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Was Turpin killed by reality TV? Friends, family and police saw little evidence of that. Those who knew Turpin say he was excited about The Contender's launch but frustrated about not being able to box until the end of the series--which was pushed back four months after Fox...
The parallel wasn't lost on anyone: the kid was Rocky. Najai (Nitro) Turpin, 23, was one of 16 boxers chosen for The Contender, an NBC reality show featuring Sylvester Stallone as a co-host. Like Sly's character, Turpin had come up against the odds in a rough part...
Recent Veep contender John Edwards has been on the phone to thank supporters and say he will be back, but "he didn't impress anyone" with his work on the trail last year, a moneyman says, and may be a tough sell. And then there's Hillary Clinton, who remains...
Former Texas Rep. Martin Frost had been considered the front-runner among the Anybody-But-Dean crowd, which includes a large number of Democratic elected officials. But Dean has been the odds-on favorite, in part because the 478 delegates of the Democratic National Committee who will vote next month...
Who are the Front Runners? The list-system and the security conditions combine to give tremendous advantage to the parties and coalitions that either carry some prior national or communal standing, or have access to effective national channels of communication, or both. Lists with access to government - particularly the Iraqi...