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Illustration by Donkey Hotey for The Politics Blog; photos by Justin Sullivan/Getty (Romney), Joe Raedle/Getty (Santorum)Romney knew Santorum blew it, but he's got just enough traction now to roll…

Demjanjuk reacts with rage at being sentenced to death in Jerusalem on April 25, 1988. Five years later, his conviction would be overturned when…

While in his senior year at NYU, Glover got an e-mail from David Miner with the message "I heard you write." Miner had gotten his name from Tina Fey, who got it from Amy Poehler, who got it from his teacher at Upright Citizens Brigade. They asked him for some writing samples. He sent the spec script he wrote for The Simpsons, along with one for Everybody Hates Chris, along with some sketches he had written. Miner and 30 Rock co-creator Fey liked them. Not yet having graduated from NYU, he was now a writer on 30 Rock.