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Iditarod 2011 Sled Dog Race: 5 Facts Non-Mushers Need to Know

Erik Hill, The Anchorage Daily News / AP

Iditarod 39 officially left the chute this morning in Anchorage, Alaska. The approximately 1,150-mile sled dog race, held the first Saturday in March, pits man and man's best friend -- make that friends -- against nature in a cross-country trek to the finish line in Nome. Erik Hill, The Anchorage Daily News /...

Shailey Tripp, Todd Palin, the National Enquirer and a Journalistic Conundrum

Have you heard the news reports? Todd Palin, the husband of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is said to have been caught having an affair with Shailey Tripp, a 36-year-old massage therapist turned prostitution house madam. The problem with the allegations? They come to the world via the National Enquirer. Yes, that would...

In New Reality Show, Sarah Palin Complains About Lack of Privacy

(Nov. 4) -- It has been said that good fences make good neighbors, but what about reality television show crews? In the opening minutes of her new reality show, Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, take TLC crews for "Sarah Palin's Alaska" inside their Wasilla home, where they complain about how a new neighbor has infringed...

Levi Johnston's Platform: 'I Couldn't Tell You'

(Oct. 19) -- Levi Johnston made his campaign platform public for the first time on Monday during an appearance on ABC's "The View." It's impressive in its brevity, more so than its content. "What can you do that no one else can do? Why should they vote for you?" Whoopi Goldberg asked during an interview with the former...

Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity' Is Coming to a Town Near You

(Oct. 12) -- They're not mad as hell, and they plan to politely let you know about it at even-tempered gatherings across the country. As the official date, Oct. 30, for Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" approaches, plans for dozens of independent satellite events are springing up around the nation for people who...

Background on Wasilla

Wasilla is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state.

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