Anchorage Daily News

Palin's book tour to include stop at Fort Hood

Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new memoir will include a stop at Fort Hood to benefit the victims of the shooting rampage and their families.

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Palin to make book tour stop in Utah

Sarah Palin will visit Salt Lake City next month to promote her new book, "Going Rogue."

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Palin returns to Ohio on book tour

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday it shows courage for readers to carry her book in public, as she returned as a best-selling author to the southwest Ohio region where she made her debut as a national candidate.

Alaska diocese says settlement near in abuse suit

The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks said it's near a financial settlement with a committee representing almost 300 alleged victims of clergy sex abuse.

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Militia movement resurfaces across nation

Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.

Basketball team gets pair of pre-season assists

An anonymous donor has given an assist to the Tri-Valley School girls basketball team.

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Blood Bank of Alaska closing 2 donation centers

The Blood Bank of Alaska is closing its donation centers in Wasilla and Soldotna because of a lack of demand.

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Emergency landing near Bethel smooth as runway

An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the single engine failed on a flight from Bethel to Kipnuk, near the Bering Sea coast.

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Alaska US Marshals' bomb-sniffing dog is MacDuff

The U.S. Marshals in Alaska have a new bomb-sniffing dog.

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BP gives $1M to UAF to process Ted Stevens papers

BP is donating $1 million to University of Alaska Fairbanks to catalog the papers from Ted Stevens' four-decade political career.

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AK volunteers strive to save Santa letter service

Santa's "elves" at the North Pole have been given their walking papers - but they're not going quietly.

Geriatric black bear dies at Oregon Zoo

Oregon Zoo officials say Pete, an 18-year-old black bear who loved to lounge in a tractor tire, has been euthanized because of his age and debilitating arthritis.

North Slope workers dies in accident

A North Slope worker was killed when a pickup truck pinned him against a section of pipe.

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Alaska's unemployment rate jumps to 8.9 percent

Alaska's unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month.

BP donates $1M to catalog Stevens papers

Oil giant BP PLC has donated $1 million to the University of Alaska Fairbanks toward cataloging and processes papers from the congressional career of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.

It's not all ice yet

All you have to do is drive Seward Highway south of Anchorage to see why early-season backcountry skaters need to know where they stand.

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Alaska's high court hears predator control case

Opponents of Alaska's predator control program argued Thursday before the Alaska Supreme Court that the program violates the state constitution.

3 hopefuls for North Pole state House seat

Three applicants for a vacant state House seat from North Pole are all emphasizing their experience in local government.

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Anchorage men accused of setting boy's hair afire

Police say two Anchorage men who were baby-sitting a girlfriend's children set a 5-year-old boy's hair on fire with what they called a "redneck flamethrower."

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AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound

When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right.

Criminal deportations spike in Pacific Northwest

Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.