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Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards used nearly $1 million in campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair and hide his mistress, in violation of campaign finance laws, prosecutors argued in opening statements Monday. Edwards, 58, a Democrat and former U.S. senator from North Carolina, faces four charges of collecting illegal campaign contributions, one count of conspiracy and one of making false statements. The six felony charges could cost him a maximum of $1.5 million and land him in prison …