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This just in: Jill Burke at KTUU, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage, confirmed that GOP VP Sarah Palin was a sports intern with the station. A...
August 29, 2008

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This just in: Jill Burke at KTUU, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage, confirmed that GOP VP Sarah Palin was a sports intern with the station.

A background in journalism bodes well for vice presidential candidates: Al Gore was, among other things, an investigative reporter for The Tennessean.

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Katia Bachko is on staff at The New Yorker.

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