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America's Stuxnet? Weakness found in systems used by Pentagon, power grid.

An amateur enthusiast has found evidence that hackers could exploit a security vulnerability in the systems of a company that serves power plants and military installations.
Chapter & Verse
E-readers are most popular in ... Kentucky?

The college town of Lexington, Ky. is the US city in which e-readers are the most popular, according to a new study by The Atlantic.
Obama, Congress, traders? Public unsure who to blame for high gas prices.

From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer.
200 cats removed from New York home

A homeowner in Hopewell Junction, N.Y. faces 41 counts of animal cruelty for keeping 200 cats in her home. In Fort Wayne, 70 cats were removed from a home Monday.
Is Alaska's Cleveland Volcano about to erupt again?

Officials detect what might be 'renewed eruptive activity' at Alaska's Cleveland Volcano, which could be bad news for global air freight.
Culture Cafe
Liam Neeson's 'The Grey' is a mostly satisfying action film

Liam Neeson's 'The Grey' has exciting fight sequences, but sometimes overextends itself.
Alaska's tale of two cities: one desperate for fuel, another for big shovels

Blitzed by heavy snow and early-season ice in the Bering Strait, two Alaska towns – neither accessible by road – have been cut off from critical supplies, including fuel.
Alaska town tries to dig out after three weeks of relentless snow

Officials said at least three buildings have collapsed or partially collapsed and six homes are deemed severely stressed by heavy wet snow.
US Army soldier arrested on suspicion of espionage

Specialist William Colton Millay was arrested at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Monday following an espionage investigation. Officials would not say who he was suspected of spying for or what secrets he may have obtained.
An AK-47 and $4 million in cash: How an Alaska bank heist ended in Tijuana

Authorities say bank vault manager, Gary Cazarez, drove away from Key Bank in Anchorage, Alaska with over $4 million dollars in tow. It wasn't until Mr. Cazarez hit Tijuana, Mexico, that things went awry.
Mysterious orange goo washes up in Alaska village

Mysterious orange goo: Tests have been conducted on the substance on the surface of the water in Kivalina. City Administrator Janet Mitchell told The Associated Press that the substance has also shown up in some residents' rain buckets.
Alaska earthquake jolts Anchorage

Alaska earthquake: The earthquake struck with a magnitude of 5.2 shortly after 11 a.m., according to seismologists at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
In Sarah Palin e-mail dump, Alaskans seek evidence of abuse of power

The request for thousands of Sarah Palin e-mails, many from her personal account, came just as many Alaskans were growing concerned about the then-governor's ethics. Some 24,000 of those e-mails are being released Friday.
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Deadliest Catch: cause of death of crewman unknown

Deadliest Catch has lost a Time Bandit crewman. Justin Tennison was found in a hotel room in his hometown in Alaska. The cause of his death is yet unknown.
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Lisa Murkowski ahead in Alaska, but long count of write-ins looms

Write-in votes total more than 80,000. It may take until Nov. 29 for the Alaska Senate election to be certified, but for now, incumbent Lisa Murkowski appears to be the winner.
Alaska's close Senate race: why the polls tell us nothing

Right ahead of the election, polls released almost simultaneously show vastly different results in Alaska’s Senate race. In one, Lisa Murkowski is leading; in another, it’s Joe Miller.
Tea Party Tally
Sarah Palin for president? It's possible, she says.

Sarah Palin says if nobody else is up to the job, she could run for president. But her political clout is on the line in Alaska with the flagging US Senate campaign of tea party favorite Joe Miller.
A deep northern quiet in Norway

Norway's treasured fiords provided a place for contemplation.
Bankruptcy pushes MGM toward Spyglass deal

Bankruptcy: MGM favors a plan calling for Spyglass Entertainment chiefs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum to take over a significantly slimmed down MGM following a prepackaged bankruptcy.