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Oil jumps more than 2 percent, natural gas drops

Associated Press

US flag-covered spire hoisted to NY's WTC roof

A crane has hoisted a U.S. flag covered spire to the top of New York's One World Trade Center, under construction at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Associated Press

Alaska Supreme Court clarifies decision

Alaska's highest court says the first step in the redistricting process is to draw political boundaries based on state constitutional requirements.

Associated Press

Bear shot on peninsula older than first thought

A bear that attacked a well-known biologist is much older than troopers previously thought.

Associated Press

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.

RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press

Stocks flip between gains and losses

Major stock indexes recovered from a morning slump Tuesday, keeping the Standard & Poor's 500 index on course to wrap up the month with a solid gain.

MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

ConocoPhillips finishes winter exploration well in NPR-A, demobilizes rig

ConocoPhillips has completed an exploration well in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and is demobilizing the drill rig, a company spokeswoman said April 26.

Tim Bradner Alaska Journal of Commerce

Alaska ferries lose nature experts to budget cuts

As the sun creeps into the sleeping quarters of the Tustumena, passengers who take a second to look out the window wake up to volcanic topography, sky blue lakes and wildlife that looks extraterrestrial even to most Alaskans.

JOSHUA BERLINGER, Associated Press

Southeast officials disagree about Juneau access

Officials from Haines, Skagway and Juneau met to discuss regional cooperation but spent much of the three-hour session disagreeing about extending a road north from Alaska's capital.

Associated Press

S&P 500 reaches new high, led by tech

Technology companies led the stock market higher Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index above the all-time closing high it reached earlier this month.

MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer