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Soccer Ball Lost in Japan Tsunami Surfaces in Alaska

More than a year after Japan’s devastating tsunami, a youngster’s prized possession has been found 3,000 miles across the world

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This 4/20, Celebrate With Some Hemp Vodka

Just please don’t try to, you know, smoke it.

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U.S. Coast Guard Sinks Tsunami ‘Ghost Ship’

Officials shot down a Japanese shrimping boat that drifted into Alaskan waters after last year’s tsunami swept the empty vessel out to sea.

Reuters

Cruise Control: Satellite System to End Circling Above Airports

Alaska Airlines has taken cruise control to completely new heights.

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‘Ghost Ship’ from Japan Tsunami Floating Off Canada’s Coast

The ship has drifted across the Pacific for about a year, ever since the March 2011 tsunami in Japan sent it out to the open ocean.

Gary Hershorn / Reuters

Malfunctioning Toilets Lead to Nightmarish Two-Day Airline Delay

After an unexpected detour to Alaska, two days of delays and three Boeing 777 airliners, passengers who boarded last Sunday’s United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Shanghai made it to their expected destination.

By Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News, via AP

85-Year-Old Woman Takes On Moose, Saves Husband

Weighing in at a mere 97 lb., Dorothea Taylor rescued her husband from an angry moose with nothing but a shovel

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Sax at Sea: Kenny G Hosts Cruise to Alaska

Will the seas be as smooth as the jazz?

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The Saga of a Fuel Delivery: Tanker Finally Reaches Nome, Alaska

On Saturday evening, the Russian fuel tanker Renda finally arrived at Nome’s shores after weeks of anxious watching and waiting.

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Feet that a Russian tanker dubbed the Renda, trying to resupply icebound Nome, Alaska with 1.3 million gallons of fuel, progressed on Tuesday as a U.S. Coast Guard ship broke ice around it. The pair of ships went 50 miles on Monday and are still nearly 100 miles from the coast (via CNN)