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Republicans Scolded for Partying With Lady Lobbyists

Boehner tells off Hunter, Graves, Terry, others

(Newser) - John Boehner has warned several Republican congressmen to stop flirting, dining, partying, and otherwise hanging out with female lobbyists. Boehner told the reps to “knock it off,” sources tell the New York Post , which dutifully tracked down the perpetrators. It caught Lee Terry, for example, chatting up an...

Obama-Hitler Billboard Covered

Local Tea Party says they made a 'mistake'

(Newser) - The Iowa Tea Party group that plastered Obama's picture next to images of Hitler and Lenin on a billboard has papered over the ad. "The sign is now covered out of respect for other Tea Party people,” a rep tells the Globe Gazette . "The national Tea Party...

Lenny Dykstra Sold Access to Jim Cramer

Market 'genius' also took illegal bribe to tout penny stock

(Newser) - Lenny Dykstra, the fraudster Jim Cramer unwittingly turned into a stock-picking star, accepted an illegal bribe to pimp a penny stock on his TheStreet.com newsletter, Randall Lane of the Daily Beast reports. Dykstra secretly accepted $250,000 worth of Automated Vending Technologies shares in exchange for a plug in...

Fergie Slept With Men for Money: Tab

 Fergie Slept 
 With Men for 
 Money: Tab 
$450K from 2 tycoons?
Jun 3, 2010 10:55 AM CDT

Fergie Slept With Men for Money: Tab

That's about all the info you'll get unless you buy a copy

(Newser) - With how much she’s been in the news lately, is it any surprise that the already-disgraced Duchess of York is now in the middle of her very own sex scandal? In its “bombshell report,” creatively titled “Fergie slept with rich men for ca$h,” the Globe...

Lettuce Recalled in 23 States After E. Coli Outbreak

Firm pulls Freshway and Imperial Sysco brands

(Newser) - An E. coli outbreak linked to tainted lettuce has sickened at least 19 people in Ohio, New York and Michigan, prompting a massive recall of the vegetable. Ohio's Freshway Foods pulled romaine lettuce sold in 23 states under the Freshway and Imperial Sysco brands. Twelve of those sickened were hospitalized,...

Lilo, Photographer Defend Gun Photos as 'Art'

Plus, she and Sam feud on Twitter

(Newser) - They don't call her 'Linsanity' for nothing: Lindsay Lohan tweeted a picture of herself yesterday clad in black lingerie with a gun pressed against her lips. But don't worry: "It's not softcore porn, hunny, it's called ART," she explained. The photographer agrees, telling E! Online that she's "...

Sex-Club Flap Claims RNC Chief of Staff

It's unclear if Ken McKay's resignation was voluntary

(Newser) - The sex-club scandal that has rocked the Republican National Committee claimed its highest-ranking official yet today, with chief of staff Ken McKay resigning. An RNC rep wouldn’t say if McKay volunteered or was pushed, but did tell Politico that the move was directly related to the $2,000 spent...

ACORN Will Fold Due to Money Woes, Scandal

Activist group had already splintered following video sting

(Newser) - The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced yesterday it is folding, six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute. "It's really declining revenue in the face of a series of attacks from partisan...

Paterson Official Resigns Over Aide Scandal

Cabinet member says State Police chief misled her

(Newser) - The member of David Paterson's Cabinet charged with overseeing the State Police resigned today after learning of the governor's alleged intervention in a domestic-violence case involving a member of his staff. Denise O'Donnell said she had been misled by the State Police superintendent about the case, in which Paterson and...

Sex Scandal Will Take Down Another NY Governor

David Paterson will resign after New York Times exposé: source

(Newser) - Less than 2 years after extramarital indiscretions cost Eliot Spitzer the job, a sex scandal is about to chase his successor as New York governor out of office. Media circles have been abuzz with reports that the New York Times is working on an exposé involving Paterson's personal life and...

'00s Biggest Celeb Scandals
 '00s Biggest 
 Celeb Scandals 
BEST OF THE DECADE
Dec 30, 2009 4:30 PM CST

'00s Biggest Celeb Scandals

Jon and Kate Gosselin haven't always dominated the headlines

(Newser) - You may have forgotten all about it, thanks to the neverending coverage of the Gosselin divorce or Tiger Woods’ mistresses, but there was a time—in the last 10 years—when Winona Ryder’s shoplifting was the story of the hour. The Frisky lists the top 10 celebrity scandals of...

Monica Lewinsky: Bill Lied
 Monica Lewinsky: Bill Lied 
Dec 17, 2009 6:22 PM CST

Monica Lewinsky: Bill Lied

New book also claims Clinton had affair with Susan McDougal

(Newser) - The first history of Clinton scandal has been written, and Bill is unlikely to be happy about it. In a new book, Monica Lewinsky is quoted as saying she thinks he lied to a grand jury about their relationship, reports Politico . "There was no leeway (there) on the veracity...

Sponsor Accenture Dumps Tiger Woods
Sponsor Accenture Dumps Tiger Woods
Dec 13, 2009 3:09 PM CST

Sponsor Accenture Dumps Tiger Woods

Consulting/outsourcing firm cites 'circumstances' in ending deal

(Newser) - Global consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture is ending its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, saying the golfer is "no longer the right representative" after the "circumstances of the last two weeks." Today's announcement was the company's first statement since allegations of Woods' infidelity surfaced. The company is the...

Spitzer to Give Ethics Lecture at Harvard

Former madam slams university's decision

(Newser) - A Harvard University ethics center is hosting a lecture by none other than Eliot Spitzer tomorrow. The disgraced governor will speak about when it's right for the government to intervene in the markets. Despite the intellectual theme, his former madam tells the Daily News that Spitzer is a "man...

A Dummy&rsquo;s Guide to Cheating
 A Dummy’s Guide to Cheating 
Don't be a Steve Phillips
Oct 22, 2009 5:05 PM CDT

A Dummy’s Guide to Cheating

Avoid being like Steve Phillips by avoiding chicks like Brooke Hundley

(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:
  • Doesn't think
...

Brown to Repay $20K in Expense Scandal

PM had called for ministers to pony up

(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....

How Edwards' Aide Morphed From Devotee to Sellout

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

(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...

Ex-Aide: Clinton Got a Little Too Close

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

(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...

ACORN's Founder Blasts GOP Attacks
ACORN's
Founder Blasts GOP Attacks
Sep 23, 2009 3:53 PM CDT

ACORN's Founder Blasts GOP Attacks

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

(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....

ACORN Sting Raises Media Ethics Questions

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

(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 form....

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