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Reformer Palin Accepted Donations From Indicted Alaska Oil Man

Dani — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:42:40 +0000

In 2001, Sarah Palin drove from her Wasilla home, through the downtown streets of Anchorage, to a large home near the bluffs of muddy Cook Inlet.

Palin offers first television interview to ABC

AP — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:24:15 +0000

Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska.

Lawmaker accused of politicizing Palin probe

AP — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:51:42 +0000

The Alaska lawmaker leading an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin’s dismissal of her public safety commissioner should be removed because he appears to be manipulating the probe to damage her vice presidential candidacy, a Republican...

Alaskans to receive state payouts topping $3,200

AP — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:30:15 +0000

It’s the season for Alaskans to be rewarded just for living here and this year’s take is extra sweet: $3,269, a record share of the state’s oil wealth combined with a special cash payout to help with stratospheric energy...

Alaska's 'first dude' digs into job creation

AP — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:10:21 +0000

Todd Palin _ oil worker, champion snowmobiler, hunter and commercial fisherman _ also has been boning up on mining lately in his role as Alaska’s first spouse.

Palin criticizes Obama again in solo appearance

AP — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:11:14 +0000

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Thursday took an immediate swipe at Democratic nominee Barack Obama in her first solo campaign appearance since joining the GOP ticket. The Alaska governor also issued a fund-raising appeal that blamed the Democratic presidential ticket for spreading “misinformation and flat-out lies” about her family and her.

At convention, it was all love for Palin

AP — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:05:48 +0000

The mounting scrutiny that Sarah Palin has felt since entering the world of presidential politics less than a week ago was not on the floor of the Republican National Convention. For the delegates, its all about love for the Alaska...

Palin has not pushed creation science as governor

AP — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:38:50 +0000

As a candidate for governor, Sarah Palin called for teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools. But after Alaska voters elected her, Palin, now Republican John McCain’s presidential running mate, kept her campaign pledge to not push the idea in the schools.

Palin's husband was member of third party

AP — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:01:16 +0000

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.

McCain says Palin's background thoroughly checked

AP — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:39:41 +0000

Republican John McCain said Tuesday he’s satisfied that Sarah Palin’s background was properly checked out before the Alaska governor joined the Republican ticket. He predicted that public excitement about her candidacy will increase after her address to the GOP convention on Wednesday.