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Palin's mid-term resignation comes with costs

Jul. 24, 2009
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is quitting Sunday to save the state the cost of investigating what she says are frivolous ethics complaints against her, but even her mid-term resignation comes with a price tag for taxpayers. While the final transition bill...
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JUNEAU, Alaska, July 16 (UPI) -- An ethics complaint claiming Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wasted taxpayers' time with media interviews was dismissed within days of being filed, her office says.
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JUNEAU, Alaska, July 9 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration says ethics complaints, lawsuits and records requests have cost the state $1.9 million.
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WASILLA, Alaska, July 8 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin faces a new ethics complaint, this one on claims she filed for staying in her Wasilla home while working in Anchorage, records show.
Palin faced rocky road in gov's office

Palin faced rocky road in gov's office

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 4 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was facing a tough road ahead in serving out her term in office had she chosen to stay on the job, political analysts said.
Alaska gov. candidates await Palin move

Alaska gov. candidates await Palin move

WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Growing speculation that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will not seek reelection in 2010 has other potential candidates eagerly awaiting a decision, observers say.
Dismissed Palin complaints rack up costs

Dismissed Palin complaints rack up costs

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 (UPI) -- The ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are running a tab of nearly "a third of a million dollars," the state's personnel board said.
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Palin skips events due to flooding

WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has canceled plans to attend the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington because of record flooding at home, aides say.

Ethics complaint filed against Palin aides

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Ethics complaints have been filed against two of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's top aides, alleging they used their positions to promote the governor politically.
Palin ethics probe broadened

Palin ethics probe broadened

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Voters elected fresh-faced Republican Sarah Palin Alaska's first female governor in a six-candidate race in Tuesday's midterm election.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler