A Michigan man, 41-year-old Mark Harry Smith, was sentenced on Friday to 126 months, or 10.5 years, in prison for distribution of child pornography according to U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler on Tuesday.
The political impasse over President Barack Obama's health care law continues on Capitol Hill, after Congress missed a midnight deadline to extend federal funding. The Democratically-controlled Senate has rejected a last minute measure by House Republicans, and both sides are blaming the other for shutting down major parts of the U.S. government.
While conducting the 2013 aerial survey taking place this month, NOAA scientists observed thousands of walrus hauling out on a remote barrier island near Point Lay.
As 42-year-old Wasilla resident Jeffery Burwell was taking off from Wasilla on Monday to go on a bear hunting trip in King Salmon when he ran into trouble in his Super Cub PA-18.