Phil Robinson, who once served as Combs' Bad Boy Records lieutenant, can now be seen on VH1's wildly popular "Basketball Wives" series.

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One surprising victim of the fund manager's recent bad run: Paolo Pellegrini, a former lieutenant who helped make Mr. Paulson a multibillionaire.

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There were "a lot of bad feelings between the two candidates, stemming from the days when Carnahan served as lieutenant governor while Ashcroft was governor, " Schneider said.

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