STEVE QUINN

Associated Press Writer
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Extreme Alaska cold grounds planes, disables cars

Ted Johnson planned on using a set of logs to a build a cabin in Alaska's interior. Instead he'll burn some of them to stay warm.

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Palin won't be able to donate tainted money

Gov. Sarah Palin promised last week to give $2,100 in tainted donations to charity, but that will only happen this year if she and John McCain win the Nov. 4 election.

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Law prevents Palin from donating tainted money

Gov. Sarah Palin promised to give $2,100 in tainted donations to charity, but that will only happen this year if she and John McCain win the Nov. 4 election.

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Palin giving back tainted money from gov. campaign

Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as a reformer when he picked her to be his running mate, says she will donate to charity more than $1,000 in campaign contributions from two Alaska politicians implicated in a federal corruption probe.

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Palin to return donations from tainted politicians

Gov. Sarah Palin swept into office as an avowed outsider, a claim that helped her land the GOP vice presidential nomination.

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Palin to return donations from tainted politicians

GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said late Thursday she would donate to charity more than $1,000 in campaign contributions from two Alaska politicians who were implicated in a sprawling public corruption scandal. She's also handing back another $1,000 from the wife of one of the men.

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Obama campaign quiet since Palin announcement

The Palin punch has delivered a blow to Barack Obama's slim hopes of capturing Alaska's three electoral votes on Nov. 4.

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Alaska town opens 'road to nowhere'

Alaska now has a Road to Nowhere going to what would have been the Bridge to Nowhere.

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Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas

Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.

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Troopergate probe running into new resistance

Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday from state Republican lawmakers who want to end it or delay it past the election.

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GOP lawmakers sue to stop Palin investigation

Five Republican state lawmakers filed suit Tuesday to end the bipartisan investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of the public safety commissioner even though the vice presidential candidate once said she welcomed the probe into allegations of abuse of power.

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Subpoenas to be issued for Troopergate probe

The Alaska Legislature is hastening its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner, making it far more likely it will be completed before November's election.

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McCain makes history with choice of running mate

In two short years, Sarah Palin moved from small-town mayor with a taste for mooseburgers to the governor's office and now — making history — to John McCain's side as the first female running mate on a Republican presidential ticket.

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Senate might have final say if Stevens convicted

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' political fate could be up to his colleagues if a jury decides the Senate's longest-serving Republican has violated the law.

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Dividend checks to be distributed early in Alaska

Here are two reasons to smile if you live in Alaska: Your annual oil royalty dividend will likely be bigger than ever and the checks will go out earlier than ever before.

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Investigation dogs Alaska governor

Gov. Sarah Palin, a rising young GOP star mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain, could see her clean-hands reputation damaged by a growing furor over whether she tried to get her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper.

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In rural Alaska, fuel costs now matter of survival

A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon. Electricity: $1.17 per kilowatt hour — 11 times the national average.

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Lawmakers award gas line license to TransCanada

Alaska lawmakers approved a state license Friday for TransCanada Corp. to pursue construction of a natural gas pipeline, ending a decades-long battle to open up 4.5 billion cubic feet of North Slope natural gas daily for use in North American markets.

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Investigation of firing by Alaska Gov. approved

Alaska lawmakers on Monday approved an investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in firing a public safety commissioner.

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Alaska House OKs gas pipeline license

The Alaska State House of Representatives has approved a state license for a Canadian company to pursue a natural gas pipeline project that could unlock 4.5 billion cubic feet of North Slope gas reserves daily.

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Fishing industry reeling from leaping fuel prices

Leaping fuel prices are sinking the fortunes of America's commercial fishermen, some of whom may soon call it quits for good.

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TransCanada courting Alaska lawmakers for license

TransCanada Corp. has 36,000 miles of pipeline moving natural gas throughout North America, enough pipe to circle the earth along the equator with about 11,000 miles to spare.

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Oil cos. expect battles over polar bear listing

The lawyers aren't clearing their calendars just yet, but the oil industry is bracing for some courtroom battles to maintain its stake in Alaska's oil-rich fields now that the Interior Department has listed polar bears as a threatened species.

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Exxon seeks $800M from Alaska over gas, oil leases

Exxon Mobil Corp. asked Monday that Alaska pay $800 million in damages, claiming the state breached a deal when it revoked gas and oil leases on a North Slope oil field.

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Alaska governor balances newborn's needs, official duties

The results of Gov. Sarah Palin's prenatal testing were in, and the doctor's tone was ominous: "You need to come to the office so we can talk about it."

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