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DISQUS | Michael Wrightson - A letter from a neighbor about Palin

Below is a letter from a neighbor in Wasilla,of Sarah Palin. It is the most revealing and intimate you are going to ever encounter I am not sure it is authentic but i do know that someone went out of their way to gather all this information about Palin. This contains all you need to know.

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Cheney's Link to Sen. Ted Stevens Corruption Trial

Two days later, Cheney wrote a letter to the Alaska Legislature urging members to "promptly enact" a bill to build the pipeline. The letter was considered unusual because the White House rarely contacts state lawmakers about pending legislative matters. It also angered state Democrats, who accused Cheney of pushing oil-company interests. The former executive director of Cheney's energy task force had gone to work as a lobbyist for British Petroleum, one of three firms slated to build the pipeline. Stevens confirmed to NEWSWEEK last week that he asked Cheney to write the letter.

Justice Department indicts Sen. Ted Stevens

Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.

Alaska volcano blasts ash 9 miles high

A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock. The Okmok Caldera erupted late Saturday morning, just hours after seismologists at the Alaska Volcano Center began detecting a series of small tremors.

Court slashes judgment in Exxon Valdez disaster from $2.5B to $.5B

In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens supported the $2.5 billion figure for punitive damages, saying Congress has chosen not to impose restrictions in such circumstances. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also dissented, saying the court was engaging in "lawmaking" by concluding that punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses.

Alaska to sue to block polar bear listing - Bad news for Bears - Good news for greedy oil companies.

The state of Alaska will sue the U.S. government to stop the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, arguing the designation will slow development in the state, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Wednesday.

After Avalanche, Juneau Is Quick to Embrace Green

When an avalanche cut off a power transmission line and electric rates increased 400%, Juneau cut it's electricity usage by nearly half in three weeks. Wow.

Scientists finally see rumored white orca

Durban said white killer whales have been spotted twice before: in 1993 in the northern Bering Sea around St. Lawrence Island and in 2001 near Adak in the central Aleutians. There also have been sightings along the Russian coast.

Anchorage mayor to challenge Stevens for Senate

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich said Sunday he plans to run for the Senate seat held by Ted Stevens since 1968, ending months of speculation. The 46-year-old Democrat said he plans a formal announcement Monday in Anchorage and later that afternoon in Fairbanks.

adn.com | AP Alaska : Federal biologists wonder why polar bear wandered inland

A polar bear shot outside Fort Yukon traveled farther inland than any previous animal of its kind, according to federal biologists. The bear, a female estimated to be 3 years old, walked about 250 miles to the Yukon River community.

The Cult of Chris McCandless

15 howling Alaska winters and 15 brief frenzied summers, and the ancient bus on the Stampede Trail still rusts in the wilderness, almost exactly as Chris McCandless left it...

Photographer gets the catch of the day

When a lone, female wolf appeared at the Brooks River Falls in Katmai National Park & Preserve this summer and began catching sockeye salmon as if she were the most efficient of brown bears, photographer Paul Stinsa didn't know what to think.

Russia plans link to Alaska through world's longest tunnel

Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia. The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, would take 10 to 15 years to complete.

Appeals court slashes Exxon Valdez damages judgment

It's the third time the appeals court ordered the Anchorage court to reduce the $5 billion award, the nation's largest at the time, saying it was unconstitutionally excessive in light of U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Bush considers lifting Alaska drilling ban

More Bush Corruption: Last summer, the Interior Department recommended reopening several areas of the outer continental shelf -- including the southern part of Bristol Bay, which lies just north of where the Aleutian Islands meet the Alaskan mainland -- to energy exploration, saying that 14 oil and gas companies had supported the idea.