Idaho Paper Spills Years of Dirt on Craig

Someone else with the last name Weiner tries to cheer Anthony up

(NEWSER) - It ain’t easy having the last name Weiner. That’s a point Anthony Weiner has made repeatedly in recent days, saying his name had obviously inspired the prankster who sent that infamous twitter photo . “I don’t know whether that photo has anything to do with your genitals—and actually, you don’t really seem to know either ,” writes Juli Weiner in an open letter to the congressman in Vanity Fair . But “your honesty and openness has not gone ignored by other Weiners.” More»

That's about all the info you'll get unless you buy a copy

(NEWSER) - With how much she’s been in the news lately, is it any surprise that the already-disgraced Duchess of York is now in the middle of her very own sex scandal? In its “bombshell report,” creatively titled “Fergie slept with rich men for ca$h,” the Globe claims Sarah Ferguson got $450,000 for sleeping with two oil tycoons. Of course, if you want the details (we'd like to know why she's raking it in but still broke ), you’re going to have to buy a copy of the tab. More»

Ex-senator goes on and on about 'perks' of the job

(NEWSER) - Larry Craig was so convinced he wouldn’t be discussing “the past” during his appearance on last night’s Daily Show, he had a former member of his staff send around an email saying just that. The appearance, part of a segment on retired senators, was supposed to be “fun,” it read, according to The Atlantic . “Uh, has he ever seen the show?” wonders Adrian Chen on Gawker . "Fun" it was…just not in the way Craig expected. More»

David Paterson will resign after New York Times exposé: source

(NEWSER) - Less than 2 years after extramarital indiscretions cost Eliot Spitzer the job, a sex scandal is about to chase his successor as New York governor out of office. Media circles have been abuzz with reports that the New York Times is working on an exposé involving Paterson's personal life and the hammer is about to come down, a source tells Business Insider . More»

Lovechildren, gay affairs, and hookers, oh my!

(NEWSER) - From Eliot Spitzer’s $80,000 worth of prostitute action to Mark Sanford “hiking the Appalachian trail,” this decade has been ripe with political sex scandals. The Frisky picks the juiciest. Some of the slightly-lesser-discussed affairs:

• Mike Duvall: A self-described “family values warrior” in the California State Assembly spilled about his mistress—while miked—meaning that a whole bunch of politicians got to hear about his propensity for “spanking her.”