Anchorage Daily News

UP -- Sarah Palin: Ex-gov reports $1.25 mil book retainer. Give the woman credit -- most of us would go rogue for a lot less.

DOWN -- Bill Allen, Rick Smith: Ex-Veco chief, sidekick sentenced at last, then Allen flies south in private jet. Feds need time to prepare his room.

UP -- Hungry Alaskans: United Way's Day of Caring Food Drive nets 619,000 pounds. That's a record. And it's not all Spam.

DOWN -- Judge Patrick McKay: Five days in jail for DUI. May blind justice produce better judgment in future.

UP -- Dana Stabenow: Looks like Kate Shugak is headed for television -- and on location in Alaska, no less. Take that, all you "CSI" clones.

DOWN -- Mayor Dan: Anchorage Assembly passes resolution to tell him state revenue sharing is for tax relief, not city services.

UP -- Mayor Dan: He can veto that Assembly resolution -- and he's got the votes to make it stick.

EVEN -- Mayor, Assembly: Let's see ... mayor argues for a lower tax cap but doesn't want revenue sharing for tax relief ... Assembly majority wants to keep the tax cap high but give tax relief with revenue sharing. Our heads hurt.

UP -- Joan Kane: Inupiaq poet from Anchorage wins Whiting Writing Award. The old curse of verse says poetry doesn't pay. Prize says otherwise.

DOWN -- Wyatt Alan Whaley: Chugiak man accused of taking kids' PFDs to dally with Vegas stripper. No good Alaska man uses his kids' dividends like that. He uses his own dividend.

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