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Strange early jobs of 23 famous people

Summer is here, and that means so are summer jobs. While lots of young people find work as lifeguards or camp counselors, just as many are forced off the beaten path to find their first paychecks.

Colin Powell, foot soldiers battle America's dropout 'catastrophe'

Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission. One morning in March he set out to save Desmond Dunklin, a 19-year-old who should have graduated last year from Greenville High School in Greenville, Alabama.

Commentary: How Powell can answer Cheney

The back-and-forth between former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and radio entertainer Rush Limbaugh, has been, well, entertaining and fascinating.

Analysis: Powell flap gets GOP to ask 'What kind of party are we?'

Colin Powell stirred up the Republican Party's very public internal debate about the direction of the party and asserted it's losing because it doesn't appeal to moderates like him.

King: Supreme Court pick, Powell and GOP's 'big tent'

The sounds of Sunday on Memorial Day weekend included the sonic booms of the Shuttle Atlantis returning home. As always, it was a breathtaking sight.

Powell aide says torture helped build Iraq war case

Finding a "smoking gun" linking Iraq and al Qaeda became the main purpose of the abusive interrogation program the Bush administration authorized in 2002, a former State Department official told CNN on Thursday.

Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'

My message to the national media and political pundits on their premature obits on the Republican Party: Quit throwing dirt on our graves!

Cheney ramps up attacks on both sides of the aisle

Far from a secure, undisclosed location, former Vice President Dick Cheney is out in the open and increasing his criticism on the Obama administration and even fellow Republicans.

Powell: I never had the 'passion' to run for Oval Office

Retired Gen. Colin Powell has a choice blend of political and military experience, and many thought he'd make a great president, but Powell said Wednesday that he just didn't have it in him.

Powell endorses Obama service initiative

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is lending his stature to an initiative from the incoming administration to connect volunteers with causes that need them.

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