Alaska

The Price of Oil, July 4th, and Chuck Berry

Jackson Williams | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

Messing with the caribou does nothing to alter our energy plight, now or in the future, and shame on politicians who suggest otherwise to frustrated constituents.

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Obama: Going North to Alaska!

Amanda Coyne | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

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Amanda Coyne

Last night in Anchorage, Obama staff told a small crowd that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska. A new poll has the margin closing here dramatically, to 5 points with 17 percent undecided.

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The Disintegration of John McCain

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Even still-enamored journalists cannot fail to notice that it would be difficult to find a candidate less suited for the times or the office than McCain right now.

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Watch! Surfers Ride Melting Glacier Tsunami in Alaska. Making the Most of an Opportunity?

George Spyros | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Glacier Surfing, Glacier, Glacier Surfing Alaska, Glacier Surfing Alaska Video, Surfing, Hawaii, Alaska, Kealii Mamala, Climate Change, Global Warming, Garrett McNamara, Green News
George Spyros

Surfing is uniquely positioned to get everyone from lay persons to law-makers enthused about racing headlong into the rush of tackling the environmental crisis.

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home

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Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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CBS News' Weirdly Specific Reference Point For Rising Oil Prices: Iditarod Will Cost Mushers $1K More

CBS News | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Gas Prices, Alaska, Alexis Christoforous, Iditarod, Business News

Verizon in talks to buy Alltel; Federal Reserve concerned about inflation; Oil Prices taking toll on Iditarod. Alexis Christoforous reports. ...

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Cowboys, Prairie Fairies, and Mother Earth: The Political Psychology of Gendering Nature Female

Stephen Ducat | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Women, Gender Stereotypes, Masculinity, Alaska, Hummer, Feminism, Gender, Green News
Stephen Ducat

In the view of conservatives, just as women are there to serve and must know their place, so must the Earth (along with its animals and indigenous inhabitants) be used as a resource that requires no reciprocity.

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Governor Palin Has What It Takes To Be The Next Dick Cheney

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, McCain Palin, Polar Bears, Endangered Species, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Chris Kelly

The Anchorage Daily News has discovered why Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney: "She can look you in eye and tell you black is white." Especially when there's oil involved.

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Changing Views at Ground Zero for Global Warming

Mark Begich | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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Mark Begich

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich is a candidate to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate If you'd asked me four years ago, I would have said global warming...

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Friday Talking Points [30] -- "Mainstream Media Out To Lunch" Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

If every port on the West Coast of the United States of America was shut down because of a terrorist threat, do you think it would make the news? So d...

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Clinton: Not Exactly The Great White Hope

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Were Hillary the great rural white savior that her campaign is depicting, she would have been able to dispatch a presidential neophyte like Barack Obama.

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Michigan Has U.S.'s Highest Umemployment Rate

Reuters | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business

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Michigan again recorded the highest unemployment rate in January, followed by Alaska, with most states recording little change in the measure, the Lab...

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The Democratic Party's Clintonian Rules

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The Democratic Party has structured its system in a way that thwarts insurgency, promotes secrecy, and creates the need for vast amounts of money. The process is perfectly Clintonian,

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Mush! The 2008 Iditarod Begins

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 03.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Alaska, Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, Travel Tips, Vacation Travel, Travel, Dogs, Idiatarod, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

I'm in Anchorage, Alaska right now where I watched the ceremonial start of the 2008 Iditarod yesterday.

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14 Years Later, Exxon Still Has Not Paid For Valdez Oil Spill

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Alaska, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Politics News

When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez...

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The Scorched Earth Begins

Carl Pope | Posted 02.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Bush Administration, Federal Budget, George W. Bush, Home News
Carl Pope

Seattle -- According to Wikipedia, the Scythians were the first to use the military tactic of scorched earth -- destroying your own homeland to deny i...

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My Super Duper Tsunami Tuesday Primary Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Between Obama and Clinton, it's going to be a virtual tie. Both campaigns will immediately release spin on why they are now the frontrunner, and why the other should politely drop out of the race.

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Live On The Road, In The Arctic

moreintelligentlife.com | Julius Strauss | Posted 01.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Alaska Living, Alaska, Living in Alaska, Living News

Julius Strauss has left behind his ranch in Canadian bear country to teach for a term in Anchorage, Alaska, where he learns some lessons about driving...

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Oil In Troubled Waters

Harry Fuller | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Polar Bears, Exxon Valdex Tanker Spill, Alaska, Bp, Natural Gas, Chukchi Sea, Oil, Dick Cheney, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Harry Fuller

Oil in troubled waters. Death to the polar bears?

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Bush Administration Will Offer Oil Leases In Prime Polar-Bear Habitat

Grist.org | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Polar Bears, Chukchi Sea, Endangered Species, Alaska, Offshore Drilling, Business News

The U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service plans to offer offshore oil and gas drilling rights to 29.7 million acres of Alaska's Chukc...

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FBI Taped Sen. Stevens' Phone Calls

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 09.20.2007 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Ted Stevens, Republicans, Corrpution, FBI, Home News

The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, according t...

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CEO Says Company Employees Did Work On Sen. Stevens' Home

AP via Anchorage Daily News | Dan Joling | Posted 09.14.2007 | Home

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Ex-Veco Corp. CEO Bill Allen admitted in court Friday that he had company employees work several months on a remodeling project at the Girdwood home o...

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Testimony: Sen. Stevens' Son Took Bribes

AP | Dan Joling | Posted 09.13.2007 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Ben Stevens, Ted Stevens, Bill Allen, Alaska Corruption Trial, Rick Smith, Corrpution, VECO Corp, Home News

The former head of an oil field service company admitted Thursday in court that he bribed three Alaska legislators, including the son of a U.S. senato...

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