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Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant

Headline from Local News 8

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Voting starts in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Starting Wednesday viewers were able to pick their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.

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23 articles, oldest first.

  1. Local News 8

    Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Voting starts in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. Starting Wednesday viewers were able to pick their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.

  2. The Guardian

    Alaska’s Fat Bear Week begins late after contestant killed by another bear (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Voting opens in 10th annual contest after Bear 402 was killed by a male bear on Monday in Katmai national park

  3. ABC 7 New York

    Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after female bear killed in attack (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest in Alaska, with viewers picking their favorite bear fattened up to survive the winter.

  4. CNN

    Deadly attack shakes up bracket reveal for 2024 Fat Bear contest (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The contestants for 2024’s Fat Bear Week contest were revealed Tuesday night, but only after a deadly bear-on-bear attack at Alaska’s Katmai National Park on Monday delayed the announcement.

  5. Green Field Reporter

    Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.

  6. Forbes

    Fat Bear Week Contestants Revealed In Wake Of Bear-On-Bear Tragedy (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Fat Bear Week bracket reveal was delayed by a day after bear fans witnessed the livestreamed death of a bear at Katmai National Park in Alaska.

  7. Newsweek

    Fat Bear Week underway after contestant's death delayed contest (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Voting for Alaska's Fat Bear Week began on Wednesday after the contest was delayed by a bear death on Monday.

  8. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest begins after attack kills 'anticipated' contestant (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Voting starts Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Katmai National Park and Preserve, delayed by one day after a bear's death.

  9. Washington Times

    Fat Bear Week contest delayed after male bear kills female bear (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Fat Bear Week, a competition held each year by Explore.org and Katmai National Park in Alaska, was postponed after a male bear killed a female bear.

  10. NBC News

    Voting begins for Alaska's Fat Bear Week after a contestant was killed in an attack (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Voting in Katmai National Park's famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year's competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day.

  11. The Boston Globe

    Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after attack kills contestant (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    One anticipated participant, a female known as Bear 402, was killed by a male bear during a fight on Monday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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