Wasilla, Alaska
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Maureen Dowd: Palin’s just your everyday, ordinary American rogue...American that, when she went into labor with Willow on the Fourth of July while kayaking on Memory Lake in Wasilla, Alaska, she writes, "I so wanted a patriotic baby that I paddled as hard as I could to speed up the contractions,... In this article: Sarah Palin, John McCain, Maureen Dowd, Washington, D.C., Katie Couric, Jiffy Pop, and Dolce & Gabbana |
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ABC News | November 17, 2009
Sarah Palin Says Her Life Is Already 'Kind of a Reality Show'
...Nov. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on "20/20". Behind her very public persona, Palin, a self-described "hockey mom" from Wasilla, Alaska, is a mother of five: Track, 20; Bristol, 19; Willow, 15; Piper, 8; and Trig, 1. It was Bristol who, at age 17,...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Bristol, Barbara Walters, Best interests, Good Morning America, GOP, and 20/20
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Contra Costa Times | November 16, 2009
Tony Hicks: Sarah Palin, why have you forsaken the Bay Area?
...Sarah Palin, why have you forsaken the Bay Area? Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made...
In this article: Sarah Palin, California, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Barnes & Noble, Alaska, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Democracy
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Kansas City Star | November 07, 2009
The Buzz No discussion, no debate, no death match
Posted on Sat, Nov. 07, 2009 10:15 PM FILE - In this July 3, 2009 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she will be stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska. Palin hit the vice presidential campaign...
In this article: White House, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Alaska, Bo, Portuguese Water Dog, and Irish Setter
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CNN | October 28, 2009
Analysis: Palin's high-risk, high-reward strategy
...separation from the U.S. and BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. Palin frequently attended and spoke at AIP meetings, and provided behind the scenes support as a Wasilla, Alaska mayor. So it should be no surprise that Palin sides with the...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Republican Party, John McCain, Washington, Barack Obama, and Alaska
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Informed Comment | November 17, 2009
Palin and the Muslim Fundamentalists (Reprint Edn.)
Tolerance and democracy require freedom of speech and the press, but while mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin inquired of the local librarian how to go about banning books that some of her constituents thought contained inappropriate language.
In this article: Sarah Palin, John McCain, Democracy, Hamas, Turkey, Islamic, Climate change, First Amendment, The Origin of the Species, and Saudi Arabia
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Turkeys stay in style at Willard Hotel before presidential pardon
...toured nearby Fort Bragg to promote her memoir, in which she writes "I love meat." Pike expressed familiarity with Palin's record of turkey pardoning, though he called "unfortunate" an episode last Thanksgiving, in which the former...
In this article: Disney, Sarah Palin, Thanksgiving, National Turkey Federation, and White House
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National Public Radio | October 28, 2009
The National Review: Amelia Of Aitchison
...Vt. Navy Cross winner Lance Corporal Brady "Goose" Gustafson of Eagan, Minn. Even Sarah Palin of Sandpoint, Idaho (and Wasilla, Alaska) made the list. When the song says "land of the free and home of the brave," it means people like...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Atchison, St. Thomas Aquinas, Roger Ebert, Kansas, Philosophy, and Academy Award
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Guardian Unlimited | November 16, 2009
She's not retreating, she's reloading
...Michigan; Noblesville, Indiana; and Cincinnati, Ohio. That's a great deal of munitions for someone content to rest on her laurels at home in Wasilla, Alaska: population 9,000. "I can't wait to see you!" Palin tells her 990,198 Facebook...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Oprah Winfrey, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, White House, God, and Us Weekly
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Independent.ie | October 07, 2009
Sarah Palin XBox on eBay for EUR757,000
The XBox was autographed by Palin at a public event in Wasilla, Alaska, on July 24, two days before her surprise announcement that she was stepping down as governor of Alaska, according to the seller David Morrill. Morrill...
In this article: EBay, Sarah Palin, Xbox 360, Alberta, Alaska, Canada, and United States of America
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Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 5,469 at the 2000 census; the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 9,780 in 2007. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 362,340 in 2007.
Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik. Historically entrepreneurial, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. The George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage. Several state and federal agencies have offices in Wasilla, including the Alaska Departments of Environmental Conservation, Labor and Divisions of Public Assistance, Social Services.
Wasilla gained international attention when Sarah Palin, who served as Wasilla's mayor before her election as Governor of Alaska, was chosen by John McCain as his vice-presidential running mate in the 2008 United States presidential election.
Wasilla is named after Chief Wasilla, a local Dena'ina chief.
- Name:
- Wasilla, Alaska
- Type:
- city
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 12.4
- Total Area (km):
- 32.2
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 11.7
- Land Area (km):
- 30.3
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 0.7
- Water Area (km):
- 1.8
- Elevation (ft):
- 341
- Elevation (m):
- 104
- Time Zone:
- Alaska (AKST)
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