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Charles Pickering, Sr., 2004 News
trial judge, was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Bush during the Congressional recess. The senate had blocked his nomination twice, with Democrats opposing him because of…John Edwards, 2004 News
U.S. senator from North Carolina since 1999 and former trial attorney, frequently spoke of two Americas—one for the privileged and one for those left behind by the Bush administration—during…Al Sharpton, Jr., 2004 News
controversial civil rights activist and minister, ran a long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sharpton was an outspoken critic of President Bush—and the other…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,…Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 2004 News
president of Haiti, resigned in February, under intense pressure from the United States, France, and his political opponents, and went into exile. He was strongly criticized for failing to…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…Trending
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