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 Madoff's Claim He 
 Acted Alone 'Preposterous' 

Fraud experts say the $50 billion scam was too complicated

Dec 24, 08 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Fraud experts following the Bernard Madoff probe say his claim that he alone executed a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors out of some $50 billion is “preposterous,” reports Reuters. "The amount of transactions, the number of dollars that are involved in the Ponzi, I just don't see... More »

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Wall Street • Ponzi scheme • US Attorney's Office • scandal • Bernard Madoff

Madoff Was Livin' Large in Lap of Luxury

High-roller owns yacht, jets, and properties up and down East Coast

Dec 24, 08 4:12 AM CST
(Newser) - If disgraced money-man Bernard Madoff felt any guilt about his Ponzi-scheme hedge fund, you'd never know it. Now that he's under house arrest, his "lifestyle of the rich and infamous" is somewhat limited, but in a fitting tribute to a man who just fleeced investors of $50 billion, CNN... More »

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Florida • Matt Lauer • hedge fund • jet • Ponzi scheme • French Riviera • yachts • scandal • Ernest Hemingway • apartment • Bernard Madoff

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 Blago: I Won't 
 Step Down 


Dec 19, 08 2:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich proclaimed his innocence at a jam-packed press conference this afternoon, vowing to "fight until I take my last breath," the Chicago Tribune reports. "I'm not going to quit a job that people hired me to do because of false accusations and a political lynch mob,... More »

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Chicago • corruption • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • scandal • corruption charges

Ill. Court Nixes Motion to Declare Blagojevich Unfit

Meanwhile, lawyer complains of a lack of 'standard of proof' in impeachment proceedings

Dec 17, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Illinois’ top court today rejected the state attorney general’s motion to have Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to be governor due to corruption charges against him, the Chicago Tribune reports, even as his lawyer charged that members of a state House committee looking into impeachment wouldn’t give Blagojevich a... More »

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corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • scandal • Illinois House of Representatives

(Newser) - A photo of Richard Nixon with Rod Blagojevich has surfaced in what Time Out Chicago describes as an ironic twist of fate and a reminder that politicians should rely on better role models. “In 1980, most twenty-something men probably pined to bump into one of the Beatles or maybe... More »

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politics • Watergate • impeachment • Richard Nixon • resignation • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • scandal • wiretapping

Former French PM Accused In Sarko Scandal

De Villepin will stand trial on false money-
laundering accusation

Nov 20, 08 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin will face trial for his role in an alleged smear campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy, who outmaneuvered him for the presidency. The "Clearstream Affair" scandal dates to 2004, when an anonymous source sent a judge a list of politicians, including Sarkozy, said... More »

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fraud • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Dominique de Villepin • Clearstream affair • French politics • scandal

 Madge or Ex? 
 A-Rod Can't Decide 

Slugger asks wife to hang on

Nov 9, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Sounds like Alex Rodriguez is caught between a rock star and a familiar place. The Yankees’ third baseman still loves ex-wife Cynthia, reports the New York Post’s Page Six, but he’s “in awe of Madonna,” says a baseball insider. He’s reportedly asking Cynthia, his... More »

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music • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • baseball • scandal

 Melamine Kills 
 1,500 Chinese Dogs 

Fears sparked about widespread tainting

Oct 21, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1,500 Chinese raccoon dogs, bred specially for their fur, have died after eating tainted food over the last two months, the AP reports, raising fears of rampant misuse of the chemical melamine. The discovery comes as melamine-tainted milk has sickened thousands of babies with kidney stones and been... More »

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China • melamine • fur • dog • scandal • pet food • tainted milk

Amid Scandal, IMF Exec Wins Praise for Nimble Work

Strauss-Kahn's 'activist' economics suit crisis

Oct 20, 08 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as he faces a probe for misconduct, the head of the International Monetary Fund is being praised for a decisive response to the world financial crisis, Bloomberg reports. Europe’s chief banker says he’s “convinced the investigation will prove that Dominique Strauss-Kahn didn’t abuse power.”... More »

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investigation • Paul Wolfowitz • International Monetary Fund • IMF • Iceland • probe • Dominique Strauss Kahn • scandal • financial crisis • Bretton Woods • Piroska Nagy

Big, Fat Trouble Piles On Sumo Wrestling

Drugs, game rigging scandals drag down Japanese sport

Oct 9, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japan's most beloved sport is being dragged down by unrelenting scandal, NPR reports, as sumo has this year banned three Russian wrestlers from competition for smoking pot amid match-rigging accusations elsewhere. Another wrestler died in an apparent hazing incident, while a Mongolian champion stands accused of faking injury. Many Japanese... More »

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drugs • Japan • ban • sumo • scandal

Remember Keating 5? Obama Would Like to Remind You

Video shows Mac's ties to scandal 'similar' to current financial crisis

Oct 6, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign is releasing a video attack on John McCain’s role in the “Keating Five” scandal in the savings-and-loan crisis of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Politico reports. The video will appear online today amid what the Obama camp calls “guilt-by-association” tactics... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Tony Rezko • Election 2008 • scandal • Keating Five • Bill Ayers

 Chinese Recall Milk as Tainting Scandal Spreads

Melamine found in 10% of milk from top dairies; massive recalls begin

Sep 19, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Milk from some of China's biggest dairies has been found to contain poisonous melamine, prompting authorities to clear shelves of dairy products, in addition to the earlier recall of tainted infant formula, the BBC reports. A watchdog group found the banned chemical in 10% of samples from three dairies, including... More »

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China • milk • melamine • dairy products • scandal • tainted milk

 Toughest Hurdle 
 Is Trust: Edwards 

Elizabeth Edwards says she's focusing on advocacy and family

Sep 18, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards is reentering the public eye with her attention fixed firmly on her three children and her health care advocacy, the Detroit Free Press reports, but can’t avoid questions about husband John’s extramarital affair. “There's a lot of adjustment to make,” she said in her... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • breast cancer • children • health care reform • scandal • advocacy

Interior Dept. Scandal Rocks Drilling Debate

Lawmakers, voting next week, question ability to handle lease revenues

Sep 11, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Revelations that Interior Department employees were literally in bed with Big Oil have given fresh ammunition to congressional Democrats seeking to limit offshore drilling, the AP reports. Lawmakers say serious question have been raised about the agency's integrity after investigations found that employees responsible for collecting oil and gas royalties... More »

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ethics • Department of the Interior • Bill Nelson • scandal • offshore oil

Troopergate Continues to Follow Palin

Police union's ethics complaint alleges gov. broke confidentiality

Sep 5, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Hotshot Lawyer to Rep Palin in Ethics Tussle

Ex-official says guv fired him for refusing to fire her rogue in-law

Sep 2, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(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 —"... More »

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Alaska • lawyer • scandal • Sarah Palin • state troopers

Palin Facing Alaska Ethics Investigation

State probes claim that Mac pick had former in-law canned from job

Aug 29, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • Election 2008 • scandal • Sarah Palin

Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

National Enquirer corners ex-candidate after LA rendezvous

Jul 23, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Philly Anchor
 Charged With
 Hacking Co-Worker 

Mendte dished gossip to media from co-anchor's computer

Jul 22, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(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’... More »

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Philadelphia • gossip • Alycia Lane • scandal • Larry Mendte

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 At Home With 
 Woozy Winehouse 

Singer talks music, drugs, 'Blake, Blake, Blake'

Jun 27, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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