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Palin completey changes the complexion of the election, and helps establish a narrative of two mavericks, one too old and one too young, waging an underdog quest against Battlestar Barack. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old with five children, a captivating TV-mom look and a brief and but weighty background as a reformer governor, could vault from relative national obscurity to star in a game-turning role as John McCain’s running mate. In fact, of all the candidates under consideration to ride shotgun with the Arizona senator, Palin brings the most to McCain. The Republican Alaska governor should be his choice....

MONTAGUE - A convicted killer received a second life sentence Wednesday, this time for stealing a getaway car after he and three other inmates broke out of the Montague County Jail. Charles William Jordan, 31, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery for overpowering a jailer and stealing her vehicle in the Jan. 28 jailbreak that triggered a 10-day nationwide manhunt. He had been sentenced Friday to life behind bars after pleading guilty to capital murder in the Nov. 23 death of Ullain Christmas, 79, whose rings were stolen. Her husband, James, 76, was shot, and their bodies were found in a...