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| Who is the mysterious Vic Vickers? Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:31 ADT Most Alaskans have never heard of Vic Vickers. But he wants to be their next U.S. senator, and will be hard to avoid between now and the Aug. 26 Republican primary. |
| State GOP gives Veco money to six charities Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:06 ADT The Republican Party of Alaska has given to charity about two-thirds of the money donated by employees of Veco Corp., the now-defunct oil services company whose two top executives were convicted in a federal corruption probe. |
| Senate may vote on AGIA today Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:19 ADT The Alaska state Senate is down to its final days of the second special session to decide whether it will support or reject a state license for a natural gas pipeline project designed to unlock 4.5 billion cubic feet of North Slope reserves daily. |
| Stevens money a bit too tainted for some Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:00 ADT Republican senators facing re-election challenges sought to insulate themselves from indicted Sen. Ted Stevens on Wednesday by promising to donate to charity tens of thousands of dollars they received from the veteran Alaska lawmaker's political action committee. |
| Business in brief Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:12 ADT Short news items from the business world |
| Alaska leads with highest median credit card debt Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:11 ADT Alaska leads all states with the highest median credit card debt of $3,384, according to a study released Wednesday. |
| Bear mauling victim flies home to Utah Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:30:21 ADT Abi Sisk, who was mauled by a brown bear last week yards away from the Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge, checked out of Providence Alaska Medical Center and flew home to Utah Wednesday. |
| Vandals tear up pair of ballfield buildings Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:29:01 ADT PALMER -- Vandals caused $5,000 to $10,000 in damage to structures at baseball and softball fields behind an elementary school. |
| Man gets 45 years for kidnapping, assault Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:27:02 ADT A man who lured his victim into a vehicle with the promise of a job was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping and sexual assault, according to the Anchorage district attorney. |
| Stevens returns to business as usual, sort of Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:24 ADT WASHINGTON -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens returned to work Wednesday morning as though it was just another day in the Senate. |
| Biologists remove bear's buried dinner Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:15 ADT Jennifer McLendon awoke to screams. Her baby was crying for help, she thought. It was 6 a.m. |
| Trailer fire kills cat, injures three dogs Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:24:57 ADT A fire that broke out at a Midtown trailer heavily damaged the structure, killed a cat and sent three dogs to the vet for emergency treatment, according to the Anchorage Fire Department. |
| City's namesake ship ends statehood visit Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:23:13 ADT JUNEAU -- The Navy vessel USS Juneau has left its namesake Alaska city. |
| Senate isn't rushing into pipeline vote Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:47:16 ADT JUNEAU - The state Senate is down its final days to decide whether it's going to support or reject a state license for a natural gas pipeline project. |
| Alaskans have highest credit card debt Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:14:36 ADT NEW YORK - Alaska leads all states with the highest median credit card debt at $3,384, according to a study released today. |
| Case of caribou killings approaches standstill Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:34:30 ADT Clashing visions of justice between Alaska Wildlife Troopers and elders from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Point Hope threaten to stall progress in finding hunters responsible for massacring 120 caribou on the Arctic tundra this month. |
| Oil extraction options weighed for Arctic seas Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:09 ADT The most recent wave of oil exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas has hardly left the starting block. But finding a viable and environmentally sound means of extracting product from a field located under icy water miles offshore could make or break a development project. |
| Today's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:54:35 ADT The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed today at $126.07 a barrel, up $4.58 for the day. |
| Local events for gardeners Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:16 ADT CLASSES, CLUBS |
| In brief: Family Dates (7/31/08) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:43 ADT The Clown Who Caught the Reading Bug, 10:30 a.m., Muldoon Library, Muldoon Center Mall, 1251 Muldoon Road, and 2 p.m. today, Chugiak-Eagle River Library, 12400 Old Glenn Highway. Meghan Holtan, a circus artist and instructor in Anchorage, will perform 45 minutes of juggling, balance and comedy. Free. (343-4223, 694-2500; www.anchoragelibrary.org; www.anchortowncircus.org) |
| Southeast fair warms the heart Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:41 ADT HAINES -- Pizza Joe Parnell wore his basketball referee shirt to officiate the fishermen's rodeo Saturday afternoon during the 40th Southeast Alaska State Fair here Saturday, and he periodically reminded fans to support the sponsor, Olerud's, a combination sporting goods and grocery store, by buying lots of "guns and butter." |
| Dainty daisies cultivate love-hate rift Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:19 ADT "She loves me, she loves me not ..." |
| Broccoli struggles against the chill Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:15 ADT Q. Why didn't my broccoli make a nice, big head this year before it started to flower? |
| What's blooming this week in the Alaska Botanical Garden Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:24 ADT If you want to see fabulous flowers, the Alaska Botanical Garden will be filled with them this weekend at the Anchorage Garden Club's 65th annual Flower Show. |
| Sense of place highlights rainy Homer garden tour Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:22 ADT The rain finally stopped and the skies cleared a bit, but not until the Homer Garden Club's annual summer garden tour was all over. |
| Know your fungi -- and eat a few too Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:13 ADT You never know about the weather around here. Surely no Alaskan needs me to point this out, but the fact that our weather is unpredictable means Alaska gardeners need to be especially prepared. |
| Ten common backyard birds Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:11 ADT 1. Black-capped chickadee: Small, plump, cheerful, chatty; lethal to leaf rollers, aphids and other garden pests, and also a voracious consumer of insects, spiders and weed seeds. Signature call is the familiar "chikadee dee dee dee," but it also has creative expletives at the ready for predators like cats. |
| Prime perches Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:09 ADT Trees favored by birds: |
| Beauty for the birds Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:37:39 ADT It could be an ad for any house hunter: |
| Sticks, stones, and stings Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Please accept this as my notice of resignation, becauseoh, not the quitting kind of resignation; best of luck prying this sweet gig from my kung-fu grip. This is just to let you know that despite my nutritious arthouse upbringing, I'm resigned to th ... |
| Young Bucs Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT It's been a rough summer for the Anchorage Bucs. In June, just before a stretch of 28 games in 26 days, the Alaska Baseball League club showed up to Mulcahy Stadium to find the team bus demolished by vandals. The windows, headlights, and taillight ... |
| Headlamp Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT The rain has been coming down in sheets lately orif you'll pardon the mixed metaphorbuckets of cats and dogs. This can make getting out for a hike into a sodden proposition at best. Walking in this sort of rain is a lot like bushwhacking through h ... |
| Brew Review Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT I leave about 10 minutes early from work each nightI figure I owe myself this. I go to work at 6:30 every day so I can get things accomplished before the phone starts ringing at 8:00 and any thought of focused solitude disappears. The extra hour and ... |
| If Ted cries "uncle" Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tuesday evening, KTUU aired footage of a bewildered-looking Ted Stevens supporter comparing the day's big news to the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Comparing it unfavorably, in fact: Having lived through both, this man said, he'd prefer a repeat of ... |
| Blotter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT On Wednesday July 23 someone found a Canadian birth certificate on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. It's at the UPD cop shop now, but officers couldn't locate the person whose name is on it. Odd find, eh? |
| Dear Matt Zencey Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Dear misguided yuppie, Last Sunday's editorial page shed new light on your judgment, or the judgment of your editorial board. First, you lambasted Governor Sarah Palin's 'resource rebate' plan to give every Alaskan $1,200. Fair enough. But you ... |
| Teenage meanies suck Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT The skate ramps at Eagle River Commons get removed each year to make room for the town's annual Bear Paw festival. This year the ramps won't be coming back. City parks workers say the skate ramps were a magnet for teenagers, which seems normal eno ... |
| Now they have a voice Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 'Tenacious.' 'Unafraid.' 'Committed.' 'She has a desire to change the world.' People use those words to describe Amanda Metivier, an activist for foster children and 23-year-old University of Alaska student closing in on a bachelor's in social work. |
| Savage Love Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT I'm a male sub looking for porn videos catering to a femme dom audience. I'm not talking about porn directed by men for submissive men, but porn targeting the appetites of the dominatrix. I'm NOT looking for softcore bondage pictures of men, or any o ... |
| One for the road Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT When I was a boy, vacation often meant a road trip. There are, of course, many aspects of these vacations that I would rather leave in the past But the food isn't one of them. It was not just that all of the rules of meals were suspendedno vegeta ... |
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