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Newscaster suspended for affair.(Arts & Entertainment)

Article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) Article date: August 4, 2007

Byline: RAQUEL MARIA DILLON - Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A Spanish-language newscaster who had an affair with the mayor of Los Angeles has been suspended from her job for two months for violating conflict-of-interest policies, her network said.

Mirthala Salinas was having the relationship with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when she announced the news of his separation from his wife of 20 years on local Telemundo station KVEA, Channel 52.

Salinas was suspended after a three-week internal investigation reviewed by ...

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