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Don't be a Steve Phillips

 A Dummy’s Guide to Cheating 

Avoid being like Steve Phillips by avoiding chicks like Brooke Hundley

Oct 22, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Phillips had it coming, big time. Here's what happens when you get horizontal with a crazy chick, writes Mandy Stadtmiller for the New York Post: They always blab about the affair. To the would-be Steve Phillips of the world, she advises that you pick a woman who:
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affair • scandal • Steve Phillips • Brooke Hundley • Brooke Hundley photos • ESPN scandal

 Brown to Repay 
 $20K in Expense 
 Scandal 

PM had called for ministers to pony up

Oct 12, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown has been sent a bill for £12,415 ($19,600) for questionable expense account claims, and the prime minister intends to pay up, 10 Downing St. announced today. The lion’s share of that money was used for housecleaning, with a bit going to gardening and decorating.... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Britain • scandal • inappropriate expenses • Nick Clegg

 How Edwards' 
 Aide Morphed 
 From Devotee 
 to Sellout 

Tell-all author was disturbingly attached to senator, to his wife's dismay

Oct 1, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Andrew Young was right there every time John Edwards needed a Diet Coke, dry cleaning, a ride from the airport, and finally a babydaddy for his mistress. The "personal servant" who turned tell-all author—other aides even called him Edward’s “butt boy”—showed a fierce devotion... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • Senate • aide • Andrew Young • scandal • senator • celebrity tell-alls • Rielle Hunter • paternity • extramarital affair

TELL-ALL

 Ex-Aide: Clinton 
 Got a Little 
 Too Close 

Here's a shocker: President Clinton liked the ladies, and the ladies liked him

Sep 29, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Monica. President Clinton had his eye on another young political staffer, and she’s recounting at least one incident with him in her upcoming tell-all. During the 2000 G8 Summit in Japan, Clinton allegedly called Stacy Parker Aab, then 26, to his room and embraced her on the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Steven Spielberg • Bill Clinton • Monica Lewinsky • scandal • Kate Capshaw • Stacy Parker Aab

ACORN's
Founder Blasts GOP Attacks

Dismisses them as
'poppycock,' part of anti-Obama vendetta

Sep 23, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of ACORN says the conservative portrayal of the group as a "criminal enterprise" is a “complete fabrication." Claims that the group systematically misuses federal funds for political purposes are being circulated as fact on TV talk shows and blogs, Wade Rathke tells the Washington Post.... More »

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Republican • House Republicans • scandal • conservatives • Acorn • President Obama • Wade Rathke

OPINION

 ACORN Sting 
 Raises Media 
 Ethics Questions 

Hidden video subterfuge made news, but where was the reality check?

Sep 23, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - “You've got to give James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles credit for abundant chutzpah and guile,” writes James Rainey in the Los Angeles Times. The pair’s hidden camera ACORN takedown “likely will do for guerrilla video what Ashton Kutcher did for Twitter—popularize and expand the... More »

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prostitution • video • sting operations • hidden camera • scandal • undercover video • Acorn • mainstream media • James O'Keefe • Hannah Giles

ACORN Sting Duo Says Nobody Put Them Up to It

Call themselves 'concerned citizens'

Sep 18, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles say there's no conservative conspiracy behind their decision to dress up as a pimp and prostitute and walk into ACORN offices with a hidden camera. They’re just a pair of concerned citizens, who’ve managed to wound the mighty activist group on a... More »

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prostitution • prostitute • hidden camera • scandal • Acorn • James O'Keefe • Hannah Giles

 House Votes to Cut Off ACORN 

Republicans lead charge against scandal-ridden community organizers

Sep 17, 09 10:12 PM CDT
(AP) - The House voted tonight to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a Republican-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. "ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would... More »

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House of Representatives • House Republicans • scandal • Acorn • community organizers

(AP) - Obama environmental adviser Van Jones is resigning amid controversy over past inflammatory statements. The so-called green jobs czar got into hot water this week when two things surfaced: He called Republicans "assholes" in a video made before he joined the administration, and he signed a petition supporting the "... More »

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resignation • czar • scandal • Obama administration • green jobs • Van Jones • truther

(Newser) - Reporter Erin Andrews put the summer’s naked-video scandal behind her tonight, returning to the sidelines for ESPN’s first college football telecast of the season. David Whitley was observing her every move during the South Carolina-North Carolina State tilt for AOL’s Fanhouse blog, and notes, “She appears... More »

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entertainment • ESPN • North Carolina State Wolfpack • South Carolina Gamecocks • scandal • live television • college football • Erin Andrews • nude video • ESPN scandal

(AP) - Sex and scandal have not been enough to make major sellers out of books about Bernard Madoff. According to Nielsen BookScan, neither a much-discussed tell-all by alleged ex-mistress Sheryl Weinstein nor a recent wave of biographies about the imprisoned financier have caught on with the public. Weinstein's Madoff's Other Secret,... More »

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Ponzi scheme • scandal • Amazon • Bernard Madoff • Jerry Oppenheimer • Sheryl Weinstein • Erin Arvedlund • Gerard Strober • Deborah Strober • Andrew Kirtzman

(Newser) - The Erin Andrews video scandal is just another sick symptom of “male sports culture,” Bonnie Erbe writes in US News & World Report, but the fairer sex does have recourse. “If women didn’t attend NFL games or NBA games, or even watch them on TV to... More »

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television • sports • ESPN • video • male • scandal • professional • Erin Andrews

Top Aides Leaving Ensign 


Jul 23, 09 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - More trouble for John Ensign in Nevada. The Republican senator has lost two senior aides in as many days, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The developments follow Ensign's admission that he had an affair with a former staffer and that his wealthy parents then paid her $100,000. What's worse,... More »

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Nevada • John Ensign • scandal • senator

Analysis

Ethics Scandal Is No Waterloo for Palin

Gov will skate past latest allegations unscathed: Nate Silver

Jul 22, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest ethics complaint against Sarah Palin—investigators believe she misused her position to solicit personal legal donations—won’t leave a scratch, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Here’s how to predict which scandals will make it big:
  • Can it be reduced to a sound bite?
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ethics • scandal • Sarah Palin • Nate Silver • Alaska Fund Trust

Italian Paper Releases 'Tapes'
of Berlusconi Escort Tryst

Man instructs woman to wait 'in Putin's bed'

Jul 20, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution scandal flared anew today as Italian newspaper L’Espresso released audio recordings made by the woman who claims she was paid to attend a party with the Italian PM, the BBC reports. On the recordings, a voice said to be Berlusconi’s says: “I’m... More »

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prostitution • newspaper • Italy • affair • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • scandal • Patrizia D%u2019Addario

Media Sucked Up to Sanford
to Get Access, Emails Show

News outlets offered aides a 'friendly' ear

Jul 15, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - No surprise that a lot of media outlets tried to butter up Mark Sanford’s aides in order to win interviews with the governor when he was AWOL in Argentina. But their emails, obtained by the State, show the lengths they were willing to go to, some coming about... More »

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ethics • media • South Carolina • press • sympathy • governor • scandal • interview • Mark Sanford • media frenzy

ANALYSIS

Ensign Facing
an Ethical Hot Potato, but no Legal Case (Yet)

Ex-lover would have
to make accusation

Jul 15, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of John Ensign’s ex-mistress has accused the Republican senator of sexual harassment and wrongful termination—but there can be no legal case unless Cindy Hampton herself accuses Ensign of unwanted advances or creating a hostile work environment, experts tell Politico. Thus far, she’s the only one... More »

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investigation • sexual harassment • Senate Republicans • John Ensign • Senate Ethics Committee • wrongful termination • scandal • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton

 Ensign: I Won't Quit, 
 and I'll Run Again 

Disgraced senator says supporters don't want him to resign

Jul 14, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign says he’ll stick with his job and run for reelection despite news of his affair and his parents’ $96,000 payment to his mistress’ family, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The Republican says his supporters are telling him he shouldn’t resign, and “I fully... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • resignation • affair • John Ensign • political scandal • scandal • senator • re-election

(Newser) - Yet another twist in the John Ensign scandal: The Nevada senator's parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 when their son's affair came to light, reports the Las Vegas Sun. The Ensigns gave the money to the Hamptons in the form of gifts under $12,000 each... More »

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parents • affair • Nevada • John Ensign • scandal • senator • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton

OPINION

Did Looming Building Scandal Spur Palin to Quit?

Sudden announcement puts Palins' ties to building firm in the spotlight

Jul 4, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the search on for budding scandals that might have prompted Sarah Palin's sudden resignation, her ties to a building company seem the likeliest prospect, writes Max Blumenthal at the Daily Beast. Rumors are flying in Alaska that investigators have seized paperwork to look for evidence that Spenard Building Supplies... More »

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Alaska • resignation • political scandal • scandal • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Spenard Builders Supply

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