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stanley cup oto; Win McNamee/Getty ImagesHerman Cain announced Saturday he was suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, citing the painful price sexual harassment and extramarital affair allegations have had on his family.With a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign, Cain told a crowd outside his campaign headquarters in Atlanta. I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters, not because I ;m not a fighter. With typical Cain bravado, the former Godfather Pizza chief executive declared he would continue to have a voice in the polit
stanley cup ical conversation going forward.The pundits would like for me to shut up, drop out and go away, Ca
stanley cup in said. I am not going to be silenced and I am not going away.Earlier this week Cain told his staff that he would reassess his campaign after a Georgia woman, Ginger White, said the two had engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair.Cain has denied the allegations, insisting he and White were only friends. The businessman acknowledged giving White financial assistance without telling his wife.The move to suspend his presidential bid effectively brings to a close an unconventional campaign that stunned much of the political establishment. Cain catapulted to the top of the GOP field in October, based in large par Fkrl Arson suspected in Paris apartment fire that killed 10
President Barack Obama joined predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the White House Saturday to announce a fundraising appeal to benefit Haiti in one of the largest relief efforts in our history, Mr. Obama said. After a 30-minute meeting in the Oval Office, the three men stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the Rose Garden to unveil the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. President Obama praised both men for taking on the initiative, and said they will help keep the focus on Haiti especially when the news media starts seeing its attention drift to other things, but there are still enormous needs on the ground.We als
jordan o know that our longer-term effort will not be measured by days and weeks, it will be measured by months and years, President Obama added.For Bush, it was his first time back to the White House since leaving office. I know a lot of people want to send blankets or water, the former president said. Just send your cash.Clinton said th
stanley cup eir work in Haiti will mirror his work with former President George H.W. Bush in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami. We want to be a place where people can know their money will be well spent, Clinton said. He went on to jo
mizuno ke, I ;ve already figured how I ;m going to get him to do some things he hasn ;t signed on for.More Haiti coverage from Saturday and Web resources on the disaster:The New York Times has launched an interactive of pho
