Alaska on Wednesday July 01, 2009

AK: Sarah Palin story sparks Republican family feud
By Jonathan Martin, Politico
A hard-hitting piece on Sarah Palin in the new Vanity Fair has touched off a blistering exchange of insults among high-profile Republicans over last year's GOP ticket -- tearing open fresh wounds about leaks surrounding Palin and revealing for the first time some of the internal wars that paralyzed the campaign in its final days.
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AK: Pro-Palin Web site attacks Fairbanks Rep. Jay Ramras over BP stock
By Rena Delbridge, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
A pro-Palin Web site is crying foul over Rep. Jay Ramras' ownership of BP stock, prompting the Fairbanks Republican to defend his holdings and his integrity.
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Financial crisis torments states
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009)

California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps.
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AK: University of Alaska supporters propose change to donation tax credits
By Rena Delbridge, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
University of Alaska supporters want the Legislature to remove a cap on donations eligible for state tax credits.
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AK: Palin e-mail hacker asks for dismissal
By Staff Writers, KTUU.com (Anchorage)
A Tennessee college student charged with hacking into former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail was in court Tuesday asking for a dismissal.
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AK: Conflicting info on fish runs coming out of Yukon River
By Jill Burke, KTUU.com (Anchorage)
Fish politics are complicated, emotional and in full swing on the Yukon River. Gov. Sarah Palin says Emmonak and the surrounding region is doing well gathering fish for the winter. Yet in other communities some fishermen are resorting to civil disobedience to get their take.
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AK: Palin -- I'd come out ahead in a run against president
By Mary Pemberton, The Associated Press, Anchorage Daily News
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday. "I betcha I'd have more endurance," she told Runner's World magazine.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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