BREAKING NEWS: PALIN ABUSED POWER IN FIRING COMMISSIONER SAYS BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE

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REPORT RELEASED

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska lawmakers have unanimously voted to release a politically charged ethics report into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her state public safety commissioner.

The legislative panel met for six hours before making the decision. The vote was 12-0 to release the report, except for certain parts they consider confidential.

Alaska lawmakers on Friday began reviewing the lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her authority as governor.

The first-term Alaska governor has been accused of firing a state commissioner to settle a family dispute. But the report is also expected to touch on whether Palin's husband meddled in state affairs and whether her administration inappropriately accessed employee medical records.

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