Anchorage police announced Monday evening that a body believed to be that of missing barista Samantha Koenig was found during a crime-scene investigation in Matanuska Lake, apparently ending a months-long mystery that has gripped the city and attracted national coverage. In a …
Despite a recent study showing that mountaintop removal coal mining—in which coal companies literally remove the tops of mountains, dump the tons of debris into nearby streams and then strip mine the underlying coal—causes children born nearby to suffer higher rates …
I have been in a few discussions about the presidency with a few friends of mine. Today I came across this article posted by a ron paul supporter that has been complaining about rigged elections and fraud. After complaining the ron paul supporter posts this poll to p …
On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man. Zimmerman admits killing Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Three weeks after Martin&rsqu …
Arizona and Michigan primaries now safely in the rearview mirror, Republican presidential hopefuls already are turning attention toward next week's mega-prize, the Super Tuesday bevy of more than 400 delegates, including those up for grabs in Alaska. Ron Paul plans a trip up t …
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DENVER -- Denver police think a state lawmaker pulled over last month had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit, according to Denver police documents released by the Colorado General Assembly on Wednesday. According to the internal affairs documents released by …
SANTA CRUZ -- A Redding man was arrested after he allegedly tried to retrieve his deceased friend from a crematorium, police said. Around 11:30 p.m.
Comedian Bill Maher explained Friday evening how his insults towards former President George W.
It’s a nonpartisan group, she clarified, open to anyone who supports the group’s 10 principles of conservativism: “Conservatives believe in the written Rule of Law as expressed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights by the founding fathers and reject the …
LOS ANGELES — Two F-16 fighters were scrambled Thursday to intercept a light aircraft over Los Angeles, during a visit by President Barack Obama for a fundraising trip, officials said. The military jets scrambled out of March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, Califor …
The ability to track the location of a cell phone user without the user’s knowledge is far too easy, computer scientists at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have discovered. University of Minnesota computer science Ph.D.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa R-CA held a hearing today about the Obama administration’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees, but they prevented women from testifying on the issue.
Another blow has been struck against Citizens United, and this time it’s not by a city council. The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday, calling for Congress to overturn Citizens United via Constitutional Amendment.
Two of Alaska’s lawmakers are not taking kindly to corporate influence on public elections. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich co-signed a constitutional amendment that rescinds years of legal precedent finding corporations have many of the same rights as a legal person.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips. The US domestic law enforcement agency is asking information technology contractors about the feasibility of building a tool that would “enhance its techniques for co …
It was a tense moment on the tarmac. President Obama, alighting from the stairs of Air Force One in Phoenix this afternoon, was greeted by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who handed him an envelope and the two exchanged what appeared to be some heated sentiments.
An Arkansas Democrat has a message for whomever killed his kids’ cat: “I’ve got a gun and I know how to use it.” According to the Blue Arkansas blog, the campaign manager to Ken Aden, who’s running for the state’s third congressional distric …
"An Act providing that for-profit corporations and limited liability companiesorganized in this state are not persons for purposes of influencing the outcomes of public office elections, initiatives, referendums, or recalls."
His promise to filibuster the bill on Nov. 28, 2011, catalyzed opposition that culminated in Wednesday's day of action and the subsequent defeat (for now) of the legislation.
Technicians in Florida have recovered dashcam video of a Melbourne police officer beating a 66-year-old man who suffers from dementia even though the officer deliberately tried to disable the recording. An attorney for beating victim Albert Flowers told Florida Today that his …
IN AN ordinary American presidential election, a candidate who had earned a fortune in business and then paid an absurdly low tax rate would barely raise eyebrows. Americans have long considered wealth something to admire and pursue, not vilify and redistribute.
Public Policy Polling is out with their 3rd annual TV news trust poll. Among Republicans, as the chart on the right shows, the shape of the river is simple: they don't trust anyone except Fox News, who they adore.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Sixty years ago in the midst of the Korean War, a Marine from Meridian, Miss., John Holt, struck up a friendship with a Korean teenager, Changsup Chuck Hahn, who worked for the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Battlion. "He helped me a lot.
We the People in the Tea Party are just as frustrated as everyone else that the unemployment rate is still too high. But we the people are also very insistent in making sure the facts are straight.
The graphic says it all. Republican policies in the last 50 years have been a disaster for Americans. Democratic Presidents create more than twice the jobs than their Republican counterparts. Democratic Presidencies result in NINE TIMES greater growth in the stock m …
Today Pennsylvania Republican Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin was arrested on serious charges. Here are the links to the story, grand jury presentment and police criminal complaint: Republican Supreme Court Justice Arrested Grand Jury Presentment Police Criminal Comp …
As the chart below reveals, the main drivers of projected deficits over the next decade are the wars... in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush tax cuts and the so-called “automatic stabilizers” — unemployment insurance spending, lower tax burdens — built into e …
Obama is twice over responsible for Occupy Wall Street's existence. On the one hand, the failures and disappointments of his administration have been well documented and have totally undercut his campaign promises of hope and change, leaving former supporters completely disil …
Was the US drug Vioxx responsible for far more deaths than has been acknowledged so far? ARE American lives cheaper than those of the Chinese? It's a question raised by Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative, who has produced a compelling comparison between the …
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