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Dancing with the Stars: Can it help a career?

"Dancing with the Stars," now in its 13^th season on ABC, offers its celebrity contenders a huge amount of exposure – but not much of a career boost. Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, bounced Tuesday in the second round, is likely to go back to her preshow level of popularity, as have most of the 160 "Dancing With the Stars" contestants. But a few have bucked the trend. Using the show's extraordinary exposure – this year's premiere netted 18.6 million viewers, nearly six times the highest ratings that DWTS contestant Nancy Grace ever got on her eponymous HLN show and more than double what DWTS competitor and US soccer goalie Hope Solo got in the Women’s World Cup final this summer – these five contestants have seen their careers take off. Can you guess who was tops?
In Pictures: Glenn Beck's career
Sarah Palin's heroes – and antiheroes

Sarah Palin's new book, "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag," includes numerous references to Americans – and occasionally non-Americans – of whom she approves. Many of Palin's choices are not surprising (Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Thomas Jefferson) while others (Judd Aptow, Simon Cowell, Elvis Presley) are. Often, Palin praises one figure by disparaging another. Taken together, her likes and dislikes offer a quick recap of her worldview.
Gallery: Election Photos of the Week 10/17 - 10/24
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Chapter & Verse
Author of a Sarah Palin tell-all is fined for publishing e-mails deemed confidential

Frank Bailey, author of 'Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin,' paid his $11,900 fine after an activist protested his ability to publish the e-mails.
Dancing with the Stars: Can it help a career?

"Dancing with the Stars," now in its 13^th season on ABC, offers its celebrity contenders a huge amount of exposure – but not much of a career boost. Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, bounced Tuesday in the second round, is likely to go back to her preshow level of popularity, as have most of the 160 "Dancing With the Stars" contestants. But a few have bucked the trend. Using the show's extraordinary exposure – this year's premiere netted 18.6 million viewers, nearly six times the highest ratings that DWTS contestant Nancy Grace ever got on her eponymous HLN show and more than double what DWTS competitor and US soccer goalie Hope Solo got in the Women’s World Cup final this summer – these five contestants have seen their careers take off. Can you guess who was tops?
Tired of partisan gridlock? Reforming electoral rules gives voters real choice.

American voters are so tired of two-party stalemates that it's only a matter of time before an independent wins the White House. But 'winner-take-all' electoral rules limit candidates. Needed election reforms will give voters fairer representation in Congress and the White House.
GOP 2012 race: Does it boil down to 'purity' vs. electability?

If the moderate Mitt Romney gets the nomination in the GOP 2012 race, the question is whether he could marshall the tea party movement's energy.
In Sarah Palin e-mail dump, Alaskans seek evidence of abuse of power

The request for thousands of Sarah Palin e-mails, many from her personal account, came just as many Alaskans were growing concerned about the then-governor's ethics. Some 24,000 of those e-mails are being released Friday.
Chapter & Verse
"Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin" paints a scathing portrait

A biography of Sarah Palin by a former staffer depicts Palin as ill-prepared, immature, vindictive, and unethical.
Sarah Palin's former aide to publish a tell-all book

Former Palin aide Frank Bailey's book, "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin," is scheduled for release next month.
In Pictures: Glenn Beck's career
Joe Miller-Lisa Murkowski US Senate race appears to be over

A state judge has dismissed Joe Miller’s complaint that misspelled write-in votes for Lisa Murkowski should be tossed out. If the ruling stands, it's a blow to the tea party and Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin's heroes – and antiheroes

Sarah Palin's new book, "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag," includes numerous references to Americans – and occasionally non-Americans – of whom she approves. Many of Palin's choices are not surprising (Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Thomas Jefferson) while others (Judd Aptow, Simon Cowell, Elvis Presley) are. Often, Palin praises one figure by disparaging another. Taken together, her likes and dislikes offer a quick recap of her worldview.
AP calls Alaska Senate race for Lisa Murkowski - Joe Miller disagrees

After laborious vote counting, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears to have won her write-in campaign against tea party favorite Joe Miller. But Miller is challenging the vote count in court.
The Vote
Murkowski versus Miller: election or spelling bee?

Lawyers for Joe Miller, the tea party-backed US Senate candidate from Alaska, have sued to keep election officials from inferring the intent of voters who misspell write-in candidate Lisa Murkowski's name.
Lisa Murkowski ahead in Alaska, but long count of write-ins looms

Write-in votes total more than 80,000. It may take until Nov. 29 for the Alaska Senate election to be certified, but for now, incumbent Lisa Murkowski appears to be the winner.
The Vote
Alaska Senate race results: Lisa Murkowski poised for historic win

The latest Alaska Senate race results suggest Sen. Lisa Murkowski is set to win her write-in campaign. She would become the second US senator ever to be elected as a write-in candidate.
Alaska's close Senate race: why the polls tell us nothing

Right ahead of the election, polls released almost simultaneously show vastly different results in Alaska’s Senate race. In one, Lisa Murkowski is leading; in another, it’s Joe Miller.
Robert Reich
What Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert show us about America's true political center

Disagreement isn't the problem. How we disagree, is.
Tea Party Tally
Sarah Palin for president? It's possible, she says.

Sarah Palin says if nobody else is up to the job, she could run for president. But her political clout is on the line in Alaska with the flagging US Senate campaign of tea party favorite Joe Miller.
Gallery: Election Photos of the Week 10/17 - 10/24
Alaska's Berkowitz: status quo under Parnell not working

Alaska's democratic candidate for governor, Ethan Berkowitz, says the status quo under Sarah Palin and current governor, Sean Parnell, is not acceptable.
For Alaska's Joe Miller, handcuff incident adds to mounting troubles

Security guards for Senate candidate Joe Miller of Alaska put a journalist in handcuffs Sunday. It was only the latest problem to beset the Miller campaign in recent weeks.
Gallery: Election Photos of the Week 10/04 - 10/16
Is Joe Miller too 'tea party' for Alaska?

Joe Miller, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alaska, is trying to turn traditional Alaska politics on its head. It might not work.
Gallery: Election Photos of the Week 09/16-09/26
Lisa Murkowski’s lonely Alaska fight against the tea party

Is Lisa Murkowski becoming her own kind of 'mama grizzly' in Alaska? Or is her decision to fight the tea party as a write-in US Senate candidate a lost cause?
The Vote
Lisa Murkowski write-in bid for Alaska Senate: Why would she?

Lisa Murkowski is set to say Friday whether she'll vie to keep her Senate seat by running a write-in campaign. The GOP establishment and 'tea party' activists seem of one mind about this: Don't do it.