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Palin revisits Florida town that welcomed her in 2008...News JOE BURBANK / Orlando Sentinel via The Associated Press Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reacts to cheering fans as she arrives at a bookstore in The Villages, Fla. Tuesday. Palin was at the store as a part of her nationwide tour to... In this article: Sarah Palin, Florida, Alaska, John McCain, Political science, and Richfield Springs, N.Y. |
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Palin's book tour comes to Virginia
Palin's book tour comes to Virginia Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will travel to Virginia this weekend for the seventh stop of her national tour to promote her book, Going Rogue: An American Life. Palin, the 2008 vice presidential...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Virginia, The Roanoke Times, Barnes & Noble, and Michigan
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Palin arrives at Fort Bragg to a crowd of hundreds
...information. AP's earlier story is below. FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin promises to limit her enthusiasm during her visit to North Carolina's Fort Bragg. The former Republican vice presidential candidate planned to...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Barack Obama, and Wtvd-tv
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Fox News Entertainment | 14 hours ago
Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue' Outsells Hillary Clinton's Memoir in First Week
...-- including 300,000 on the first day alone. Palin, a less-than-one-term Alaska governor, has even outstripped initial sales of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's memoir, "Living History." The former first lady moved 600,000 copies of...
In this article: Sarah Palin, HarperCollins, Amazon.com, Hillary Clinton, Publisher's Weekly, National Review, My Life, and Living History
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Charlotte Observer | 1 day ago
Matters of faith, politics on table as Palin visits Graham
...and billy. JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg| 210 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin brought son Trig along for her visit with Billy Graham at his Montreat home Sunday.
In this article: Billy Graham, Sarah Palin, Franklin Graham, Barack Obama, Republican Party, God, Asheville, Samaritan's Purse, and Richard Nixon
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Orlando Sentinel | 17 hours ago
Sarah Palin heads to The Villages, Orlando today
...a.m. EST, November 24, 2009 Hundreds of people were lined up outside the Barnes & Noble book store on Colonial Boulevard today to buy books and get autographs from former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. The queue wound around the...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Orlando, and Barnes & Noble
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Detroit News | 2 days ago
Laura Berman: Palin wins by quitting while Granholm can't win for trying
...president. In her red blazer and jazzy eyeglasses, Palin clinched the connection between Michigan and Alaska: "the huntin' and the fishin' and the hockey moms and just the hardworking, patriotic Americans," who clamored for her. Even...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Jennifer Granholm, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Individualism, Chase Bank, Barnes & Noble, and Facebook
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Palin stops in Fla. town that feted her in 2008
...stops in Fla. town that feted her in 2008 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. THE VILLAGES, Fla. Sarah Palin, who says the...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Florida, John McCain, Political science, University of South Florida, and Mark Twain
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NBC | 17 hours ago
Hundreds Greet Sarah Palin in Orange Park
...7:00:04 AM Updated: 11/24/2009 11:17:02 AM ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drew hundreds of supporters about as far away from her home state as you can get. During a three-stop swing through Florida, Palin appeared...
In this article: Sarah Palin, John McCain, Orange Park, Florida, All rights reserved, Books-A-Million, First Coast, White House, and Orlando
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Palin dines with Franklin and Billy Graham
...Blume, a spokesman for Franklin Graham. Former Alaska Gov. Palin, who was the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, was met at the Asheville airport by Franklin Graham Sunday afternoon. Then, after meeting with some fans, Palin...
In this article: Franklin Graham, Sarah Palin, Billy Graham, Asheville, Samaritan's Purse, and Richard Nixon
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Alaska (/əˈlæskə/) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S.
The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed". It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.
- Name:
- Alaska
- Also Known As:
- "Land of the Midnight Sun"
- The Last Frontier
- Capital:
- Juneau
- Motto:
- North to the Future
- Largest City:
- Anchorage
- Governor:
- Sean Parnell (R)
- Lieutenant Governor:
- Craig Campbell (R)
- Total Area:
- 1,717,854
- Area of Land:
- 571,951
- Area of Inland Water:
- 91,316
- Latitude:
- 51°20'N to 71°50'N
- Longitude:
- 130°W to 172°E
- Elevation Lowest Point:
- 0
- Lowest Point:
- Pacific Ocean
- Elevation highest point:
- 20,320
- Highest Point:
- Mount McKinley
- Admittance Date:
- January 03, 1959
- State Song:
- Alaska's Flag
- Flower:
- Forget-me-not
- Time Zone:
- Aleutian: UTC-10/DST-9
- Demonym:
- Alaskan
- Median Income:
- US$64,333
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