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Judge Tosses Sarah Palin's Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The New York Times'

Alaska's former governor had alleged an editorial maliciously linked her to a 2011 mass shooting. But a federal judge said her evidence was "so weak" the case shouldn't proceed.

A federal judge has dismissed against . U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said the suit, which alleged the newspaper's editorial board maliciously linked the former Alaska governor to a , failed to put forward plausible evidence

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