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This Week In Animals: Udder Warfare, Teacup Piglets, And A Battle To The Death! (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bat Habitats, Stags, Slidepoll, Sea Otters, Bats, Baby Animals, Animals, This Week in Animals, Mice, Farmers, Teacup-Pigs, Alaska, Cute Animals, Pygmy Hippos, Mouse Traps, Habitat Preservation, Farmer Protests, Milk Prices, Green News

This week in animal stories reached new heights in Brussels, where farmers took to the streets with cows' milk and eggs as ammunition to battle agains...

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With Palin and Media Gone, Juneau Returns to Its 'Blue-State' Normal State

Bill Mann | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Anchorage, Juneau, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Bill Mann

This scenic, remote southeast Alaska town of Juneau, the only state capital inaccessible by car, is not that big. I had no idea what it would look like, just that Palin lived here. Would the stench linger?

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Todd Palin Resigns From Oil Job

Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sarah and Todd Palin, Todd Palin Quits Job, Todd Palin Oil, Todd Palin, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin Resignation, Todd Palin Job Oil, Alaska, Todd Palin Resigns, Todd Palin Resigned, Why Did Todd Palin Quit His Job, Todd Palin Job, Todd Palin Job Resignation, Politics News

Todd Palin has quit his oil field job on the North Slope, the AP reports: Todd Palin's resignation as a production operator for oil giant BP PLC co...

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131 Walruses Trampled To Death In Stampede

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Melting Ice, Tragedy, The Arctic Sea, Alaska Ice, Arctic Animals, Alaska, Animal Tragedies, Animals, Walruses, Global Warming, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Trampling likely killed 131 mostly young walruses forced onto the northwest coast of Alaska by a loss of sea ice, according ...

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What Really Happened? Penske Drops Saturn bid; GM Says Division Doomed

Steve Parker | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Enzo Ferrari, Roger and Me, Pete Petersen, Spring Hill, Saturn, United Auto Workers, Chevrolet, Cars, Roger Smith, Hal Riney, Ford, Canada, General Motors, Indy 500, Michael Moore, Chevrolet Corvette, Indycar Racing, Roger Penske, Walter P. Chrysler, Paul Tracy, Alaska, Plug-in Hybrids, Bowling Green, California Speedway, John Delorean, Business News
Steve Parker

Roger Penske's failure will almost certainly result in Saturn's demise, and publicly, officially and finally ends the Roger Smith era at GM.

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Best Government Dollar Spent: The National Park System

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hawaii, White House, President Obama, Old Faithful, Washington, Interstate Highway System, Park, Olympic, Colorado, Obama, Denver, Capitol Reef, Dc, Mountains, Montana, National Monument, Joshua Tree, West, Nps, Colorado River, Death Valley, National Park System, Flyover Country, National Parks, Great Sand Dunes, America's Best Idea, Badwater Basin, Alaska, Burns, Pbs, Grand Tetons, Geyser, White Sands, The National Parks America's Best Idea, National Park Service, Barack Obama, Idaho, Denali, National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon, Chris Weigant, Hot Springs, Ken Burns, Wyoming, Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Documentary, Utah, Volcano, National Park, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I encourage everyone, no matter what part of these United States you live in (or even if you live elsewhere), to take a "trip out West" at some point in your life. Get in a car, and go explore everything west of Denver.

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Frankly, Sarah...I Don't Give a Damn

Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Race Baiting, Obama, Alaska, Wally Hickel, Nixon, Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

A letter from former, twice governor Wally Hickel ran in Sunday's Anchorage Daily News. I think it's well worth a read.

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Senator Mark Begich's Town Hall on Health Care: Tales from a Survivor

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Alaska Health Care, Alaska, Mark Begich, Town Hall Meeting, Senator Begich, Health Care Reform, Baucus Bill, Alaska Politics, Alaska Town Hall, Politics News
Jeanne Devon (

We know that people that go to health care town halls really aren't interested in what anyone has to say. But to see it so clearly and so close at a meeting in Anchorage this weekend was quite something.

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Sarah Brings Main Street to the Mainland... Err Close Enough

Julie Farby | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: CLSA Asia Pacific Markets Forum, Meg Stapleton, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Asia, China, Facebook, Economy, Sarah Palin Asia, World News
Julie Farby

Let's start with a big congratulations: Sarah actually made it to Hong Kong without pulling the usual stunt of canceling last-minute and pretending to have never been invited in the first place.

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Following Palin in Hong Kong

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Palin, Main Street, Alaska, Hong Kong, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Cameron Sinclair

I found myself in an odd situation of keynoting the same event as Sarah Palin in Hong Kong. I ended up tweeting the talk, and other than her comment on the Fed, I think it's somewhat accurate.

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Senator Murkowski Lights a Fire Under Alaskan Ice

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Congress, Alaska, Climatechange, Murkowski, Appropriations, Interior, Cleanairact, Green News
Heather Taylor-Miesle

Clearly, Alaska is on the front lines of climate change - and they are losing the battle.

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200 Dead Walruses Found On Alaska Coast

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska, Animals, Climate Change, Walruses, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal wildlife researchers report that up to 200 dead walruses were spotted from the air along the northwest coast of Alas...

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Palin Pastor's Re-education Scheme "May Seem Like Totalitarianism"

Bruce Wilson | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Christianity, Rick Joyner, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Witchcraft, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

Palin has ties to a prominent pastor who advocates the establishment of a government regime that, in his own words, "may seem like totalitarianism" and would re-educate citizens in 'correct' decision making.

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Tina Fey Wins Emmy For Sarah Palin Impressions On SNL

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy, Politics, Lorne Michaels, Alaska, Entertainment, Tv, Palin and Fey, Snl, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Emmy, Comedy News

LOS ANGELES — Is Tina Fey an Emmy winner? You betcha. Fey received an Emmy Award on Saturday for her impersonation of Republican vice presidenti...

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Alaska's Walruses High and Dry: (1st of 5)

Giles Slade | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Megan Fox, Polar Bears, Alaska, John Lennon, Chris Bucci, Wildfires, California Drought, Obama, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Pacific Walruses, Climate Change, Green News
Giles Slade

Pacific Walruses are a pagophilic (ice-loving) species whose livelihood and well-being depend on sea ice as a platform from which they dive to the ocean floor of the continental shelf to retrieve food.

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The Agorafabulous Life of Sara Benincasa

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Westchester, Comedienne, Alaska, Agorafabulous, Mustache, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Sara Benincasa, Sketch, Sarah Palin, 30 Rock, Sex, Radio, Two-and-a-Half Men, Cosmo, Snl, Auntie Sara, Tina Fey, Comedy, Talk Show Host, Siriusxm, Comedy News
Jon Chattman

I spoke with Sara Benincasa late last month, and covered everything from the upcoming mustache benefit she's hosting to her rise among the comedic ranks.

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Alaska Fisherman Send Labor Day SOS-Call For Action to Protect Jobs, Fisheries from Climate Change's Evil Twin

Celia Alario | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Alaska Commercial Fishermen, Fishing Industry, Labor Day, cop15, Climate Change, Capitol Climate Action, Ocean Acidification, Aces, Alaska, Business, Fisheries, Copenhagen, Climate Bill, Green News
Celia Alario

More than 100 fishing boats, sail boats, skiffs and kayaks took to the waters Sunday to draw attention the threat of ocean acidification.

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Palin Resignation Costs Alaska

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Palin Resignation Costs, Alaska, Palin Resignation, Sarah Palin, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early estimates put the cost of Sarah Palin's midterm resignation as Alaska governor at a minimum of $40,000, not including ...

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Chopsticks and Sarah Palin

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Comedy, Satire, Sarah Palin, Home News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Sarah Palin is planning to make her first trip to Asia in September. The former governor of Alaska, and Republican vice presidential candidate, says ...

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Will Sarah Palin Quit on Asia Too?

Julie Farby | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Stapleton, Twitter, Alaska, Asia, FInancial Markets, Sarah Palin, Clsa, Politics News
Julie Farby

Guess who's going to Asia? That's right! America's cuddly ice bunny from the Snowy North is heading to the Far East to serve the people!

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The Kennedy Option; A Matter of Life and Death

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Lennie, Valerie Jarrett, Machete Attack, Public Option, Kennedy Option, Clinton, Senator Kennedy, Howard Dean, Alaska, Health Care, Victim's Rights, Chris Rogers, Richard Trumka, Home News
Shannyn Moore

For Ted's decades-long fight, and the daily struggle of people like Lennie, a woman who sees her struggle over health care as more horrific than a machete attack, we must pass a "Kennedy Option."

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VIDEO: Senator Ted Kennedy's Address to Alaskans

Shannyn Moore | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Video, Mark Begich, Martin Luther King, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Palin, Robert F. Kennedy, Sitka, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spoke to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968. This speech was discovered forty years later and was in near perfect condition.

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Third Screen: Adam Richman, Food Athlete

Vickie Karp | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hawaii, San Francisco, Food, Alaska, Travel, United States, Cuba, Chile, Ice Cream, Restaurants, Burgers, Locavores, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Caught up with Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, Wednesday nights at 10pm, to talk food, towns, people and history.

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Rats Cleared From Alaska's Rat Island

McClatchy | Erika Bolstad | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Pest Control, Ecology, Alaska, Bald Eagles, Rats, Rat Island, Alaska Rat Island, Aleutian Islands, Gulls, Brodifacoum, Green News

After two centuries of an epic infestation, Alaska's Rat Island finally may merit a name change. The island, part of a national wildlife refuge in the...

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Palin Supports Corsi: District 9 Is a Documentary

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Charles Grassley, Death Panels, The Rapture, Immigration, Iran, Obama, Media, Facebook, Civil Rights, The Washington Post, South Africa, Politics, Liz Cheney, Dennis Kucinich, Dick Cheney, Illegal Immigrants, Gop, Washington Post, Health Care, Sharia, Abortion, Birthers, Twitter, Food Stamps, Books, The New York Times, Lou Dobbs, Aliens, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, Tom Coburn, District 9, Jerome Corsi, Todd Palin, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Return-of-Shantytowns, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Alaska, NY Times, Metacritic, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

An indignant Palin immediately released a series of searing Facebook status updates denouncing the impending alien immigrant infestation as "icky" and "un-American,"

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