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  • Gingrich angrily denies he sought open marriage

    SHANNON MCCAFFREY, Associated Press

    CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Thursday angrily denied that he asked his second wife for an "open marriage" that would allow him to have a mistress as she claims in an interview broadcast two days before the South Carolina primary. "Let me be quite clear. The story is false," Gingrich said at a debate, without elaborating. AP Photo/David Goldman Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stands with his wife Callista at the end of the Republican presidential c...

  • Gingrich angrily denies he sought open marriage

    SHANNON MCCAFFREY, Associated Press

    CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Thursday angrily denied that he asked his second wife for an "open marriage" that would allow him to have a mistress as she claims in an interview broadcast two days before the South Carolina primary. "Let me be quite clear. The story is false," Gingrich said at a debate, without elaborating. AP Photo/David Goldman Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stands with his wife Callista at the end of the Republican presidential c...

  • Romney says he may release tax returns in April

    SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney's four remaining challengers are keeping the spotlight on the Republican front-runner's wealth and business dealings by pressing him to release his income tax returns. Romney says he might make them public in April. By then, he hopes to have the presidential nomination in the bag. AP Photo/David Goldman Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, speaks during the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Rom...

  • Romney says he may release tax returns in April

    SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney's four remaining challengers are keeping the spotlight on the Republican front-runner's wealth and business dealings by pressing him to release his income tax returns. Romney says he might make them public in April. By then, he hopes to have the presidential nomination in the bag. AP Photo/David Goldman Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, speaks during the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Rom...

  • Newt Gingrich weeps, Mitt Romney attacks Ron Paul

    DAVID ESPO, SHANNON MCCAFFREY, Associated Press

    DES MOINES, Iowa — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wept Friday as he recalled his late mother's end-of-life illnesses, a moment of poignancy in a notably negative Republican presidential Iowa caucus campaign with four unpredictable days yet to run. "I do policy much easier than I do personal," Gingrich told an audience of women as he tried to regain his composure. The tears flowed as the former speaker was responding to questions about his mother from a pollster and longtime political ally. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel R...

  • Gingrich aides resign, leave campaign in question

    DAVID ESPO, SHANNON McCAFFREY - Associated Press

    AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File Republican presidential hopeful, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, accompanied by his wife Callista Gingrich, speaks in Hudson, N.H. on Wednesday. Gingrich's campaign manager and numerous other key aides have resigned together, a strong blow to his hopes for the Republican presidential nomination. WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's campaign manager, senior strategists and key aides in early delegate-selection states all resigned on Thursday, a mass exodus that leaves h...

  • Cain announces he's suspending his campaign

    SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    ATLANTA (AP) — Republican candidate Herman Cain says he's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid news coverage that is hurtful to his family. Cain's announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she and Cain had an affair for more than a decade, a claim that followed several allegations of sexual harassment against the Georgia businessman. Cain, whose wife stood behind him on the stage, made the announcement before several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have b...

  • Cain announces he's suspending his campaign

    SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press

    ATLANTA — The Cain train has come to a stop. Herman Cain suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday following a steady drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations he said were harming his family and drowning out his ability to deliver his message. AP Photo/David Tulis Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announces he is suspending his campaign as his wife Gloria, left, looks on Saturday, in Atlanta. "I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the c...