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What's the diference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? A tanning bed! Seems Sarah Palin installed a tanning bed in the governor's mansion in 2007. "She did. She paid for it with her own money," Roger Wetherell, chief communications officer of Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told Us Weekly. "It was done shortly after she took office [in early 2007] and moved into the mansion," Wetherell told the Narco News, who first reported the story. According to Wetherell, it was paid for with her own money and purchased used from a health club. Tanning beds can...

McCain's choice for vice president already seems fraught with problems Wednesday, September 03, 2008 The Oregonian I n her first appearance with Republican nominee-to-be John McCain on Friday, Sarah Palin was a fresh and appealing figure. In the three days since, the doubts about her qualifications have grown. Not, it must be stressed, because of her daughter's out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Her children's lives and choices ought to be left out of the political debate. Barack Obama was exactly right when he insisted Monday that her daughter's situation "has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as...