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web posted 12:02 pm February 9, 2010
Should the state of Alaska set a minimum price for cigarettes? A Senate committee is expected to take up the question Tuesday.
web posted 12:01 pm February 9, 2010
A key House committee chairman says two bills that would regulate Alaska’s wholesale gasoline prices are dead unless their sponsors make changes.
web posted 11:58 am February 9, 2010
Standard & Poor’s has given Anchorage the top rating – “SP-1+” – for short-term notes the city wants to sell to raise money until property tax revenue comes in later this year.
web posted 11:57 am February 9, 2010
A Fairbanks woman has been indicted for attempted murder in the stabbing of a neighbor.
Wal-Mart denounced wide-circulating rumors Monday that it would be closing its Juneau store next month.
The local Toyota dealership owner said the service center is ready to handle Juneau's portion of a massive manufacturer recall announced last week.
The gray wall of the Juneau-Douglas Treatment Plant's incinerator is speckled with numbers. The wall reads ".198," ".159," ".082," ".096," ".203."
Ralph Samuels wants to be governor to boost the state's economy, including the oil and gas industries he championed in four terms in the Alaska Legislature, the cruise ship industry for which he now works, as well as the locally important mining and fishing industries.
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- Board to approve drug testing policy, legislative priorities
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STATE OF ALASKA AP NEWS
Updated 7:22 PM ET• Legislators push for increased state sovereignty
• Dad of Palin grandson bares all for Playgirl cover
• Senate majority wants more capital spending
• Coast Guard cutter reaches disabled fishing vessel
• Prison privatization report to be heard
• Alaska Air resumes serving Coca-Cola on flights
• Developer wants fee refunds for Fairbanks building
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NATION & WORLD AP NEWS
Updated 10:02 PM ET• Obama to take health bill that's not all he wants
• Snow shuts down federal government, life goes on
• Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
• NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'
• Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
• LA-area foothills under mudslide threat
• Prosecutors: Andrews' stalker had other victims
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Arts & Culture
Animated characters are usually geared toward children, and for this reason, a quick glance at the cartoonish images of "A Klondike Tale," Avery Veliz's planned feature length film set in Skagway, may lead viewers to a false conclusion. Namely, that this is a gentle story, one that willingly covers over the harsh realities of greed, corruption and prostitution rampant in Skagway in the 1890s, or at least one that treats them with disparaging humor.
Neighbors
I stretch out with a big yawn before turning on my personal television. After a few flips through a couple channels, I debate between the newest "Fast and the Furious" film, or Eddie Murphy's "Imagine That." I settle on the latter, snuggling down into my comfy seat with my warm blanket pulled up tight. After a few minutes, I'm gently awoken with an inviting question:
From the Capital City Weekly
Since 1986, Ketchikan residents have made a tradition of strutting their stuff. Alaska's "First City" was the first in the region to celebrate wearable arts with the Ketchikan Wearable Art Show. Twenty-four years later, many of the event's original members are still involved and remain as excited as ever.
Weddings / Anniversaries
Lou Taylor Faris and David Thomas are engaged to be married in an autumn wedding at the home of the groom's family.
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Multimedia
Slideshow: JDHS vs TMHS Showdown
2-08-10
Juneau-Douglas exploded for 28 second-quarter points en route to a 72-60 Southeast Conference victory over Thunder Mountain at TMHS in the second of a two-day, two-game double dip between Juneau's old and new high schools.Read more
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