<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Anchorage: News &amp; Videos about Anchorage - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Anchorage</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Anchorage from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:39 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Anchorage: News &amp; Videos about Anchorage - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Anchorage</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Anchorage from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>King: 'Going Rogue' reignites Palin divide, even in her hometown</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/sotu.king.alaska/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/12/sotu.king.alaska/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At Pandemonium Booksellers, the Sarah Palin 2010 calendars are hot sellers, and since the election, the traffic in political books has been decidedly to the right.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska catching up with the rest of the country on recession</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/16/sotu.alaska/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/16/sotu.alaska/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sharon Phillips is a regular at the Anchorage Jobs Center Midtown -- grateful for the resource but a bit frustrated she has to keep coming.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>POLL: Who Would You Rather See Nude?</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20311401,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20311401,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Playgirl boasts a spread with Levi Johnston while Rick Springfield is headed for a Californication cameo</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>College basketball preseason tournaments</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/08/10/preseason.tournaments/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/08/10/preseason.tournaments/index.html</guid><description>Here is the current list of the 2009 preseason basketball tournaments.  It will be updated as information becomes available.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UPDATE: Couple in NASA Love Triangle to Wed</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20291667,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20291667,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Astronauts Bill Oefelein and Colleen Shipman, now Alaskans, are also now engaged</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court denies DNA test to rapist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/rapist.dna/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/rapist.dna/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A convicted rapist seeking to prove his innocence with a new DNA test lost his appeal Thursday at the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaskan takes top prize at beard &amp;amp; moustache fest</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/05/25/beard.moustache.championship/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/05/25/beard.moustache.championship/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Alaskan beat out 300 hirsute competitors from around the globe to take the top honor at the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The morality of the free market system</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/08/pf/expert/moral_free_markets.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/08/pf/expert/moral_free_markets.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Question: Do you think it's morally fair for a bank or mortgage company to make profits from the interest on a home mortgage when all people are trying do is provide a home for themselves and their family? --Herbert K., Anchorage, Alaska</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices hold steady over past two weeks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/26/news/economy/gas_lundberg/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/26/news/economy/gas_lundberg/index.htm</guid><description>Prices at the pump in the United States have held virtually still over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: War on drugs is insane</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cafferty.legal.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cafferty.legal.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Here's something to think about:</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>More ash shoots from Alaska volcano</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/30/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/30/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano shot ash thousands of feet into the air Monday, the latest in a series of emissions that has dusted the state's largest city, Anchorage, and disrupted operations at Anchorage's airport.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/28/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/28/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mount Redoubt volcano in southern Alaska has erupted again, shooting ash as high as 45,000 feet in the air on Saturday, experts said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska volcano erupts 4 times on Friday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mount Redoubt volcano in southern Alaska erupted four times on Friday, shooting ash as high as 51,000 feet, scientists said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Chef Nobu built his sushi empire</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/smallbusiness/nobu_fish_story.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/smallbusiness/nobu_fish_story.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>As a young boy growing up in Japan, Nobu Matsuhisa dreamed of becoming a sushi chef in a restaurant where he could create his own menu. It took more than 30 years of experimentation, failure and incompatible business partners to reach his goal, as he worked his way from dishwasher in Tokyo to co-owner of a small sushi establishment in Lima, Peru.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaskans don masks as once-sleepy volcano spews ash</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/23/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/23/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A volcano in southern Alaska erupted anew Monday, the fifth eruption since coming back to life Sunday night.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapist's case could set standard for post-conviction DNA tests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/supreme.court.dna.evidence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/supreme.court.dna.evidence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A lawyer for a convicted rapist asked the Supreme Court on Monday for a chance to prove his client's innocence with a new DNA test, a request met with skepticism from some justices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palin to repay state for some travel with her children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/palin.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/palin.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will repay her state for travel expenses for nine trips with her children as part of a settlement of a 2008 ethics claim, the attorney who investigated the matter said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sarah Palin's 'Secret' Pregnancy - &amp;amp; How Family Found Out</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259357,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20259357,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>New book reveals Palin thought that not disclosing her condition would prevent unwanted attention</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Will volcano blow? Expert waits, watches, ready to warn</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/02/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/02/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's 3 degrees and snowing outside the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, but inside the operations center, things are heating up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska volcano 'more energetic,' scientists say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/30/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/30/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mount Redoubt, the Alaskan volcano expected to erupt at any time, is getting a bit more edgy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska volcano expected to erupt soon</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/alaska.volcano/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In the shadows of Mount Redoubt, Alaskans are calmly waiting for the volcano to erupt -- an event that could occur at any time.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices on the rise</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/25/news/economy/gasprices_lundberg/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/25/news/economy/gasprices_lundberg/index.htm</guid><description>Gas prices nationwide jumped a bit over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sex offender wins $500,000 Alaska lottery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/sex.offender.lottery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/13/sex.offender.lottery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Alaska lottery held to raise money for a group that helps sexual abuse victims had a surprise winner: a convicted sex offender.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas-price slide shifts into reverse, rises 12 cents in 3 weeks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/gas.prices/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/gas.prices/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. average price for regular unleaded gasoline rose by nearly 12 cents in the past three weeks, marking the first increase in six months, according to a national survey released Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices on the rise</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/02/news/economy/_price_2008/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/02/news/economy/_price_2008/index.htm</guid><description>Gas prices increased for the third straight day Friday, to an average of $1.626 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas, according to motorist group AAA. That's nearly a one-cent jump from the previous day's average of $1.618.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas falls for 11th day, nears 5-year low</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/30/news/economy/gas/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/30/news/economy/gas/index.htm</guid><description>A daily survey of gas station credit-card swipes shows that gas prices are dropping to the lowest levels in nearly five years.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sea change ahead: Choosing a greener cruise</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/11/06/green.cruises/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/11/06/green.cruises/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>While cruise lines have drawn criticism from eco-watchdogs for years, addressing environmental issues has become one of the industry's top priorities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alaska's Stevens Vows to Appeal Convictions</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1855226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1855226,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A defiant Sen. Ted Stevens returned to his home state Wednesday a convicted felon, telling supporters that he's innocent and vowing he will be vindicated</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death of juror's father delays senator's corruption trial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The judge in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens dismissed the jury Friday morning after a female juror left for California to deal with the death of her father.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four Rescued as Boat Disappears Off Alaska</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1853154,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1853154,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Four crew members of a fishing boat were plucked alive from a life raft in frigid, stormy seas</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. Ted Stevens takes the stand in his corruption trial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/16/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Ted Stevens took the stand in his corruption trial Thursday afternoon and denied that he filed false financial forms with the Senate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palin investigation can proceed, Alaska high court rules</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner can proceed, Alaska's Supreme Court ruled Thursday, clearing the way for a Friday report to the state Legislature on the issue.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palin's husband will answer questions in firing investigation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband has agreed to answer written questions in the state Legislature's investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner, campaign officials said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Todd Palin Plans Troopergate Interview</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is planning to speak to an investigator looking into abuse-of-power allegations against the governor</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Subpoenas upheld in Palin trooper investigation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/palin.trooper.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/palin.trooper.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Alaska judge refused Thursday to throw out subpoenas for members of Gov. Sarah Palin's administration in the State Legislature's investigation of her firing of her public safety commissioner.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trooper probe now 'confidential,' Palin aides say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/palin.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Republican campaign officials indicated they are done answering questions about an investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner Tuesday, citing a request by a state investigator.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mad as hell - taxpayers lash out</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/21/news/economy/readers_on_bailout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/21/news/economy/readers_on_bailout/index.htm</guid><description>"NO NO NO. Not just no, but HELL NO," writes Richard, a reader from Anchorage, Alaska.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Todd Palin (Among Others) a No-Show at Troopergate Hearing</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1842992,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1842992,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Sarah Palin's husband won't testify, but the committee says it will still issue a report on the scandal on Oct. 10</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Todd Palin Won't Testify in 'Troopergate'</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842683,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1842683,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Todd Palin is refusing to testify in an abuse-of-power investigation into his wife, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palin allies sue to halt trooper probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/palin.trooper.probe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/palin.trooper.probe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stepped up attacks on state lawmakers investigating the firing of her public service commissioner Tuesday, calling it a "McCarthyistic" inquisition and asking judges to block the probe.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Subpoenas Coming in Palin Probe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1839287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1839287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Alaska State Sen. Hollis French said Friday that seven witnesses told the Legislature's investigator they will refuse depositions; he said the Legislature will issue subpoenas instead</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Call Of the Wild</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1838572,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1838572,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Plucked from obscurity by John McCain, Sarah Palin has scrambled the presidential race. An intimate look at how a frontier mom learned to play the political game</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wounded Eagle Gets New Beak</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812328,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1812328,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a
 bald eagle named Beauty can finally live up to her name -- with the help
 of volunteers</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Should Doctors Get Bonuses?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1811779,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1811779,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Many insurers are using pay-for-performance bonus programs, rewarding doctors who provide better quality of care</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Wildlife Refuges Underfunded</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808840,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>America's wildlife refuges are so short of money that one-third have no staff, property is in disrepair, and drug dealers are using them for illicit purposes, a study says</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hunting for oil beneath the ice</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/01/news/companies/hunt_for_oil.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/01/news/companies/hunt_for_oil.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>It's 25 below outside, and the heat in the van is busted. Randy Boyer, a burly ConocoPhillips contractor in thermal coveralls, navigates the slick ice road. "This is nothing," he says, keeping his eye on the thin red line running down the center of the road. "The other week we had a whiteout, and I was stuck in my truck for 36 hours." Right now we're some 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and it's so white outside that the distant horizon appears to blend seamlessly into the blustery sky.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why am I alone? Oops, wrong question</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/08/o.why.i.alone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/04/08/o.why.i.alone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When I lived in the country one summer an ad for a local dating service would come on the radio every time I drove around. </description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Speed racer</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401278/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401278/index.htm</guid><description>Stock-car-racing scion Brian France spends as much time in the air crisscrossing NASCAR nation as he does at the track. The grandson of NASCAR's founder took over the family's multibillion-dollar empire in the fall of 2003 and promptly put his stamp on the sport by revamping the championship point system. This season he tweaked the formula again, making individual race victories count for more in the run-up to the Nextel Cup. We caught up with France at NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., where a special team oversees car standards and runs safety testing.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Groups to Sue for Polar Bear Protection</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1702168,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1702168,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Three conservation groups notified the federal government Wednesday they intend to sue to get polar bears listed as a threatened species due to global warming</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI searches U.S. senator's home amid corruption probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/lawmaker.raid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/30/lawmaker.raid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents searched the Alaska home of longtime Sen. Ted Stevens on Monday amid a corruption probe that already has snared two oil-company executives and a state lobbyist.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fly like a seagull</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/06/27/seaplane.trips/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/06/27/seaplane.trips/index.html</guid><description>The thrill of a seaplane isn't just in the water landing. Here's what you'll see on North American flights.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>An Alaskan hockey team skates toward success</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/09/magazines/fsb/olddogs_skating.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/09/magazines/fsb/olddogs_skating.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>While minor-league baseball has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts in recent years, farm-club hockey has sunk into the doldrums. The West Coast Hockey League, a group of seven minor-league teams struggling to contain workers' comp costs and put enough teams on ice to maintain a competitive environment, ceased operation in 2002 and was forced to merge into the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL).</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 17:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Old Dogs, New Tricks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/05/01/100003814/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/05/01/100003814/index.htm</guid><description>Warren Buffett famously remarked that when brilliant management tackles an industry with terrible economics, it's usually the reputation of the industry that remains intact. His insight helps expla... </description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BP's hard road ahead</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/14/news/economy/bp_fix/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/14/news/economy/bp_fix/index.htm</guid><description>BP estimates it will cost $100 million to replace the 16 miles of corroding pipeline at its giant oilfield in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expense This!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370663/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/06/8370663/index.htm</guid><description>SEVERAL YEARS AGO I attended a convention in Pasadena, which is a very nice place, by the way. Good weather. Nice houses. The Ritz hotel we were imprisoned in was lovely as well, although the guest... </description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices dip slightly</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/12/news/economy/lundberg_survey/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/12/news/economy/lundberg_survey/index.htm</guid><description>Gasoline prices shed about 3 cents per gallon over the past three weeks, according to a survey published Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough jobs make for great workplaces</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/11/news/companies/bestcos_stress/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/11/news/companies/bestcos_stress/index.htm</guid><description>As senior manager of FedEx's bustling Anchorage hub, Dale Shaw oversees hundreds of employees who unload and sort up to 13,400 parcels per hour arriving from Taipei, Pudong and Hong Kong, and bound, that same day, for hubs in Memphis, Newark, and Los Angeles.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Strange world of lost luggage </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/11/22/lost.luggage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/11/22/lost.luggage/index.html</guid><description>It's the moment every air passenger dreads: standing alone at an empty carousel with the growing realization that their bag has gone missing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gasoline prices fall</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/06/news/economy/lundberg_survey/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/06/news/economy/lundberg_survey/index.htm</guid><description>Prices at the pump fell 23 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 03:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sled dogs train, perform like top athletes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/15/sled.dogs/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/15/sled.dogs/index.html</guid><description>The Iditarod's sled dogs are some of the finest-tuned athletes in the world.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices climb</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/06/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/06/news/economy/gas_prices/index.htm</guid><description>Gas prices rose more than 6 cents over the past two weeks to a nationwide average of $1.91 per gallon of self-serve regular, according to a new survey out Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Extreme holiday happiness</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/12/03/holiday.happiness/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/12/03/holiday.happiness/index.html</guid><description>OK -- You've finished your holiday shopping before Halloween, you've repeatedly listened to Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song" to the point it's not that funny anymore and you're starting to eat candy canes for dinner. There are only a few more weeks to indulge your thirst for holiday cheer. What do you do?</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why FedEx Is Flying High igh</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189579/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189579/index.htm</guid><description>If you ever find yourself up in Anchorage, make a right turn off Minnesota Drive onto Northern Lights Boulevard as you leave downtown. The road dips and twists for two miles, skirting Lake Hood and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Audit: Church makes progress fighting sex abuse</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/church.abuse/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/church.abuse/index.html</guid><description>An audit of the Roman Catholic Church's response to the problem of sex abuse by priests indicated solid progress, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>KringleTech Worldwide Restates Earnings Existence of             CEO Still in Doubt as Key Holiday Season Approaches</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/12/01/333264/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/12/01/333264/index.htm</guid><description>GODTHAB, Greenland--KringleTech Worldwide, the North Pole corporation formerly known as St. Nicholas LLC, announced after yesterday's market close that it would restate its financial results for th...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Persuaders It's no picnic moving the merchandise in this tight economy. But we've found five salespeople who, even these day</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/11/01/331633/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2002/11/01/331633/index.htm</guid><description>Economists tell us the only thing keeping the world economy afloat these days is the heroic spending of the American consumer. The average wage-earner's willingness to go ever deeper into debt to o...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Can My 401(k) Account Be Locked Up Due To Fees Owed             By My Ex-Employer?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/04/01/320274/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/04/01/320274/index.htm</guid><description>Q. My employer closed its doors in August, and the company is planning to file for bankruptcy. Not only did I lose my job, but the firm that administers our 401(k) plan refuses to release any funds...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>There's No Place Like Nome Smooth Operators</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317511/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317511/index.htm</guid><description>It was the worst of times, and it's still the worst of times. For the telecom sector, the meltdown has been swift, ruthless, and nearly all-encompassing--with upstart carriers like Winstar and Teli...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FOR THE FILTHY-RICH EXHIBITIONIST</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/09/08/230857/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/09/08/230857/index.htm</guid><description>Cruising through the streets of Manhattan in a $339,000 Bentley Azure convertible, the world's most expensive car for the 1998 model year, you get a little taste of what it's like to be famous. Eve...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WON'T HELP YOUR BANK SHOT, BUT IT SURE LOOKS NICE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/23/219857/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/23/219857/index.htm</guid><description>Unless you're a loan shark, you wouldn't normally associate shooting pool with diamonds, rubies, and six-figure stacks of money. But the traditionally seedy sport has entered the realm of conspicuo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW THE IRS TARGETS YOU If you live in Las Vegas, you're seven times more likely to get audited than in Milwaukee. That's dispar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/08/01/89030/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/08/01/89030/index.htm</guid><description>JOHN DROBISH AND KIM VIELMA ARE about as different as two taxpayers can be. Drobish (shown on the preceding page) is a 66-year-old horse breeder from Lake Forest, Calif. 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ONLY IN AMERICA (Cont'd)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78444/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78444/index.htm</guid><description>ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Morris King, who was 17 and drunk when he ran a red light and killed two women in 1991, is suing the liquor store that sold him the booze. King is serving an eight-year prison ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>IS FEDERAL EXPRESS STOCK ABOUT TO DELIVER?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/23/73444/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/23/73444/index.htm</guid><description>Talk about a bumpy ride. For the past four years stockholders of Federal Express have been rocked by one jolt after another. In 1986 the company lost more than $300 million on its ill-starred facsi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SOME LETTER! </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/07/18/70803/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/07/18/70803/index.htm</guid><description>Sam Krogstad, who operates an Anchorage shipping business, found a postal loophole intended for less weighty items that permitted him to mail cement blocks to a hard-to-reach construction site acro...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Politics of Dogs, A Comma That Counted, Losing a Double-Header, and Other Matters. Only in America (cont'd)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69621/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/12/69621/index.htm</guid><description>When the Crazy Horse saloon in Anchorage, Alaska, kicked out Anthony Tait last year for refusing to take off his official Hell's Angel jacket, . . . Mr. Tait . . . filed a civil rights suit. Last m...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 1987 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some reservations about an alien bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68290/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/11/10/68290/index.htm</guid><description>Nobody knows if Congress's multi-tentacled bill will actually curb illegal immigration, but it will surely confuse and complicate hiring for U.S. companies. Says labor lobbyist Virginia Lamp of the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>