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From Richard Nixon -- "I'm not a crook" -- to John Edwards -- "The story is false ... ridiculous," those in power often lie, and voters often let them get away with it.

John Edwards walked his daughter Cate, 29, down the aisle today as she married her Princeton University sweetheart, Trevor Upham, 30. A 4 p.m. ceremony at United Methodist Church was followed by a reception on the lawn at the Edwards' home, reports People.com. An altar candle in the church was lit in memory of Cate's mom, Elizabeth Edwards, who died 10 months ago from breast cancer. "We want this to be really happy and joyous and that's what my mother would want," Cate, 29, told People in the days before the wedding.

Prosecutors have obtained emails between John Edwards and a former aide to use as evidence at trial that he knew about payments to his pregnant mistress even while he was publicly denying it, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Monday.

A federal grand jury Friday indicted John Edwards for violating election laws by accepting nearly $1 million from supporters to cover up an extramarital ...

A family friend says Elizabeth Edwards has died of cancer. The friend says the estranged wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards died in North Carolina Tuesday morning....