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All joking aside, Al Franken is about to face his toughest crowd yet. As the Minnesota Democrat and former comedian takes his seat in the Senate this week after an eight-month election battle, he follows a long line of celebrities who have had to put their fame in check to serve as humble, freshman members of Congress.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Pennsylvania Rep.

Ignoring the legal advice of the state's top lawyer, Gov. David A. Paterson tapped a downstate attorney as lieutenant governor Wednesday to help break the month-old stalemate in the State Senate.

'I would think, if you want to run for president - and I'm not sure that's got anything to do with what she's doing - that the forum of a governorship would be a better forum than just being a private citizen" -- Senator Chuck Grassley In that phrase, 'just being a private citizen,' Senator Grassley encapsulates both why Sarah Palin is so ...

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Vice President Joe Biden is heading to an affluent upstate New York suburb to tout the $787 billion federal economic stimulus program.

Don't ask me why Sarah Palin really announced her intention to resign as governor of Alaska later this month.

New York artist Hani Shihada creates a chalk portrait of Michael Jackson. Legions of New Yorkers took to the streets of Harlem and Times Square on Tuesday to honor the life and music of Michael Jackson , while one headed to a sidewalk on the upper West Side to celebrate the King of Pop his way.

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Name: Rep. Lois Capps Biography: When Lois Capps graduated in 1959 from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., with a bachelor's degree in nursing, she may not have had a political career in mind.

If the FBI or Secret Service or the corrupt U.S.Securities Exchange Commission or Barack Obama's U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder wished to get hold of Bud Burrell they or Barack Obama need do little other than give Barack's designated U.S.Ambassador to China,Republican Mormon Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., a call and he could then either call or email ...

Bloomberg 07/06/2009 By A.R. Lakshmanan [Printer Friendly Version] Democratic strategist James Carville, who ran Bill Clinton's presidential bid in 1992, is helping another challenger: a U.S.-educated rival of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

The soon to be former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is like one of those souffles my mother sometimes made.

In the nine days since he was booted from the Honduran presidency by force, Manuel Zelaya as been to six cities in five countries.

Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin is eyeing a post-acting career that could take him off a Hollywood soundstage into the halls of Congress.

New York Rep. Peter King called on the media to "knock out the psycho-babble" and stop covering Michael Jackson because "this guy was a pervert." "He was a child molester.

The overwhelming loss of John McCain in the 2008 presidential election to a freshman senator from Illinois, served as a loud wake up call to The Republican Party that it was in serious trouble with American voters.

The promotion of Middle East adviser Dennis Ross to a senior White House position may open the door to a more positive tone by the United States toward the Israeli government, experts believe.

UDPATE @ 4:31 PM via Greg Sargentwe learn that it's not "official" yet for Sestak:But Sestak spokesperson Jonathon Dworkin tells me that in fact, Sestak has not made a final decision.

NEW YORK - Steven Rattner had but one assignment when the president brought him to Washington in February.