MARK THIESSEN

Associated Press
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Federal judge ends BP's probation for Alaska spill

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed prosecutors' argument that a BP subsidiary violated its probation after an oil spill because of another spill on Alaska's North Slope.

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Dog mushing, snowball fight fun for South Florida

Dog mushing and a snowball fight.

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Williams leads No. 9 Miami to Alaska title

Riquna Williams scored 17 points and No. 9 Miami beat South Florida 92-72 in the final of the Great Alaska Shootout on Thursday night.

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Alaska dentist performs root canal on tiger

An Anchorage endodontist performed a root canal on a big tooth in a very big patient — a full-grown Siberian tiger.

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Vehicle crashes into living room of Alaska home

An investigation is under way after an SUV crashed through the front wall of an Alaska house, missing the homeowner by inches.

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Coast Guard: Rats must be removed from seized boat

A significant population of rats must be removed from a vessel seized for illegal fishing before it will be allowed to dock in Alaska, the Coast Guard said Saturday.

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White powder prompts evacuation in Anchorage

An envelope containing white powder prompted the evacuation of the federal building in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday.

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Air Force returns 170 grounded F-22s to service

The nation's F-22 fighter jets went back into service Wednesday, four months after they were grounded over pilot complaints about a lack of oxygen.

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Military widows bond at Alaska retreat

Jennifer Tullis still keeps her husband's camouflage uniform in the closet, all starched, ironed and folded, even though he died 12 years ago.

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Best fishing hole? Check downtown Anchorage

Alaska has some of the most beautiful, remote and prolific fishing spots in the world, but some would be surprised to learn that one of the most popular is in the heart of downtown Anchorage.

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Alaska senator's aide pleads to fishing violations

A fisheries aide to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has acknowledged falsifying records that netted him an extra $100,000 while commercial fishing in southeast Alaska in 2005.

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Alaska woman accused of abusing adopted children

A woman physically and emotionally abused at least six of her adopted children over a decade, including forcing them to use buckets as toilets and limiting their diet so severely that it stunted their growth, authorities said.

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At least 32 musk oxen freeze to death after storm

At least 32 musk oxen were found frozen in the ice on the northern coast of Alaska's Seward Peninsula, killed in the aftermath of a tidal surge and flooding from a winter storm blowing in off the Chukchi Sea, the National Park Service said Tuesday.

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Palin and daughter Bristol seek to trademark names

Sarah Palin is attempting to trademark her name ahead of a possible 2012 presidential run.

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AP Interview: CG admiral asks for Arctic resources

The ice-choked reaches of the northern Arctic Ocean aren't widely perceived as an international shipping route. But global warming is bringing vast change, and Russia, for one, is making an aggressive push to establish top of the world sea lanes.

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Alaska couple converts pickup into Radio Flyer car

Ever miss your childhood days riding around in a red wagon?

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AP Exclusive: Video of post Stevens crash released

A newly released video shows survivors of the plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens being loaded into a Coast Guard cargo plane and treated during a flight to Anchorage.

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Murkowski was 'capable, energetic' for Alaska

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's stunning defeat in the Alaska primary ends a 30-year family legacy of holding that seat, an era that spanned a majority of Alaska's statehood.

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Police: Feds won't try Bill Allen in sex case

The Department of Justice has decided not to pursue charges against former VECO Corp. Chairman Bill Allen in a child sexual abuse investigation, officials said Friday.

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AK man gets 8 years in prison for alleged hit list

A man from a remote Alaska community who was accused of compiling a hit list of targets he believed were enemies of Islam was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison.

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Teen survivor of fatal Alaska plane crash released

An Anchorage hospital has released one of the four people who survived a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others.

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Cold night crept by after crash killed Stevens

Former Sen. Ted Stevens lay dead in the mangled fuselage of the plane. A 13-year-old boy escaped death but his father died a few feet away. Medical workers spent the miserable night tending to survivors' broken bones amid a huge slick of fuel that coated a muddy mountainside.

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Cold night crept by after crash killed Stevens

Former Sen. Ted Stevens lay dead in the mangled fuselage of the plane. A 13-year-old boy escaped death but watched his father die a few feet away. Medical workers spent the miserable night tending to survivors' broken bones amid a huge slick of fuel that coated a muddy mountainside.

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Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash

A float plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed into a remote mountain in Alaska, killing the revered former senator and four others and stranding survivors on a rainy, brush-covered hillside for more than 12 hours, authorities said Tuesday.

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Senator delivered billions for Alaska's future

To much of the nation, Ted Stevens was the crotchety senator who famously referred to the Internet as "a series of tubes" and fought to build the "Bridge to Nowhere."

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