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Alaska Lawmaker Takes On TSA Over Airport Scanners

State rep runs ad telling people they can opt out

(Newser) - A state lawmaker in Alaska really doesn't like the TSA's airport body scanners. Democrat Chris Tuck is running ads on local TV reminding Alaskans that they, like everyone else, have the right to turn down the scans and get a patdown instead, reports the Anchorage Daily News . "...

Kenyan Runner Loses Feet to Frostbite

Marko Cheseto went missing in Alaska snowstorm

(Newser) - A top college runner at the University of Alaska in Anchorage has lost both his feet to amputation after severe frostbite. Marko Cheseto, 28, disappeared in a snowstorm earlier this month wearing only jeans, running shoes and a light jacket. He was found outside a hotel two days later with...

7 Little-Known National Parks
 7 Little-Known 
 National Parks 
Nov 20, 2011 10:51 AM CST

7 Little-Known National Parks

Want to stay off the beaten path? Start here

(Newser) - If you’ve seen enough of Old Faithful and the Grand Canyon, CNN has an idea for you: Why not visit another of the country’s 397 national parks and monuments, like one of these seven you’ve probably never heard of?
  • Dry Tortugas: You have to seriously want to
...

Mother of All Storms Hits Alaska

Some residents evacuating Nome

(Newser) - Roofs are being ripped off and residents are seeking higher ground today as Alaska’s western coast is pummeled by a storm the likes of which hasn't been seen since 1974. In Nome, which is bearing the brunt of the severe weather, water is pooling at the base of...

'Life-Threatening' Storm to Hit Alaska

More than a foot of snow, near-hurricane-like winds, flooding...

(Newser) - The mother of all storms is headed for Alaska. Forecasters says more than a foot of snow could be dumped on the state's western coast ... and that's not all. Near hurricane-strength winds will churn up the Bering Sea, producing seas as high as 25 feet, which are expected...

US Army Busts Soldier, Will Face Spying Charges

Man stationed in Alaska to be tried in military court

(Newser) - US Army Spc. William Colton Millay has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, the military announced yesterday. Millay, 22, was stationed in Alaska as part of the rear detachment of the 164th Military Police Company, or as they’re better known, the “Arctic Enforcers,” Reuters reports. He was...

Mystery Disease Killing Alaskan Seals

Ringed seal outbreak puzzles biologists

(Newser) - A mysterious disease is killing seals along Alaska's Arctic coast, and officials fear it might spread to other countries—and other species. Scores of dead or severely weakened ringed seals with telltale skin lesions and hair loss have been found along the coastline over the last few months, Reuters...

Wrong-Way Whales Worry Biologists

Three killer whales are in Alaska river

(Newser) - Alaska biologists are keeping a worried eye on three killer whales who apparently took a wrong turn and have ended up in fresh water in the Nushagak River, reports the Anchorage Daily News . The whales already look to be showing signs of "freshwater stress," says one scientist, and...

Alaska to Build $64M 'Runway to Nowhere'

Akutan strip will mostly be funded by federal taxpayers

(Newser) - Meet the Bridge to Nowhere’s little brother. Alaska is preparing to build a $64 million, 4,500-foot runway on tiny Akun Island, with the federal government footing the vast majority of the bill ($59 million to the state’s $5 million), according to an Alaska Dispatch report spotted by...

Alaska Earthquake: 7.1 Quake Hits Off Alaska
 7.1 Quake Strikes Off Alaska 
Sep 2, 2011 6:48 AM CDT

7.1 Quake Strikes Off Alaska

Tsunami warning issued for parts of Aleutian Islands

(Newser) - A tsunami warning is in effect this morning following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off Alaska, in a remote part of the Aleutian Islands, NPR reports. The US Geological Survey says the quake's depth was 22.1 miles. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center put a warning into...

Russia OKs Underwater Tunnel to Alaska

But it would transport freight, not people, under Bering Strait

(Newser) - How do you get from the US to Asia without a boat or a plane? If Russia has its way, you may soon be able to take the train. Moscow has approved an underwater tunnel through the Bering Strait, linking Alaska and Russia via underground train, AOL Autos reports. The...

Drunk Wasilla Pol Trashed Hotel, Billed City

Guess what famous family he's friends with?

(Newser) - A burned hotel room mattress, ruined bedding, a urine-stained chair, vomit on the carpet … but no, this was not the handiwork of a rock star on tour. Rather, Wasilla City Councilman Steve Menard apparently got a little crazy on a business trip—then slipped the city the bill for...

Mom Convicted for Inflicting Hot Sauce on Kid

Prosecutors say she abused 7-year-old to get on Dr. Phil

(Newser) - An Alaska woman was convicted of misdemeanor child abuse today, after showing off the weird punishments she inflicted on her son on an episode of Dr. Phil. Jessica Beagley, 36, was arrested earlier this year after footage of her squirting hot sauce into her 7-year-old son's mouth and forcing...

Alaska's Orange Goo Is Actually Fungal Spores
 What the Orange 
 Goo Really Is 
Aug 19, 2011 11:40 AM CDT

What the Orange Goo Really Is

Scientists originally misidentified substance washed up in Alaska

(Newser) - At first, scientists were baffled by the orange goo that washed ashore in Alaska. Then they announced it was tiny eggs . Now they’re saying that's wrong: It’s actually fungal spores, the Los Angeles Times reports. Microbiologists in South Carolina linked the material to the spores that turn...

Suspicious Packages Hit Alaska Lawmakers

Mark Begich, Don Young both targeted

(Newser) - A day after a bomb squad had to blow up briefcases left at John Boehner's offices, more suspicious packages targeted two Alaskan lawmakers. A box containing a white powder was delivered to Democrat Sen. Mark Begich's Fairbanks office and opened by a staff member. Begich spokeswoman Julie Hasquet...

Orange Goo in Alaska Identified
 Orange Goo in Alaska Identified 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 13, 2011 7:04 AM CDT

Orange Goo in Alaska Identified

It's some kind of eggs ... that may or may not be toxic

(Newser) - We have a partial answer to the orange goo that started washing up in Alaska last week, and it's definitely not the secret to John Boehner's perma-tan. It's eggs—millions of tiny eggs filled with fatty droplets, reports the AP. Exactly what kind of eggs—or whether...

Alaska Paying to Help Defend Palin in Lawsuit

She's being sued by activist who complained about traffic

(Newser) - Sarah Palin may be the former governor of Alaska, but she's getting the state's legal help in the present. Activist Chip Thoma is suing Palin for at least $100,000, for what he says was her role at the helm of a campaign to "punish, embarrass, discredit,...

Mysterious Orange Goo Washes Ashore in Alaska


 Mysterious 
 Orange Goo 
 Washes Ashore 
 in Alaska 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 7, 2011 3:30 PM CDT

Mysterious Orange Goo Washes Ashore in Alaska

Preliminary tests show it's not a man-made substance

(Newser) - It's orange, it's goo, and it started washing ashore Wednesday night. That's about all the remote Alaskan village of Kivalina knows so far about the mysterious substance blanketing its harbor and beaches. Tests have been conducted on it, but all that's been determined so far is...

Levi Sis Rips Palins in Playboy
 Levi Sis 
 Rips Palins 
 in Playboy 
SOMEONE DID OXYCONTIN
Aug 7, 2011 12:07 PM CDT

Levi Sis Rips Palins in Playboy

Now she's naked and still spilling so-called dirt

(Newser) - Levi Johnston's sister posed nude for September's Playboy, but because people read it for the articles, we have to listen to her babble on about her tenuous connection to the Palins of Wasilla. The New York Post has tidbits from the interview:
  • On Sarah Palin as president: "
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Sarah Palin's Hair Salon Gets Reality TV Show

'Big Hair Alaska' premieres this fall on TLC

(Newser) - If you loved TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, you're in luck. The channel is getting up close and personal with another side of Palin—her girly one. The Alaska hair salon where Palin gets her up-do style will be the subject of a reality show on the network...

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