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Before the current energy crisis, I don’t think most Americans had even heard of ANWR, or the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. To environmentalists, the giant swath of land on the northern fringe of Alaska bordering Canada has a reputation as being...
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Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire...
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Reaction to Wednesday’s ruling in which the Supreme Court cut a $2.5 billion damage award to $500,000 in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case in Alaska:
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The Alaska Zoo has welcomed two new rare tigers.
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A Denali National Park and Preserve spokeswoman says two backpackers missing for nearly a week in the Alaska park are alive and well.
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TransCanada Corp. has 36,000 miles of pipeline moving natural gas throughout North America, enough pipe to circle the earth along the equator with about 11,000 miles to...
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Recent actions concerning polar bears and Alaska oil operations.
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One of Alaska’s most eroded villages is getting more than $3 million in state aid to help it relocate to higher ground as Alaska tries to cope with the effects of...
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Two conservation groups plan to sue to protect polar bears from petroleum exploration and drilling off Alaska’s coast.
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The Associated Press-AOL Health poll on debt and stress was conducted March 24 to April 3, 2008 by Abt SRBI Inc. The poll is based on telephone interviews with a...
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A California pilot died after his small plane stalled and crashed as he was looking at a whale skeleton near a western Alaska village, the pilot of a companion airplane...
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A California man died after the small plane he was flying crashed near a western Alaska village, and authorities searched Saturday for the pilot of another plane...
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A man who called himself “Papa Pilgrim,” and led his wife and children on a spiritual quest to Alaska wilderness, has died in an Anchorage jail, where he...
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The state of Alaska will sue to challenge the recent listing of polar bears as a threatened species, Gov. Sarah Palin announced Wednesday.
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The lawyers aren’t clearing their calendars just yet, but the oil industry is bracing for some courtroom battles to maintain its stake in Alaska’s oil-rich...
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A $300 billion farm bill contains a little something for everyone, including tax breaks for Kentucky racehorse owners, extra help for farmers in Hawaii and Alaska,...
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The Senate has rejected a Republican energy plan that calls for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge and some offshore waters to oil development. Supporters of the measure...
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Exxon Mobil Corp. asked Monday that Alaska pay $800 million in damages, claiming the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil...
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A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison.
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A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
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A Democratic congressional candidate abruptly dropped out of the race Wednesday and said a former campaign worker was linked to an Internet smear aimed at a rival.
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A procession of notable Alaskans, including Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich and Governor Sarah Palin, prepare for a reenactment hanging of the 49th star on an American flag draped down the old Federal Court building on 4th Avenue during a celebration for...
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