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Chavez's free heating oil program in Alaska on hold (Anchorage Daily News)
The program that gives roughly two months of free heating oil to families in rural Alaska each year is on hold, and non-profits say they don't know how long the freeze will last. Over the past two years, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez gave village families more than $16 million worth of heating fuel through his country's government-owned oil company, Citgo Petroleum.
Allstate gets OK to hike homeowner insurance 6.9% in California (Los Angeles Times)
The state Insurance Department cites increased losses in approving the change. INSURANCE
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Alaska in deeper-than-usual freeze (UPI)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Sprint races for the U.S. Cross Country Ski championships were canceled for a second day as temperatures in Alaska reached 65 degrees below zero.
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