Palin quit post because of country, family Inquirer | ANCHORAGE -- Sarah Palin, the Republican Party's 2008 vice presidential nominee, said love of her remote state, her country, and family prompted her abrupt resignation this weekend as Alaska governor. | 'Those who know me know this is the right decision and obvious decision,' Palin wrote Saturday ...
Palin links resignation to `higher calling' Philadelphia Daily News | MARK THIESSEN | The Associated Press | JUNEAU, Alaska - Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, citing a "higher calling" with the aim of uniting the country along conservative lines. | A day after surprisi...
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska The Guardian | MARK THIESSEN | Associated Press Writer= JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) â Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn't in the job. | Lawmakers complained she didn't take an interest...
Growing Criticism at Home Took Toll on Palin Wall Street Journal By JIM CARLTON | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- As speculation swirled about Gov. Sarah Palin's reasons for deciding to step down, some Republicans here said she was increasingly troubled by growing criticism in her home state since she returned from her run a...
Sarah Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska, observers say Newsday | Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters before a campaign speech in Clearwater, Fla. (AP File Photo / October 6, 2008) | JUNEAU, Alaska - Ever since returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn't in the job. | Lawma...
Search for man overboard suspended The Examiner Comments ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Map, News) - The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search in Alaska's Aleutian Islands for a man reported overboard from a commercial fishing vessel. | The search for 38-year-old Nhial Opiew was called off early Sunday. |...
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska The Examiner Comments JUNEAU, Alaska (Map, News) - Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn't in the job. | Lawmakers complained she didn't take an interest in the state's politics, and sh...
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska Kansas City Star Joe Burbank, Pool, File FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blows a kiss to supporters after speaking at a rally at the Silver Spurs Arena, in Kissimmee, Fla. A day after abruptly an...
Observers: Palin Resignation Cuts Losses in Alaska The New York Times | Filed at 8:28 p.m. ET | JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn't in the job. | Lawmakers complained she didn't take an interest in the state's polit...
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska The Press Democrat | Lawmakers complained she didn't take an interest in the state's politics, and she limited her access to Alaska's media. One lawmaker quipped after her state of the state address in January that the only person in the legislative chamber she made ey...
Observers: Palin resignation cuts losses in Alaska Seattle Times JUNEAU, Alaska - | Ever since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail, many Alaskans felt her heart wasn't in the job. | Lawmakers complained she didn't take an interest in the state's politics, and she limited her acces...
Black Boxes Are Detected From Yemeni Jet The New York Times | PARIS - France announced on Sunday that search teams had detected the acoustic beacons from the two flight recorders of a Yemeni jet that crashed last week in the Indian Ocean. | The French Office of Investigations and Analyses said the signals were located Sunday morning by a submarine and were confirmed to be coming from the "black box" recorde...
Extramarital shenanigans give U.S. politics a soap opera flourish Canoe By Lee-Anne Goodman, THE CANADIAN PRESS | South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mary Ann Chastain | WASHINGTON - Sordid stories that seem plucked from the afternoon soap operas have been dominating the U.S. political lands...