Jack White to release Live in Anchorage and Live in Idaho acoustic ... and other top stories.

• Jack White to release Live in Anchorage and Live in Idaho acoustic ...

  In wrapping up his world tour behind Lazaretto, Jack White embarked on an intimate solo acoustic tour performing gigs in rarely visited states like Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska. Tickets to each performance were priced at just $3. Now, for the latest installment of Third Man Records’ subscription program the Vault, recordings of two of these shows will be released for the first time. Live In Idaho captures White’s performance at the Egyptian Theater in Boise, recorded on ribbon microphones. The se..

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• Anchorage plastic surgeon gets 2 years in prison for wire fraud and ...

  

  Anchorage plastic surgeon Dr. Michael D. Brandner has been sentenced to two years in prison for wire fraud and tax evasion. That’s according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska, Karen L. Loeffler, and Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Caroline D. Ciraolo.A federal jury convicted Brandner, 67, in November 2015 of four counts of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion. The charges arose from a scheme to conceal over $5 million of assets in sec..

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• Voice of the fan: University of Alaska-Anchorage women's basketball

  

  Voice of the fan: University of Alaska-Anchorage women's basketballBy J. Besl | Apr 4, 2016Special to espnW.comThe University of Alaska-Anchorage women's basketball team has a fervent fan base in the Last Frontier. With native Alaskans comprising half the roster (including four who played together at the same high school), the team has dominated NCAA Division II despite traveling thousands of miles per road game. In fact, the 38-2 Seawolves were No. 1 in the nation earlier this season, even earn..

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• Alaska Air To Buy Virgin America For $2.6 Billion

  

  A Virgin America plane lands at San Francisco International Airport. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A Virgin America plane lands at San Francisco International Airport. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The parent company of Alaska Airlines has struck a de..

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• Backstreet Boys to try out Vegas residency

  

  (CNN) - Backstreet's back, all right. The all-grown-up boy band is headed to Las Vegas for a trial run of a residency, joining the likes of Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez, who have also mounted productions there. Backstreet member Nick Carter told CNN that new music and a world tour are also happening."We signed a deal with Live Nation to do nine shows just to do a test in the market," he said. "We've always had interest in performing in Vegas."Carter said the shows will be part of 130 the..

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• The role of barrier genes in epidermal malignancy

  

  Cyclin D1 downregulation is important for permanent cell cycle exit and initiation of differentiation induced by anchorage-deprivation in human keratinocytes.

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• UAA mascot ready to show the Spirit

  

  What would a national championship appearance be without Spirit? Not to worry University of Alaska Anchorage fans, the Seawolves will have plenty of it on display today. Spirit the Seawolf, the team mascot, will be at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis when UAA takes on Lubbock Christian for the Women’s Division II national title. We’re not allowed to name the person under the uniform — seriously, it’s a UAA rule, not a James Bond thing. That’s how the athletic department prefers it. So ..

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• F-35 fighter squadrons will head to Eielson in 2020

  

  ANCHORAGE – Two squadrons of F-35 fighter aircrafts are heading to Eielson Air Force Base in Interior Alaska, the military announced Monday in a release. “Alaska combines a strategically important location with a world-class training environment. Basing the F-35s at Eielson AFB will allow the Air Force the capability of using the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) for large force exercises using a multitude of ranges and maneuver areas in Alaska,” said Secretary of the Air Force Debora..

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