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Pete SlaibyADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Shell Alaska Vice President Pete Slaiby (NGP Photo-l) and North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta (NGP Photo) said they have entered into a multiyear agreement that will incorporate concerns of villages sprinkled along the coasts of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.  The agreement covers five years, with $2 million allocated by Shell for 2010 and 2011.  Itta says the borough has not completed a review of what Shell hopes to do next year — one or two exploratory wells in the Beaufort Sea. But he says those plans are more manageable than what the company had planned several years ago.  Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/10/28/1524476/north-slope-borough-shell-plan.html#ixzz13kxVwNFH

KSKA.  Gubernatorial candidates, Democratic candidate Ethan Berkowitz (NGP Photo) and Republican candidate Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo), met in the KAKM studios as the final part of Alaska Public Broadcasting’s Debate for the State. This was the final debate for both candidates before Nov. 2’s general election.  The first half of the debate focused largely on the candidates’ differing plans for how a natural gas pipeline should be built in the state. The second half carried a wide variety of topics including everything from the candidates favorite gun that they owned to Denali Kid Care and many topics in between.Listen here for the full audio.