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Samantha Koenig search

Family friend Xavier Topkok posts fliers along 36th Avenue seeking information in the Wednesday-evening abduction of barista Samantha Koenig from the Common Grounds Espresso stand Friday afternoon Feb. 3, 2012 in Midtown.

Anchorage police say surveillance video shows that a man kidnapped 18-year-old Samantha Koenig at the Midtown coffee stand where she was working Wednesday night. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/03/2298379/police-continue-search-for-missing.html#storylink=cpy

UAA v. Seattle Pacific basketball

UAA's Steve White makes a move to the hoop past Seattle Pacific's Riley Stockton. UAA men's basketball hosted Seattle Pacific University for GNAC game on Thursday, February 2, 2012.

UAA men's basketball hosted Seattle Pacific University for GNAC game on Thursday, February 2, 2012.

PHOTO GALLERY

Egypt

Egyptian fans set fire at part of a facility at the Cairo International stadium after the suspension of a soccer match following the news of the violence in the Port Said soccer match, in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2 012.

PHOTO GALLERY

Feb. 2012

The sidewalk is cleared of snow along Fourth Avenue as the Anchorage Downtown Partnership sets to work Friday morning Feb. 3, 2012 downtown.

Check out the best February 2012 photos in the Anchorage Daily News.

East v. Chugiak CIC hockey

Alex Jackstadt of East, left, is defended by Hunter Hanson of Chugiak during Cook Inlet Conference tournament action at the Harry J. McDonald Memorial Center Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Eagle River.

East takes on Chugiak in Cook Inlet Conference hockey tournament action Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Eagle River.

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Around AK

Hyla Wright watches as friends, harbor personnel and a dive company pump water out of and right her father's boathouse in Aurora Harbor on Monday, January 30, 2012 in Juneau, Alaska. Too much snow on the roof was thought to be the cause of the accident. Nobody is currently living onboard the vessel.

Scenes from around the state of Alaska

PHOTO GALLERY

Groundhogs

Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather.

Dimond 14 Bartlett 1 CIC hockey

Another Dimond goal trickles into the net as Bartlett goaltender Justin Driskell can only watch after making an initial stop during Cook Inlet Conference hockey tournament action Monday, January 30, 2012 at Ben Boeke Ice Arena.

Dimond fires 73 shots on goal during a 14-1 win over Bartlett in Cook Inlet Conference hockey tournament action Monday Jan. 30, 2012 at Ben Boeke Ice Arena.

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Romney

Mitt Romney celebrates his Florida primary election win at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting-sanctioned Olympic-style competition.

More photo galleries

Best of January 2012

Alaska premiere of 'Big Miracle'

Denver 4 UAA 2 hockey

Object Runway art and fashion show

Dimond 8 Service 4 boys hockey

Dimond-West 6 Service-East 3

Chugiak 6 West 1 boys hockey

Dimond v. Bartlett girls basketball

'Big Miracle' in Washington, D.C.

98th Maintenance Company deployment ceremony

Big Miracle movie stills

State of the Union 2012

Chinese New Year celebration in Anchorage

Polar Bear Jump-off

Java Junction espresso cart

East v. North Pole girls basketball

South Carolina primary

Aces v. Idaho

Ravens in Winter

UAA 86 Western Oregon 58 women's basketball

Alaska Prep Shootout

50 Marathons in 50 States

Move To Amend Rally

Occupy the Courts

Fuel begins flowing to Nome

Ketchikan v. Soldotna girls basketball

Urban Moose

Cold, frosty Anchorage

Bartlett 83 Service 77 Boys Basketball

Ducks wintering in Anchorage

Northwest snowstorm

South-Bartlett v. Chugiak-Eagle River hockey

Cruise ship aground off the Tuscan coast

2012 Alaska legislative session

Sen. Begich visits troops in Afghanistan

Eagle River residents arrested for animal cruelty

Aces 3 Stockton 1

Clearing the Valdez snow

Anchorage Winter Storms

Juneau v. Christian Life basketball

Reader-submitted

RSVP: February 2012

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in December, 2012.

2011/12 Alaska winter

From low sunlight, plunging temperatures and massive snow fall, Alaska's winter are an extreme mix of beauty and danger. Post a photo of you how you live through it.

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

Location: Point Woronzof Park Anchorage, AK, 01/24/12

RSVP: January - 2012

Location: Sheraton Anchorage, 01/14/12 The Chenega Commercial Holdings, LLC team poses for a group photo at the 2011 Stars of the Industry event at the Sheraton Anchorage. The Alaska Hotel & Lodging Association hosts this annual event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the hospitality industry.

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in January, 2012.

Post an RSVP photo

Cordova snowstorm

Location: Cordova, AlaskaThis was even before the final part of the storm!

Cordova residents are tunneling out after several snow storms moved through Prince William Sound.

January Valdez snowstorm

Frosty Alaskans

Best of 2011: Reader-submitted

Skiing and snowboarding

2011 Howwwwl-oween dog costume contest

Aurora Borealis: September, 2011

My Aces

2011 Halloween: Kids

Crafts on sale at 2011 holiday bazaars

Denali National Park road lottery

Reader photos: Big Hunt

Reader photos: 2011 Fall colors

Reader photos: 2011 Alaska State Fair

Slideshows

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

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Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW

Operation Bulldog Bite