Palin getting a divorce? Nope.

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Is former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin getting a divorce from husband Todd? Nope. Just another rumor says Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton. Stapleton posted a response to the charge on Palin's Facebook page.

Word of a pending divorce between former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and former First Dude Todd is gaining a lot of traction in Internet land.

"Palin divorce" is the fourth-most searched topic right now on Google Trends.

There's only one problem with that. It's not true. Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton is shooting down the story by an Alaskan blogger who claimed to have inside information on a split.

Stapleton posted a response to the charge on Palin's Facebook page.

"Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent “story” (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family, and have not purchased land in Montana (last week it was reported to be Long Island)," Stapleton wrote.

"Less than one week ago, Governor Palin asked the media to 'quit making things up.' We appreciate that the more professional journalists decided to question this story before repeating it," she said.

Palin’s attorney, Thomas Van Flein, told CBS News that the report is "categorically false."

Conservative websites like The Ace of Spades thanked Stapleton for putting out a statement.

"This is the sort of story that's spreading on the lefty blogs, and then it gets pushed into the comments of other blogs, and then it leaves a Nice Innocent Good-Intended Helluva Guy like me not knowing what to do-- do I inform people of what is being claimed on the internet, but at the risk of spreading what seems to be a dubious scam? Or do I censor it, where people then debate it in the comments (they've all seen it) but I pretend on the main page I'm oblivious to it?" Ace writes.

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