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The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, are seen near the city of Tromsoe, northern Norway, late Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Stargazers were out in force in northern Europe on Tuesday, hoping to be awed by a spectacular showing of northern lights after the most powerful solar storm in six years. (AP Photo/Scanpix Norway, Rune Stoltz Bertinussen)

Aurora borealis mesmerizes hardy watchers

Michelle Theriault Boots Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:42am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The aurora borealis streaking across Alaska skies this week captivated sky watchers who camped out in sub-zero temperatures to photograph the lights, billed as the most active in years.

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Because of heavy snow in Alaska this year many moose have been killed on roadways and railroads.

Deep snow may lead to record moose traffic deaths

Michelle Theriault Boots Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 12:31pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A dull-brown moose with a prominent rack steps delicately on to Anchorage's Minnesota Drive in the January afternoon twilight, as cars streak past.

He stops traffic as he ambles into deep snow on the edge of the road -- barely avoiding becoming part of the growing ranks of the winter's unlucky moose.

For moose, heavy snowfall means misery, and this winter is shaping up to be a deadly one.

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Dorothea Taylor describes her effort to stop a moose that was stomping her husband, George Murphy, right, Monday, Jan. 22, 2012, from Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. An agitated moose on Friday ran down and stomped Murphy, a well-known Bush pilot from Willow, but he was saved when his wife, who is 5 feet tall and weighs 97 pounds, grabbed a shovel from their pickup truck and whacked the big animal until it backed off. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

85-year-old woman fends off moose attack on husband

Lisa Demer Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 4:07pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An agitated moose ran down and stomped a well-known Bush pilot from Willow, Alaska, but he was saved when his wife grabbed a shovel from their pickup truck and whacked the big animal until it backed off.

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14-year-old injected with heroin dies

Casey Grove Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 5:53pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A 14-year-old girl injected with heroin last week died Thursday from the overdose, Anchorage Police reported.

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Nephew follows uncle to prison on similar meth charges in Alaska

Casey Grove Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Saturday, September 3, 2011 - 8:46pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Wasilla, Alaska, billiard parlor owner’s conviction for drug trafficking apparently did not deter the man’s nephew from trying to take his place in the methamphetamine trade, federal prosecutors say.

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Jessica Beagley, left, speaks with her lawyer, William Ingaldson, right, after the verdict is read in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. An Anchorage jury today found her guilty of one misdemeanor count of child abuse. Beagley made national headlines after an appearance on the "Dr. Phil Show" that featured footage of the Anchorage mom disciplining her adopted son by forcing him to take cold showers and putting hot sauce in his mouth. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/MCT)

Mom who punished boy with hot sauce guilty of child abuse

Casey Grove, Kyle Hopkins Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 8:43am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Video of Jessica Beagley punishing her screaming adopted son with hot sauce and a cold shower first landed the Anchorage mom on "Dr. Phil." Then it landed her in court. On Tuesday, an Anchorage jury decided Beagley's unorthodox parenting was indeed a crime, finding the 36-year-old mother of six guilty of misdemeanor child abuse.

Beagley faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine, with sentencing scheduled for Monday in Anchorage. It took the jury of three men and three women a single day to find the so-called "hot sauce mom" guilty in a case that ignited blustery legal arguments on cable news shows and drew media attention in Russia, where the Beagleys adopted twins in 2008.

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Bank employee charged with $4.3 million heist

Casey Grove Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Friday, August 19, 2011 - 8:11am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Anchorage Key Bank employee was charged with embezzlement after stealing millions of dollars in cash from a bank vault and smuggling the money to Mexico, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Gerardo Adan Cazarez Valenzuela -- also known as Gary Cazarez -- is accused of stealing $4.3 million on July 29 from a Key Bank in Anchorage. Valenzuela was employed by Key Bank as a cash vault services manager, federal authorities said.

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Study blames humans for half of recent Arctic ice melt

Richard Maur Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 4:39pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- About half the recent record loss of Arctic sea ice can be blamed on global warming caused by human activity, according to a new study by scientists from the nation's leading climate research center.

The peer-reviewed study, funded by the National Science Foundation is the first to attribute a specific proportion of the ice melt to greenhouse gases and particulates from pollution.

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Obama backs additional oil drilling in Alaska, Salazar says

Sean Cockerham Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 7:48am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar came to Anchorage on Monday and said the Obama administration supports more oil drilling in Alaska, potentially including offshore Arctic development.

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Shell wins tentative approval for offshore Arctic drilling

Richard Maur Anchorage Daily News

Last updated Friday, August 5, 2011 - 9:43am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Shell cleared a major hurdle Thursday in its effort to begin a two-year drilling program in the Arctic Ocean next summer, receiving a conditional exploration permit from the federal agency that oversees off-shore oil development.

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