Bush vows active role in Mideast peace (AFP)

AFP - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday promised Israeli and Palestinian leaders his full support seeking to overcome deep doubts on whether new peace talks can yield a hoped-for accord next year.

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Fact check: Romney and the crime issue (AP)

AP - As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney issued no pardons, limited lobbying by would-be judges and sought to create a judicial nominating process based solely on merit.

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Obama to open office in Utah (AP)

AP - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday will become the first Democratic candidate to open a campaign office in the conservative-leaning state of Utah.

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Former Senator Bill Frist goes to private equity (Reuters)

Reuters - Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist will join newly private equity firm Cressey &
Company LP as a partner, the firm said on Tuesday, in charge of
making new investments in health care companies and providing
expertise to portfolio companies.

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US Senator Kennedy in eight-million-dollar memoir deal: reports (AFP)

AFP - Senator Edward Kennedy, the elder statesman of the US political clan scarred so often by tragedy, is to publish his memoirs in a deal reportedly worth eight million dollars.

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Lott’s Senate Retirement Plans Bring Lobbying Offers, Criticism (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Senator Trent Lott is weighing a new
career as a lobbyist when he retires from Congress and may team
up with his former colleague John Breaux, the Mississippi
Republican’s son said.

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Lott’s Senate Retirement Plans Bring Lobbying Offers (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Senator Trent Lott is weighing a new
career as a lobbyist when he retires from Congress and may team
up with his former colleague John Breaux, the Mississippi
Republican’s son said.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jon Kyl (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - 1. Jon Llewellyn Kyl was born in Oakland, Neb., on April 25, 1942. His father, John Henry Kyl, was a Republican congressman from Iowa (serving in the House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973).

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Edwards’ ‘ticket wishlist’ kept secret (AP)

AP - When John Edwards returned to his alma mater in 2005 to found a poverty think tank, the multimillionaire attorney sought more than just a salary: He also wanted tickets to University of North Carolina sporting events.

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Giuliani dismisses claim about expenses (AP)

AP - Rudy Giuliani dismissed a report Wednesday that he expensed the cost of his security detail to obscure city offices for trips to a Long Island resort as the then-mayor began an extramarital affair with current wife Judith Nathan.

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