Dec 29 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
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Dec 27 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
Benazir Bhutto was many things — zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people. And in the end, she was a victim of roiling passions in the nation she sought to lead for a third time.
Dec 26 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
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Dec 14 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
Rudy Giuliani minces no words and suffers no fools. He eats peanuts with the shells still on.
Dec 14 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
It's the kind of story you could write a book about: A 35-year-old single mother of three is fired from her state job after refusing to go along with a scheme to pardon criminals who bribe aides to the governor.
Dec 14 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
Sheer will has taken John Edwards far, but only so far. His is the storybook life, still waiting for the storybook ending.
Dec 14 - By Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer
It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee."
Dec 14 - By Steve LeBlanc, AP Writer
From his carefully coifed hair to his data-driven business principles to his unwavering devotion to his oft-maligned Mormon faith, Mitt Romney is the spitting image of his father physically, professionally and morally.
Dec 14 - By Erin McClam, AP National Writer
Hillary Rodham Clinton likes to say she was born in the middle of the country at the middle of the century, in a Chicago suburb that defined a childhood out of "Father Knows Best" or "Ozzie and Harriet."
Dec 14 - By Pauline Arrillaga, AP National Writer
You would have to look hard these days for signs of "the unmade bed," as Bill Richardson has been described time and again through the years.
Dec 14 - By Calvin Woodward , AP Writers
John McCain has stocked his arsenal with a variety of weapons over the years, like fists when he was in school and bombs when he was at war. But his WMD is a mouth that won't quit. He possesses wisecracks of mass destruction.
Dec 14 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
Mike Huckabee's first day as Arkansas governor is remembered most for the Four Hour Crisis.
Dec 12 - By Eric Gorski, AP Religion Writer
Matthew Murray's world was haunted by demons.
Nov 30 - By Rob Harris, AP Writer
Gillian Gibbons was looking for adventure.
Nov 28 - By Hussein Dakroub, AP Writer
Gen. Michel Suleiman has seen many crises in his nine years as the chief of Lebanon's military. He fought Islamic militants, calmed sectarian violence and deployed his army in Hezbollah strongholds along the Israeli border for the first time in decades.
Nov 21 - By Robert H. Reid, AP Writer
Bilal Hussein's career as a photojournalist nearly ended soon after it began. Hussein, who had been working for The Associated Press for about three months, volunteered to stay in his native Fallujah as U.S. forces prepared to assault the city to drive out Sunni religious extremists.
Nov 6 - By Bruce Schreiner, AP Writer
Believing his political career was over long ago, Steve Beshear spent much of last year urging other prominent Democrats to run for governor. When they declined, he decided to run himself.
Nov 5 - By Matthew Pennington, AP Writer
Pervez Musharraf seized power in a coup eight years ago, promising to bring true democracy — a move welcomed by many Pakistanis, who were increasingly frustrated by a corrupt civilian government.
Nov 3 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
It is the kind of story you could write a book about: A 35-year-old single mother of three is fired from her state job after refusing to go along with a scheme to pardon criminals who bribe aides to the governor.
Nov 3 - By Calvin Woodward , AP Writers
John McCain has stocked his arsenal with a variety of weapons over the years, like fists when he was in school and bombs when he was at war. But his WMD is a mouth that won't quit. He possesses wisecracks of mass destruction.
Nov 3 - By Steve LeBlanc, AP Writer
From his slicked, carefully coifed hair to his data-driven business principles to his unwavering devotion to his oft-maligned Mormon faith, Mitt Romney is the spitting image of his father physically, professionally and morally.
Nov 3 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
Rudy Giuliani minces no words and suffers no fools. He eats peanuts with the shells still on.
Oct 19 - By Pauline Arrillaga, AP National Writer
You would have to look hard these days for signs of "the unmade bed," as Bill Richardson has been described time and again through the years.
Oct 19 - By Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer
It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee."
Oct 19 - By Nancy Benac, AP Writer
Sheer will has taken John Edwards far, but only so far. His is the storybook life, still waiting for the storybook ending.