Alaska?s congressman regrets using ?insensitive term? for migrant workers
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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, one of the most senior Republicans in the House, has apologized for using the racial slur wetbacks in referring to Hispanic migrant workers. Young, now in his 21st term in the House, said in an interview with Alaska's KRBD radio that when he was young, his father used 50-60 wetbacks to pick ...
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Alaska trims expectations for North Slope oil output
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By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 5 (Reuters) - Oil production from Alaska's North Slope has fallen faster than expected, even though the fiscal impact was offset by higher prices, according to a semiannual forecast released on Friday by the Alaska Department of Revenue.The forecast puts average North Slope production at 538,300 barrels per day over the current fiscal year, 14,500 ...
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Alaska Senate passes in-state gas pipeline bill
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Senate late Friday passed one of the last major pieces in this legislative session: an in-state gas pipeline ...
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9-yr-old boy who falls into hole while snowmobiling in Alaska presumed dead
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A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy snowmobiling with his father near the Arctic Man races in Alaska fell into a hole estimated to be 46 metres deep, state troopers say. Efforts to find and extract him have so far been unsuccessful and he is feared dead, troopers said on Sunday local time. Troopers were notified of the accident about 3:30pm local time on Saturday about eight kilometres northwest of Arctic ...
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Advocates are pushing to legalize pot in Alaska
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Bill Parker poses for a photograph at his home in Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Parker is one of the sponsors of an initiative to let Alaska voters decide to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Parker, a former state lawmaker, also supported a failed ballot effort in 2004, but feels possibly the time is right after Washington state and Colorado passed similar measures last ...
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US man Toby Burke 48 fights off 25 stone bear to save family in Alaska
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A hero dad fought off a deranged bear by punching it on the head as it attacked him and his family. Wildlife biologist Toby Burke, 48, leapt in front of his terrified wife Laura and their three children, one a baby, as the huge 25 stone beast charged. "It was just me between my family and the bear," said the 48-year-old, who had been on a bird-watching weekend. Toby then ...
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Icy Arctic rising as economic security hot spot
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WASHINGTON -; The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot - and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its vast energy resources and stake out unclaimed ...
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Alaska cruise Shore excursions are key
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time on shore in Alaska will be an important component of any cruise you might end up taking (to please your significant other, or because you have no other way to see Glacier Bay, or ...
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