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[ABOVE: Bill Ayers, Chicago Magazine, August 2001] "Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, Kill your parents." --Bill Ayers, summing up the ideology of the Weather Underground Imagine a candidate running for President that had ties to a man and his wife who were former federal fugitives wanted for over 30 bombings during the 1970's, some of whom they were personally responsible for: the New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, the Capitol building in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972. During an interview on the Bill O'Reilly Show, Barack Obama...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - President Bush, using all the trappings of his family's oceanfront estate, worked on a cozier relationship with France and its new president Saturday. Bush welcomed Nicolas Sarkozy, the French leader known for his fast-paced style who may also be this White House's last true chance for better relations between the two nations. "He's bringing a good brain, good vision and goodwill," Bush said from his parents' compound, which juts out like a finger pointing into the Atlantic Ocean. Bush called Sarkozy a friend who could be counted on to speak frankly. "We have had good disagreements —...

WASHINGTON - Three former associates of Jack Abramoff said Monday that the now-disgraced lobbyist frequently told them during his lobbying work he had strong ties to the White House through presidential confidant Karl Rove. The White House said Monday that Rove remembers meeting Abramoff at a 1990s political meeting and considered the lobbyist a "casual acquaintance" since President Bush took office in 2001. New questions have arisen about Abramoff's ties to the White House since a photo emerged over the weekend showing Abramoff with Bush. Also surfacing were the contents of an e-mail from Abramoff to Washingtonian magazine claiming he...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - When Nations Capital Group handed out campaign donations earlier this year, the outpatient surgery center operator gave its biggest contribution to a committee whose motherhood-and-apple-pie name belied its powerful connection to Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson.</p> <p>The company's $30,000 donation to Californians United came as Nations Capital fought the workers' compensation reform bill recently approved by the Legislature.</p>