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• Storm chasers create unique tribute to the late Bill Paxton

  26-02-2017 23:03
  
  Louisiana Delta Community College weather radar
  Nearly 200 storm chasers paid tribute to the late actor Bill Paxton by spelling out his initials using GPS coordinates on a map depicting the heart of Tornado Alley.
  The effort, coordinated Sunday by Spotter Network, spelled out “BP” to honor the leading man in the disaster movie “Twister,” which inspired a generation of storm chasers.
  Courtesy Zoom Radar/LIVE
  John Wetter, the nonprofit’s president, says storm ch
  
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• Bill Paxton, a Hollywood mainstay, dead at 61

  26-02-2017 21:01
  
  Bill Paxton Courtesy Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia
  Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic” while also cherishing his work in “One False Move” and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series “Big Love,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61.
  A family representative issued a statement Sunday on the death but provided no further details.Marvel is deeply sadden
  
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• Alaska Senate leaders propose spending limit, fund draws

  26-02-2017 08:50 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Senate leaders have proposed what they see as key pieces for addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit.
  The bill, from the Senate Finance Committee, would draw from the earnings of Alaska’s oil-wealth fund based on a percentage of the fund’s market value and change how the annual dividends Alaskans receive are calculated.
  It also would impose a new spending limit in state law.
  Senate President Pete Kelly says the Republican-led majority currently isn’t env
  
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• Petersburg renovates municipal building

  26-02-2017 08:49 via ktoo.org
  
  Petersburg will be open for business Monday in the renovated portion of its municipal building.
  KFSK-FM reports work is expected to eventually total nearly $10 million when it’s completely finished.
  The first phase of work on the almost 60-year-old building began in May.
  Borough employees and police officials have been moving into the building this month.
  Construction administrator Marty Susort says the police department takes up almost the entire downstairs portion of the renovated buildi
  
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• No charges for officer who killed armed man

  26-02-2017 08:49 via ktoo.org
  
  No charges will be filed against an officer who shot and killed an armed man last year.
  An investigation found Sgt. Gregory Foster was justified in shooting 28-year-old James Robert Richards twice in the head.
  The Fairbanks Police Department released body camera footage and announced the investigation results Friday.
  Richards was seen walking around downtown Fairbanks while armed with a pistol in August after authorities responded to reports of shots fired in a hotel.
  A report says Richards igno
  
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• Los Angeles officials to ICE: Stop identifying yourselves as police

  26-02-2017 08:33 via ktoo.org
  
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Los Angeles police officers enter a house during a joint operation in 2009. Jae C. Hong/AP
  Officials in Los Angeles have asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents working in the city not to identify themselves as police.
  In a letter addressed to the ICE deputy field office director who handles immigration enforcement, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Attorney Mike Feuer, and president of the city council Herb Wesson wrote:
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• Trump will be first president in 36 years to skip White House Correspondents Dinner

  26-02-2017 08:32 via ktoo.org
  
  President Trump announced Saturday afternoon that he would break from a decades-old tradition and skip the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner scheduled for April 29.I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017“I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please
  
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• ‘Ring of fire’ eclipse set to blaze in southern skies

  26-02-2017 08:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Consider this your semi-regular reminder that, well, space is pretty neat.
  If you’re in the southern hemisphere and you happen to look up Sunday morning — or, for everyone else, if you happen to have Internet access — you may have the chance to see an annular solar eclipse. Unlike a total solar eclipse, this one will leave just a sliver of sunlight shining at the rim of the moon’s shadow as passes between Earth and the sun.
  The effect is a bit like an inept hide-and-seeke
  
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• Lucille Horn, who was nursed to health in a Coney Island sideshow, dies at 96

  26-02-2017 08:32 via ktoo.org
  
  In this 2015 photograph, Lucille Horn stands on the boardwalk outside her home in Long Beach, N.Y.
  Frank Eltman/AP
  When Lucille Horn was born in 1920, the odds of her managing to live out the year were long. A premature infant, Horn was just 2 pounds — small enough to be held in her father’s hand. Her twin had died at birth, and at that point it looked for all the world as if she would soon, too.
  Instead, with the help of an enterprising doctor and a rather odd sideshow at New York&r
  
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• State lawmakers talk budget crisis, solutions with constituents at Anchorage caucus

  26-02-2017 04:28
  
  The lawmakers representing people in Alaska’s largest city met with their constituents Saturday morning. Twenty Alaska state senators and representatives discussed issues facing the state at the Anchorage caucus at the new legislative information offices in Midtown.
  They divided into small groups led by a few lawmakers each and talked about a large number of issues. The future of the Permanent Fund Dividend, budget cuts’ impact on education and Senate Bill 91 were just some
  
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• Alaska Weather Forecast – Feb. 25, 2017

  26-02-2017 04:23
  
  Mild temperatures and mostly cloudy skies continue this weekend with chances for snow Sunday and Monday. Get ready for much colder weather mid-week! Check out the full forecast for Alaska from Meteorologist Melissa Frey above.
  Follow KTVA 11’s Weather Team on Facebook and Twitter. Got a weather-related photo or story idea? Email the team at [email protected].
  The post Alaska Weather Forecast – Feb. 25, 2017 appeared first on KTVA 11.
  
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• Alaska Aces have been family affair for Anchorage family

  26-02-2017 04:08
  
  Tim Molle was a pioneer, an original member of the Anchorage Aces, a club team organized by current Dimond High School hockey head coach Dennis Sorenson.
  “We were pretty tight back then and we had a lot of fun playing the game,” Molle recalled. “We didn’t get paid when we were senior men’s, but it was just fun to be around the guys and enjoy the notoriety from everybody in the city watching us play.”
  Over time, the Aces became a staple of Anchorage’s ric
  
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• ISIS drones disrupt US-backed Iraqis’ fight for Mosul

  26-02-2017 03:47
  
  On the outskirts of Mosul, Iraqi forces backed by the U.S. military are slowly taking ground from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
  This past week, they retook the airport and started pushing deeper into Iraq’s second largest city.
  Day Seven of the battle for western Mosul and the Iraqis — by their own account — are moving very slowly. Their operations are being disrupted by ISIS drones, sometimes operating in swarms of three to five. They are off-the-shelf qua
  
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• Lawmakers debate impact of government cuts on Alaska’s economy

  26-02-2017 03:28 via ktoo.org
  
  Lawmakers are divided on what to do about Alaska’s fiscal crisis.
  Some want to continue to shrink the size of state government, but this week there was pushback over how additional cuts would affect the economy.http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/02/24BUDGETCUTS.xml_mixdown.wavThis week two state lawmakers voiced very different opinions on government spending. Their comments illustrate the depth of the divide over Alaska’s fiscal and economic crisis.
  Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorag
  
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• Health officials distribute new technology for Alaska’s war on opioids

  26-02-2017 03:28 via ktoo.org
  
  Homeless youth advocate Michelle Overstreet, left, talks about drug abuse during an Alaska Municipal League forum Feb. 22, 2017, in Juneau. Dr. Anne Zink and Dr. Jay Butler also were on the panel. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
  Alaska has another tool in the fight against opioids.
  Public health officials are distributing thousands of disposal bags that chemically react to and leave no trace of the drugs.
  The bags are sealable pouches containing active carbon. You add drugs and wa
  
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• Sushi restaurant closed after early morning fire

  26-02-2017 03:11
  
  A sushi restaurant was forced to close indefinitely after an early morning fire caused smoke damage inside, according to owners.
  Sushi Yako, located on 3501 Old Seward Highway, was closed Saturday as its owners worked with an Anchorage fire investigator to determine the extent of the damage inside and potentially a cause of the fire, according to assistant fire chief Alex Boyd.
  An Anchorage fire dispatcher stated the fire was reported at 3:36 a.m. when smoke was seen coming from the building. Th
  
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• PHOTOS: Aiming high at the 2017 Junior Native Youth Olympics

  26-02-2017 02:59
  
  The traditional hanging ball used in the high kick is raised with each successful roundCourtesy Rick Boots The goal of the game is to kick the ball with both feet togetherCourtesy Rick Boots Athletes use various but often similar techniques to overcome the height of the ballCourtesy Rick Boots As the ball is pulled higher, the challenge becomes more difficultCourtesy Rick Boots Some ball heights can reach upwards of 6 feet or even 8 feetCourtesy Rick Boots The height of the ball is measured and
  
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