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We asked DeSantis campaign Communications Director Stephen Lawson to straighten out the Dee/Deh conundrum. It had become the source of debate in our newsroom. "It's also been a little controversial for us on the campaign trail," Lawson confessed. "He uses Dee-Santis." But Casey Dee-Santis, seems to use Deh-Santis, right? Pause. "Yes," Lawson allowed. And added, "He prefers Dee-Santis." Whoa. So this is a giant source of great friction between Mr. Dee-Santis and Mrs. Deh-Santis, then? "I wouldn't go that far," Lawson deadpanned. The mystery lingers.

Just days after Gov. Sarah Palin was named as Senator John McCain’s running mate, Ms. Palin made an unlikely announcement of her own on Monday: Her daughter Bristol, 17 and unmarried, was five months pregnant. As Americans began learning this week about Ms. Palin — Alaskan hunter, hockey mom, former beauty queen, corruption fighter, and governor they knew little about — they were also piecing together a portrait of her family life and all its complications. Ms. Palin had once supported the candidate who ran against her own stepmother-in-law for mayor of her town, Wasilla. She was being investigated over...