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Sarah Palin Loses Bid to Disqualify Judge from NY Times Defamation Trial

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost her bid to have the judge who oversaw her unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against the New York Times disqualify himself and order a new trial. The former Alaska governor said in …

Judge Throws Out Palin Defamation Suit But Still Wants Jury to Issue Verdict

A U.S. judge said on Monday he will throw out Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, after concluding that an editorial in the newspaper did not maliciously link the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S. vice …

Jury Deliberates Over Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times

Jurors began considering whether to hold the New York Times liable for defaming Sarah Palin, after her lawyer on Friday accused the newspaper of falsely associating her in a 2017 editorial with a mass murder, a link that a Times …

Sarah Palin’s Positive COVID Test Delays New York Times Defamation Trial

Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor, has tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing a U.S. judge on Monday to delay her defamation trial against The New York Times. Jury selection and opening statements …

Sarah Palin’s Defamation Trial Against New York Times Scheduled to Start

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has spent 4-1/2 years battling the New York Times over an editorial she said falsely linked her to a deadly Arizona mass shooting that left a U.S. congresswoman …

Court Revives Sarah Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times

New York Times Co. must face a defamation lawsuit by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin over an editorial that linked her to the shooting of Arizona lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, a federal appeals court said. The ruling is a win for …

Alaska Attorney General Resigns

Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg’s resignation has brought out in the open what’s been simmering since Gov. Sarah Palin returned from the presidential campaign trail — the lingering hard feelings in the state Capitol. But politicians disagree on the source …

Financial Crisis Dominates European Risk Manager Debates, Conference

One of Pat Oliphant’s more recent editorial cartoons shows presidential candidate John McCain held in the trunk of an enraged elephant labeled “The Economy.” “My friends,” says McCain to a bewildered Barack Obama and Sarah Palin, “kindly pay no attention …

Hawaii Unveils New Emergency Radio System

When the next hurricane or earthquake hits Hawaii, government disaster responders will be able to talk to each other and share data over a robust, digital microwave radio system. Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona and U.S. Coast Guard officials who …

Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators

The insurance commissioner posts in Alaska and Idaho are likely to change, following November’s mid-term elections. In Idaho, U.S. Rep Butch Otter, R, defeated opponent, newspaper publisher Jerry Brady, in the race for governor of the state, as expected. When …