In The News: Sen. Lott Calling It Quits

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Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., speaks during a news conference in Pascagoula, Miss., Monday. Lott, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, announced Monday he will retire from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress in which he rose to his party’s top Senate job only to lose it over a remark interpreted as support for segregation. Story here .