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• Fishing boat burns at Homer Port and Harbor

  04-11-2016 23:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A fishing vessel burned in the Homer Port and Harbor early Thursday morning, Nov. 4.
  Harbor Master Bryan Hawkins said the vessel was a total loss.
  “It was reported as an explosion and fire. It was aboard a 32-foot fiberglass commercial fishing vessel,” Hawkins said. “It was called in by a private citizen. (A) Harbor officer also called it in shortly after 1 a.m., in fact the call was 1:03 a.m. The fire department responded very quickly as did other additional harbor s
  
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• Skagway Assembly appoints seat vacated by Dan Henry resignation

  04-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A familiar face, who lost a write-in campaign to retain his seat, has been appointed to the Skagway Assembly seat vacated by a resignation.
  Dan Henry turned in his letter of resignation to the Assembly in October, leaving one of the six chairs vacant.
  Henry was convicted of failing to timely file federal incomes taxes.
  Spencer Morgan was finishing his first three-year term on the assembly when he lost in October and only has to sit out two meetings before being welcomed back
  
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• Muñoz seeks fifth term representing Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley in Alaska House

  04-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Rep. Cathy Muñoz runs a trick-or-treat table at the Nugget Mall as a campaign event, Oct. 31, 2016. She interacted with hundreds of people over two hours, most too young to vote. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Cathy Muñoz has represented Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley in the Alaska House of Representatives since 2009.
  This election, she’s seeking her fifth term and is facing Democrat Justin Parish in the House District 34 election.
  By Alaska standards, Muñoz is a
  
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• Days before election, Parish continues door-to-door campaigning

  04-11-2016 22:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Justin Parish speaks with his campaign manager at a coffee shop in the Mendenhall Valley. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/ KTOO)
  Days before the election, Justin Parish, 33, is taking time off from his day job to focus on his campaign.
  He’s running against Juneau Republican and incumbent Rep. Cathy Muñoz for House District 34.
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/04PARISH.mp3At a coffee shop in the Mendenhall Valley, Justin Parish is ordering tea — chamomile citrus to be s
  
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• Newcast – Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

  04-11-2016 21:57 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/20161104-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  Gov. Bill Walker announces he has prostate cancer,
  a recap of the Debate for the State with Alaska’s candidates for U.S. House and Senate, and
  a 10-car accident on the slippery roads on a bridge of the Glenn Highway.
  
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• Homegrown and hydroponic: Veggies are St. Paul’s new subsistence food

  04-11-2016 21:55 via ktoo.org
  
  St. Paul’s greenhouse is named after an elder. It’s called Ludy’s Qalgadam Tagadaa, or Ludy’s Fresh Foods. (Zoë Sobel/KUCB)
  St. Paul’s greenhouse isn’t what you’d imagine. There’s no big glass structure. All the windows are covered from the inside. It’s underneath the city’s grocery store on the first floor of the building.
  It’s hydroponic. Blue and red LED lights hang suspended above the plants. Pumps fill the room with whit
  
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• Gov. Walker: Prostate cancer diagnosis ‘has not and will not’ impair ability to perform duties

  04-11-2016 21:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Update | 1:37 p.m.
  The governor’s office is providing live video coverage of his press availability in Anchorage here.KTVA and KTUU are also providing live coverage.
  Original story | 12:47 p.m.
  Gov. Bill Walker on April 18. 2015. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Just after noon today, Gov. Bill Walker announced he’s been diagnosed with a treatable form of prostate cancer.
  He’ll have surgery in December to remove it and does not expect to need post-surgery treatment, he said.
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• Gov. Walker announces cancer diagnosis

  04-11-2016 21:12
  
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has prostate cancer and will have surgery next month, according to a release from his administration.
  A treatable form of cancer, he’s not expected to need treatment post-surgery, the release says.
  “This diagnosis has not and will not impair my ability to perform my duties as governor,” Walker said in a statement. “I want to emphasize that I had no symptoms, and it was only through a regular checkup that this diagnosis was made. I urge all Alaskans
  
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• Jury finds ‘Rolling Stone,’ reporter liable for damages over rape allegation story

  04-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A federal jury has found that Rolling Stone, a reporter and the magazine’s publisher are liable in a defamation lawsuit over a retracted article about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia.
  The trial centered on a November 2014 piece by reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely that told the story of a student, identified as “Jackie,” who said she was brutally gang raped at a fraternity party in 2012.
  The shocking article quickly went viral and opened a national debate about how co
  
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• Daybreak Adopt-a-Pet for Nov 4., 2016

  04-11-2016 21:00
  
  From Anchorage Animal Care and Control:
  Momma Cat:Momma Cat came to the shelter on Oct. 12 with five kittens. She took good care of her little ones and now Momma is ready for a new start in life. She would like a home with adults only as she can be bashful, and young kids can make her nervous. With gentle and patient adults she relaxes and enjoys being loved — kneading her paws and purring quietly.
  Gomez:Gomez is looking for a lap to call his own. This outgoing and handsome boy will charm
  
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• Authorities respond to 10-car accident on highway bridge

  04-11-2016 21:00 via ktoo.org
  
  ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers were at the scene of a 10-vehicle accident along a bridge on the Glenn Highway.
  Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says she is unaware of any injuries in the Friday morning accident on the Knik River Bridge.
  According to Peters, the roadway is extremely slippery.
  She says the incident “looks like a bumper car episode.”
  
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• 2 New York police sergeants shot, 1 killed; suspect dead

  04-11-2016 20:58
  
  Last updated at 1:35 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4
  NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities say a New York City police sergeant has been fatally shot and another has been wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the Bronx.
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) announced the sergeant’s death Friday. He says the other officer was shot in the leg and is undergoing treatment.
  Authorities say the gunman was killed. They say he had fired on officers who had stopped his car near a ballfield
  
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• 2 New York police officers shot, wounded, taken to hospital

  04-11-2016 20:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities say two New York City police officers have been shot and wounded.
  A New York Police Department spokeswoman says the injured officers have been taken to a Bronx hospital. She has no information on their conditions.
  She says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon in the borough’s Parkchester neighborhood.
  The circumstances of the shooting are unclear.
  (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, re
  
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• U.S. wages rising at the fastest pace in years amid solid hiring

  04-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Go ahead — ask the boss for a raise.
  The jobs report released Friday by the Labor Department suggests the time finally may be right to demand a fatter paycheck.
  The October report showed employers added 161,000 jobs — and paid workers more. Average hourly earnings rose by 10 cents to $25.92 last month — and that gain followed September’s increase of 8 cents an hour.
  In all, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.8 percent over the past year — the fastest pace since
  
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• Ketchikan man faces possible pot-grow charges

  04-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A 51-year-old Ketchikan man faces possible charges of third-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance for an alleged marijuana-grow operation.
  Rroopers initially went to the residence for a domestic violence investigation, and noticed evidence of a grow operation, according to an Alaska State Troopers online dispatch.
  A search warrant was obtained, and troopers seized 38 plants and about 4 ounces of dried marijuana.
  That exceeds the amount allowed for personal use under Alaska law.
  
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• Gun control groups aim their money at states — and the ballot

  04-11-2016 20:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Gun control has been a minor theme of this year’s presidential election, as Hillary Clinton promises to close “loopholes” in the background checks for gun purchasers, and Donald Trump pledges “unwavering support” for the Second Amendment.
  The real battle over guns, though, has been waged at the state level this year — with a new emphasis on ballot initiatives.
  Washington is a prime example. Like many western states, it has a tradition of permissive gun laws; t
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: The Nuther Brothers

  04-11-2016 19:56
  
  Blending country, folk and rockabilly, The Nuther Brothers took the Daybreak stage for the first time for a Mic Check in the Morning Friday.
  The Nuther Brothers are set to release their new album, “The Honkey Tonk Life,” on Nov. 5.
  If you want to catch the album release party, you can head over to the American Legion Post 28 at 7001 Brayton Drive.
  You do not need to be a member to attend.
  The post Mic Check in the Morning: The Nuther Brothers appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• Music to vote by, a concert of classic campaign songs

  04-11-2016 19:53
  
  Before the television and radio, presidential campaigns relied on political jingles to capture the ear of voters.
  Those songs would be set to popular tunes of the era, but with alternate and catchy lyrics to benefit the prospective candidates.
  You can hear some of those jingles in concert, courtesy of The Anchorage Music Festival, at Campaign Classics: Music America Voted By.
  It will feature jingles dating back to 1789 and going all the way up until 1960.
  The concert will run for two days only,
  
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• Police respond to 10 car collision in Mat-Su

  04-11-2016 19:13
  
  The Anchorage Police Department and Alaska State Troopers responded to a 10 car collision on the Knik River Bridge Friday morning.
  “Sounds mostly like a bumper car issue, its slippery,” trooper spokesperson Megan Peters said.
  She added that there were no reported injuries. According to Peters, Alaska Department of Transportation was expected to send a sand truck.
  Few addition details were immediately available, but in a release from police they warned drivers to move slowly with
  
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• Aleknagic man pleads guilty to reduced charge in stabbing death of his wife

  04-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  An Aleknagik man will serve three years of jail time after pleading guilty in the death of his wife, who was stabbed multiple times in February.
  Robin Chythlook, 52, was sentenced to 10 years of jail time with seven years suspended, meaning he will serve three years.
  Chythlook had originally been charged with attempted first-degree murder, but instead pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
  Chythlook allegedly stabbed his wife more
  
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• 2 former Chris Christie aides found guilty of all counts in ‘Bridgegate’ trial

  04-11-2016 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Two former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have been found guilty of all counts against them in connection with the “Bridgegate” scandal.
  The case involved a scheme to intentionally cause traffic problems on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013, as political retaliation against a mayor who did not endorse Christie for re-election. A total of four former top Christie aides have now either pleaded guilty or been found guilty of federal crimes — three of them re
  
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• Divergent tones in U.S. House and Senate debates

  04-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Incumbent Republican Don Young, left, Libertarian Jim McDermott, Democrat Steve Lindbeck, and independent Bernie Souphanavong attend the Alaska Public Media’s Debate for the State on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (Photo by Wesley Early/APRN)
  During Thursday’s Debate for the State on Alaska Public Media, races for U.S. House and Senate took on very different tones.
  In the House race, Republican incumbent Don Young held up his years of experience and familiarity with the federal government a
  
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• Body of Lake Clark plane crash victim recovered

  04-11-2016 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  After six days, the body of missing pilot David McRae and his plane have finally been found in Lake Clark National Park.
  Lt. Col. Candis Olsmstead directs public affairs for the Alaska National Guard said weather cleared enough today to get close to the area.
  The Civil Air Patrol helped with the search and ultimately found the site.
  http://media.aprn.org/2016/ann-20161103-01.mp3Longtime bush pilot McRae and his plane, a single engine Pilatus Porter, were found at an altitude of 6,500 f
  
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• Alaska elections director: Division ready for election

  04-11-2016 17:51
  
  The state elections director says a lawsuit spawned by poll worker errors in the August primary election served as a teaching moment. Josie Bahnke says her division is ready for Tuesday’s general election.
  Bahnke said she feels good heading into the election, especially after providing in-person training with poll workers and listening to their concerns. One of the points stressed is the number that workers should call if they have any issues.
  The Division of Elections was sued over its ha
  
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• Juneau Afternoon – 11-4-16

  04-11-2016 17:46 via ktoo.org
  
  Friday on A Juneau Afternoon, Andy Kline will host.
  We’ll learn about Viking Economics with Juneau World Affairs Council speaker George Lakey;
  We’ll talk with Elaine Schroeder about this week’s Climate Film Festival feature, Bidder 70;
  Mary DeSmet will be here with a preview of Saturday’s Gold Street Music concert;
  And we’ll get the details about the upcoming workshop, Breastfeeding and the Working Mom, with guests Heather Page Burke and Ashley Lambert;
  That, Writer
  
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• Sportfishing guide pleads guilty to fishing violations

  04-11-2016 17:00 via ktoo.org
  
  HOMER — A Soldotna sportfishing guide has been ordered to pay $5,000 and has had his guiding privileges suspended after being charged with illegally taking halibut for himself while on two fishing trips.
  Mel Erickson pleaded guilty to two fishing violations Oct. 20, Homer News reports. A judge dismissed 41 other charges against him as part of a plea deal Erickson reached with prosecutors.
  The charges stem from fishing trips the 55-year-old man guided in lower Cook Inlet.
  Wildlife
  
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• Bethel looks to start high school football program in 2017

  04-11-2016 16:51
  
  Bethel Regional High School is starting a football program; it just needs funding, equipment, players, a coach, and approval from the state. The plan has two things going for it: teams to play against — in  Anchorage — and administrators confident that the Warriors will kick off next fall, according to a story from KYUK Public Media.The softball field at Bethel Regional High School is the proposed practice site of the newest sport reaching Bethel high school students: footb
  
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• Young, rivals square off in final debate before election

  04-11-2016 16:23
  
  U.S. Rep. Don Young faced off against three of his rivals in a wide-ranging debate late Thursday, five days before the general election.
  The public media debate in Anchorage featured the Republican Young, Democrat Steve Lindbeck, Libertarian Jim McDermott and independent Bernie Souphanavong.
  Lindbeck, Young’s most prominent challenger, jabbed at Young over past ethics issues. In 2014, the House Ethics Committee found that Young violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal trip
  
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• Soldotna sportfishing guide pleads guilty to fishing violations

  04-11-2016 15:45
  
  A Soldotna sportfishing guide has been ordered to pay $5,000 and has had his guiding privileges suspended after being charged with illegally taking halibut for himself while on two fishing trips.
  The Homer News reports that Mel Erickson pleaded guilty to two fishing violations Oct. 20. A judge dismissed 41 other charges against him as part of a plea deal Erickson reached with prosecutors.
  The charges stem from fishing trips the 55-year-old man guided in lower Cook Inlet.
  Wildlife Trooper Trent C
  
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• The Hungry Chum: A definitive guide to Anchorage doughnuts

  04-11-2016 13:37
  
  The Hungry Chum
  If you ask my family, I’ve never been too shy to say what needs to be said. I won’t sugarcoat it — I have found the best doughnuts in Anchorage.
  As I write, there is sugar coursing through my veins. Some people talk about being able to feel adrenaline move through your body, but I think I can feel the sucrose pumping its way from my heart to my hands.
  This task has been on my list for a while, but has always felt too daunting. (After all, I’m just one hum
  
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• Lindbeck digs at Young in House debate; Miller and Stock criticize Murkowski in Senate debate

  04-11-2016 10:03 via ktoo.org
  
  The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 18, 2016. (Public domain photo courtesy Architect of the Capitol)
  During Thursday’s Debate for the State hosted by Alaska Public Media, races for U.S. House and Senate took on very different tones.
  In the House race, Republican incumbent Don Young held up his years of experience and familiarity with the federal government as some of his strongest assets. But those were exactly what Democrat Steve Lindebeck, a former general manager for Alaska Public M
  
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• Hot Seat: Mike Gordon and Harriet Drummond for House District 18

  04-11-2016 06:33
  
  A well-known Spenard area businessman hopes his popularity helps him take over an Alaska House seat that hasn’t been red in nearly a decade.
  If money is an indication in this race, then Mike Gordon has an advantage.
  According to the most recent campaign finance reports, Gordon raised $158,000 this campaign cycle. That’s the fourth most of all state House and Senate candidates, and nearly double the $88,000 that opponent, and incumbent, Harriet Drummond raised.
  Gordon is one
  
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• Are Youth Vote 2016 Mock Election results an indicator of real election outcome?

  04-11-2016 05:13
  
  While the rest of the country is counting down until Election Day, the results are in at the Anchorage School District (ASD). More than 11,000 students participated in the Youth Vote 2016 Mock Election, coordinated by the League of Women Voters of Anchorage and ASD.They researched candidates on their own, attended a candidate forum, and then voted in three races; the presidential race, and Alaska’s races for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
  Thursday, student leaders reve
  
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• Anchorage library looks to public to finish major project

  04-11-2016 04:41
  
  The Loussac Library could use some help finishing up a major remodeling project. Work is on-going to build a new facade and entrance for the Anchorage library.
  Library director Mary Jo Torgeson said at $16,000,000 phase one of the project is fully funded. But what’s not in the budget are things the library director calls “finishing touches,” like new furniture. Torgeson said many of the current furnishings have been around since the library was built.
  “We still have a lot
  
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• Reality Check w/ John Tracy: Voter fraud — fact or fiction?

  04-11-2016 02:05
  
  So, have you heard the latest? Billionaire George Soros, a huge Hillary Clinton supporter, owns voting machines in 16 states. It’s all over the internet.
  Word is that Soros owns Smartmatic voting machines, providing proof that this presidential election is rigged and that voter fraud is real.
  The threat of voter fraud looms large over this election, but here’s your reality check — voter fraud is not a thing. Fears are easy to fan because there is no national voter fra
  
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• Body of missing pilot recovered from Alaska Range

  04-11-2016 02:02
  
  David McRae stands alongside his Pilatus Porter turbo prop airplane.Photo provided by Kent Weight
  The body and wreckage of a missing Alaska bush pilot and his plane were located Thursday morning in the Alaska Range, according to the Alaska National Guard.
  In a release from the Guard, spokesperson Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead wrote that the body of David McRae, 55, was recovered and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office, in Anchorage, Thursday afternoon.
  McRae went missing in his Pilatus
  
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• Interior race between political veterans could shape Alaska Senate

  04-11-2016 02:00 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  One of the most-watched races in the state is happening in and around Fairbanks, where two longtime politicians are running in a match-up that could help decide control of the Alaska Senate.
  The incumbent, North Pole Republican John Coghill, faces a challenge from Luke Hopkins, a Democrat and former mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The race hinges on how each candidate would approach the state’s budget crisis.
  De
  
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• Amendment would allow state bonds to back college loans

  04-11-2016 00:45 via ktoo.org
  
  Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, on the floor of the Senate in March. She sponsored the ballot question to amend the state constitution to allow the state to issue bonds to lower college borrowing costs. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)
  Alaskans are voting on whether to allow the state to issue debt to lower the interest students pay for college loans.
  If voters amend the Alaska Constitution through Ballot Question No. 2, then more students also may be able to borrow to pay for college.
  The Ala
  
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• Everyone is family at Gerry’s Barbershop

  04-11-2016 00:40 via ktoo.org
  
  Gerry Carrillo Sr. sits in his barber’s chair at at his barbershop. He’s owned Gerry’s Barbershop for nearly 30 years. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/KTOO)Gerry’s Barbershop has been around for nearly three decades in Juneau.
  Owner Gerry Carrillo Sr., who emigrated from the Philippines in the mid-1970s when he was 16, started the shop after he was laid off from a state job in the 1980s. Now, he runs the shop with his daughter, Eva, and his son, Gerry J
  
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• Cubs’ victory is most-watched Series game since 1991

  04-11-2016 00:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – The Chicago Cubs’ curse-breaking victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 reached 40 million viewers, making it the most-watched World Series game since 1991.
  The Nielsen company said the World Series as a whole averaged 23.4 million viewers. That was the most popular World Series since another curse-breaking year, when the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004 to end a long drought.
  The victory early Thursday marked the team’s first World Seri
  
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• Alaskan Cub superfans react to their team’s historic victory

  04-11-2016 00:30 via ktoo.org
  
  Last night, an estimated 40 million people tuned in to game seven of the World Series.
  What they saw was history in the making: the Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland, 8-7 in 10 innings to win their first title since before World War I.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2016/11/03-CUBS.wavMegan Baldino’s living room last night was riotous as she and her friends and family watched the Cubs win the World Series for the first time since 1908.
  Baldino is a former reporter for KTUU in Anchorage. S
  
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• US Senate candidates to appear in final debate in Alaska

  04-11-2016 00:07
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The main candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race will make their closing arguments to voters during a statewide debate Thursday night.
  Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Democrat Ray Metcalfe, Libertarian Joe Miller and independent Margaret Stock are expected to participate.
  It will be only the second time that Murkowski and Miller have shared the debate stage this election. This race is a rematch between the two. In 2010, Miller beat Murkowski in the GOP primary b
  
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