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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will be stepping down from her post as the state's highest-ranking official on July 26 and will not seek re-election to a second term in 2010.

 "I never believed that I nor anyone else needs a title to do this, to make a difference," Palin, flanked by her husband, Todd, told reporters. "I'm determined to take the right path for Alaska, even though it is unconventional and it's not so comfortable."

 "In fairness to my family, this is going be a good opportunity for them, too, because there have been so many misperceptions out there about who we are and what we believe in, and I'm excited to get to put my journalism degree to work and tell my story as it relates to my family," Sarah Palin said.