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• Palin under ethics investigations in Alaska
The investigations are reviewing the same accusation: that she dismissed the state’s top law enforcement official because of his refusal to fire a state trooper in a dispute that predated her election in 2006.
• Palin candidacy raises eyebrows in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's reputation as a crusading reformer after pushing through higher taxes on oil companies has been tarnished by revelations that members of her staff tried to have her former brother-in-law fired from his ...
• Judge's goof could mean prison for ex-soldier
District Judge William Steele didn't want to order Lett to serve time at all, but he thought the law required it. Steele noted at the sentencing Lett had led "an exemplary life up until the time of the offenses and even after," when Lett re-enlisted ...
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But older associations aren't immune, especially if they haven't set aside reserves, budgeted for bad debts or kept up with common-area maintenance, according to David Swedelson, a partner at Swedelson & Gottlieb, a law firm that represents community ...
• 6-year-old girl finds abandoned baby
The state's Abandoned Infant Protection law allows parents unable to care for their newborns to leave them, no questions asked, with a responsible person at a hospital, police station or fire station.