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New York governor to choose new senator

(NEWSER) - Bill Clinton is one of the possible choices to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate when she becomes secretary of state, CNN reports. Other top contenders include New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Robert Kennedy Jr, or Caroline Kennedy. New York Gov. David Paterson, who will appoint Clinton’s replacement, has yet to indicate any favorites. More»

Bill Clinton, Gov. Paterson attend ceremony at former Triborough to honor slain senator

(NEWSER) - It’s official: The bridge formerly known as the Triborough was renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge today, NY1 reports. Michael Bloomberg, Bill Clinton, David Paterson and members of the Kennedy family attended the ceremony in Astoria, Queens, to honor the late senator from New York, who would have been 83 tomorrow; RFK was assassinated in 1968. More»

Fellow New Yorker's fall from grace is an unwanted distraction, unpleasant reminder

(NEWSER) - Will the Eliot Spitzer scandal hurt fellow New York Democrat Hillary Clinton, who's all too familiar with the travails of philandering men? Writers are weighing in:

• Clinton had trouble securing Spitzer's endorsement, writes John Nichols in the Nation, and now, "He is a distraction—the big player in her adopted home state who is now in big, big trouble." One positive: David Paterson would "instantly become Clinton's most prominent African-American backer."

Plus, Bubba surrounds himself with porn stars

(NEWSER) - Bill Clinton threw a very expensive fundraiser Tuesday, but the non-celebrity guests were not impressed, with at least one calling it the "worst party ever." The Telegraph recounts tweets and interviews with attendees who stood in line outside for hours after paying anywhere from $200 to nearly $1,600 for a ticket, while Clinton and VIPs like Gwyneth Paltrow and will.i.am schmoozed inside. Once they finally made it in to the underground venue, multiple guests reported perspiration dripping from the walls, and one adds that "the place absolutely stank." Plus, it was so crowded that some couldn't even see or hear Clinton. More»

Clintons denounce author Edward Klein as a 'known liar'

(NEWSER) - Bill Clinton considers Barack Obama such an "incompetent" president that he begged Hillary last summer to quit the State Department and run against him in 2012—or at least, that's the story a new, unauthorized Obama biography is telling. "Barack Obama is an amateur," Clinton is quoted as telling his wife in an excerpt from Edward Klein's new book, which appropriately is titled The Amateur. Hillary protests that she wants to make her mark on the State Department. "The country needs you!" Clinton counters. "The country needs us!" More»