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Elizabeth Edwards said in an interview yesterday that she expects some sort of paternity test will determine if her husband, former Sen. John Edwards, is the father of his former mistress Rielle Hunter's 18-month-old child.

Last night, when asked by CNN's Larry King if DNA testing was going to happen, Mrs. Edwards said "my expectation is that, at some point, something happens, and I hope for the sake of this child that it happens… in a quiet way."

CBS affiliate WRAL reported last week that sources anticipate former Sen. Edwards will soon admit that he is the father of Hunter's child. Last August, Sen. Edwards admitted to an affair with Hunter but said the child was not his.

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Former North Carolina Senator and Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards is expected to admit that he is the father of the 18-month-old daughter of former mistress Rielle Hunter, sources tell CBS affiliate WRAL.

Edwards acknowledged the affair last summer but has previously denied that he fathered the child, whose name is Frances.

As WRAL notes, longtime Edwards aide Andrew Young initially claimed paternity but is now writing a book in which he will say Edwards is the girl's actual father.

Hunter testified last week at the federal courthouse where a grand jury is investigating whether campaign funds were illegally used to buy her silence.

The sources told WRAL Edwards could acknowledge paternity before the investigation concludes.

Although former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has largely remained in the shadows since publicly acknowledging his affair last year, those surrounding him have not gone silent. The latest news: The New York Daily News reports that Edwards' former aide Andrew Young will release a tell-all book about the affair and his relationship with the former candidate.

The book will recount Young's friendship with the Edwards family, his attempt to help Edwards during his affair, and comments by Elizabeth Edwards after her husband confirmed the affair.

The proposal "was impossible to put down," one editor told the Daily News.

According to the newspaper, Young's proposal alleges that Edwards and his mistress, campaign staffer Rielle Hunter, made a sex tape. Young says he uncovered the tape while unpacking at his California home.

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Former presidential candidate John Edwards appeared in public for the second time since August, speaking about poverty at Brown University Tuesday. He asked his audience of 600 to get involved in this "fundamental moral issue," the Miami Herald reports.

Edwards spoke of poverty on a global scale and offered some anecdotes illustrating what he's been doing over the past few months. Among the most striking was his description of wrapping the bodies of dead children in a Haitian slum in December.

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