Alaska attacks alcohol problem
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Charlie Cross counted how many friends and relatives took their own lives over the years and came up with 19, all Alaska Natives.
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In the four hours it took Alaska State Troopers to arrive at the Eskimo village of Nunam Iqua, a man choked and raped his 13-year-old stepdaughter in front of three younger children. He had already beaten his wife with a shotgun and pistol-whipped a friend after an evening drinking home brew.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil XOM.N for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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By Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 13--On primary election night, Alaska's new touch-screen voting machines had some glitches but Alaskans can be confident that nothing nefarious was afoot.
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A survey shows that people in a handful of northern tier states drink to excess at very early ages.
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By Hank Shaw, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 7--SACRAMENTO -- An Alaskan oil services company under federal  investigation in connection with allegations of influence peddling has  contributed nearly $18,000 to Rep.
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The problems caused by underage drinkers add up to billions of dollars a year - ranking Ohio sixth in the nation in terms of the money state taxpayers put out to cover the costs associated with underage alcohol consumption, according to a recent study.
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A state lawmaker wants to give members of the armed forces younger than 21 the right to buy alcohol even though it's in stark contrast to the military's efforts to diminish underage drinking and related accidents.
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When the infamous project was stacked up against other spending priorities on the merits, the state of Alaska decided it could be done without after all.
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Police say excessive drinking is a factor in a rise in the number of rapes and sexual assaults over the last year.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Nearly 41 years ago, Alaskan  Doug McCrae was clinging to a roof with his family as huge  waves of debris-choked water slammed into Seward and other  coastal Alaska towns after a magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook  nearby Prince William Sound.
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The government should fund television and other health warnings against excessive consumption of alcohol just as it funds campaigns against smoking, the charity Alcohol Concern said yesterday as Britain&#39;s teenagers were confirmed as among the worst binge
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Anyone wondering why President Bush and Sen. John Kerry have been talking up hunting and fishing in recent days need look no further than two anti-logging petitions widely circulated by a sportsmen's association in Alaska.
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The Flathead Indian Reservation is shifting its focus to children and retooling tribal policies following the drinking deaths of four boys in a six-month period. The deaths, starting in late 2003, stunned the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, but inspired a gritty resolve to help children deal with alcohol without underestimating the power of generations of alcohol abuse.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the well packed and marketed beverages containing 5 percent to 7 percent alcohol and having names like Rick&#39;s Spiked Lemonade, Doc Otis&#39; Hard Lemon Flavored Malt Beverage, Mike&#39;s Hard Lemonade, and Hooper&#39;s Hooch
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JUNEAU, Alaska  -- A team of scientists is traveling a 600-mile stretch of the Inside Passage this month to study the effects of cruise ship waste and other contaminants in Southeast Alaska waters.    The $450,000 project is part of a nationwide look at the environmental health of coastal waters...