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BREAKING NEWS - posted @ 9:48AM Friday, September 25, 2008
Palin to return donations from tainted politicians
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - GOP
vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said late Thursday she would
donate to charity more than $1,000 in campaign contributions from two
Alaska politicians who were implicated in a sprawling public corruption
scandal. She's also handing back another $1,000 from the wife of one of the men.
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Palin kept donations from tainted politicians
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -
Sarah Palin felt so strongly about the public corruption indictment of
a Republican state senator this summer that she urged him to resign —
but not strongly enough to return the $1,000 he gave to help elect her
governor.
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Palin tours center dedicated to Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK (AP) -
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Thursday toured the
inside of a visitors center dedicated to those who lost their lives in
the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Palin's preferred probe requires utmost secrecy
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -
Of the two Alaska investigations into abuse-of-power allegations
against Sarah Palin, the governor has chosen to cooperate with just
one: The one that guarantees secrecy, can last for years and which she
could conceivably dismiss.
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PHOTO: Rip-roaring rally ~ times 2
An anti-Palin protestor waves two signs in front of several thousand protestors, both women and men who gathered along 36th Avenue in front of the ZJ Loussac Library in Anchorage Sept. 13.
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Palin visit a boon to AK media
The recent visit by Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the state has not only turned the spotlight on Alaska, but also has boosted the event and media sectors.
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Sarah Palin's visit home brings out friend and foe alike
Fans and foes of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned out by the hundreds in Anchorage Sept. 13 in separate rallies supporting and criticizing the governor and Republican vice presidential candidate on her political positions and readiness for the national post.
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GOP lawmakers sue to stop Palin 'Troopergate' investigation
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Five Republican state lawmakers filed suit Sept. 16 to end the bipartisan investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of the public safety commissioner even though the vice presidential candidate once said she welcomed the probe into allegations of abuse of power.
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GALLERY: Sarah Palin |
| LATE NIGHT COMMENTARY |
David Letterman:
But we're learning more and more about Sarah Palin. Boy, are we! And listen to this. It turns out that she and her entire family once had a chair-throwing brawl on Jerry Springer.
And you've got to love this. Sarah Palin is an avid hunter. A vice president who likes guns -- Well, what could go wrong there? |
Jay Leno:
I guess there are some problems with Palin, though. Have you heard about this "Troopergate" scandal? Palin allegedly ... used her power as governor to pressure officials to fire her former brother-in-law from his state trooper job. Now, maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't that an episode of "Dukes of Hazzard?" |
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Clinton, blindsided, cancels NY event with Palin
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally
next week after organizers blindsided her by inviting Republican vice
presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, aides to the
senator said Tuesday.
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Report: Palin tapped travel allowance at home
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin has charged her state a daily allowance, normally used
for official travel, for more than 300 nights spent at her home, The
Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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No questions, please; Palin sticks to her script
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - John
McCain took a risk in picking little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a
running mate, but now the campaign's playing it safer. She's sticking
to a greatest hits version of her convention speech on the campaign
trail and steering clear of questions until she's comfortable enough
for a hand-picked interviewer later this week.
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Obama puts heat on Palin as she boosts GOP ticket
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.
(AP) - Listening to Barack Obama, it can seem like Republican vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the main person standing between
him and the White House instead of John McCain. Obama
is putting as much heat on Palin as he is on the man at the top of the
GOP ticket, objecting to the Republican Party's portrayal of her as a
reformer who can bring change to Washington.
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Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -
A Republican lawmaker wants the Democrat overseeing an investigation
into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner
removed because he seems intent on damaging her vice presidential
candidacy. |
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McCain says 'it's over' for special interests
CEDARBURG, Wis. (AP) -
John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday cast the new Republican
presidential ticket as a team of determined reformers eager to
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Palin's hometown crowd: "She thumped 'em"
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Scott Myers led the cheering section Wednesday as Sarah Palin, the hometown girl, accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination at the GOP convention.
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Palin mocks Obama; McCain claims nomination
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed her historic spot as the Republican
Party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night, uncorking a smiling,
sarcastic attack on Barack Obama and winning cheers of acceptance and
approval after a tumult-filled first week on the national stage.
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Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United
States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from
God."
In an address last June, the Republican vice presidential
candidate also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a
$30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it "God's will."
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Giuliani: Palin's time as mayor qualifies her
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rudy
Giuliani maintains that Sarah Palin is ready to lead the nation partly
because she has managed a city, an argument that looks like comparing
oranges to a Big Apple.
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Palin introducing herself; GOP blasts questions
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Buffeted by political and personal revelations,
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin presents herself to
the GOP convention Wednesday, even as John McCain’s campaign declared
heatedly it was time to stop questioning her background. McCain was
heading for St. Paul to be nominated in a roaring roll call.
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Palin's husband was member of third party
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, twice registered as a member
of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fierce states' rights group that
wants to turn all federal lands in Alaska back to the state.
Sarah
Palin herself was never a member of the party, according to state
officials.
Questions about a third-party link to John
McCain's new running mate emerged Tuesday as the latest issue facing
the McCain campaign in the midst of the Republican National Convention.
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McCain camp: Questions on Palin's party a 'smear'
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -
John McCain's campaign said Tuesday that rival Barack Obama's campaign
was spreading "smears" about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's past political
affiliations.
Yet, some of Palin's previous political activities are a matter of dispute. At issue are claims by members of the Alaskan Independence Party that
Palin was once associated with it.
The party, some of whose members
have advocated secession from the United States, wants to place all
federal lands in Alaska under state control.
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Updated 10:43 PM ET
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