The state of Alaska and the genre of reality docu-TV have almost animalistic mating urges. They just can’t stay away from one another, which is how we at home came to know too much about crab fishing, gold prospecting, grizzlies, snow machines, ice-road truckers, chartered plane pilots and the taste of the season’s first whale blubber. Add to that a certain out-of-work politician and the humdrum patrols of the state’s troopers, and it’s been a whole lot of defrosted drama. Yet very little of it has made for memorable watching. Read full article > >

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‘Bering Sea Gold’: Restoring reality TV’s lost glimmer

The state of Alaska and the genre of reality docu-TV have almost animalistic mating urges. They just can’t stay away from one another, which is how we at home came to know too much about crab fishing, gold prospecting, grizzlies, snow machines, ice-road truckers, chartered plane pilots and the taste of the season’s first whale blubber. Add to that a certain out-of-work politician and the humdrum patrols of the state’s troopers, and it’s been a whole lot of defrosted drama. Yet very little of it has made for memorable watching. Read full article > >

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‘Bering Sea Gold’: Restoring reality TV’s lost glimmer

A Russian tanker is slogging through sea ice behind a Coast Guard icebreaker, trying to bring 1.3 million gallons of emergency gasoline and diesel to remote Alaska.

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Icebreaker Slowly Carves Path for Tanker to Bring Emergency Fuel to Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Dozens of National Guard troops have arrived to help an Alaska fishing town dig out from massive snows that have collapsed roofs, trapped some people in homes, and triggered avalanches. Cordova is used to snow, but not like this season’s blanketing. The Guard reported more than 18 feet of snow has fallen in the past weeks, although the National Weather Service did not immediately have a measurement. Read full article > >

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National Guard helps Alaska fishing town dig out from massive snows

“I’ll just grit my teeth and bear whatever comes,” former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin told Fox News’s Sean Hannity back in March about HBO’s upcoming flick detailing Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, in which Palin will be played by Julianne Moore. Well, on Wednesday, the teeth-gritting began: HBO sent out a video tease that offered a very quick look at Moore’s chameleon-like performance in “Game Change,” based on book of same name, which the pay cable network will debut in March. Read full article > >

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HBO releases first trailer for ‘Game Change’; stars Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, Ed Harris as John McCain (Video)

How exactly did Rep. Don Young and Douglas Brinkley get off on the wrong foot in the House Natural Resources Committee hearing Friday? Was it when the Alaska Republican called the historian’s testimony “garbage?” Or was it when Brinkley talked back? From that point, it was on — a verbal smackdown that startled the most jaded staffers. [ See the amazing C-SPAN video, below ] Read full article > >

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Douglas Brinkley and Rep. Don Young in committee hearing smackdown (video)

Residents of this small Alaskan town trace the success of the Tikigaq School’s basketball team to centuries of shared resolve and cooperation.

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Point Hope Journal: Alaska High School Basketball Team Thrives in Adversity

In an America where a whopping 66 percent of adults hold an unfavorable view of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (according to a recent Bloomberg poll), author Joe McGinniss has done something truly remarkable. He actually makes the short-serving former Alaska governor and widely panned reality TV star a slightly more sympathetic character, at least for the regrettable time one wastes reading “The Rogue,” his sketchily sourced compendium of low blows and inconsistent accusations. Read full article > >

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‘The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,’ by Joe McGinniss

Says she was called back to Alaska for jury duty.

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Palin: Bus Tour Not Canceled

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has canceled a trip next month to war-ravaged Sudan, one of the most unstable nations in the world and the focus of passionate advocacy within the U.S. evangelical community. Palin scrapped her visit to the North African country for scheduling reasons, several sources close to her said. She was planning to travel with Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical leader Billy Graham, as well as Fox News personality Greta Van Susteren, to the July 9 independence ceremony of South Sudan, the sources said. Van Susteren also canceled her trip. Graham said on Wednesday that he still plans to go. Read full article > >

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Former governor returns to Home Sweet Alaska

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The messages that Sarah Palin wrote just before and right after she was chosen as John McCain’s running mate show that she had almost no warning of what was about to happen to her.

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In E-Mails, A Glimpse From Inside Palin’s Rise

Frustration with rumours about her personal life are among the details revealed by the official release of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s e-mails.

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Details emerge from Palin e-mails

You’ve got mail. Alaska has released 24,000 pages of emails from Sarah Palin’s two-year tenure as governor, and several revelations have emerged. One series of notes show that Palin was keen on the vice presidential role months before she was chosen as…

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Emails: Palin Liked Obama Energy Plan