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Sarah Palin's Going Rogue going great guns at the tills

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Alison Flood - Nov. 23 (Other) - Former vice-presidential candidate?s memoir racks up 300,000 sales on its first day in shops Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, has become one of the bestselling non-fiction books in history after it sold 300,000 copies in its first day on sale. Palin's publisher HarperCollins told American press that Going Rogue has proved so popular it has been forced to print an extra 300,000 books after an initial print run of 1.5m, with about 300,000 sold on 17 November – its day of publication – alone. Going Rogue is currently sitting at the top of Amazon.com?s bestseller list, ahead of Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown and Stephen King. Palin's first-day sales are behind Bill Clinton?s, whose 2004 memoir My Life sold 400,000 in its first 24 hours, but ahead of Hillary Clinton's, whose autobiography Living History broke records when it was published in 2003, selling 200,000 copies on publication day. The figures are nonetheless a long way behind fiction sales

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AP First to Fact-Check Sarah Palin Book--Finds That She Goes 'Adrift'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 13 (News Report) - WASHINGTON Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the

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AKMuckraker: The Real Story of the "Rogue" in Sarah Palin's New Book Title.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By AKMuckraker - Sep. 29 (News Analysis) - "Going Rogue," is the title of Sarah Palin's soon-to-be released memoir. It's cute, it's catchy and it will sell some books. The 400-page tome will hit the shelves on November 17th, with a massive first printing of 1.5 million copies. And each one of those book jackets is another jab at two of the many casualties of the Palin administration in Alaska...But those of us who live in Alaska, and who have been following this story from the beginning, know the real root of that phrase, and will understand the ugly irony of Palin's title. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/the-real-story-of-the-rog_b_302369.html

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Business owners, fishermen want better health coverage

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

thecordovatimes.com - By Dimitra Lavrakas - Aug. 14 (News Report) - Mark Vinsel, executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska, says 32 percent of fishermen in Alaska are not covered by health insurance. Alaska small-business owners and representatives of fishing organizations expressed support of a new approach to health insurance on Aug. 6 in a telephone conference held by Small Business Majority, a national small-business advocacy organization that focuses on health care reform. They also spoke to their concerns of what may happen if health insurance reform is not dealt with in the near future.

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Sarah Palin falsely claims Barack Obama runs a 'death panel'

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

PolitiFact - Aug. 11 (News Analysis) - We have read all 1,000-plus pages of the Democratic bill and examined versions in various committees. There is no panel in any version of the health care bills in Congress that judges a person's "level of productivity in society" to determine whether they are "worthy" of health care.

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Palin Paints Picture of 'Obama Death Panel' Giving Thumbs Down to Trig

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Jake Tapper - Aug. 10 (News Analysis) - When we last heard from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin she was -- not without some justification -- beseeching some members of the media to "quit making things up." But in a post on her Facebook page today, the 2008 vice presidential nominee seemed to take some liberties of her own.

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Exiting the Sarahsphere

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Daniel Libit - Jul. 24 (News Analysis) - With Sarah Palin’s tenure as governor of Alaska coming to a self-determined close, there’s one group facing some major change: the bloggers. Palin — the object of their attention for the past 11 months, the person who gave them unfathomable readerships and platforms — is departing the local Alaska scene. And the occasion will be marked by many.

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Ethics investigator rules against Palin: Gov. Sarah Palin

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Anchorage Daily News - By Rachel D'oro - Jul. 21 (News Report) - An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by trading on her position in seeking money for legal fees, in the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this week

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The Most Important Number in Politics Today

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Chris Cillizza - Jul. 16 (News Analysis) - 33 -- That's the percentage of Republicans who said that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the ability to be an "effective" president in a new CBS News survey in the field earlier this month.

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Sarah Palin's Constitutional Train Wreck

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Shannyn Moore - Jul. 13 (News Analysis) - When Senator Bill Wielechowski came on my radio program this week, he dropped a bomb I wasn't ready for; in order for Alaska to avoid...

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Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Mark Z. Barabak - Jul. 13 (News Report) - Since announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." And those were fellow Republicans talking.

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Retracing Palin’s Long March to a Short-Notice Resignation

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jim Rutenberg, Serge F. Kovaleski - Jul. 12 (News Report) - Interviews show that a seemingly relentless string of professional and personal troubles lead to Sarah Palin’s surprise resignation as governor of Alaska. In late March, a senior official from the Republican Governors Association headed for Alaska on a secret mission. Sarah Palin was beset by such political and personal turmoil that some powerful supporters determined an intervention was needed to pull her governorship, and her national future, back from the brink. The official, the association’s executive director, Nick Ayers, arrived with a memorandum containing firm counsel, according to several people who know its details: Make a long-term schedule and stick to it, have staff members set aside ample and inviolable family time to replenish your spirits, and build a coherent home-state agenda that creates jobs and ensures re-election.

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Palin plans to stay in politics

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Times - By Ralph Z. Hallow - Jul. 12 (News Report) - Brushing aside the criticisms of pundits and politicos, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she plans to jump immediately back into the national political fray — stumping for conservative issues and even Democrats — after she prematurely vacates her elected post at month's end. The former Republican vice-presidential nominee and heroine to much of the GOP's base said in an interview she views the electorate as embattled and fatigued by nonstop partisanship, and she is eager to campaign for Republicans, independents and even Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and "energy independence."

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August 2009: Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Vanity Fair - Jul. 07 (News Report) - The pattern is inescapable: she takes disagreements personally, and swiftly deals vengeance on enemies, real or perceived. Illustration by Risko. The crowds begin streaming into the Evansville Auditorium and Convention Centre a couple of hours before

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Palin attorney blasts investigation rumors: Gov. Sarah Palin

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Anchorage Daily News - By SEAN COCKERHAM scockerham@adn.com - Jul. 04 (News Report) - Gov. Sarah Palin's personal attorney issued a statement Saturday denouncing rumors that Palin resigned because she is under criminal investigation and threatening legal action for publishing "defamatory" material about the governor.

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Sarah Palin Resigning as Alaska's Governor

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Shannyn Moore - Jul. 03 (News Report) - After Sarah Palin's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week she has announced she will be stepping down in a few weeks. In a press conference call this morning, Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will not run for re-election and is stepping down as governor. She had a brief statement. She took no questions. Her commissioners and Lt. Governor were with her at her home. Palin did not relinquished the reigns of the state to the Lt. Governor while running for vice president.

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Gingrich urges GOP inclusion at fundraiser

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ben Evans - Jun. 08 (Special Report) - WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be inclusive as the party tries to retake the majority.

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FEC dismisses complaint on Palin's clothes | adn.com

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Anchorage Daily News - May. 20 (News Analysis) - This means that the FEC will allow political parties to buy candidates whatever they want at whatever cost, and that the candidates and their families may keep these purchases. Despite the fact that Governor Palin and the RNC claimed the clothing would be donated to charity, it is not clear this ever happened, and in any event, according to the FEC, the law does not require it.

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White House Correspondents' Dinner: Wanda Sykes Knocks Sarah Palin Over Abstinence

Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - May. 10 (News Report) - Wanda Sykes, the featured entertainer at tonight's White House Correspondents' Dinner, aimed one of her dirtier jokes at Governor Sarah Palin. Sykes noted that Palin had been scheduled to appear but then pulled out at the last minute. Sykes then remarked: "Somebody should tell her that's not really how you practice abstinence."

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Kitchen pest is a hero to scientists meeting in Chicago

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Chicago Tribune - By Robert Mitchum - Mar. 06 (News Report) - With almost a century of fruit-fly research merging with new genetic technologies, the insect is poised to broaden human knowledge of diseases, including cancer and depression, and provide a cost-effective and efficient system for testing promising therapies.

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No Love from Megan McCain for Sarah Palin

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

3BlueDudes - Jan. 13 (News Report) - It seems of all the issues, stories, tales, whatever you one call it, from the 2008 Presidential election, John McCain’s daughter, Megan McCain, doesn’t want to comment on her views on Sarah Palin. Rightfully so. Probably the old adage fits well here, you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything. Unless you are 3BlueDudes.com, of course, because we had plenty of not so nice things to say.

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2010 Midtermer, Palin can beat Murkowski?

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

3BlueDudes - Dec. 22 (News Report) - ALASKA: Tidbit on Sarah Palin’s approval numbers. No word on whether she willseek reelection as Governor or go after current AK Senator Lisa Murkowski (R).

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Palin's Star Dims In Georgia: Networks Barely Cover Speech

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Dec. 01 (News Report) - Palin's role as campaign closer said as much about her political fortunes as it did the national party. Still a veritable star in the GOP ranks, her draw seemed somewhat limited on the stump. While MSNBC carried the roughly 15-minute speech in full, CNN cut out only a few minutes in and FOX News didn't even go to the affair.

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