CNN :: Top Stories

Palin asks state board to take on 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_topstories?a=V8J34q"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=V8J34q" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=2TfDPL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=2TfDPL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=wbdsUL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=wbdsUL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=tokcNl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=tokcNl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=As2Z8L"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=As2Z8L" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QoUYul"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QoUYul" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/382696385" height="1" width="1"/>