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Palin 'Bounce' May Speed Filming of 'Looking for Alaska'

Renewed focus on 49th state spikes interest in All Things Alaska.

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Alaska Women Reject Palin Rally

We begin in Anchorage, Alaska, where a group of average women decided to hold a small rally to let it be known that their Governor, Sarah Palin, does not represent their views on many of the issues that are important in their lives.

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For toy-like NASA robots in Arctic, ice research is child's play

Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska's outback in late June.

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High altitude balloon exceeds 18 vertical miles during flight

The Alaska Space Grant Program and the Arctic Amateur Radio Club formed the Balloon Experiment And Research Program—or B.E.A.R. for short—in December 2007. The program's aim was to launch a high altitude balloon equipped with two amateur radio signals and more from Poker Flat Research Range in the spring of 2008.

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Scientists head to warming Alaska on ice core expedition

The state of Alaska has the dubious distinction of leading the lower 48 in the effects of a warming climate. Small villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion, soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping trucks.

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NOAA aircraft to probe arctic pollution

NOAA scientists are now flying through springtime Arctic pollution to find out why the region is warming — and summertime sea ice is melting — faster than predicted. Some 35 NOAA researchers are gathering with government and university colleagues in Fairbanks, Alaska, to conduct the study through April 23.

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Polar bear hampers US plans

The polar bear stands in the way of US plans to start sell-off of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska.

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Alaska glacier speed-up tied to internal plumbing issues

A University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates meltwater periodically overwhelms the interior drainpipes of Alaska's Kennicott Glacier and causes it to lurch forward, similar to processes that may help explain the acceleration of glaciers observed recently on the Greenland ice sheet that are contributing to global sea rise.

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US: Hillary Clinton Now Leads In Iowa After Last Debate

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads in Iowa, and Senator John Edwards overtakes Senator Barack Obama after the last debate among the Democratic presidential candidates, last Thursday, in Johnston, Iowa.

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Drilling to Commence This Month at Teryl Resources’ Gold Hill

When Teryl Resources (TSX.V: TRC) announced the initiation of drilling on its Gold Hill copper-gold-silver project located near Bisbee, Arizona, investors familiar with the area sat up in their chairs. Their interest was piqued, firstly, because Gold Hill is four miles from Phelps Dodge’s Copper Queen/Lavender Pit Mine, which produced in excess of 75 million tonnes of copper, silver and gold ore between 1954 and 1974.

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Linux Bats in the Major Leagues in Alaska’s Historic Gold Camps

Linux Gold Corp. (OTCBB:LNXGF) has stepped up to the plate as it further expands its presence in Alaska’s historic gold camps.

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Teryl Resources Turns Drills to Historic Gold Hill

When Teryl Resources Corporation (TSXV: TRC, Pink Sheets: TRYLF) became interested in the Gold Hill Prospect near Bisbee, AZ, they were following a pretty strong lead – Historic Gold Hill, at a 5491-foot elevation, looks out for miles over the Warren mining district, a famously ore-rich region of the Southwest.

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