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Body Exhibit Stirs Controversy
Channel 2 NewsThey’re real human bodies frozen in time through a process called plastination. The Body Worlds Vital exhibition makes its Alaska debut next month at the Anchorage Museum. "We want to show to the public, the wonder of the human body, the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Museums, Roman Catholicism
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Supreme Court: High Court Throws Out Human Gene Patents
Channel 2 NewsThe Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers. The court overturned patents belonging to Myriad Genetics Inc. of Salt Lake City...Tags: Chemical Industry, Crohn's Disease, Health, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Research
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Alaska State Troopers Seek Driver in Hit and Run near Soldotna
Channel 2 NewsAlaska State Troopers say they're seeking the driver of a sport-utility vehicle that struck and injured an 7-year-old girl outside Soldotna. The girl was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, which her mother...Tags: Health, Injuries and Wounds, Lungs and Airways
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Alaska Rep. Les Gara Recovering after Prostate Cancer Surgery
Channel 2 NewsAlaska Representative Les Gara of Anchorage spent Tuesday recovering in a New York City hospital after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. Gara said preliminary indications show that the procedure was a success and he remains in a lot of pain, but...Tags: Health, Prostate Cancer, Sean Parnell, Government, Prostate
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Alaska Joins Several States In Cigarette Label Lawsuit
Channel 2 NewsSeveral states and U.S. territories are weighing in on a lawsuit over proposed graphic cigarette warning labels that include a sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the federal government should be allowed to require the...Tags: Lawyers, Human Body, Health, Justice System, Laws
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Begich Chairs Senate Hearing on Genetically Engineered Fish
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, says the entire future of wild fish and fisheries is at stake in the fight against genetically engineered fish.
Begich, who is chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, held a...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Genes and Chromosomes, Health, Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Potato Blight Detected in Delta Junction, Palmer Fields
Potato blight has been detected in the fields of a potato producer in Delta Junction and another in Palmer.
The fungus-like disease can kill plants in the field or cause potatoes to rot in storage. It can be controlled through the use of fungicides,...Tags: Health, Fairbanks, Diseases and Illnesses, Potatoes, Tumors
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Man Found Dead in Fairbanks
A man has been found dead in a tent in Fairbanks. Police say the man has been identified but his name has not been released pending notification of family. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/qPAeeQ) says man's body was found Wednesday in... -
Thomas Romero Sentenced in High Profile Strangulation Case
An Anchorage man was sentenced to ten years in prison on Thursday, in a high profile case in which a woman nearly died.
Anchorage Police say Thomas Romero, 37, tried to strangle a woman in what they call one of the most brutal attacks of its kind....Tags: Throat, Crimes, Justice System, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Innocent Man Released After 20 Years in Jail Shares his Story with Alaskans
Channel 2 NewsHe spent 20 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. A man from New York State is in Anchorage this week to share his story of injustice and how new technology proved his innocence. The Alaska Innocence Project said Steve Barnes is not...Tags: Lawyers, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes
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Anchorage-bound US Airways plane examined in Pa. because of threatening note
The Associated PressPassengers have been removed from a US Airways plane at Philadelphia International Airport because of a threatening note. The Transportation Security Administration won't provide details of the note. Airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica (loo-PEE'-kah)...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Anchorage, British Airways Plc, Alaska, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Troopers: DNA Match Closes 1991 Sexual Assault Case
KTUU.comAlaska State Troopers say a DNA match has closed a cold-case investigation into a sexual assault against an 8-year-old girl two decades ago, linking the crime with a Wasilla man who committed suicide in 2006. According to a press release from troopers,...Tags: Sexual Assault, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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