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Neeson and Dermot Mulroney (damn good to see him on the screen again, BTW) struggle against the Alaskan elements (read: bloodthirsty wolves) in Joe Carnahan's nature thriller. In theaters January 27.

The oil drilling argument between Alaska Representative Don Young and Rice University Professor Doug Brinkley — ah who cares? The look on that staffer's face is priceless.

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Well isn't this fun news to wake up to. A pipeline in Alaska “ruptured during testing and spilled a mixture of methanol and oily water onto the tundra.” It was apparently a small spill, but come on BP, get it together.

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   Reporters roll a cart across the street with boxes containing thousands of pages of Sarah Palin's emails from her time as Alaska's governor Friday, June 10, 2011 in Juneau, Alaska. The emails released Friday were first requested during the 2008 White House race by citizens and news organizations, including The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brian Wallace) JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)--Alaska officials on Friday released thousands of pages of Sarah Palin's emails, giving a glimpse of her time as governor, her struggles in dealing with gossip about her family and her rise to national prominence as the GOP vice presidential nominee. Reporters and photographers crowded into a small office to pick up the six boxes of emails--24,199 pages and weighing 250 pounds. Some carried the boxes down the stairs and others, wheeling them on dollies, scrambled to be the first ones to reach elevators. Within minutes of the release, Palin tweeted a link to the website for "The Undefeated," a documentary about her time as governor and her entrance onto the national political stage. Her supporters, meanwhile, encouraged everyone to read the messages. "The thousands upon thousands of emails released today show a very engaged Governor Sarah Palin being the CEO of her state," said Tim Crawford, the treasurer of her political action committee, Sarah PAC. "The emails detail a Governor hard at work."

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1. Rhodes - 226 B.C.

   

   Magnitude: 7.2 Death Toll: Numerous Facts: Caused the destruction of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

2. 2. Alexandria, Egypt - 365 A.D.

   

   Magnitude: 8.0 or greater Death Toll: Thousands Facts: Ships in the harbor were flung up to two miles inland during the tsunami and large swaths of the Mediterranean were submerged completely.

3. 3. Syria/Lower Mediterranean - 1201

   

   Magnitude: 7.6 Death Toll: 1.1 million Facts: Death toll includes those who perished in the subsequent tsunamis and those who died over the course of the year from famine caused when the Nile did not overflow that year.

4. 4. Shaanxi, China - Jan. 23, 1556

   

   Magnitude: 7.9 Death Toll: 830,000 Facts: Deadliest earthquake on record. 520 mile-wide area was destroyed, and in some counties 60% of the population was killed. Crevices up to 66 feet deep opened in some places. People affected up 310 miles from epicenter.

5. 5. Sicily - Jan. 11, 1693

   

   Magnitude: Unknown Death Toll: 60,000 Facts: Two-thirds of the town of Catania were killed. The quake was trigged by Mount Etna eruption. Rebuilding efforts referred to as Earthquake Baroque by contemporaries.

6. 6. Lisbon, Portugal - Nov. 1, 1755

   

   Magnitude: 9.0 Death Toll: Between 10,000 & 100,000 Facts: The city Lisbon was almost completely destroyed. Due to the destruction and rebuilding, Portugal was kept out of the colonial race in the New World.

7. 7. New Zealand - Oct. 16, 1848

   

   Magnitude: 7.5 Death Toll: N/A Facts: Shaking continued for two minutes in Wellington and caused massive widespread damage. Earthquake resistant rebuilding lessened the amount of damage and casualties during the Wairarapa earthquake (8.3) that would hit the same area in 1855.

8. 8. San Francisco, CA - April 18, 1906

   

   Magnitude: 7.9 Death Toll: 3,000 Facts: Tremors felt from L.A. to Nevada to Oregon. To this day it is the largest natural disaster in California history. Over 80% of the city was destroyed between the quake and the fires and citizens were still living in makeshift refugee camps up to two years later.

9. 9. Erzincan, Turkey - Dec. 27, 1939

   

   Magnitude: 8.2 Death Toll: Over 32,000 Facts: Damage to the city was beyond repair. Erzincan had to be abandoned and new town created further north.

10. 10. San Juan, Argentina - Jan. 15, 1944

    

    Magnitude: 7.5 Death Toll: 10,000 Facts: Over 90% of buildings destroyed and many left standing had to be condemned and demolished. It was the worst natural disaster in Argentina's history.

11. 11. Alaska - March 27, 1963

    

    Magnitude: 9.2 Death Toll: 131 Facts: Shaking lasted almost four minutes. Most powerful quake in North American history and second largest ever recorded. Caused tsunamis, landslides, huge ground fissures and parts of coastline to shift up to 38 feet vertically.

12. 12. Peru - May 31st, 1970

    

    Magnitude: 7.8 Death Toll: 80,000 and 25,600 missing Facts: Underwater quake off the coast of Casma. Triggered huge avalanche approx. 3000 feet wide and 1 mile long. Affected area larger than the countries of Belgium and the Netherlands combined.

1. "Do you love your freedom?!"

   

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2. "USA! USA!"

   

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3. "Grandmas, college students, moms, dads, kids, veterans, people in business suits--even an aging hippie or two."

   

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4. "...A life-size photo of Levi Johnston's centerfold."

   

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5. "If the main-stream media wasn't busy insinuating that they're all racists and haters..."

   

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6. "...As the producers of American Beauty might put it, give the finger to The Man."

   

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7. "Did you ever wonder where the producers of American Idol come up with the seemingly endless supply of people who can't sing but are deluded enough to get up in front of a national television audience and screech out a song anyway? Many of the contestants' ability (or, more accurately, inability) to carry a tune reminds me uncomfortably of me."

   

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8. "Bristol has boldly and publically acknowledged in ads for the Candie's Foundation that abstinence is the only surefire way of preventing pregnancy."

   

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9. "Given a choice of role models between Bristol and Murphy Brown, I choose Bristol."

   

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10. "She engaged in an uplifting, family-oriented show called Dancing with the Stars..."

    

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11. "(Willow) spent her Sweet Sixteen birthday party putting up fish in Bristol Bay..."

    

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12. "Trig has become an adorable toddler...he rides with us on the four-wheelers..."

    

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13. "Obamacare..."

    

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14. "Invoking the 'the children' is a lot like introducing race into a conversation..."

    

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15. "It's helpful to have a First Dude."

    

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16. "Whether it's work, or school, or sports, or competing in the Iron Dog Snow machine race, it's a family goal."

    

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17. "Preoccupied with the enormous job of being governor..."

    

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18. "At this point I was actually thankful (Track) was in Iraq. If he had been closer to home he would have wanted to clobber his former hockey teammate."

    

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19. "And then I came across something written by an American who knew a little something about adversity: Helen Keller."

    

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20. "I looked at her like she was an idiot, grinning through clenched teeth..."

    

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21. "Your little miracle is just another screaming infant to just about everyone else. The comic geniuses at The Onion captured this paradox hilariously with the faux news article: 'Miracle of Birth Occurs for 83 Billionth Time.'"

    

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22. "No matter how many times the feminist establishment tells (young pro-lifers) to sit down and shut up, they show no signs of doing so. Let the debate over the true meaning of feminism begin."

    

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23. Sarah: "Hey, God, remember you promised you wouldn't give me something I couldn't handle? Well, I don't think I can handle this."

24. God: "Are you going to trust me? Are you going to walk the walk or just talk the talk?"

25. Infant Trig: "See, Mom, God know what he's doing. He gave me to you and you to me and this is going to be a wonderful journey."

    

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26. "What Bristol and I both went through hasn't changed by pro-life view, but it has changed my perspective. I understand much better why a woman might be tempted to take what seems like the easy way out..."

    

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Ted Stevens was killed in a plane crashed in Alaska.

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So there's a huge thing floating of the coast of Alaska and this is what their saying about it: “It's certainly biological.” “It's definitely not an oil product of any kind. It has no characteristics of an oil, or a hazardous substance, for that matter.” Also “someone turned in what was left of a dead goose — just bones and feathers — to the borough's wildlife department.”

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The hilariously named Mount Redoubt volcano erupted multiple times late last night, blowing a plume of smoke and debris 20-50,000 feet into the air.

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