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  • September 2008

    • Troopergate Continues to Follow Palin

      Anchorage Daily News  |  Sep 5, 08 4:31 PM CDT

      Troopergate Continues to Follow Palin

      (Newser) - Alaska’s Public Safety Employees Association has filed a complaint against Gov. Sarah Palin, charging she disclosed confidential information about state trooper Mike Wooten in attempts to get him fired, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The union says a Palin aide cited confidential information about Wooten—involved in thorny divorce proceedings with the governor’s sister—in a call to a superior officer. More »

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      scandals  • Sarah Palin  • Alaska  • vice presidential candidate  • governor  • Troopergate  • Mike Wooten

    • Hotshot Lawyer to Rep Palin in Ethics Tussle

      Anchorage Daily News  |  Sep 2, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Hotshot Lawyer to Rep Palin in Ethics Tussle

      (Newser) - A private-sector lawyer is making the unusual move of defending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her office in a state investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner, the Anchorage Daily News reports. But the lawyer's request for witness statements and other materials was immediately shot down —"It would be highly unusual for an investigator to share information with one of the targets of the investigation," said the former prosecutor heading the probe. More »

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      scandals  • Sarah Palin  • Alaska  • lawyer  • state troopers

  • August 2008

    • Palin Facing Alaska Ethics Investigation

      TPM Muckraker  |  Aug 29, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      Palin Facing Alaska Ethics Investigation

      (Newser) - John McCain’s running mate comes to the national campaign embroiled in a scandal back home, Talking Points Memo reports. Alaska’s legislative council has appointed a special commission to investigate Gov. Sarah Palin, who’s accused of pressuring the state’s department of public safety to fire her former brother-in-law, state trooper Mike Wooten—who is battling Palin’s sister in a messy custody suit. More »

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      John McCain  • scandals  • Sarah Palin  • Alaska

  • July 2008

    • Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

      National Enquirer  |  Jul 23, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

      (Newser) - The National Enquirer claims to have cornered and confronted John Edwards yesterday after a late-night tryst with the woman they have been saying for months is his mistress and the mother of his infant child. The tabloid says its reporters tracked Edwards as he entered a Los Angeles hotel through a side door and used a basement elevator; left the hotel and returned again with her; and left again at 2:40am. When confronted by Enquirer reporters, they say, he fled—and then hid in a bathroom and summoned security. More »

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      John Edwards  • scandals  • affair  • tabloids  • Rielle Hunter  • National Enquirer  • love child  • mistress

    • Philly Anchor Charged With Hacking Co-Worker

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jul 22, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Philly Anchor Charged With Hacking Co-Worker

      (Newser) - Former comedian and KWY-TV anchor Larry Mendte probably isn’t laughing now. He’s facing a felony charge for hacking into ex-co-anchor Alycia Lane’s computer and doling out information—including bikini photos—to gossip columnists and blogs, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. “The charges are unprecedented,” Lane’s lawyer for a separate wrongful-termination suit says. More »

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      scandals  • Philadelphia  • gossip  • Alycia Lane  • Larry Mendte

  • June 2008

    • At Home With Woozy Winehouse

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 27, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      At Home With Woozy Winehouse

      (Newser) - In the wake of another scandal—singing racist ditties on video—Amy Winehouse invites Claire Hoffman of Rolling Stone into her trashed home in London to witness the train wreck firsthand. Over tea and beer, a groggy Winehouse talks drugs, her next album, and her jailed husband, flitting outside now and then to toy with the paparazzi. More »

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      celebrity  • music  • drugs  • scandals  • paparazzi  • Amy Winehouse  • interview  • Rolling Stone  • Blake Fielder Civil

    • Hathaway Dumps Shyster Beau

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 18, 08 12:18 PM CDT

      Hathaway Dumps Shyster Beau

      (Newser) - Get Smart actress Anne Hathaway has finally ditched her shady Italian boyfriend after four years of legal scandals, the Daily Mail reports. Raffaello Follieri has been sued repeatedly for writing bad six-figure checks and for misusing $55 million from a joint venture with billionaire Ron Burkle. His charitable foundation—on which Hathaway once served as board director—is also under investigation. More »

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      celebrity  • scandals  • break-up  • criminal investigation  • Anne Hathaway

  • May 2008

    • Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

      Der Spiegel  |  May 30, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Spy Scandal at German Phone Giant Grows

      (Newser) - Deutsche Telekom apparently didn’t stop at looking through the phone records of board members and journalists in its bid to end leaks. The German phone giant also tracked their movements and may have snooped into personal bank records, Der Spiegel reports. Top executives also worked with a detective agency run by members of the former East German secret police. More »

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      Germany  • scandals  • privacy  • journalist  • Deutsche Telekom  • Stasi

    • German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

      New York Times  |  May 27, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      German Telecom Spying Ignites Privacy Uproar

      (Newser) - German phone giant Deutsche Telekom has ignited a privacy firestorm by admitting it tracked board members’ phone calls to root out the source of embarrassing press leaks. The dominant national fixed-line provider revealed “severe and far-reaching” misuse of private information, generating anger in a country sensitive to civil liberties abuses, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Germany  • scandals  • privacy  • Deutsche Telekom  • press leaks

    • Ohio AG Keeps Job Despite Sex Scandals

      The Columbus Dispatch  |  May 3, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      Ohio AG Keeps Job Despite Sex Scandals

      (Newser) - Ohio's scandal-hit AG has admitted having an affair, and apologized for his "human failings" in not cracking down on sexual harassment in his office, but doesn't plan to step down, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Marc Dann didn't name the woman, but his chief scheduler, whom he admitted spent the night at his condo, resigned yesterday. Dann fired two more aides and another quit after an internal investigation confirmed harassment charges. More »

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      scandals  • Ohio  • affair  • sexual harassment  • attorney general  • Marc Dann

    • James Frey Returns, Like It or Not

      Vanity Fair  |  May 2, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      James Frey Returns, Like It or Not

      (Newser) - James Frey regrets nothing. In an interview with Vanity Fair to promote his new novel, Bright Shiny Morning , the author discusses the 2006 controversy regarding his "memoir," A Million Little Pieces , and how he was vilified by the media and humiliated by Oprah Winfrey. "I've said all along that I never wanted my books published as memoirs," he tells the magazine. More »

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      scandals  • Oprah Winfrey  • James Frey  • A Million Little Pieces  • Oprah's Book Club

  • April 2008

    • Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      Slate  |  Apr 30, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney

      (Newser) - Red-faced Disney execs paused their Miley Cyrus finger-wagging yesterday when asked about a billboard showcasing an underage model in Disney-themed skivvies above a Beijing subway station, Slate reports. The ad, paid for by the squeaky-clean cartoon empire, features a pig-tailed pubescent girl lounging in mouse-logo bra and panties playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse puppets. More »

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      scandals  • Beijing  • Disney  • Miley Cyrus  • advertisements

    • Irish PM Resigns in Kickback Scandal

      Irish Times (Ireland)  |  Apr 2, 08 7:11 AM CDT

      Irish PM Resigns in Kickback Scandal

      (Newser) - The prime minister of Ireland announced his resignation today in the face of a growing scandal over his personal finances, reports the Irish Times . Bertie Ahern, a key player in the Northern Ireland peace deal once tipped to be the first permanent EU president, admitted no wrongdoing in the surprise announcement. A tribunal has been investigating whether he took kickbacks while serving as Ireland's finance minister. More »

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      scandals  • corruption  • resignation  • Ireland  • prime minister  • tribunal  • Bertie Ahern  • Celtic Tiger  • kickbacks

  • March 2008

    • NFL Will Push for 'Integrity'

      Washington Post  |  Mar 27, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      NFL Will Push for 'Integrity'

      (Newser) - Still red-faced from the Patriots' "Spygate" videotaping scandal last season, the NFL is searching for ways to rebuild fan trust and protect the "integrity of the game," reports the Washington Post . Commissioner Roger Goodell has outlined a plan aimed at stemming cheating that is expected to get the green light at the annual owners' meeting in Miami Monday. More »

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      NFL  • scandals  • New England Patriots  • Roger Goodell  • Bill Belichick  • cheating  • Spygate  • videotaping

    • Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday

      CNN  |  Mar 12, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday

      (Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, with his wife again at his side, announced his resignation in a short press conference this morning. The New York governor apologized for his "private" misconduct, again without making direct reference to the prostitution scandal that has ended his political career. "I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me,"  he said. “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.” More »

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      New York  • scandals  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • resignation  • prostitution ring  • David Paterson  • Emperors Club  • Silda Wall Spitzer  • Albany  • Joe Bruno

    • Can Spitzer Hurt Clinton?

      Nation  |  Mar 11, 08 3:40 PM CDT

      Can Spitzer Hurt Clinton?

      (Newser) - Will the Eliot Spitzer scandal hurt fellow New York Democrat Hillary Clinton, who's all too familiar with the travails of philandering men? Writers are weighing in: Clinton had trouble securing Spitzer's endorsement, writes John Nichols in the Nation , and now, "He is a distraction—the big player in her adopted home state who is now in big, big trouble." One positive: David Paterson would "instantly become Clinton's most prominent African-American backer." More »

    • Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Come Clean or Quit; Maybe Both

      (Newser) - As Eliot Spitzer mulls his options, the editorial boards of the state's newspapers are weighing in: Wall Street Journal: "The stupendously deluded belief that the sitting governor of New York could purchase the services of prostitutes was the last act of a man unable to admit the existence of, or need for, limits." More »

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      Wall Street  • scandals  • Eliot Spitzer  • prostitution  • resignation  • prostitution ring  • newspaper editorials

    • What Was Spitzer Thinking?

      Associated Press  |  Mar 11, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      What Was Spitzer Thinking?

      (Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's reported involvement with a pricey call-girl ring has left, well, everyone scratching their heads, the AP reports. What makes a public figure show such jaw-dropping disregard for the consequences of private actions? One analyst calls it "the psychology of the exception. People in power sometimes feel they can do things that us, mere mortals, are forbidden to do. There's a sense, as with adolescents, that 'I won't get caught.'" More »

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      New York  • scandals  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitution  • psychology  • prostitution ring

    • Spitzer's Fall Shocks Biographer

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 11, 08 7:43 AM CDT

      Spitzer's Fall Shocks Biographer

      (Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's biographer was as shocked as anyone to discover his involvement with a prostitution ring yesterday. The New York governor was regarded as a devoted and faithful husband, and his college girlfriends still spoke fondly of him. The whole debacle, writes Brooke Masters in the Financial Times , "serves as a shocking reminder that even the most public figures can have unexpected facets." More »

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      New York  • scandals  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitution  • prostitution ring  • Troopergate

  • February 2008

    • Romney Son: Dad’s Re-entry ‘Possible’

      Deseret News (Salt Lake)  |  Feb 25, 08 4:10 PM CST

      Romney Son: Dad’s Re-entry ‘Possible’

      (Newser) - Mitt Romney has been curiously mum since John McCain’s lobbyist scandals broke last week, perhaps because he’s thinking of jumping back into the presidential race. Josh Romney said it was "unlikely, but possible” that his father would throw his hat back in if McCain’s ethics problems broaden and imperil his candidacy, the Deseret Morning News reports. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • scandals  • Washington lobbyists

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