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By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2008 2:05 PM CDT

(Newser) – A friend of Sarah Palin’s is cashing in on the mania for the candidate with a calendar, the Los Angeles Times reports. Photographer Judy Patrick, who was also Palin’s deputy mayor in Wasilla, Alaska, snapped Palin playing hockey and holding a shotgun. She... Read full story »

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