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• The Driving Life And Death Of Philando Castile

  15-07-2016 23:10 via ktoo.org
  
  Valerie Castile, mother of Philando Castile, looks at a photo button of her son during a press conference on the state Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday. Philando Castile was fatally shot by police July 6. (Photo by Eric Miller/Reuters)
  Philando Castile’s trouble with traffic stops began when he still had his learner’s permit. He was stopped a day before his 19th birthday.
  From there, he descended into a seemingly endless cycle of traffic stops, fines, court appearances,
  
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• Court Dismisses Subpoena Seeking Kitzhaber’s Personal Emails

  15-07-2016 23:01 via ktoo.org
  
  A federal court has thrown out a subpoena that sought access to personal emails sent by former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. (Photo by Chris Lehman/Northwest News Network)
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a subpoena that would have given the FBI access to personal emails sent by former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. A three-judge panel ruled Wednesday that the subpoena was “unreasonably overbroad.”
  The decision overturns a lower court’s ruling. It comes as a fede
  
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• Sitka to consider condemning building due to landslide risk

  15-07-2016 22:50 via ktoo.org
  Sitka officials are seeking to have an administration building damaged by a landslide nearly a year ago condemned. The action would impact $29,000 in active leases at the property, which has been deemed still at risk for damage from future landslides.
  The Sitka Sentinel reports a landslide hit the building at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park on Aug. 18, when three Sitka residents were killed in another landslide.
  City Administrator Mark Gorman said Wednesday he will recommend the Sitka Assembly c
  
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• Trump Names Mike Pence As Vice Presidential Running Mate

  15-07-2016 22:01 via ktoo.org
  
  Donald Trump greets Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at the Grand Park Events Center on Tuesday in Westfield, Ind. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
  After weeks of speculation, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump tweeted Friday morning that he has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate.I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate. News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump
  
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• Health care ordeal inspires Playboy Spaceman’s latest releases

  15-07-2016 20:43 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Juneau songwriter George Kuhar performs with Playboy Spaceman at the Rockwell Ballroom on July 9, 2016. The band was playing at its album release party for “And His Father.” (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)
  Kidney failure, Obamacare, and sounds of hospital rooms all inspired Playboy Spaceman’s latest releases.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/15ALBUM.mp3Playboy Spaceman’s latest recordings veer away from the guitar solos of their past, entering the
  
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• Trump Delays Vice President Pick, Sources Say It’s Pence

  15-07-2016 10:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence delivers a speech during a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Westfield, Ind., on Tuesday. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
  Donald Trump has chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, a source with direct knowledge confirms to NPR’s Mara Liasson.
  A rollout in New York City had been planned for Friday at 11 a.m., but Trump tweeted Thursday evening that “in light of the horrible attack in Nice, France,” he was postponin
  
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• In Wake Of Shootings, Facebook Struggles To Define Hate Speech

  15-07-2016 10:02 via ktoo.org
  
  In a post on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the live-streamed images following a police shooting in Minnesota were “graphic and heartbreaking.” (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
  In the wake of last week’s shootings, Facebook has seen a significant spike in flagged content, with users calling out each other’s posts as racist, violent and offensive. According to Facebook employees, the company is having a very hard time deciding who is right or how to define
  
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• Congress Just Passed A GMO Labeling Bill. Nobody’s Super Happy About It

  15-07-2016 10:01 via ktoo.org
  
  After years of bitter debate and legislative stalemate over the labeling of genetically modified ingredients, a compromise proposal sailed through Congress in breathtaking speed over the past three weeks.
  The House of Representative passed the measure on Thursday with solid support from both Democrats and Republicans. It now goes to the White House, where President Obama is expected to sign it.
  Within a few years, consumers will be able to find out whether any food in the supermarket contains GM
  
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• Walker administration projects deep cuts to government, schools if legislature doesn’t act

  15-07-2016 09:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker talks about the potential effects of the Legislature not passing his fiscal plan, in Juneau on July 14, 2016. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)
  In two years, the state would slash services, jobs, and the support it gives to local schools and communities if the legislature doesn’t take action on a plan to fund state government, according to Gov. Bill Walker’s administration.
  Walker said that if legislators don’t pass his fiscal plan, which includes restructuring
  
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• Bartlett continues effort to build a youth psychiatric treatment center in Juneau

  15-07-2016 09:30 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Bartlett Regional Hospital. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)
  When residential psychiatric treatment services for youth aren’t available in the state, children are sent out of Alaska. But Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau is trying to change that by building a treatment center in the state’s capital.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/14RPTC.mp3According to reports earlier this month, about 120 children have been sent out of state for high-level psychiatric treatment. In 2004, t
  
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• Autopsies indicate Juneau siblings drowned accidentally

  15-07-2016 09:14 via ktoo.org
  
  Juneau police say two adult siblings whose bodies were found this week both died of accidental drowning.Police in a statement say the determination was made following autopsies conducted on the bodies of George and Kristina Young.
  Forty-year-old George Young was found lying face down in Lemon Creek on Sunday. His 36-year-old sister was considered missing until her body was found Tuesday on the beach of North Douglas.
  Police say they are awaiting toxicology reports, which could take up to two mon
  
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• Scores Dead After Truck Plows Into Bastille Day Crowd In Nice, France

  15-07-2016 05:03 via ktoo.org
  
  Police officers, firefighters and rescue workers at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice after a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display in the French Riviera resort. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)
  Updated 10:10 p.m. ET
  A truck drove into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, killing dozens of people on Thursday evening. The head of the regional government, former Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi, says 77 people were killed and 50 injured.
  NPR’s Eleanor Beardsl
  
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• Oil on exhibit: What Alaska’s past says about its future

  15-07-2016 03:56 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Steve Henrikson has worked at the state museum since 1988. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
  The State Library, Archives and Museum opened recently in Juneau with a new display that includes a piece of the trans-Alaska pipeline as part of an exhibit on the oil industry. But the drama of the state’s current fiscal crisis puts that history in a new light.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/07/14EXHIBIT.mp3Steve Henrikson tells stories with things. Sometimes those objects go way back,
  
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• Fairbanks-area puppy shooting sparks outrage, brings community together

  15-07-2016 03:44 via ktoo.org
  
  A puppy. (Creative Commons photo by Xalion Malik)
  The shooting death of a puppy in the Fairbanks area has ignited community outcry as residents who have had similar experiences with their animals question authorities’ response to the incidents.Dan Powell tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner he let his dog out to use the bathroom when it went missing. After searching his neighborhood, he came home to find Lucy shot dead in his driveway.
  Powell took to a community Facebook page to share the
  
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• Former commissioners, lawmakers criticize Walker’s oil tax credit veto

  15-07-2016 03:36 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Gov. Bill Walker announces line-item budget vetoes at the Atwood Building on June 29, 2016, in Anchorage. Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott is also pictured. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Two former commissioners and several lawmakers are criticizing Gov. Bill Walker’s decision to veto more than $430 million from the state’s budget. The money would have gone to pay tax credits to oil companies.
  Former Department of Revenue Commissioner Patrick Galvin and former acti
  
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• Young seeks to amend Obama’s Alaska resource agenda

  15-07-2016 01:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, speaks to the National Congress of American Indians in March 2014. (Photo courtesy Office of Rep. Don Young)
  The House of Representatives on Tuesday was working on the spending bill that funds the Interior Department, which typically has a lot of relevance for Alaska.
  Congressman Don Young is trying to add five big amendments to the bill that would essentially rollback key parts of the Obama administration’s resource agenda for Alaska. One of his amendments would
  
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• Alaska governor paints bleak picture if deficit not solved

  15-07-2016 00:09 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker talks to reporters at his temporary offices in Juneau on June 15. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Gov. Bill Walker is laying out a bleak financial picture as it becomes increasingly apparent he will not get the plan he hoped for to address Alaska’s gaping deficit during this special session.Walker said his administration has done everything it could to get lawmakers to address revenue generating measures like a sales tax and using earnings from the Alaska Permanent Fund.
  
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• Police announce $7,631 reward for Anchorage airport tire slashings

  15-07-2016 00:08 via ktoo.org
  
  A reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with a vandalism spree that left 87 private airplanes with slashed tires at Anchorage’s Merrill Field airport.Anchorage police said Thursday that the Crime Stoppers program has teamed up with the Alaskan Aviation Safety Foundation to offer the $7,631 reward.
  Police say they continue to investigate the vandalism they believe occurred between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. on June 2.
  There have been no arrests or suspects identi
  
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• Juneau police investigate fire that destroyed boat

  15-07-2016 00:02 via ktoo.org
  Juneau police are investigating a fire that destroyed a 21-foot boat Thursday at a location in the Mendenhall Valley.Police just before 3:45 a.m. received reports of an explosion and found the boat in flames.
  Firefighters extinguished the fire.
  Police say the fiberglass boat also had been vandalized Wednesday.
  Someone had used spray paint to write a slur regarding the boat owner’s race. There also was evidence that someone had attempted to light the boat on fire.
  Police are asking witnesse
  
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• Climbing season comes to a close on Denali

  15-07-2016 00:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Members of a team of U. S. Army Alaska Soldiers and a civilian adviser pose for a photo on the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley at the time), the highest peak in North America on June 1, 2013. (Creative Commons photo by U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK))
  The National Park Service says more than half the climbers who attempted to reach the summit of North America’s tallest mountain have made it to the top this season.Park service spokeswoman Maureen Gaultiere tells KTUU-TV there are still 11 climbe
  
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