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- John and Elizabeth Edwards Legally Separated - ABC News
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- Elizabeth Edwards Separating from Husband John - 9News
- John Edwards and wife have legally separated: report - New York Post
| John and Elizabeth Edwards Legally Separated - ABC News Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST With John Edwards' electrifying U.S. Senate win in 1998, it was his wife Elizabeth Edwards who captivated the nation. A strong, smart, resilient woman, she became one of her husband's greatest political strengths. "He was young and good looking and charming [and] his wife did not fit Hollywood's central casting of what a political wife should look like. She was a little bit heavy-set. She was an attorney in her own right. She was somebody who was his intellectual equal, if not intellectual superior. She let people know that," said Democratic political consultant Joe Sinsheimer. "John was the dashing figure and Elizabeth was the anchor and that's the way they sold themselves to the people of North Carolina." But behind their public persona as the golden couple, during his second run for president, there was another side to Elizabeth Edwards who was secretly dealing with the slow leakage of her husband's affair and her cancer diagnosis. As a torrent of fresh details from the scandal cascaded into the media today, a source close to Elizabeth Edwards told ABC News that she and John are now legally separated. Under North Carolina law they can't get divorced until at least a year later. John Edwards is no longer living at their home in Chapel Hill, ABC News has learned. When Elizabeth learned in March 2007 that her breast cancer had returned, it became part of the couple's political calculations in his presidential run, according to Edwards' former aide Andrew Young who has written a tell-all book "The Politician." The book will be released Jan. 30. "Once Elizabeth was diagnosed with cancer ... within 12 hours they were openly talking about how her cancer prognosis was going to help them in the polls," Young told ABC News' Bob Woodruff in an exclusive interview. In a statement to ABC News, Elizabeth denied the accusation, calling it "unconscionable, hurtful and patently false." Though the cancer had spread to her bones and was incurable, the couple made the dramatic decision to stay in the 2008 presidential campaign. "The things that were most disturbing about the Edwards to me in these later years, was that nothing was sacred. They openly talked about [their son] Wade's death as one of their motivators for running and why he ran... They used [their children] Jack and Emma openly as campaign props," Young said. Young was the senator's right-hand man for nearly 10 years. Zealously committed to the senator and his family, he made himself indispensible to the couple both professionally and personally. In summer 2006, Young became aware of Edwards' affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter and was ultimately entrusted by Edwards to conceal it. The affair, Young says, began in February 2006. Watch "20/20" and "Nightline" Friday, Jan. 29 to see Andrew Young's exclusive interview. Then tune in to "Good Morning America" on Monday, Feb. 1, when Young will appear for his first live interview. Visit the "20/20" Web site at ABCNews.com all week for Young's account of the sex scandal and cover up, including:
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| Mickelson discusses Tiger, playing schedule, grooves - PGA Tour Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:33 PM PST The world's second-ranked player, Phil Mickelson, touched on several topics in his news conference Wednesday as he prepares to make his 2010 season debut in this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Three topics that he addressed in his opening remarks: • TIGER WOODS: Mickelson said he did not want to comment on his competitor's domestic situation that has resulted in Tiger taking an indefinite leave of absence. But Mickelson was adamant that "golf needs him to come back. I mean, it's important for him to come back and be a part of the sport. But right now he's got a lot more important things going on in his life. (Wife) Amy and I are good friends with both Tiger and Elin and we care deeply about how this turns out. • MICKELSON'S PLAYING SCHEDULE: Amy Mickelson and Mickelson's mother Mary both continue to make encouraging progress in their battles against breast cancer (both women were diagnosed last year). "Amy and my mom are doing great," he said. But due to a couple of procedures that were expected to take place during the offseason but were postponed, Mickelson is having to adjust his schedule to find time for his family. As a result, he said he will miss the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship next month in Tucson, Ariz. The only other time Mickelson has missed the Accenture Match Play was in 2001 when it was held at The Metropolitan Club in Australia. "I think it's a wonderful tournament," said Mickelson, who has never won the event. "I love the Match Play. I love Tucson. But it was the best week for us to have a family vacation that we had to reschedule because ... of our procedures." Mickelson expects his schedule may be adjusted other times this year, forcing him to miss tournaments in which he normally plays. But he said he'll likely add a tournament "to kind of offset it." • GROOVES ISSUE: Mickelson said his bag will include a old Ping-Eye 2 wedge that remains legal to use despite the USGA's regulation requiring more of a V-shaped groove. John Daly and Dean Wilson are other players who found Ping wedges that were legal under an settlement with the USGA in 1990 about square grooves. Mickelson said he consulted both the USGA and the PGA TOUR and that "the only thing that matters is are they approved for play. So I don't feel that there's any problem if I were to play those clubs or if anybody else were. All that matters is that it is OK under the rules of golf." Mickelson played collegiately at Arizona State near the Ping headquarters and thus had "a bunch of sets." He said he took a 60-degree wedge and bent it to 64 degrees. He will maintain a Callaway 60-degree wedge in his bag. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Elizabeth Edwards Separating from Husband John - 9News Posted: 27 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST The week after John Edwards confirmed that he was the father of his former mistress' toddler, his wife Elizabeth is separating from him. A source tells ET that the pair are legally separating after over 30 years of marriage. Last week, Edwards publicly confessed to being the father of little Frances Quinn Hunter after denying paternity since he first acknowledged his affair with Rielle Hunter in 2008. Elizabeth is currently battling terminal breast cancer. Related stories: John Edwards Admits Paternity of Frances Quinn Hunter Former John Edwards Aide: He Asked Me To Steal Diaper for DNA TestFive Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| John Edwards and wife have legally separated: report - New York Post Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST Disgraced former presidential contender John Edwards and his wife have reportedly legally separated after he admitted he is the father of a baby girl whose mom he repeatedly bedded during his 2008 White House run. After spending Christmas together with their three kids, Edwards and his wife quietly parted ways. Edwards, 56, divides his time between a place the family calls "the barn" and the couple's beach house about 160 miles away from Chapel Hill, NC, People magazine reports in its current issue out today. Edwards' wife, meanwhile, lives in the couple's Chapel Hill home where she's been licking her wounds. ABC News reported in its Web site today that the couple has legally separated. "[Elizabeth] said, 'I've had it. I can't do this. I want my life back," Elizabeth Edwards' sister, Nancy Anania, told People. "A long marriage is a tough habit to break, and when you throw in incurable cancer and young children, it makes you waver," Anania added. "But I hear peace in her voice that i haven't heard in a long time." The couple has three children, Cate, 27; Emma Claire, 11; and Jack, 9. People, however, reported that Elizabeth, 60, who is still undergoing treatment for breast cancer, has had divorce papers ready for nearly a year and had not yet filed the paperwork. Elizabeth even gave her husband's baby Christmas presents. "She gave it a lot of thought, wrapped up a bunch of Christmas presents, took them to the baby and was so pleased when Quinn made a beeline to the toy carriage and doll," Anania told People. "She even said to Quinn, 'Go stand next to Daddy.'" The revelations of the couple's separation come as a former aide to John Edwards says in a new book that the former North Carolina senator told him he thought about leaving his wife -- but also cited his love for her as a reason to keep details of an affair hidden. The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site that Andrew Young claims Edwards asked him to go into hiding with Edwards' mistress because of his wife's health. Young wrote that Edwards concluded "that if I helped him, I would make Mrs. Edwards' dying days a bit easier. 'I know you're mad at her, Andrew, but I love her. I can't let her die knowing this.'" Young's tell-all book details how Edwards asked him to help cover up the affair and promised to take care of him in the future. Edwards admitted for the first time last week that he fathered a child with Rielle Hunter. The book, "The Politician," is not due out until Saturday, but the newspaper said it purchased a copy at a Washington-area book store. Young provides an unflattering portrait of Edwards, talking about his obsession with campaign donations, his fixation with his hair, his disapproval of "fat rednecks" at state fairs and the lengths he went to hide the affair. A longtime aide to Edwards, Young describes the discovery of a videotape showing Edwards and a naked Hunter. "It was like watching a traffic pileup occur in slow motion — it was repelling but also transfixing," he writes, according to the newspaper. With AP Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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