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| Sea-Ice Melt Imperils Walruses, and Economy Based on Them (Washington Post) |
| NOME, Alaska -- Hubert Kokuluk squints with his one good eye to examine the tiny polar bear he has just carved from a fragment of walrus tusk. He isn't happy with the yellowish hue, but good ivory is hard to come by these days, since quickly melting sea ice has made it extremely difficult for his... |
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| Sarah Palin, A Fresh Face For The GOP (NPR) |
| Sarah Palin is no stranger to the "maverick" label often assigned to Sen. John McCain. Alaska's youngest and first female governor has pushed for ethics investigations of fellow Republicans in her state and bucked the powerful oil industry on a major natural gas pipeline project. |
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