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Palin, Alaska grapple with lower crude prices

 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Falling oil prices will take a bite out of Alaska's state budget and put a damper on oil-field investment, Gov. Sarah Palin told a conference of major North Slope oil operators on Wednesday. (link)

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