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May Issue 3 2013

Kenai couple wins Nenana Ice Classic

A retired peace officer and his paramedic-firefighter wife are the sole winners of Alaska's biggest guessing game.

May Issue 3 2013

Fresh Copper River salmon lands in Seattle

The first planeload of Copper River salmon from Cordova, Alaska, landed Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport and the Alaska Airlines pilots carried a 40-pound king to waiting chefs.

May Issue 3 2013

Unemployment falls in 40 US states, rises in 3

Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country.

May Issue 3 2013

Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama’s health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn.

Is Walmart serious about transforming health care? May Issue 3 2013

Is Walmart serious about transforming health care?

“Why is Walmart speaking at a health care summit?” the company’s vice president for health and wellness, Marcus Osborne, rhetorically offered up at a conference back in January.

Statewide Lemonade Day draws record participation May Issue 3 2013

Statewide Lemonade Day draws record participation

If you were driving around in an Alaska town on May 11, chances were you passed at least one lemonade stand.

May Issue 2 2013

2nd volcano this month is heating up in Alaska

Another volcano in Alaska is heating up, with seismic instruments signaling a possible eruption, scientists said Monday.

May Issue 2 2013

Gov't obtains wide AP phone records in probe

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

May Issue 2 2013

Sealaska Corp. reports higher income

Sealaska Corp. is reporting that its net income nearly doubled in 2012.

May Issue 2 2013

Fight over labor laws headed to court

The fight over Anchorage's labor laws is headed to court.

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