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Palin_bio_080829[i-1].body = "<b> Alaska Gov. Sarah Heath Palin </b><p><br>Age: 44<br>Born: Feb. 11, 1964; Sandpoint, Idaho<br>Family: Husband, Todd; five children<br>Education: University of Idaho, degree in communications and journalism, 1987<p><p>Palin will be the Republican Party's first woman vice presidential candidate and the first Alaskan to appear on a national ticket.<br>";

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Palin_bio_080829[i-1].body = "Palin's husband Todd, left, is a lifelong Alaskan, a North Slope oil field worker and a four-time champion of the Iron Dog snow-machine race.<p><br>The couple has five children.  Daughters Bristol, right, and Piper, front, stand at Palin's inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska as she became the first female and youngest governor of Alaska. <p><br>Palin also has a daughter, Willow, and two sons, Track and Trig.  Track joined the military on Sept. 11, 2007.  Trig is Palin's youngest child and was born with Down syndrome.";

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Palin_bio_080829[i-1].body = "Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as mayor of Wasilla City. <br>  <p>She lost a bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002 and was then appointed chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission.<p><br>In 2006, Palin beat incumbent Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski in the party's primary, despite having become a party outsider after she participated in an ethics probe of the state Republican Party's chairman.<p><br>Prior to entering politics, Palin worked as a sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations.  From 1994 to 1997, Palin and her husband owned a snowmobile, watercraft and ATV business.<p>";

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Palin_bio_080829[i-1].body = "<b> Ethics probe </b><br>As chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Palin played a role in an ethics probe into Republican Party Chairman Randy Reudrich, who was questioned about conflicts of interest with the oil industry. R uedrich ultimately resigned from the commission.  Palin's role left her a party outsider.<p><br><b> Firing controversy </b><br>In late July, the Alaska Legislature voted to hire an independent investigator to find out whether Palin tried to have a state official fire her ex-brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper.<p><br><b> Natural gas pipeline </b><br>On Aug. 1, the Alaska Legislature authorized Palin to award a license to TransCanada Alaska to build a 1,715-mile natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska&#146;s North Slope to a hub in Canada. <p><p>";

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