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Two Officers' Names Added to Alaska Police Memorial
Channel 2 NewsFriday took a somber tone as dozens gathered at a memorial service, held in honor of Alaska Police Memorial Day, at the state's new crime lab in Anchorage. Sixty-four names of fallen officers were read by Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew and Alaska State...Tags: Career and Workplace, Ceremonies, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, Circuses
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Mat-Su Author Was Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Channel 2 NewsAn Alaska author was a finalist this year for a Pulitzer Prize. Mat-Su author Eowyn Ivey lives in Chickaloon and is the author of "The Snow Child." The Anchorage Daily Newssays her publisher called her with the news on Monday to tell her the judges...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Nathan Englander, Awards and Prizes, Book
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Dare to Care Gala Raises Money to Feed Hungry Children
Channel 2 NewsIt was "Hollywood Under the Stars" at the 7th annual Dare to Care gala Saturday night in Anchorage. The gala is the non-profit’s annual fundraiser that helps feed more than 3,500 school children lunch here in Alaska. The black tie event at the... -
Lincoln Movie Heads to Juneau and Ketchikan
Derrik J. LangDisney, which distributed the DreamWorks film, is making additional prints of director Steven Spielberg's historical saga starring Daniel Day-Lewis to meet an unexpected demand that left some moviegoers in Alaska out in the cold. Dave Hollis, Disney'...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Arts and Culture
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Local and International Filmmakers Promote Movies at Anchorage Film Festival
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage International Film Festival commenced Friday night with their Opening Gala. Since then, the AIFF has been showcasing films made by local and international filmmakers various theaters around Anchorage, like the Bear Tooth Theatre and the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, Festive Events
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'Nutcracker' Star Overcomes Type 1 Diabetes For Role
Channel 2 NewsA local teenager cast as the star of the holiday favorite ballet, "The Nutcracker," has to worry about a lot more than the choreography. Sarah Latta, 13, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes this summer. Latta says playing the production's leading role of...Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Diabetes
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APD Arrests Suspect in Merrill Field Inn Officer-Involved Shooting
Channel 2 NewsA man who allegedly engaged Anchorage police in a Thursday shootout near Merrill Field that left both him and an APD officer wounded was a heroin addict firing a gun stolen during burglaries and vehicle break-ins on the Anchorage Hillside, according to...Tags: Circuses, Shootings, Theft, Prosecution, Police Arrests
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F-bomb Makes It Into Mainstream Dictionary
Channel 2 NewsWhat would Noah Webster think of this? F-bomb has made its way into the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Dictionary editors say they've traced the word back to 1988, in a Newsday story that had the now-deceased Mets catcher Gary Carter...Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Gary Carter, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Abby Hancock
Abby Hancock is a general assignment and health reporter for KTUU. She joined the Channel 2 news team in December 2008 as an associate producer, eventually becoming the weekend producer and began reporting in 2011. Abby is a graduate of the University of...
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Former Alaskan Receives Oscar Award
Sam Friedman, Fairbanks Daily News-MinerFormer Alaskan Ben Grossmann is an Oscar winner. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/y0bjNL) says Grossmann won an award for groundbreaking work in visual effects in the Martin Scorsese-directed film "Hugo." Grossmann, who comes from...Tags: Entertainment, Hugo (movie), Martin Scorsese, The Associated Press, Movies
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Oscars: Former Alaskan Gets Academy Awards Nomination
Suzanna Caldwell, Fairbanks Daily News-MinerBen Grossmann wasn't up at 6 a.m. when the 84th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Tuesday. The former Alaskan had been up late caring for his 1-year-old daughter. But Grossmann, who now lives in Los Angeles and was a visual effects...Tags: Entertainment, Hugo (movie), Movies, Awards and Prizes, Facebook
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Award-winning singer Whitney Houston dies at age 48
ReutersGrammy-winning singer and actress Whitney Houston, one of the most talented performers of her generation who lived a turbulent personal life and admitted drug use, died on Saturday in a Beverly Hills hotel room. She was 48. A Beverly Hills police officer...Tags: Dionne Warwick, Grammy Awards, Aretha Franklin, Prescription Drugs, Quincy Jones
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