A Carson City barber and amateur painter has taken his rejected portrait of Nevada's outgoing governor and photographed it above capitol urinals in across 48 states. Adam Baker, 42, had felt indignant that an out-of-state artist was selected to paint Gov. Kenny Guinn's official portrait.

An Alaska woman who died earlier this month won reelection to a rural school board when her opponent called "heads" on a coin toss that landed on "tails" last week. The coin toss broke the electoral tie between the two candidates, with the deceased woman as the victor, Alaska officials report. Katherine Dunton died of cancer on October 3, the day of the local election. She and her opponent, Dona Highstone ran neck and neck and the election tie had to be broken by a democratic coin toss.

Arizona received some bad news when the smart state ranking was released on Tuesday. The state ranked 50 for the second year in a row. Arizona was preceded by Nevada, Mississippi, California and Alaska. At the top was Vermont in the number one spot, followed by Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maine.

Two months after their daughter's ashes were stolen during a burglary in their home, an Alaska family has the ashes back. Leo and Fredi Brown's home was broken into in late June and the burglar stole guns, jewelry, and the ashes, which were in an urn in a red, velvet bag.

Shots were fired after an argument heated up during a flag football game in Anchorage, Alaska. As the shots were being fired, other players and spectators began scrambling for the exits, even climbing a chain link fence to get out of the open-air Anchorage Football Stadium.