Alaska
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Alaska's Pavlof volcano erupting
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Scientists are volcano watching in Alaska where a remote mountain continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas can be seen 20,000 feet above sea level.
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Rep. Don Young apologizes for racial slur
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Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, issued an apology after referring to Hispanic migrant workers as "wetbacks."
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Iditarod 2013: Mitch Seavey wins sled dog race, becomes oldest ever winner
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Mitch Seavey and 10 dogs crossed the Nome finish line to cheering crowds at 10:39 p.m. Alaska time Tuesday, becoming the oldest person to ever win the grueling sled dog race.
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Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins 1,000-mile slog with festive ceremony
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The 1,000-mile race kicked off Saturday in a festive mood as 66 teams posed with fans. From Willow, 50 miles north of Anchorage, mushers and their dog teams begin making their way through unforgiving wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast.
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Earthquake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada, triggers tsunami warning
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A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline Saturday, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.
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You think you know snow? Watch this and think again (Video)
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We've heard about the snow in Cordova, AK and Valdez, AK but how about some HD video? See the unreal footage here.
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Clifton Vial survived 3 days on frozen beer
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A 52-year-old Alaskan native survived three days on frozen Coors Light when his truck got stuck in a snow drift.
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Record-breaking low temperatures in Alaska
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Low temperatures in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Nov. 17 smashed the previous record set over 100 years ago.
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Wind takes portable toilet for a ride in Alaska (VIDEO)
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This Porta-Potty was no match for powerful winds off of Alaska's Eagle River.
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Alaskan 'super storm' brings 10 winters to U.S. at once (VIDEO)
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Hurricane-force winds, blown-off roofs: Alaska hasn't seen this kind of horrible snowstorm since the 1970s.
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Bomb threat evacuates Oakland-bound Alaska Airlines flight
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Authorities at Oakland, Calif.'s airport are investigating a bomb threat against an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle.
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Alaska earthquake registers 7.2 magnitude, tsunami warning issued
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A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska early Friday morning, prompting a brief tsunami warning. That warning has been canceled.
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Russian oil teams up with Exxon Mobil to develop Arctic oil fields
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Russia's state-owned Rosneft and U.S. company Exxon Mobil announced a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic.
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UPDATE: Alaska's mysterious orange goo NOT eggs, but a fungus!
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Government scientists have retracted an earlier statement that the weird orange slop washing up in the fishing outpost of Kivalina was crustacean eggs. Now it's "rust."
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Mystery of Kivalina, Alaska's orange goo: SOLVED!
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The cantaloupe-colored jelly appearing on the beaches and rooftops of Alaska is fish eggs, report government scientists.
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Thousands of Palin emails released
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Alaska officials on Friday released thousands of pages of Sarah Palin's emails, giving a glimpse of her time as governor, her struggles in dealing with gossip about her family and her rise to national prominence.
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