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Ralph Nader, 2004 News
consumer advocate, declared his candidacy for president in February. The announcement outraged many Democrats who feared Nader would siphon votes away from the Democratic nominee and cost…Gavin Newsom, 2004 News
mayor of San Francisco, declared in February that the city would allow same-sex marriages, saying they are permitted under the equality provisions in the state constitution. Almost 3,200…George Tenet, 2004 News
former director of the CIA, resigned in June, citing “personal reasons.” His resignation, however, came as the CIA faced withering attacks for not having prevented the Sept. 11, 2001,…Rod Paige, 2004 News
U.S. secretary of education, stunned members of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, when he compared it to a “terrorist organization.” The union…Mel Gibson, 2004 News
actor and director, garnered intense buzz for his incendiary film, The Passion of the Christ, months before its February release. The film, in Latin and Aramaic with English subtitles,…Martha Stewart, 2004 News
diva of domesticity, was sentenced to five months in prison in July after being found guilty on four counts of obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators. The judge stayed…Katharine Gunn, 2004 News
British intelligence linguist, was arrested in 2003 for leaking a top-secret request from an official with the United States National Security Agency who was seeking help in bugging United…Pete Rose, 2004 News
former professional baseball player, admitted in January that he did in fact bet on baseball games, including those involving his team, the Cincinnati Reds. He denied ever betting against…Michael Eisner, 2004 News
media executive, was dealt a stunning vote of no confidence by the shareholders of the Walt Disney Company in March, when they refused to reelect him as chairman of the company. He retained…Richard Clarke, 2004 News
counterterrorism expert under four presidents—three of them Republican—created a furor in Washington with his unflinching criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the war on terror…Trending
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