Washington, Oct 14 : Former Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan has said that he feels relieved by a legislative report concluding that Governor Sarah Palin abused her authority by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state police officer.

“I’ve never contested my firing. My firing was completely lawful. It wasn’t that I was fired that I asked any questions. It was, what were the reasons for the firing,” Monegan said in a nationally broadcast interview.

“I think that we’re more concerned about our Governor and I think she took a big blow to her credibility and more significantly to her promises of being open and transparent,” he said.

Melbourne, October 14 : While most Aussies believe that U. S. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin can’t run the world''s largest economy, the one thing they would love to see her as, is their barbecue mate.

This suggestion is based on a survey wherein people the former beauty queen was voted a more popular barbecue guest than her running mate John McCain and their Democrat rivals, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

The poll, focused on the upcoming US election, revealed that about 44 per cent of the 2663 people surveyed would love to invite Palin around for a barbecue.

Washington, Oct. 14 : Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin mischaracterization of a report on her abuse of authority while sacking an officer of her government, has not come off well or gone down well with the American public, claims an editorial in the Washington Post.

Her repeated claim that she has "no unlawful or unethical activity on my part" and "no abuse of authority at all in trying to get Officer Wooten fired," is unfortunate says the paper.

“Ms. Palin does not understand -- or chooses not to acknowledge -- the seriousness of the mess she helped create,” it adds.

Kualalumpur, Oct 14 : Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin is doing more than just rocking the political world. She''s is finding her niche in the fashion industry with her glasses.

Thousands of women around the world are rushing to their local optician demanding for a pair of Palin’s Kazuo Kawasaki MP-704 rimless glasses.

And now, even Malaysian women cannot escape this craze and sales of this branded eyewear have seen a tremendous increase.

New York, Oct. 14: John McCain may be taking a lot of heat from his critics, but his running mate – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is not lagging too far behind.

According to Fox News, an array of T-shirts, for instance, displaying the image of Sarah Palin and some variation of the "C-word" are gaining new popularity as Election Day nears.

A group of protesters outside Palin''s fundraiser in Philadelphia Saturday wore shirts emblazoned with the words, "Sarah Palin Is a C--T."

New York, Oct 14 : Tina Fey is making waves with her impersonation of Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on ''Saturday Night Live'', but the actress hopes it doesn''t last.

Fey, who has generated big laughs and big audiences for playing the Alaska governor, told TV Guide she can''t go on playing Palin forever.

"We''re gonna take it week by week. If she wins, I''m done. I can''t do that for four years. And by ''I''m done,'' I mean I''m leaving Earth," the New York Daily News quoted Fey, as telling the magazine.