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political scandal stories: 233 news summaries

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 Berlusconi 
 Hooker Probe 
 to Quiz 
 30 Women 

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

Jun 23, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to question up to 30 women, including eastern European models, as part of a probe into the alleged procurement of prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The sex scandal widened yesterday when a photo emerged of two young women in short dresses posing in what appears... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal

Berlusconi
Gave Me $14K 'Present': Escort

Scandal ramps up as hostess also says PM
had sex with hooker

Jun 22, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is facing further pressure to resign after a 23-year-old revealed she had received a $14,000 "present" from the Italian PM after attending a party, reports the Times of London. The woman also says that Patrizia D'Addario, the escort at the center of the growing prostitution scandal,... More »

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Italy • escort • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal • showgirls

(Newser) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is refusing to resign in the first major crisis of his 19 months in office, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Dubbed "Utegate"—after a popular SUV—the scandal centers on whether Rudd gave special treatment to a friend's car dealership. Critics say Rudd... More »

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Australia • email • prime minister • Kevin Rudd • car dealers • political scandal

(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

 Blago to Appear in 
 Rod Superstar Spoof 

Ex-gov to take the stage to announce extension of musical mocking his career

Jun 10, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Second City revue's harshly critical musical send-up of Rod Blagojevich's rise and fall will have a special guest onstage Saturday: Rod Blagojevich. Producers of Rod Blagojevich Superstar say the impeached former Illinois governor will be on hand to announce the hit spoof's extension through August, and will join... More »

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Illinois • musical theater • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Second City

(Newser) - UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will resign her post, the Times of London reports, in an effort to hang onto her seat in parliament despite the expense scandal swirling around her. Smith has been badly embarrassed by revelations that she had charged taxpayers for her family home, several digital... More »

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Gordon Brown • UK politics • Jacqui Smith • Britain • political scandal • scandal • inappropriate expenses • British Labor Party • expenses

Former Iraqi Trade Minister Arrested on
Graft Charges

Authorities order his plane to turn around

May 30, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s erstwhile trade minister has been arrested on charges of corruption, the BBC reports. Abdul Falah Sudani resigned his post earlier this month after allegations emerged that he and other officials in his department were embezzling government funds. The dramatic capture today occurred after police requested Sudani’s flight... More »

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Iraq • arrest • Iraqi government • political scandal • corruption charges • Baghdad airport • Abdul Falah Sudani

Pinning Burris for Perjury Difficult: Experts

Senator says he was just placating Blago brother in taped calls

May 28, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversy surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate has heated up after the release of his conversations with Rod Blagojevich’s brother, taped by the FBI, but a criminal case against him is still iffy, Politico reports. The possibility of perjury charges over inconsistencies in Burris’ statements is slim, experts... More »

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ethics • Congress • FBI • Senate • perjury • tape • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • fundraising • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

(Newser) - FBI recordings of a conversation between Sen. Roland Burris and the brother of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can be released to the Senate Ethics Committee, a judge ruled today. The committee is investigating Burris’ appointment by the now-impeached governor, made after Blagojevich was indicted, the Hill reports. The... More »

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Congress • Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

ANALYSIS

Forget Tea Parties: Irate Brits Talking 'Bout a Revolution

Decades-long tensions come to the fore over latest scandal

May 24, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s embattled politicians may have another revolution on their hands, but this time one that’s brewing on their own soil. Citizens are fuming over outrageous personal expenditures—including a miniature “duck house” and the clearing of a moat—by members of Parliament, but tensions have been simmering... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • corruption • House of Commons • revolution • Britain • political scandal • Michael Martin

'Showgirl' Crack Is Berlusconi's Latest Gaffe

Italian business leader disturbed at PM's characterization of her

May 21, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Emma Marcegaglia runs Italy’s industrialist association and just might be the country’s most powerful woman. But that didn’t stop Silvio Berlusconi from likening her to a showgirl today, Reuters reports. Speaking to Marcegaglia’s organization, the gaffe-prone Italian premier recalled when “an usher told me a... More »

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Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • insult • Veronica Lario • Emma Marcegaglia • showgirls

 US Journo 
 Exposed UK 
 Expense Scandal 

Freelancer's Freedom of Information Act query lifted lid on abuse of system

May 20, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The scandal shaking Britain's Parliament to its core was set in motion by a simple request from a freelance American writer, the New York Times reports. Heather Brooke submitted a query about politicians' expenses under Britain's Freedom of Information Act after it came into effect, only to meet years of... More »

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British Parliament • Britain • political scandal • inappropriate expenses • expenses • Michael Martin • Heather Brooke

OPINION

 Stand By Your Man (So You Can Drag Him Through Mud) 

Elizabeth Edwards exacted an 'exquisite' form of revenge against her cheating hubby

May 10, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Veronica Lario, the scorned wife of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, has much to learn from Elizabeth Edwards about revenge American style, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. When Lario filed for divorce and publicly griped about his caddish ways, Berlusconi just turned the tables by demanding a public... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Italy • adultery • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • Veronica Lario

 Spitzers Go Out, 
 Holding Hands, No Less 

First public appearance together since scandal lasts whole 30 minutes

May 8, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hooker? What hooker? Disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer and wife Silda gave no indication they were ever involved in a prostitution scandal last night, the New York Daily News reports. The Spitzers went to an Education Through Music gala together—their first public outing since the ex-gov’s resignation. They... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • Silda Wall Spitzer • prostitution scandal

OPINION

 Obama's Auto 
 Boss Faces 
 Charges of 
 ... Nothing 

Rattner's pay-to-play 'scandal' is common practice

Apr 22, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press is abuzz over Obama auto-recovery boss Steven Rattner’s ties to a pay-to-play scandal, but every story about Rattner mentions he’s not accused of anything. What he apparently did—paid to receive part of a public pension fund to manage—is “an open practice,” so... More »

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media • press • bribery • political scandal • Obama administration • Steven Rattner • auto task force • pay-to-play

 Blago Can't Hit 
 Costa Rica for 
 Reality Show 

NBC wanted ex-guv in Costa Rica for celeb program

Apr 21, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has barred Rod Blagojevich’s bid to leave the country to join a reality-show cast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-governor’s lawyers hoped he’d get permission in court today to travel to Costa Rica for NBC’s I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of ... More »

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reality TV • NBC • corruption • Costa Rica • court • Illinois • governor • federal judges • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

 Spitzer Walks 
 Long Road 
 to Redemption 

Ex-guv working on normal life; his future is unclear

Apr 19, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - As he returns to the public eye, Eliot Spitzer is working on being a normal person—a daunting task for a man long accustomed to power, Jonathan Darman writes in a Newsweek cover story. He’s grown less image-conscious, often spotted jogging around New York in sweatpants. And he makes... More »

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New York • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • governor • political scandal • interview

 Blago Pleads 
 Not Guilty in 
 Criminal Case 



Brother also pleads not guilty to corruption charges

Apr 14, 09 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich and his brother pleaded not guilty to corruption charges today in a 10-minute US district court hearing, the Chicago Tribune reports. The former Illinois governor’s lawyer spoke for him as he faced several questions from the judge, including one on his education. “Mr Rod Blagojevich would... More »

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corruption • Illinois • arraignment • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • hearings

Blago Singled Out Senate Contenders
for Cash

List shows he targeted
4 would-be senators

Mar 29, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his race to build a $2.3 million campaign war chest last year, Rod Blagojevich listed four possible candidates for President Obama's vacated Senate seat as prospective donors, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. A list of 150 names in all shows that Rep. Luis Gutierrez, billionaire J.B. Pritzker, and... More »

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Illinois • campaign fundraising • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Jan Schakowsky • Rep. Luis Gutierrez • Roland Burris

ANALYSIS

 Blago 'A Natural' 
 in Radio Gig

Ex-gov bashes his trial, his successor; jokes about hair and lack of progress on book

Mar 25, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morning drive-time radio could be the future for Rod Blagojevich, if the impeached Illinois’ governor’s fill-in stint today on Chicago’s WLS-AM is anything to go by, Jimmy Orr writes in live-blogging the show for the Christian Science Monitor. Amid Elvis theme music and complaints about his successor’s... More »

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radio • Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Howard Stern Grid

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