Read more bull whip stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19198/bull-whip.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 05:52:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14477/lott-cashes-in-chips.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=56504&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401024323' border='0' />Minority whip Trent Lott retired from the Senate last night, five years before his term’s end. He revealed his departure 16 minutes before the chamber’s 12:05 a.m. closing. The 35-year Congressional career ended with “characteristic flair,” the AP reports—Lott quoting his high school motto from the Senate...Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., speaks during a news conference in Pascagoula, Miss., Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. 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. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)http://www.newser.com/story/14477/lott-cashes-in-chips.htmlWed, 19 Dec 2007 16:48:23 CST