Anchorage Daily News Daily Briefing for Saturday, August 20, 2011

news outdoors life entertainment Alaska.com shopping  jobs  cars  homes  rentals  deals help Saturday, August 20, 2011 7:26 am Daily Briefing anchorage |kenai | mat-su |alaska newsreader 53° L:54° | H:64° statewide forecast  PHOTOS: GREEK FESTIVAL 2011 It's time to put your Greek on The 17th annual Greek Festival at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church on O'Malley Road runs through Sunday and features music, dance, food (including traditional desserts), items imported from Greece and church tours. top stories Irksome math program could face changes Superintendent Carol Comeau said Friday she is more open to the  idea of replacing the controversial Everyday Mathematics program  in elementary schools after a critical consultants' report  and the discussions that followed. Teen sees music as means of preserving Native languages State decided to leave punished boy in home alaska Judge drops hindering charge in Fairbanks murder plot case Fairbanks man sentenced for running red light, killing cyclist money Unions join conservationists protesting Canada-US oil line Alaska business people sports South slips past Bartlett Record silver salmon landed in Southeast Alaska life Teen sees music as means of preserving Native languages Alyson McCarty speaks Latin. She knows a little Greek and few words of Spanish.  But when the 14-year-old sings, she sings in her mother's language of Yup'ik. opinion Two easy ACES changes could ensure future oil production I join Alaskans celebrating the recent news that there is expected to be more exploratory  drilling this winter on the North Slope than in decades. outdoors Record silver salmon landed in Southeast Alaska Rising river traps two men retracing 'Into the Wild' trek

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