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WASHINGTON (AP) -- All of John Kerry's one-time rivals in the Democratic presidential primary eventually lined up to support him as the nominee, but only one got paid for it -- Al Sharpton. The Democratic National Committee paid Sharpton $86,715 in travel and consulting fees to compensate for his campaigning for Kerry and other Democratic candidates, according to reports to the Federal Election Commission. In an interview with The Associated Press, Sharpton said he was paid for travel and he didn't know how much he had been reimbursed. ``They asked me to travel to 20 or 30 cities to campaign,...

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Kerry Film Controversy Jon Leiberman Former Washington Bureau Chief, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Thursday, October 21, 2004; 2:30 PM On Tuesday, under mounting political, legal and financial pressure, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. decided not to air a film attacking John Kerry's Vietnam war service and said it would only air portions of the documentary in an hour-long special, "A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media," on Friday. Jon Leiberman, the company's Washington bureau chief, was fired on Monday for criticizing original plans to air the movie. Leiberman was online Thursday, Oct. 21, at 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss the...

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay went on the offensive after being chastised twice in the past week by the House ethics committee, accusing his accusers of libel and the bipartisan panel that judged him of mistreating him. DeLay's lawyer, Ed Bethune, sent a 33-page letter to Rep. David Dreier of California, chairman of the House Rules Committee. Bethune said in the memo the House should prevent lame-duck lawmakers like Rep. Chris Bell from filing ethics complaints.