Di Canio -- still adored at West Ham, where he played for four years -- has attempted to quash suggestions he was a racist by claiming that two of his best friends during his playing career in England were black.

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He has since referred to Spitzer as one of the most capable prosecutors he has ever worked with, and the two men are close friends, according to a source familiar with their relationship.

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After he created the Kickstarter page, he then marketed and promoted the project using his WordPress website, email list of over two thousand artists and collectors, and Facebook where he has over three thousand friends.

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The 40-year-old moved with his wife and two children, but has expressed concerns about the friends and family he left behind.

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Nigel Evans also said the incident has left him with "a sense of incredulity" because he considered the two accusers his friends.

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He also uses his iPhone (AAPL) to ask FaceBook (FB) friends if anyone has been there and two respond fast with thumbs up.

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Since Jimmy Carter in 1980, Harkin has endorsed the eventual winner of every Iowa caucus, except for 1988 when he did not endorse anyone because two friends, Paul Simon and Dick Gephardt, were running.

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