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By CBS News: Father protecting his children killed by polar bear
 
 
 
 
By Liz Thomas: APD apprehends 2 after standoff in Tudor area
 
 
 
 
By Devin Kelly: When car thieves and the Alaska summer intersect: An old motorhome was stolen from a campsite
 
 
 
 
By Heather Hintze: Forest Fair keeps Girdwood firefighters busy
 
 
 
 
By Alex DeMarban: Members of Anchorage mail-theft ring get up to 6 years’ prison time
 
 
 
 
By Jack Carney: Alaska attorney says immigrants serving in the military are being unfairly discharged
 
 
 
 
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BONUS VIDEO: Watch every cliff launching, car crash at Glacier View’s Independence Day Celebration Forget the fireworks, in Glacier View an Independence Day celebration is taken to a whole new level with this tradition.
 
 
 
 
By David Hulen: Listening to our readers – in new ways and old
 
 
 
 
By Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce: Veteran industry engineer questions aspects of Alaska LNG plans
 
 
 
 
By Rebecca Palsha, Richard Mauer: A South Dakotan wants your vote — for Congress from Alaska
 
 
 
 
By Kortnie Horazdovsky: Moose family stays safe on Eagle River pedestrian overpass
 
 
 
 
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