Have fun with this photo. It comes courtesy of Al Grillo / The Associated Press.
A few starters…

I was this close to being a heartbeat away.
I’m only a half crook!
Whoever put this big fuzzy thing here is gonna pay!

Several cruise lines have gotten in the habit of taking their wastewater out to federal waters rather than risk violating strict state limits on pollutants.

Eleven middle schoolers tested their speed and maneuverability in a Juneau pool Friday – but it wasn’t a swimming competition.

ANCHORAGE – Alaska’s new governor, Sean Parnell, says he’ll push many of Sarah Palin’s higher profile initiatives, such as the natural gas pipeline.

FAIRBANKS – Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation she would seek a 2012 presidential bid.

FAIRBANKS – Drillers punching 11,000 feet beneath Nenana Basin could strike it rich with a natural gas find of 2 billion cubic feet – or they could find a dry hole.

Three chickens were reportedly shot and killed with a BB gun in the back yard of a house on O’day Drive.

Doug Hauge drove a restored Model T from New York to Seattle to commemorate the 100th anniversary of a cross-country endurance road race – and then kept going.

ANCHORAGE – An 11-year-old Anchorage boy has died in a traffic crash on the Seward Highway.

ANCHORAGE – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a crewmember who fell overboard from a British flagged boat headed to South Korea.