McCain picks Palin as running mate

Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current Governor, of Alaska, and the presumptive 2008.Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. She will be the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing the Republican Party and the second female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major political party She will be the first politician from Alaska to be nominated for Vice-President.

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- TransCanada Corp, the nation's largest pipeline company, won approval from Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to build a $27 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from the Arctic to U.S. markets.
Palin on Aug. 27 signed a bill authorizing the state to award Calgary-based TransCanada a license to build the 1,715- mile (2,744-kilometer) link from Prudhoe Bay to the Alberta Hub in Canada, according to a statement The license will be granted in 90 days....