Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will be stepping down from her post as the state's highest-ranking official on July 26 and will not seek re-election to a second term in 2010. In a press conference held in her Wasilla, Alaska, hometown Friday, Palin -- who has 18 months left in her first term of office -- did not directly discuss why she would be stepping down, though political insiders speculate she is shifting her focus onto a 2012 bid for president. See the day's top celeb news...

Palin Ethics Complaints' Cost Factor In Her Resigning: Lt. Governor
WASHINGTON — The official in line to be Alaska governor when Sarah Palin resigns this month says she talked to him about the toll that ethics investigations has taken on her. Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell says Palin cited the millions of dollars being spent to deal with document requests and other matters. All but two of the 15 ethics complaints filed against Palin have been dismissed with no findings of wrongdoing Palin was the Republican vice presidential nominee last fall. She announced...

FOX 411: Madonna Wails on Sarah Palin
Madonna takes shots at Sarah Palin in final show of "Sweet and Sticky Tour" at Madison Square Garden last night.

Palin to appear on SNL
The Alaskan governor and vice-presidential candidate is set to appear on “Saturday Night Live” Oct. 25, according to Cindy Adams at The New York Post. Palin will appear alongside “Mad Men” star and host John Hamm.Time has already been penciled in for rehearsal time the Friday before. Adams claims the beauty queen wants to do it. Fortunately for Palin and unfortunately for the Democratic Party, as long as she has a sense of humor, this appearance will do nothing but good for her. It&

Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory material'
Palin’s attorney threatens to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish “defamatory” stories.

Video: Matalin thinks Palin is “brilliant” for resigning
Video: Matalin thinks Palin is “brilliant” for resigning

Palin fires back at press on Facebook
In the Facebook posting, the governor indicated that she plans to continue to play a role national politics.

Rove Cold On Palin's Move: "It Hurts" Her Chances in 2012
Karl Rove who successfully guided President Bush to the White House twice, was remarkably cold on Sarah Palin's decision to resign as governor of Alaska during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. The former Bush strategist and current Republican commentator argued that it was "not clear" what Palin's strategy was in resigning just two-and-a-half years into office, adding that the move was risky,m left her vulnerable to her critics, and would damage her chances of becoming president. "I think it...

Is Palin Facing Embezzlement Charges?
(MYFOX NATIONAL) - When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday that she would leave office more than a year early, many wondered what she would do and why she was resigning. Now we may have some answers. Reports have surfaced that Palin may have quit her job because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal. The crux of the rumor is that Alaska building company Spenard Building Supplies (SBS) was awarded a contract by Palin to build a hockey arena in...

Sarah Palin's Resignation Stuns Father-In-Law
Jim went fishing and landed his biggest salmon yet -- a-60 lb. King. Then a little after 11 a.m. he got another whopper -- news that his famous daughter-in-law was quitting her job as governor of Alaska . "Wow!" he said after reading the bulletin on his email. "We had no idea it was coming. Nobody seemed to know; they're extremely private people."

Palin Booed Hockey VIDEO!
VIDEO! Watch the Hockey video of Sarah Palin being BOOED! Sarah Palin was booed at the Philadelphia Flyers New York Rangers hockey game. Palin was booed while dropping the first puck for the hockey game. As the Palin booing started, what followed next? Find out here. LALATE2 has up the Palin hockey booed video. Click here to watch the video. See Also: Troopergate Abuse of Power! Palin Abuse of Power! Report Palin Abuse of Power! Sarah Palin as Sarah Palin on SNL! Troopergate Report

Palin Seeks to Regain Control
Why did Sarah Palin step down? Theories abound. But some of the people closest to the Alaska governor say she wanted to regain control of a political script that slipped out of her hands the moment she burst onto the national stage. She also wanted to shield herself and her family from the attack...

BREAKING: SARAH PALIN TO STOP LYING WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER, MAYBE
So here’s the thing: we have the Branchflower report.  The whole world has the Branchflower report.  The findings are spelled out as clear as can be.   How then does Gov. Palin think she can get away with telling straight up lies about what the report actually says?  ABC News: “Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions that Are Flatly False.” At one point this weekend Palin said: “Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing,” Palin said, R

Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' - Yahoo! News
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 surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was still keeping details of her future plans under wrap. But in a statement posted...

Pictures: Sarah Palin New York Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Game First Puck
Sarah Palin, Republican vice-presidential nominee and card-carrying hockey mom, joined fellow hockey mother Cathy O’Connell, New York Rangers assistant captain Scott Gomez, and Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards in dropping the ceremonial first puck at the Rangers vs. the Flyers game in...Full Article @ The PopCrunch Show Comment Share Email Post Your Comment

In photos: 'Sarah Palin Porn Spoof'
We have added a new set of images from the event "Sarah Palin Porn Spoof."

Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says
Reporting from Washington -- A day after Alaska Gov. Sara Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation -- a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges . Despite rumors of a looming controversy after Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no...

NBC Wants You To Know That Sarah Palin Has NOT Been Confirmed For SNL, Gosh Darn It [Maybe They Were Saying Boo-urns?]
The internet went slightly insane last week when it was announced by Cindy Adams of the New York Post that Sarah Palin would

Letterman, On The Other Hand, Is A Go For McCain [Second Chances]
Though SNL is denying reports that Sarah Palin will join the program on October 25, the Associated Press is now reporting that John McCain, who ditched David Letterman to "suspend" his campaign and save America, will have a chance to make up with the Late Show host, who was none too happy with McCain's last-minute withdrawal from the program on September 24. Letterman has spent the better part of the last month ripping on McCain, who has appeared on the show a dozen times over the years. McCain's app

Palin must save her Yahoo mails, says judge
Anchorage (Alaska), Oct.13 (ANI): An Anchorage judge has ordered Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to preserve e-mails from private accounts she has used to conduct state business. Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers on Friday also ordered Alaska's attorney general to recover messages from a Yahoo.com account of Palin's that was breached by hackers last month. That break-in prompted Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign to order closed at least one additional private account Palin maintained. The j

Palin Facebook Message Slams Media, References "Higher Calling"
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 surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was still keeping details of her future plans under wrap. But in a statement posted on...

Palin resignation splits GOP
Skeptics say Palin diminished presidential hopes.

Sarah Palin's Resignation Stuns Father-In-Law
"Wow!" says Jim Palin. "We had no idea it was coming. Nobody seemed to know"

Sarah Palin's Resignation Stuns Father-In-Law
people.com : Jim went fishing and landed his biggest salmon yet -- a-60 lb. King. Then a little after 11 a.m. he got another whopper -- news that his famous daughter-in-law was quitting her job as governor of Alaska. "Wow!" he said after reading the bulletin on his email. "We had no idea it was coming. Nobody seemed to know; they're extremely private people." Read the whole story: people.com

Sarah Palin's Resignation Stuns Father-In-Law
"Wow!" says Jim Palin. "We had no idea it was coming. Nobody seemed to know"