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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Juneau</title>
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		<title>Coast Guard plans to use wood biomass instead of oil-fired burners at Southeast Alaska sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Coast Guard looking at heating with wood in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard&#8217;s plan to move away from oil-fired burners and toward heating with biomass could provide a lift to the timber industry in Southeast Alaska.
Projects are being considered in Ketchikan and Sitka that would convert building heating systems to biomass boilers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former oil services company chairman sentenced to 3 years for bribing Alaska politicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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Businessman gets 3 years in Alaska bribery cases

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The oil services executive at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison and fined $750,000.
Bill Allen, 72, testified on behalf of the government in three cases, including the trial of former U.S. Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disclosure report: Gun case, Bible among gifts sent to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A personalized gun case, a Bible bound in goat skin and a hand-painted plate featuring Sarah Palin&#8217;s likeness were among gifts the former Alaska governor received this year.

The gifts have been included in an amended disclosure form filed with the Alaska Public Office Commission.
State law requires politicians to list gifts with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Alaska cruise ship passenger identified; positive ID pending on body found in water</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The woman believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship into frigid Alaska waters was 45-year-old Amber Malkuch of Washington state, Alaska State Troopers said late Monday.

Malkuch was reported missing by a traveling companion Monday morning when the Holland America ship Zaandam was in Glacier Bay National Park, about 75 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body found during search for missing cruise ship passenger believed to have fallen overboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman&#8217;s body has been found during a search in frigid Alaska waters for a cruise ship passenger who was believed to have fallen overboard.

The Coast Guard says the search for the missing passenger is continuing until the body is positively identified.
The 45-year-old woman was reported missing by a friend Monday morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin&#8217;s mid-term resignation comes with costs to Alaska residents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is quitting Sunday to save the state the cost of investigating what she says are frivolous ethics complaints against her, but even her mid-term resignation comes with a price tag for taxpayers.

While the final transition bill will be a fraction of the roughly $2 million Palin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed plaintiffs say Alaska governor broke state law by ignoring holiday on freeing of slaves</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Palin asked a judge Friday to declare that she broke state law two years ago when she failed to issue a proclamation for a celebration commemorating the freeing of U.S. slaves.

Plaintiffs also sought a retroactive proclamation for the 2007 Juneteenth celebration from Palin, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin&#8217;s early departure creates political opportunity for others who would like to be governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palins-early-departure-creates-political-opportunity-for-others-who-would-like-to-be-governor-102374/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin&#8217;s early departure from office is creating political opportunity for others who want to be the state&#8217;s next chief executive.

Some have already filed letters of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run in 2010. Others are circulating the word in other ways.
Palin announced last Friday that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin returns to work to sign law enforcement bill after stunning resignation announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOTZEBUE, Alaska — Sarah Palin has returned to work as Alaska governor following the abrupt announcement that she&#8217;s resigning.

Palin appeared at a bill-signing ceremony in the remote western Alaska coastal community of Kotzebue (KAHT&#8217;-seh-byoo). She said afterward that she&#8217;s absolutely sure Alaska will be better off with Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell at the head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin&#8217;s early departure creates political opportunity for others who want to be governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin&#8217;s early departure from her office is creating political opportunity for others who would like to be the state&#8217;s next chief executive.

Nearly a dozen people already have filed letters of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run in 2010.
The list includes state Sen. Hollis French, a Democrat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin says says she&#8217;s a fighter, keeping options open for return to public service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin says she&#8217;s not a quitter, she&#8217;s a fighter, and she hasn&#8217;t ruled out re-entering public life someday.

The Alaska governor told CNN in a segment shown Tuesday that &#8220;all options are on the table.&#8221;
Speaking in fishing waders from the town of Dillingham, she says her administration has been paralyzed by fending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin to return to public view for bill signing, but in a very remote Alaska town</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin is returning to the public eye four days after her bombshell resignation announcement, albeit in a place far removed from the glare of the national media: in a remote fishing village 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle.

Palin is scheduled to appear in Kotzebue to sign a bill designed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gone fishin&#8217;: Alaska observers say Palin&#8217;s heart wasn&#8217;t in job after presidential campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — As surprised fans and critics of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin traded guesses behind her decision to resign more than a year before her term ends, the former vice presidential candidate offered few hints at her political future, except to say she&#8217;d gone fishing.

Palin has stayed out of the public eye since she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Observers: Facing trouble at home as Alaska governor, Palin&#8217;s resignation helped cut losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn&#8217;t in the job.

Lawmakers complained she didn&#8217;t take an interest in the state&#8217;s politics, and she limited her access to Alaska&#8217;s media. One lawmaker quipped after her state of the state address in January that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin hints at political future in Web posts, threatens legal action against bloggers, media</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn&#8217;t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.

After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly announcing she would soon give up her job as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin links resignation to &#8216;higher calling,&#8217; need to unite nation along conservative lines</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palin-links-resignation-to-higher-calling-need-to-unite-nation-along-conservative-lines-99609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a &#8220;higher calling&#8221; with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines.

A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin keeps low-profile after surprise announcement she is stepping down as Alaskas gov</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thiessen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Where is Sarah Palin? A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was keeping a low profile. Her spokesman, David Murrow, said Palin told him she was flying to Juneau, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin keeps low-profile after surprise announcement she is stepping down as Alaska&#8217;s governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Thiessen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Where is Sarah Palin?

A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was keeping a low profile. Her spokesman, David Murrow, said Palin told him she was flying to Juneau, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper columnists give Sarah Palin dubious &#8216;Sitting Duck Award&#8217; as most ridiculed newsmaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the United States.

Palin beat out Democrat Rod Blagojevich, the ousted former governor of Illinois allegedly caught trying to sell President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper columnists give Palin dubious &#8216;Sitting Duck Award&#8217; for most ridiculed newsmaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Palin beat out Democrat Rod Blagojevich, the ousted former governor of Illinois allegedly caught trying to sell President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues 2 men on board disabled skiff off remote Alaska islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska&#8217;s remote western Aleutian Islands.

Coast Guard Chief Steve Harrison in Juneau says the men were hoisted by basket into the helicopter Sunday night and taken to a clinic in Adak for evaluation.
Harrison says the men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooding forces Alaska gov to nix East Coast trip, including White House Correspondents Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 01:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNEAU, Alaska — Flooding in her home state has forced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to cancel an appearance at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Palin told reporters Thursday that she would skip her planned East Coast trip so she could visit parts of Alaska that have been struggling with the most serious flooding in decades.
In addition [...]]]></description>
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