to become majority leader. But Angle waswidely viewed as the mostextreme - and beatable -of the Republicans.

Nevada Republicans also rejected Gov. Jim Gibbons' reelection bid. His term was marred by a nasty divorce and allegations of affairs.

Haley rode Tea Party support and a wave of sympathy toa strong finish after one of the dirtiest campaigns ever, even by the depraved standards of South Carolina - home ofthe lyin', cheatin' Gov. Mark Sanford.

One state senator called Haley, 38, a "raghead."

Two men with ties to Haley's foes claimed in recent weeks they had affairs with Haley - charges the married mom of two vehemently denied.

Her accusers have had a hard time backing up their stories. One vowed to take a polygraph to prove his claims, only to have the resultswas burning. Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the paroxysm of rioting, destruction and arson that engulfed broad sections of Washington after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis. In three days of upheaval, 13 people were killed. Two of them were never identified. The skeleton of a third was found in the rubble and identified three years later, according to news accounts.

King’s death blew the lid off black Washington’s pressure cooker (AP) (ap)

Hundreds of blazes left vast avenues of burning wreckage and nightmare scenes of desolation. The air was filled with smoke and the smell of tear gas, and the streets were littered with broken glass and tumbled-down bricks, as if in the aftermath of an air raid. Stretches of the city resembled combat