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NPR, 23.04.13 23:47 UTC

Bill Would Expand Disclosure Of Political Money

The partisan rift over disclosing political donors has widened since last year's election. But now, along come Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with a bill that would radically ...

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NPR, 23.04.13 16:42 UTC

Montana's Max Baucus To Retire; Republicans Eye 2014 Chances

Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, an influential red-state Democrat who helped craft Obamacare but bucked his party last week in voting against expanded background checks for gun sales, will retire in ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 02:29 UTC

Alaska gambles with major oil-tax cut

Alaska plans to give up billions of dollars in tax revenue it has been drawing from oil producers to spur new drilling at a time when energy production is surging across the Lower 48 states.

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Seattle Times, 22.04.13 16:44 UTC

Northwest gardener Ed Hume still growing at 81

In an area as lush and green as the Pacific Northwest it might be hard to reconcile that gardening here often can be a tricky proposition.

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Seattle Times, 21.04.13 18:48 UTC

Furloughs could affect flights to Alaska

Alaska Airlines says furloughs for air traffic controllers could delay flights to Alaska.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 19:58 UTC

Portland-based Franz buys Hostess bakeries in NW

The former Hostess Cake factory in Seattle has been sold for $10.5 million to Portland-based United States Bakery, better known as Franz Bakery, as part of a wider deal that will dramatically expand the family-owned firm s Pacific Northwest operations.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 17:25 UTC

Ore. sheriff: Missing Okla. man was hallucinating

The sheriff heading up the search for a young Oklahoma man missing in the wilds of southeastern Oregon said Friday the young man was hallucinating the last time he telephoned his family, and told his girlfriend he was seeing plants coming out of the ground and running.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 17:10 UTC

Gun votes carry big risks for Dems in rural states

There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers.

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Seattle Times, 19.04.13 00:46 UTC

Editorial: A bright, shining polar star ready for duty

The icebreaker Polar Star is ready to report for duty after years of renovation work in Seattle.

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Seattle Times, 18.04.13 21:54 UTC

Tale of kind act after Boston blasts goes viral

A Massachusetts woman's Facebook post about the kindness of an Alaska stranger in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon explosions has gone viral.

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Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of...

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