Highway and Trunk Road.

ANCHORAGE CLASSROOMS PART 1 OF 3

Mr. 100 percent -- no such thing as failure
Art La Rue, Nicholas Begich Middle School eighth-grade language arts teacher, talks to his fifth-period class late last year. In August, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings named La Rue the 2007 American Star of Teaching for Alaska.

Art La Rue's approach is unorthodox, but he's nationally recognized as a teacher who gets things right. Earlier this school year, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings presented him with the American Star of Teaching, given annually to one teacher in each state.

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WWII airplane

Images and sounds of the beautiful old AT-6D Texan.

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Mid-Atlantic storm cuts power, prompts evacuations

A wet, gusty storm that lashed the mid-Atlantic states Monday forced evacuations, flooded roads, fanned the flames of a deadly New Jersey fire and wrecked a brand-new research vessel off the Delaware coast, killing a crew member.

Arts scene: (5/9/08)

Weapons of Mass Defense by Da-ka-xeen Mehner.

Da-ka-xeen Mehner uses dagger and mask forms from Tlingit culture to explore the challenges and identities of a man balancing cultures, lifestyles and more.

Don't break 'the rules'

A mojito is refreshing, but ordering one could be rude. If you've been drinking cheap brews all night and someone offers to buy your next one, it's not cool to switch to a higher-priced beverage.

Here are some bar-specific codes compiled from my research and observation. Consider this a refresher as the summer party season approaches.

Feel the beet

The Red Beet owner Sally Koppenberg prepares salads of fresh pears, beets and scallions recently to accompany the Tuscan bean soup featured on the day's menu. Don't expect a burger and fries at Koppenberg's new cafe. Instead you'll find one or two daily menu options made from creative, fresh ingredients.

It's hard not to fall in love with The Red Beet before any food hits the plate.

What Happens in Vegas

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher star as strangers who unwittingly end up as bride and groom in this comedy. When one of them strikes it rich after playing the other person's coin, the pair gets married. But all's fair in love and war--and Las Vegas--as each of them tries to get the money.

So much Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval

Jazz trumpet giant Arturo Sandoval, a protege of Dizzy Gillespie, brings his Latin-influenced mix of jazz, classical, rock and Caribbean music to town Saturday courtesy of the Anchorage Concert Association.

Help beautify the outdoors

Now that winter snow has melted, an array of ugly garbage can be seen along most highways and some trails. Help bring back nature without all the nasty trash during Anchorage's citywide cleanup initiative. The official effort, which includes free bags and dumping, continues through Saturday.

Taking part in the not - so - glamorous act of spring-cleaning the dog yard the other day, I thought, "This is not a good time to be a musher."

Born and Bred

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Nature's bounty
Kincaid Elementary third graders Trevor Smith, left, and Kota Ainuu tap a birch tree during a recent exercise with forestry coordinator Matt Weaver.

Using a rubber mallet, Matt Weaver gently hammered the plastic tap into a half-inch hole in a birch tree at Kincaid Elementary School.

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Slush Cup

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Teen talent contest

Enter a teen with talent in music, dance, theater, or visual arts and they could win a Nintendo DS Lite or iPod.

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Farmers Markets

Where to find farmer's markets around the state.

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Tattoo you

Check out a gallery of our readers' body art.

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Trashed

The city needs to work out more details on a recycling plan so the Assembly has no excuse for rejecting it.

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Joe Contraire returns

He pans ADN's Withering Heights, the satirical saga of the conflict between Sarah the Hot and Lyda the Hammer.

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Withering Heights

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