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(Newser) - His wife and kids have moved out, and now his career path looks a little shaky, too. "I'm dead politically," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told a radio station today. "I am not running for another office." Sanford made the rounds of local stations today, defending... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford

(Newser) - Besieged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “a national joke,” Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair. He’s also immensely popular. In the midst of his most recent sex scandal, he and his party were handily reelected. What’s the deal? To begin with, “he controls... More »

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politics • sex scandal • Italy • corruption • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • Michael Wolff • Veronica Berlusconi

Daughter 'Astounded' by Berlusconi's Indiscretions

And says pols can't expect much private life

Aug 4, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s daughter says she was “astounded” by allegations that the Italian premier consorted with model Noemi Letizia before she turned 18, Bloomberg reports. “I never hung out with elderly men,” Barbara Berlusconi, 25 and the mom of two, tells the Italian edition of Vanity Fair.... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • interview • Noemi Letizia • Barbara Berlusconi

Ex-Hooker: Berlusconi Offered Me a Parliament Seat

Says he gave escorts acting, political roles

Jul 27, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrizia D’Addario, the prostitute who brought the world what she says are audiotapes of her having sex with Silvio Belusconi, says the Italian PM offered her a seat in the European Parliament, the Times of London reports. He offered her the position in lieu of paying for sex,... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • sex tape • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • Patrizia D'Addario

(Newser) - A newly released audio tape apparently captures Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a graphic sexual conversation with a female escort, reports the Daily Telegraph. Two voices on the tape discuss orgasm and a just-ended satisfying sexual encounter, with the man recommending that the woman "touch" herself "often.... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • sex scandal • Italy • Vatican • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • Patrizia D'Addario

Berlusconi Admits He's
'No Saint'

Italian PM shrugs off call-girl scandal as 'low-level stuff'

Jul 22, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi appeared unconcerned about the recent disclosure of tapes of an alleged intimate conversation between him and a prostitute, the Telegraph reports. “There are a lot of pretty girls about. I am no saint but you know that,” the Italian PM said today in his first public... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • Freedom Party

ANALYSIS

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

C Street House members believe they 'transcend morality'

Jul 21, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The C Street House, the Capitol Hill religious enclave that Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and Chip Pickering have in common, is more than a residence that happened to shelter three lawmakers involved in recent sex scandals, writes Jeff Sharlet in Salon. "If sexual license was all the Family offered... More »

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sex scandal • religion • Charles Grassley • Tom Coburn • Chip Pickering • John Ensign • Washington, DC • Mark Sanford • Jim DeMint • C Street • C Street House

COMMENTARY

Sanford: I Feel Like I Was
at My Own Funeral

'Broken' governor vows to be more 'humble' leader

Jul 19, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A “broken” Mark Sanford says the fallout from his admission of an extramarital affair has been like attending his own funeral, but he’s “thankful for the perspective it has afforded.” In a column for the Greenville News, the disgraced South Carolina governor shares the life lessons... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • affair • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

 Freeman to Wed 
 Step-Grandkid: 
 Enquirer 

Actor has raised her from childhood

Jul 10, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman plans to marry his step-granddaughter, whom he and his now-estranged second wife raised from childhood, family sources tell the National Enquirer. E’Dena Hines, the 27-year-old granddaughter of Freeman’s first wife, has been engaged in a secret affair with Freeman for nearly 10 years, and “becoming... More »

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entertainment • Morgan Freeman • sex scandal • celebrity • celebrity divorces • E'Dena Hines

Berlusconi's Skeevy Love Life Vs. the G8

Italians worry sex scandals will tarnish country's image

Jul 8, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is playing host to world leaders at the G8 meeting but many Italians fear his penchant for hosting teenage girls and escorts at his villa will overshadow and hurt the summit, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sex scandals have dogged the PM for months, trying... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • G8 summit • Group of Eight • sex • Silvio Berlusconi

(Newser) - The calls for Mark Sanford to resign are growing louder, but recent history suggests that the South Carolina governor has a chance to hold on, writes the Washington Times. While every politician who admits an affair faces calls to quit, only those who have committed real crimes are hounded from... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Antonio Villaraigosa • David Vitter • Eliot Spitzer • affair • Kwame Kilpatrick • political scandal • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford

(Newser) - It's a relative tidal wave of good news for Mark Sanford: Wife Jenny issued a statement today calling his affair "inexcusable" but reiterating that she's willing to forgive him, reports ABC News. As for his political career, she says it's up to South Carolina voters and lawmakers whether to... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Argentina • affair • governor • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford • Maria Belen Shapur • women's issues

Scandal Dogs Family Values Republicans

Sanford, Ensign aren't the only 1994 GOP frosh with marital woes

Jul 2, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apart from the sex scandals, what do John Ensign and Mark Sanford have in common? They’re both members of the much-hyped GOP House class of 1994, Politico observes. Those Republican revolutionaries swept into Washington promising a focus on family values, but 14 years later, no fewer than a dozen... More »

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Newt Gingrich • sex scandal • family values • John Ensign • Mark Sanford • Republicans • Pat Schroeder

(Newser) - Mark Sanford met his Argentine mistress more times than he’s originally let on, he told the AP today. Sanford, who’d originally copped to only four meetings with Maria Belen Chapur during an 8-year relationship, described five in the past year alone, including two romantic getaways in New York,... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • interview • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • María Belén Chapur

OPINION

Meghan McCain: Leave Mark Sanford Alone

Instead of hypocrisy, troubled GOP must employ compassion

Jun 29, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meghan McCain wants you to forgive Mark Sanford. “I don’t know if it’s the fact that I am younger,” she writes for the Daily Beast, “but it’s of very little concern to me who elected officials sleep with.” Assuming he didn’t do... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • Republican Party • infidelity • governor • Meghan McCain • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Republican governor

(Newser) - Jenny Sanford doesn’t much care what political fate befalls her cheating husband, CNN reports. “His career is not a concern of mine,” South Carolina's first lady told reporters as she left the family’s vacation home. “He’s going to have to worry about that. I’... More »

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politics • South Carolina • sex scandal • governor • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Jenny Sanford • Andre Bauer • Republican governor

ANALYSIS

 Twitchy GOP 
 Absorbs Yet 
 Another Scandal 

From Sanford to Ensign, Republican leaders are falling down

Jun 25, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford caused the GOP enough of a headache when he disappeared—but coming back to South Carolina only made it worse. The second Republican sex scandal in a week has left party leaders angry and exhausted, reports the New York Times, and has them wondering whether they can mount... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • sex scandal • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • John Ensign • Grover Norquist • political scandal • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • Election 2012

(Newser) - The paparazzo who snapped pics of nude guests at Silvio Berlusconi’s villa says another scandal is coming: the Italian prime minister in a "mock marriage" with a younger woman. Antonello Zappadu says he photographed Berlusconi in what "seemed to be a puerile game" at... More »

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sex scandal • photograph • photographers • Silvio Berlusconi • Villa • political scandal

 Who's Your Daddy? 
 For Models, It's 
 'Papi' Berlusconi 

Pressure grows on Italian PM for showgirl antics

Jun 3, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is still fighting suggestions of an improper relationship with an 18-year-old, but the Times of London reports that several young showgirls and TV presenters were at the Italian PM's infamous New Year's Party—and call him code name Papi, or "Daddy." A judge has suppressed photos... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • Noemi Letizia

Berlusconi Blocks Release
of Topless Photos

Images from New Year's party violate privacy, PM says

May 30, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi can rest easy: Racy photos allegedly showing young, bikini-clad and topless women frolicking at his villa will be sealed, BBC reports. The Italian prime minister said the 700 images, furtively snapped by a photographer on the island of Sardinia, violated his guests’ privacy. Meanwhile pressure is mounting on... More »

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sex scandal • Italy • affair • Silvio Berlusconi • Noemi Letizia

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