Alaska Gov. Palin calls for measures to help those with special needs during NY speech

NEW YORK — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has called for measures to make life better for people with developmental disabilities during a speech in New York.

Palin celebrates Alaska’s 50th anniversary at home of William Seward in upstate NY

AUBURN, N.Y. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin set aside politics only briefly Saturday to help Auburn officials celebrate their inaugural Founder’s Day and raise money for a museum honoring William Seward, the 19th-century U.S. secretary of state who acquired Alaska for the United States.