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Alaska's jobless rate jumps to 8.9 pct in OctoberANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month. State labor officials on Thursday said that's 0.6 percentage point increase over the adjusted rate of 8.3 percent in September. Alaska's jobless rate... In this article: Alaska |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
AK volunteers strive to save Santa letter service
In this article: Postal Service, Elf, Maryland, North Pole, Alaska, Fairbanks, and Candy cane
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Reuters | 1 day ago
Alaska should cut risk of natgas pipeline -sponsor
By Yereth Rosen The head of the BP <BP.L>-ConocoPhillips <COP.N> joint venture seeking to build a huge Alaska natural gas pipeline said on Thursday he worries that the state government is doing too little to reduce the project's economic...
In this article: Natural gas, TransCanada Corp, Coal, Carbon, and Joint venture
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Obama administration pauses on Alaska drilling
...R-Alaska. "It's time to get development of Alaska's resources back on track." Murkowski, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, met Wednesday with Salazar and Carol Browner, the top White House adviser on energy and...
In this article: Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil Co., Mark Begich, Minerals Management Service, Ken Salazar, and Lisa Murkowski
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Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers. The U.S. Postal Service is dropping a popular national...
In this article: The Postal Service, Doug Isaacson, Elf, Fairbanks, Maryland, and Candy cane
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BP, ConocoPhillips cut Alaska development budgets
...and Alaska's new tax system, which charges high rates when prices rise. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. will spend about $850 million in 2010 on its Alaska program, down sharply from about $1 billion allocated this year, company president...
In this article: ConocoPhillips, BP, Competitive advantage, Tax, Pioneer Natural Resources Co., and Sarah Palin
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Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Fans in Sarah Palin's home state turned out as early as possible Tuesday to snap up copies of her highly anticipated memoir. Curiosity drove Natalie Baumgartner to pick up a copy of the former GOP vice presidential...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Customer, Borders, and Harry Potter
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Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity.
In this article: Polar bear, Sean Parnell, Sarah Palin, Revenue, and Endangered Species Act
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Alaska (/əˈlæskə/) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S.
The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed". It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.
- Name:
- Alaska
- Also Known As:
- "Land of the Midnight Sun"
- The Last Frontier
- Capital:
- Juneau
- Motto:
- North to the Future
- Largest City:
- Anchorage
- Governor:
- Sean Parnell (R)
- Lieutenant Governor:
- Craig Campbell (R)
- Total Area:
- 1,717,854
- Area of Land:
- 1,481,346
- Area of Inland Water:
- 91,316
- Latitude:
- 51°20'N to 71°50'N
- Longitude:
- 130°W to 172°E
- Elevation Lowest Point:
- 0
- Lowest Point:
- Pacific Ocean
- Elevation highest point:
- 6,193.7
- Highest Point:
- Mount McKinley
- Admittance Date:
- January 03, 1959
- State Song:
- Alaska's Flag
- Flower:
- Forget-me-not
- Time Zone:
- Aleutian: UTC-10/DST-9
- Demonym:
- Alaskan
- Median Income:
- US$64,333
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