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• Alaska's Gates of the Arctic ranked second-worst national park - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-03-2015 20:24
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  Alaska's Gates of the Arctic ranked second-worst national park
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  An area of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve near Anaktuvuk Pass. The park is the second largest -- and according to a Fox News article, the second-worst -- in the nation. Photo by Carl Johnson/ NPS. Gates of the Arctic National Park ...
  
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• High winds knock out power in Alaska North Slope village - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  02-03-2015 20:13
  
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  High winds knock out power in Alaska North Slope village
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska village on the Beaufort Sea is digging out from a weekend blizzard that featured winds approaching hurricane levels. The Saturday night storm piled snow high against doors and windows in the village of Kaktovik and ...
  Kaktovik digs out after frigid storm buries Arctic communityAlaska Dispatch News
  
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• Alaska to Price GOs, BANs - Bond Buyer

  02-03-2015 20:00
  
  Alaska to Price GOs, BANs
  Bond Buyer
  Alaska plans to issue $163 million of bond anticipation notes and $95 million of general obligation bonds later this month. To continue reading, log in, register or subscribe below.Calendars are available to registered users of The Bond Buyer web site.
  
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• Cleanup crews respond to Hilcorp pipeline spill in Alaska - FuelFix (blog)

  02-03-2015 18:25
  
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  Cleanup crews respond to Hilcorp pipeline spill in Alaska
  FuelFix (blog)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Responders have recovered nearly 4,000 gallons of crude oil, water and other fluids from a pipeline leak at production site on the North Slope owned by Houston-based Hilcorp. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ...
  Responders address cleanup of North Slope spillFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Italian Tourist Killed When Hit by Piece of Alaska Glacier - ABC News

  02-03-2015 18:16
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  Italian Tourist Killed When Hit by Piece of Alaska Glacier
  ABC News
  Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Italian tourist was killed when he was crushed by a large piece of ice that broke from a glacier. Troopers say Alexander Hellweger died Sunday in the mishap at the head of Lake George Glacier, north of Anchorage.
  Calving ice kills Italian man in Southcentral AlaskaKTUU.com
  Italian tourist killed after hit by calving Alaska glacierFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  
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• Spirit Airlines And Alaska Air Could Make A Good Pair Trade, But The Short ... - Benzinga

  02-03-2015 18:00
  Spirit Airlines And Alaska Air Could Make A Good Pair Trade, But The Short ...
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  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK)'s Seattle competition is overrated, while Spirit Airlines Incorporated (NASDAQ: SAVE)'s stock may get pressured by a growing rivalry in Dallas, an analyst said Monday. Stifel's Joseph DeNardi upgraded Alaska Air to ...
  Spirit Airlines Looks Like Alaska Air 12 Months AgoBarron's (blog)
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• 'Looking For Alaska' Movie: 7 Things To Know About John Green's Next Book ... - International Business Times

  02-03-2015 17:56
  
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  'Looking For Alaska' Movie: 7 Things To Know About John Green's Next Book ...
  International Business Times
  Will "Looking for Alaska" be as successful as last year's "The Fault in Our Stars"? 20th Century Fox. “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green is going to see his first book turned into a movie. “Looking For Alaska,” Green's 2005 debut novel, follows ...
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• Alaska Airlines wants delay in Everett airport vote - KING5.com

  02-03-2015 16:59
  
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  Alaska Airlines wants delay in Everett airport vote
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  EVERETT, Wash. -- A key vote is expected Monday in the future of commercial flight at Paine Field in Everett. Snohomish County Council members could approve a two gate passenger terminal, to be leased to New York-based Propeller Airports. Propeller is ...
  
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• 'Fault In Our Stars' Writers to Adapt Their Third John Green Book, 'Looking ... - /FILM

  02-03-2015 14:00
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  'Fault In Our Stars' Writers to Adapt Their Third John Green Book, 'Looking ...
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  It's good to be Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. The screenwriters behind 500 Days of Summer and The Spectacular Now had their biggest hit yet in 2014 by adapting John Green's hit novel, The Fault In Our Stars. They followed that up with another ...
  'Looking For Alaska' Movie: 7 Things To Know About John Green's Next Book ...International Busin
  
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• Alaska Permanent Fund managers see opportunity in low oil prices - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-03-2015 06:21
  
  Alaska Permanent Fund managers see opportunity in low oil prices
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  JUNEAU -- Low oil prices have Alaska's leaders in a state of anxiety, but the investment managers of the Alaska Permanent Fund are responding in their own way, and looking for investments that will allow the fund to take advantage of the global dip in ...
  
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• Ancient cod bones carry modern warning about mercury, climate change - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-03-2015 06:18
  
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  Ancient cod bones carry modern warning about mercury, climate change
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The National Park Service completed four seasons of excavations at the Mink Island Site in 2000. The site is located on a small unnamed island on the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Park and Preserve. Jeanne Schaaf / NPS ...
  
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• Night nannies offer a break for bleary-eyed Alaska parents - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-03-2015 06:17
  
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  Night nannies offer a break for bleary-eyed Alaska parents
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Lindsey Kruse started her business Denali Night Nannies to provide overnight newborn care so parents can sleep through the night. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Bill Roth / ADN. The daily cycle of a newborn is monotonous and unyielding: Sleep. Cry. Eat. Poop.
  
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• Alaska's youth are becoming disconnected from nature - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-03-2015 04:21
  
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  Alaska's youth are becoming disconnected from nature
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Over the years I have observed fewer and fewer kids playing outdoors in Anchorage and outlying areas. But it wasn't until a business trip to west Chicago several years ago that something really struck home. It was a beautiful Sunday in May, and I spent ...
  
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• Drones don't fly at Alaska's Board of Fish - KCAW

  02-03-2015 02:46
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  Drones don't fly at Alaska's Board of Fish
  KCAW
  Not all drones are alike. This unmanned aircraft — now banned by the Board — is just large enough to carry a camera. (Flickr photo/Don McCullough). The Alaska Board of Fisheries closed some waters near Angoon to purse seining in order to improve ...
  
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• Canada border hours worry residents in small Alaska town - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  02-03-2015 01:45
  
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  Canada border hours worry residents in small Alaska town
  Santa Cruz Sentinel
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents in a small southeast Alaska community are worried that overnight closure of the Canada border will hurt safety and the local economy. The Canada Border Services Agency said Friday the new hours would be 8 a.m. ...
  Southeast Alaska town bristles over Canadian decision to cut border hoursAlaska Dispatch News
  
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