NATIONAL BRIEFING
Times Wire Reports
A scientist says that a dead beluga whale -- beached along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail off downtown Anchorage on Friday -- was pregnant. The cause of death is under investigation. The beluga population, estimated at 321, is declining.
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