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_____________________________________________________________________________ pet·ti·fog·ger ˈpedēfôɡər/ noun archaic noun: pettifogger; plural noun: pettifoggers an inferior legal practitioner, especially one who deals with petty cases or employs dubious practices. Origin mid 16th century: from petty + obsolete fogger ‘underhanded dealer,’ probably from Fugger, the name of a family of merchants in Augsburg, Germany, in the 15th and 16th centuries.

John Edwards has never admitted to fathering a love child with a one-time staffer, but new legal documents suggest the failed presidential hopeful is the baby's daddy - and may soon have to pay up big-time....

<p>Which lawyer would that be? That would be Jay R. Grodner of Deerfield , Ill. I suspect his life has been made an absolute hell because of something he did a few weeks ago ... and that's the very least this prepuce deserves.</p>

Sen. John Edwards - and his largely loyalist audience in St. Charles - displayed an edgier side Friday as each shared mutual concerns about the direction of the nation and the Democratic presidential campaign. Edwards, the Democratic nominee for vice president, started things off when he launched into a self-described imitation of President George W. Bush's reaction to new census figures this week showing more Americans in poverty and without health insurance. Maintaining his ever-present smile, Edwards stood stone-still in silence.