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The largest city in Alaska, Anchorage, has been hit by an earthquake. It had a power of 6.7. The epicenter was 12 kilometers north of Anchorage, at a great depth.

The Scottish Jenny Graham (38) is the first woman to cycle around the world alone in 125 days with all her luggage. She arrived in Berlin on Thursday evening at the Brandenburger Tor, where she had left in the east on 16 June.

An eighteen-year-old miner was killed in a grizzly bear in Alaska. It is the second time this year that someone has been killed by a bear attack in the American state.

An air passenger in the US Anchorage ensured that the FBI had to pull out, by getting out of the clothes on the toilet.

A heavy earthquake with a force of 8.2 took place in Alaska. The epicenter of the quake was located 250 kilometers south of Chiniak, reports the geological research center USGS. A tsunami warning has been issued.

A United Airlines plane had to make a stopover in Anchorage in the US on Thursday night because of a passenger who behaved rather peculiarly. The man smeared poop everywhere. He had also pulled off his t-shirt and tried to put it in a toilet bowl.

The son of former US republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been charged with assault and burglary in his parents' home in Alaska. On Sunday, Track Palin (28) was arrested there during a violent confrontation with his father.

Russian armors were approached this week four days in a row, reaching the coast of the American state of Alaska. The aircraft then flew into the so-called State Security Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Alaska Dispatch News newspaper reported Friday (local time).

The FBI does not mean Esteban Santiago with his shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport had terrorist motives. The research indicates that the 26-year-old Iraq veteran his attack in any case, had planned carefully.

Nautical Experts warn of a second Titanic disaster now huge luxury cruise ships are increasingly venture into the Arctic Ocean. Last summer crossed the luxury ship Crystal Serenity for the first time the dreaded Northwest Passage. In case of emergency there are no harbors and emergency personnel are thousands of kilometers away from a possible crash site, say the experts.

A big downer for Alaska resident Americans. Their annual 'nest egg', halved benefits of an oil fund, this year. Thereby getting the residents of the remote state this year considerably less 'free money': more than a thousand dollars.

Alaska Airlines has suspended flights from the US Portland to Anchorage because a male passenger tried to kiss a sleeping girl. The aircraft made a stopover in Seattle where the 23-year-old man on board was removed and arrested.

A plane crash in Alaska which last month were four deaths, appears to have been caused by a collision with bald eagle.