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Friday 1:20 pm, July 3, 2009
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Palin resigning as Alaska governor
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
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News Stories
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Begich talks politics, goals for new job
Alaska Sen. Mark Begich said he and his colleagues in the Senate are digging into a massive 1,300-page climate and energy bill passed by the U.S. House June 26 to understand its impacts and to put their own imprint on the bill.
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Northwest borough makes offer to buy Red Dog road, port
The Northwest Arctic Borough has made a new proposal for acquiring or gaining an interest in the Red Dog mine road and port owned by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state corporation that owns the facilities that support the mine's operations.
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Mat-Su firm to appeal incineration decision
A Matanuska Valley firm ordered by federal authorities to stop incinerating hospital, medical and infectious wastes feels it is in compliance with the Clean Air Act and plans to appeal the case, an attorney representing the owners said June 29.
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Applied Microsystems nabs big idea contest
Anchorage-based Applied Microsystems Inc. is the official winner of the Big Idea contest, landing five years of free high-speed bandwidth, compliments of Alaska Communications Systems Inc.
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Burns' new documentary notes Alaska national parks
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, with his new documentary on America's national parks, has touched the hearts of Alaska's conservationists and the tourism industry, both with their own personal passions for seeing these parks thrive for generations to come.
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Oil and Gas
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Iraqi oil licensing round runs into trouble
Iraq's hopes for an oil-revenue fueled postwar recovery suffered a sharp blow June 30 as the foreign oil companies it counted on to help develop its vast reserves greeted the country's first oil auction in over 30 years with grumbles and just one deal.
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Fisheries
Commerce Corner
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Risks of another Madoff-style scam
WASHINGTON (AP) Monday, June 29, brought some closure to Bernard Madoff's victims, who were swindled out of $65 billion in the largest recorded financial fraud a scheme that was exposed in part because the plummeting stock market led investors to demand repayment of money that was long gone.
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New trend: Meet the 'transumer'
Cassandra Smith spends $800 a month renting designer handbags and leases a luxury condo in downtown Miami. Environmentalist Zoee Turrill helped create a bike-sharing program at the University of Denver.
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Opinion
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Editorial: Let the Kensington mine gold rush begin
The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision upholding the Army Corps of Engineers' interpretation of the Clean Water Act will allow the Kensington Gold Mine, at long last, to resume production. With tourism down and effects of the recession being felt in most Juneau homes and businesses, the news couldn't have come at a better time.
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Opinion: Miners; Vet the science before making climate decisions
The issue of human-generated impacts on climate has been unfortunately politicized with responsible scientists arrayed on both sides of the issue. It is the view of many Alaskans, including the Alaska Miners Association, that precipitous, massive, expensive change in national policy to address an unsettled issue is unwise.
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