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Palin asks state board to take over trooper probe

Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin has asked Alaska's Personnel Board to take over an investigation -- currently being handled by the state Legislature -- into her July firing of the state's public safety commissioner, her lawyer said Wednesday. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=aOaeyr"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=aOaeyr" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=C6yR9L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=C6yR9L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=MVdlxL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=MVdlxL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8QtQtl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=8QtQtl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lbHR6L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=lbHR6L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p791bl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=p791bl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/382639387" height="1" width="1"/>