Sen. Boxer Tries Her Hand at Fiction
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Infighting and power, alliances and revenge &#151; it's just another day in the Capitol. California Sen. Barbara Boxer has mined her workplace for a suspense novel in which the main character is an activist senator who does battle with right-wing ideologues.
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A former heart patient, a courageous lady bidding to make history and a 3-year-old who can go from spoiler to champion provide some of the appealing elements
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Traveling with a Pakistani politician who has allied herself with the ghost of Benazir Bhutto in a bid for a seat in parliament
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Voters are keen on a less caustic brand of politics and the Illinois senator's own compelling personal narrative.
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Sen. Arlen Specter is working the phones and embarking on a media blitz in an attempt to cement his standing as future chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the face of demands from conservatives that he be passed over.
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As he&#39;s wont to do, Floyd Mayweather Sr. mistook a major prefight news conference earlier this week for a &quot;Def Poetry Jam&quot; audition.
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Allegations of a vicious dogfighting ring prompted an unusually emotional speech in the Capitol yesterday, as the Senate's longest-serving member fought tears and called for God's judgment on those who promote such activities.
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A court fight over competing reality boxing shows is getting a third contender.
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Past presidential candidates and their critics have been known to shade the truth for political purposes. But to memory researchers, it doesn't take intentional falsifying to understand the discrepancies in the retelling of Sen. John Kerry's war experiences.
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A one-time congressional candidate faced the opening of a trial Tuesday on charges alleging he faked a story about getting lost after a car crash and disappearing for a day in an attempt to boost his lagging campaign.
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The Illinois senator talks obliquely about the Democratic front runner. Time to start scoring some direct hits.
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Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire has a Republican rival who still wants to overturn the election, but she has other things on her mind.
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His candidacy works to inspire, while she appeals to reason and cites credentials.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has been alluding to her spiritual life with increasing regularity, but her references to faith have come under attack.
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The photograph of a scowling Muhammad Ali standing over a prostrate Sonny Liston hanging in Illinois Democrat Barack Obama's office could be a metaphor for the knockout he is expected to deliver in his Senate race against Alan Keyes.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 17--LONG BEACH -- Her brain clogged with legal jargon, Lindsay Ward delivered an opening statement on a recent weekday with staggering zeal. Her cross-examination was so powerful that it almost fell into the subset of intimidating.
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Women tend to agree with the senator on the issues and see her as a strong leader, but she still faces skepticism, according to the latest Times/CBS News poll.