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Where Is Sarah Palin's Hometown?

So. Sarah Palin. She's Alaska's 11th governor--it's only been a state since 1959!--and before that she was the mayor of the town of Wasilla. But where the heck is Wasilla?

It's about 40 miles north of Anchorage, and it's an 80-mile drive to get to Ted Stevens' house in Girdwood. To get to Alaska's capital of Juneau, it's 568 miles as the crow flies; if Palin is headed to One Observatory Circle this January, it's gonna be one hell of a red-eye: Washington, DC is 3,351 miles from Wasilla.

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Possible Presidents Travel: Denver and Disappearance

Hey, anyone know where John McCain is? The presumptive Republican nominee's website is plugging next week's pre-convention rallies in Dayton, Ohio and Washington, Pennsylvania, billed as "Road to the Convention." Of course, driving from Ohio to Pennsylvania isn't really on the road to Minneapolis, but the Straight Talk Express doesn't always have to travel in a straight line.

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Political Celeb Travel: First-Class to Denver for the DNC

The Democratic National Convention will be held August 25-28, and we bet a lot of people would love to be there whether they support presumptive nominee Barack Obama or not. And stars are no exception: Gossips are predicting an unprecedented level of celeb sightings next week in Denver.

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2008 Candidates Travel: Biking at the Convos

John McCain and Barack Obama may be sparring over the best ways for America to burn even more fossil fuels, but come convention time--August 25-28 for Dems and September 1-4 for the GOP--bike sharing will be the way to go thanks to the Freewheelin program.

Sponsored by the healthcare company Humana and the non-profit group Bikes Belong, Freewheelin is a free cycle sharing scheme that will both provide transportation during the events and introduce policy makers and journalists to the idea of public bikes. Each city will have about eight locations for 1,000 bikes, and they'll be available from roughly 7 am to 7 pm. (Just a couple weeks out, the exact details are still a little sketchy.)

You'll need to register for the program before you get to town; you can do that here.

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