By Mark Thiessen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)- A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the late Sunday shooting in Point Hope, a remote Inupiat whaling community on Alaska’s northwest coast, bordering the Chukchi Sea. The teen, Guy Nashookpuk, made his initial court appearance by telephone Tuesday. He spoke only to say “Yes ma’am” when asked questions by Magistrate Judge Colleen Baxter. He was assigned a public defender, who entered not guilty pleas on his behalf. Baxter

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