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(Newser) - Jason Gay interviewed Alex Rodriguez just a day before his past dalliances with performance-enhancing drugs were uncovered, he writes in Details. A-Rod knew what was coming, but the star was more concerned that his favorite Madonna song not be published, for fear of it being played at away games.... More »

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steroids • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Madonna • baseball • scandal • interview

opinion

 Life? Nah. Make 
 Him Work at SEC 


Mar 12, 09 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Bernie Madoff is guilty, it’s time to talk sentencing. CNBC hosted a contest to come up with the most inventive one for the disgraced financier, and the winner is: working for the SEC, "catching people just like him." But that doesn’t mean the other... More »

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crime • contest • guilty plea • Ponzi scheme • scandal • securities fraud • sentence • Bernard Madoff • Bill Maher Grid

Phelps Helps
SF Food Bank Tame Munchies

Swimmer's bong photo, ban lead to donation of 2 tons of cereal

Mar 11, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The amateur paparazzo who snapped Michael Phelps holding a bong helped indirectly bring a little good to the world: Kellogg's, which dumped the Olympian after the photo came to light, donated nearly 2 tons of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes in boxes bearing Phelps' winning smile to the San Francisco... More »

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San Francisco • Michael Phelps • hunger • Kellogg • marijuana • food banks • scandal

(Newser) - Sen. David Vitter, perhaps best known for admitting to patronizing a prostitute, had a very public meltdown at Washington’s Dulles Airport last week after arriving late for a flight, Roll Call reports. Finding the gate already closed when he arrived to board, the Louisiana Republican opened the door anyway,... More »

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Senate Republicans • David Vitter • airport security • Dulles • scandal

(AP) - Disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff emerged from seclusion today to confront a potential conflict of interest in his massive fraud case: a $900,000 investment by his lawyer's sons. Prosecutors asked the judge to rule on the conflict to clear the way for another highly anticipated proceeding Thursday, when Madoff... More »

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Federal Court • lawyer • Ponzi scheme • scandal • securities fraud • conflict of interest • Bernard Madoff • Ira Sorkin

(Newser) - John Ruff, a former associate of Roland Burris and his staff, is claiming Burris planned all along to make a trade with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich for the Senate seat he now holds. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Ruff, then a participant in the effort to get the seat for Burris,... More »

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Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal • Roland Burris

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s alleged mega-fraud and the large number of Jewish investors he apparently snookered is stoking anti-Semitic feeling in tony Palm Beach, ABC News reports. “It is a terrible thing to say, but some of the WASPs are delighted, they take great pleasure in this,” said an... More »

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philanthropy • fraud • Judaism • investment • Ponzi scheme • Palm Beach • anti-Semitism • scandal • Bernard Madoff • charitable giving

Coach Quits After Facebook Flirting With 14-Year-Old

Cops eye 'inappropriate messages' to student

Feb 17, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - An Atlanta gym teacher is the subject of a criminal probe following allegations that he sent “inappropriate messages” via Facebook to a 14-year-old female student, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The girl’s sister reportedly found the offending messages and told her mother, who contacted police. More »

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Atlanta • Facebook • Georgia • student • high school basketball • scandal • gym • teacher • physical education

(Newser) - Last night American Idol sent Joanna Pacitti on to the next round—then just a few hours later declared her ineligible and replaced her with Felicia Barton, People reports. Questions about Pacitti’s eligibility have plagued her from the start of the show: The singer has had previous... More »

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television • American Idol • Simon Cowell • singing • scandal • Paula Abdul • Joanna Pacitti • 19 Management • Felicia Barton

 Miley Slapped With $4B Suit 

Asian-American woman sues for damages

Feb 12, 09 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The backlash against Miley Cyrus and her "goofy face" photo continues: An Asian-American woman in Los Angeles has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the city’s Asian Pacific Islanders, E! reports. Lucie Kim wants $4,000 in damages for each of LA’s approximately 1 million... More »

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celebrity • lawsuit • photograph • Miley Cyrus • racist • scandal • Margaret Cho

 Madonna 
 Fumes as 
 A-Rod Turns 
 to Ex-Wife 

Singer wants him back, bad

Feb 12, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Will the drama never end? Alex Rodriguez should have known Madonna would be "pissed" when he ran back to ex-wife Cynthia as he did damage control after Saturday's steroids bombshell, the New York Daily News reports. “To Madonna, this is the ultimate dis,” says an insider, adding... More »

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steroids • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • baseball • scandal • steroid use

(AP) - The fallout continues: Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming in the wake of his bong photo. Meanwhile, Kellogg's will not renew its contract with the swimmer when it expires at the end of the month, Advertising Age reports. The Wheaties maker says Phelps'... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • marijuana • scandal • Olympics

glossies

Sunny von Bulow 'Was Like Sleeping Beauty'

Dunne recalls the woman behind the high-society scandal

Feb 5, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Sunny von Bülow's death in December after 28 years in a coma brought her children no peace, writes the journalist most closely associated with the story, Dominick Dunne of Vanity Fair. Her son's voice when he called with the news contained no "sense of 'Thank God it’s... More »

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New York • Vanity Fair • celebrity trials • Dominick Dunne • coma • scandal • von Bulow • Claus von Bulow • Martha "Sunny" von Bulow

UPDATED

Blago Blitzes TV Again Tomorrow

Disgraced guv will start with Today, hit Larry King, van Susteren,
and Letterman

Feb 2, 09 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Though last week’s TV blitz didn’t save his job, Rod Blagojevich is coming back for another round tomorrow, the AP reports. The ousted Illinois governor will start on NBC’s Today and continue into the evening, for interviews with CNN’s Larry King and Fox News’ Greta Van... More »

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television • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • David Letterman • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich remained unapologetic after the Illinois Senate added him to the ranks of the unemployed today, MSNBC reports. "I'm obviously saddened and disappointed by what's happened, but not surprised," said the impeached governor. "It's a very dangerous precedent to set because a whole bunch of politicians... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

(Newser) - The Illinois Senate voted unanimously today to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich and remove him from office, the Chicago Tribune reports. Senators also barred him from holding any future office in the state. Blagojevich, accused of essentially putting a Senate seat up for sale, appeared before the body earlier in the... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

French Pol's Baby Daddy May Be Gucci Heir

Justice minister linked to on-again-off-again Salma Hayek paramour

Jan 16, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - When France's glamorous justice minister, Rachida Dati, gave birth to a baby girl this month, gossipmongers returned to a burning question: Who's the father? Speculation has centered on everyone from Spain's prime minister to Dati's boss, Nicolas Sarkozy. All wrong, reports the Post's Page Six, which fingers Gucci heir Francois-Henri... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Salma Hayek • scandal • Francois-Henri Pinault • Rachida Dati

Firm Behind Richardson Flap Has Pay-to-Play History

Financial adviser is under investigation, mired in lawsuits

Jan 6, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - CDR, the Beverly Hills financial firm at the center of the pay-for-play scandal investigation that's snagged New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, is no stranger to the inside of a courtroom. It's being targeted by the SEC, the IRS, and the Department of Justice, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company,... More »

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Bill Richardson • bribery • civil lawsuits • defrauding customers • scandal • litigation • CDR Financial Products

 Confident Burris:  
 'I Am the Senator' 

'I am the senator,' former Illinois Attorney General said

Dec 31, 08 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris is declaring himself the junior senator from Illinois, and he's confident that Democrats will "come around" and ditch their efforts to block his appointment, the Wall Street Journal reports. If they don't, he's got a team of lawyers ready to fight, but he doesn't think it will... More »

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corruption • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • scandal

GLOSSIES

 2008 Hall of Infamy
Inductees 

A month-by-month gallery of the year's most ignominious figures

Dec 25, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As we look back at the great people who made their mark this year, let us not forget to document the schlubby, the sneaky, and the just plain criminal. Vanity Fair has done the legwork, rounding up a month-by-month rogue's gallery. Some highlights:
  • January: Rudy Giuliani's Florida
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Rudy Giuliani • Robert Mugabe • politics • Eliot Spitzer • Carly Fiorina • Lipitor • Radovan Karadzic • Rod Blagojevich • Mark Penn • scandal • Robert Jarvik • He Kexin • Richard Fuld • Joe the Plumber • Best of 2008

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