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Senator-elect Mike Lee has tapped one of Utah’s most prominent lobbyists to lead his Washington staff and coordinate his transition from candidate to senator. Spencer Stokes doesn’t officially become a Senate staffer until Jan. 5, but he plans to bounce between Utah and Washington in the coming weeks as he tries to hire staff, set up the Senate office and ramp down his lobbying activities. “It will be an exciting time to be back in D.C.,” said Stokes, who believes American voters used November’s election to protest government overreach. He said Republicans are now positioned to make an impact on...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The father of the gunman from the May 2006 shooting at the Sully District Police Station in Centreville pleaded guilty Tuesday to two gun charges. Brian Harold Kennedy, 50, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of an AK-47 assault rifle and to the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition by a user of marijuana, authorities said. In April, a federal grand jury indicted Kennedy on six counts of weapons charges and two counts of drug charges. In his plea announced Tuesday, Kennedy admitted using marijuana for...

FAIRFAX, Va. - A officer shot during the attack at the Sully District Police Station died early Wednesday. Michael Garbarino, 53, of Centreville, died at 2:45 a.m., an Inova Fairfax spokeswoman tells WTOP. Garbarino died surrounded by his family, spokeswoman Karen Ferguson says. Fellow officers and friends also were there, police say. "Our family has again suffered a tremendous loss," said Fairfax County Police Chief David M. Rohrer, in a news release. He is survived by his wife, two children and his parents. Funeral arrangements are pending. Having lived near his post at the Sully District Police Station, Garbarino was...

<p>Carolyn Bessette cheated on new hubby JFK Jr. with "Baywatch" star Michael Bergin, the ex-flame claims in a bombshell new book. Bergin, also a top Calvin Klein underwear model, says Bessette told him she was convinced Kennedy was having his own torrid extramarital affair. The "Baywatch" hunk makes the claims in "The Other Man: A Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, & Me" - which The Post will excerpt exclusively beginning on Monday.</p>