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The Anchorage Daily News

Children killed in Alaska plane crash

Last updated Friday, May 27, 2011 - 5:43pm

CHUGIAK, Alaska -- Five people, including three children, died Friday when a small plane crashed and burned on railroad tracks near the Birchwood Airport in Chugiak, officials said.

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Old friends meet in Kelly Cup finals

Doyle Woody, The Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 4:05pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Four time zones and a few thousand miles separate the Alaska Aces and Kalamazoo Wings, but their meeting in the ECHL's Kelly Cup finals is rife with relationships.

In a hockey world smaller than a penalty box, six degrees of separation are seldom required to make a connection -- often, just one degree suffices.

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Ice-age child's remains discovered in interior Alaska

Casey Grove, The Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 4:14pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska researchers say they've uncovered the oldest cremated human remains ever discovered in northern North America at a site near the Tanana River in central pat of the state.

The 3-year-old is only the second ice-age child discovered on the continent, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Archaeologists discovered the remains in a fire pit in an abandoned living area from 13,200 years ago and dated the child's death to about 11,500 years ago, according to research by the university's Ben Potter and his team in the Feb. 25 edition of the journal Science.

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Shoeless octogenarian drops bison

Beth Bragg, The Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:56am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When it comes to bison hunting in Alaska, the odds don't favor hunters. They must beat long odds just to get a shot at one of the animals--about 2,000 people applied for the 10 permits awarded this year to hunt the Farewell herd--and then they must actually find and shoot a bison, which are too skittish, too speedy and often too far afield to be considered an easy target.

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