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1 Fan pays $63,500 for dinner with Palin Nation and World
Maples says she fully supports the military and the men and women fighting for this nation. Maples, who owns a defense contracting company, also says she's a "big advocate" for Palin, and would love to see her as president.
9/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 Fan pays $63,500 for dinner with Palin Nation and World
Maples says she fully supports the military and the men and women fighting for this nation. Maples, who owns a defense contracting company, also says she's a "big advocate" for Palin, and would love to see her as president.
9/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Palin says Obama's health care plan is 'evil' Nation and World
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called President Barack Obama's health plan "downright evil" Friday in her first online comments since leaving office, saying in a Facebook posting that he would create a "death panel" that would deny care to the neediest Americans.
8/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 Arlington woman confirmed dead after missing from cruise ship Travel and Recreation
ANCHORAGE — Alaska authorities confirmed Tuesday that a body found in the icy waters just off Douglas Island was that of Amber Malkuch, 45, of Arlington. Malkuch was traveling on a seven-day Alaska cruise on the Holland America ship Zaandam, which left Seattle on Friday.
8/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Cruise line calls missing Alaska passenger suicide Nation and World
Alaska authorities conducted interviews and reviewed security camera footage Tuesday aboard a cruise ship after the body of a passenger turned up in the icy waters off an island near the capital.
8/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 Cruise line calls missing Alaska passenger suicide Local News
Alaska authorities conducted interviews and reviewed security camera footage Tuesday aboard a cruise ship after the body of a passenger turned up in the icy waters off an island near the capital.
8/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Cruise line calls Washington woman's death a suicide Local News
"Based on evidence and information to date, it does not appear to be foul play," spokeswoman Sally Andrews said from Seattle. "From what we have seen to date, it appears to be a suicide.
8/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Alaska's new governor shares Palin's values Politics
But he also noted their personalities are different - a fact that hasn't been lost on the people who deal the most with the governor's office. State lawmakers are looking for a better relationship after a rocky few months with Palin since she returned from the 2008 presidential campaign.
7/26/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 Alaska lawmakers call special session for Aug. 10 Nation and World
The Alaska Legislature has called itself into a special session to consider overriding Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of federal stimulus funds for energy-related projects. Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said the one-day session will be held Aug.
7/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 Alaska lawmakers call special session for Aug. 10 Nation and World
The Alaska Legislature will meet in a special session to consider overriding Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of federal stimulus funds for energy-related projects. Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, says the one-day session will be held in Anchorage on Aug. 10.
7/15/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 Palin lawyer: Don't blame legal woes Politics
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Sarah Palin spent Monday fishing with her family and away from the spotlight as her lawyer insisted that legal troubles did not drive her to announce her stunning resignation over the holiday weekend.
7/7/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 Alaska observers say Palin had gone fishin' on job Nation and World
As surprised fans and critics of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin traded guesses behind her decision to resign more than a year before her term ends, the former vice presidential candidate offered few hints at her political future, except to say she'd gone fishing.
7/6/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Palin takes to Web for hints of political future Politics
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.
7/5/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' and blasts media in Facebook posting Politics
JUNEAU, Alaska — Departing 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.
7/4/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 In the end, Palin will OK most of stimulus Politics
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will sign bills accepting most of the federal stimulus funds available to the state, her spokeswoman said Tuesday. Palin initially said she would accept only about two-thirds of the $930 million available to Alaska.
4/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Aide says Palin will OK most stimulus funds Nation and World
Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said the governor changed her mind after the public weighed in during legislative hearings prior to lawmakers passing bills to seek almost all of the funding.
4/28/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Alaska gets nearly $850,000 Selendang Ayu penalty Local News
The owners and operators of a freighter that sank in the Aleutian Islands five years ago have agreed to pay the state of Alaska nearly $850,000 to settle oil spill, wreck removal and lost fish tax claims, state officials announced Monday. The settlement with Selendang Ayu operator IMC Shipping Co.
4/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Stevens' 2014 filing only procedural, aide says Nation and World
Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has filed a statement of candidacy for the 2014 election, but an aide cautions against reading too much into the move. Campaign treasurer Tim McKeever says the filing does not mean Stevens has decided to seek re-election.
4/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 Texan's Palin defense fund isn't legal, PAC says Nation and World
A man has established a Web site soliciting donations for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to pay more than $500,000 in legal fees, but a spokeswoman for her political action committee says she can't accept the money.
4/8/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 State, feds file civil suits over BP oil spills Business
Separate state and federal civil lawsuits were filed Tuesday against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. over two spills at the nation's largest oil field in 2006.
4/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results