Politico Cole Gibson says of Congressman Hatling: "Yes, well...I've heard of him." There could hardly be a more obscure member of Congress than the representative from Kentucky's Fifth District. When his name arises as a potential presidential candidate, no one is more surprised-or horrified-than Hatling himself, for Hatling lives a secret life. With the reappearance of his old college sweetheart, a French-Palestinian woman in Beirut, he has even more to hide. And if his ideas regarding the State of Israel become known, the result will not be a simple election defeat. It will be a battle for...

For over a year the town of Twisting Creek, Kentucky has been obsessed with the enigmatic African immigrant accused of the brutal strangulation of a popular young Sunday School teacher. A self-described "ear-witness" describes overhearing an argument that ended with Lovemore Ngweyna shouting at Sarah Lester, "You're dead, woman." Sheriff Greer says, "Of course he's guilty. Do you think one man threatened to kill her, and lo and behold an hour later another man did?" The prosecution knows it's open-and-shut. "Women of any color don't like men of any color who strangle women--of any color."...