Authorities say three people are feared dead after an Alaska State Trooper helicopter crashed. Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters says the aircraft was carrying a state trooper, a pilot for the troopers and a rescued snowmobiler when it went down Saturday night. ...
01:16 PM, Apr 01, 2013
US former vice presidential candidate and ex-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin launched a scathing attack on President Barack Obama at a Conservative party meet. ...
10:10 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, called President Barack Obama a liar and urged her party to stand by conservative values, rousing the crowd at a conservative conference on Saturday. ...
09:13 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Officials say a tsunami warning is in effect for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada after a strong earthquake shook the region. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says the warning area includes coastal areas from about 75 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska, to the north tip of Vancouver Island, Canada. The warning area extends for about 475 miles. ...
04:03 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Smita Salaskar, wife of slain encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who fell victim to the bullets of terrorists during the Mumbai carnage, described the hanging of Ajmal Kasab as a "homage" to her husband. ...
12:20 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Anchorage: Officials say a terminal at Alaska's main airport has been evacuated over a bomb scare. The manager of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport says the main terminal was cleared after a male passenger early on Sunday referred to a bomb in a bag. John Parrott says travelers were evacuated to another terminal, as authorities search the luggage. So far, no explosive has turned up. He says the man who...
07:22 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Tokyo: The good thing is that Misaki Murakami's name was on his soccer ball. It was lost in last year's tsunami in Japan but has been found across the Pacific on a remote Alaskan island. Kyodo News agency says the 16-year-old from the devastated town of Rikuzentakata is surprised and thankful that the ball has been found. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the ball is one...
02:05 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Anchorage, Alaska: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin threatened to sue the author and publisher of an unflattering biography she said was filled with "lies and rumors presented as fact." The book by veteran political writer Joe McGinniss, "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," was published last week as speculation mounted about whether the Republican conservative firebrand would launch a late bid for her party's presidential nomination in 2012....
11:44 AM, Sep 29, 2011
Wasilla, Alaska: The Alaska hair salon made famous for Sarah Palin's up-do is getting the reality show treatment in a two-part series to be aired in September on TLC. That's the same cable network that aired "Sarah Palin's Alaska," an eight-part docu-series on the former Alaska governor, 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and possible presidential candidate. TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg declined to identify the salon in "Big Hair Alaska." But...
04:16 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Trapper creek: Two single-engine float planes collided as they flew near an Alaskan lake and one of them crashed and burned, killing the four people aboard, authorities said. The second plane landed safely despite significant damage. The Cessna 180 was destroyed by the impact and fire, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told. "It was engulfed in flames on the ground," Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Megan Peters said. The crash...
06:36 PM, Jul 31, 2011
Washington: A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, 107 miles (172 km) east of Atka, Alaska, at a depth of about 25 miles (40 km),and a tsunami warning was in effect for parts of coastal Alaska, warning agencies said. A second quake of magnitude 7.2 hit in the same vicinity and at the same depth a half-minute later, the US Geological Survey said. "A Tsunami...
10:26 AM, Jun 24, 2011
Alaska: The state of Alaska on Friday released more than 24,000 pages of former Governor Sarah Palin's emails, shedding some light on how the possible Republican US presidential contender conducted business. The printed emails to and from Palin, who abruptly quit as governor of the oil-rich state nearly two years ago, were made available to those willing to pay $725 for copies and hundreds of dollars more in delivery fees....
08:37 AM, Jun 11, 2011
Washington: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has the potential to beat Barack Obama in 2012 presidential elections, top Republican leader Senator John Mccain has said. "Of course, she can. She can. Now, whether she will or not, whether she'll even run or not, I don't know," McCain told the Fox news in an interview. Palin was McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential elections. McCain lost to Obama. While she...
09:42 AM, May 30, 2011
Anchorage: A few dozen men seeking to raise awareness for sexual assault violence against women tried to walk a mile in their shoes Friday - literally. Among the participants - some burly and others bearded - in the fourth annual "Walk a Mile in her Shoes" event at the University of Alaska Anchorage was the head of Alaska State Troopers, Col. Keith Mallard, who slipped out of one of his...
02:30 PM, Apr 09, 2011
A comic book buff is selling one of the gems in his vast collection, a rare copy of Batman No. 1 published 70 years ago. ...
11:23 AM, Aug 02, 2010
Kasab denied killing police officers Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte on 26/11. ...
02:10 PM, Dec 21, 2009
She also will not seek re-election as governor next year. ...
08:06 AM, Jul 04, 2009
On 26/11, Mumbai Police knew they were facing a different scale of terror. ...
11:26 PM, Jun 16, 2009
Sales in the company slid even as costs increased in 2008. ...
08:58 PM, Jan 29, 2009
All the Ashok Chakras are being awarded posthumously. ...
12:01 AM, Jan 26, 2009
