Prolific Democratic fundraiser Frederick Baron was mourned Monday by hundreds of former benefactors and friends, including John Edwards and cyclist Lance Armstrong, in a service that at times sounded like a hushed political pep rally. "Fred actually thought it was fun to spend hour after hour raising ...

Frederick Baron DALLAS (AP) — Frederick Baron, a prominent Democratic fundraiser and wealthy Texas trial lawyer who built a fortune representing hundreds in asbestos exposure lawsuits, died Thursday. He was 61. Baron, whose link to the John Edwards mistress scandal this summer put him in an unwanted spotlight, died following complications from cancer, said Harrison Hickman, a ...

An ailing Democratic fundraiser has obtained an experimental cancer-fighting drug through the Mayo Clinic, according to his son, despite the drug maker's refusal to sanction the treatment. Fred Baron, a prominent political donor linked to the John Edwards mistress scandal, received the drug Tysabri after a "legal ...