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extramarital affair stories: 63 news summaries

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Neighbors Cool But Polite to 'Icky' John Edwards

Some North Carolinians would rather forget scandal

Oct 12, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The national attitude toward John Edwards may be a mixture of mockery and fading recognition, but in his hometown of Chapel Hill, NC, the situation is more complex. Elizabeth Edwards is still a hit across the state, and the 2004 VP candidate is more than just a passing curiosity—he’... More »

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John Edwards • Elizabeth Edwards • sex scandal • North Carolina • University of North Carolina • Chapel Hill • Election 2008 • political scandal • Rielle Hunter • extramarital affair • Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity

Saudi Man
Jailed After Bragging About Sex on TV

He earns 5 years
and 1,000 lashes

Oct 7, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Saudi man has been sentenced to 5 years in jail and 1,000 lashes after boasting about his sexual promiscuity on a TV show. Broadcast in July, it features the man displaying sex toys and talking up his exploits. Three friends who appeared on camera got 2-year sentences, notes... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Lebanon • Islamic Sharia law • sex toys • lashing • extramarital affair • promiscuity • television program • jail sentence

OPINION

 Top Public 
 Mea Culpas 

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is king of the list

Oct 3, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s acknowledgement yesterday of some skeletons in his closet is only the latest caught by television’s unforgiving lens; Lisa Todorovich runs down her faves on True/Slant:
  • Bill Clinton: The Democratic candidate, with wife Hillary alongside, cops to “mistakes in my marriage in a 1992
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entertainment • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Clinton • Eliot Spitzer • Larry Craig • Monica Lewinsky • David Letterman • Jim McGreevey • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • public disclosure

Ensign May Have Busted Ethics Rules After Affair

Senator arranged lobbying work for senior aide after having affair with his wife

Oct 2, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign says his affair with an aide was a strictly personal matter but he may have trampled on ethics rules and federal criminal law during his efforts at damage control, according to the New York Times. Ensign helped his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton—another senior aide— join a... More »

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ethics • lobbying • Nevada • John Ensign • senator • extramarital affair

 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

 Jenny Sanford to Pen 
 'Inspirational Memoir' 

Ballantine Books won't disclose fee for May 2010 release

Sep 22, 09 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jenny Sanford will write an “inspirational memoir” to be released by Random House next spring, CNN reports. The publisher is mum on how much the estranged wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get for her trouble. The fairer half of the couple has been fairly tight-lipped since... More »

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South Carolina • memoir • governor • political scandal • Random House • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • book deal • Jenny Sanford

 SC House 
 Republicans 
 Tell Sanford 
 to Resign 

Fellow Republicans slam governor in open letter

Sep 9, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The majority of South Carolina’s House Republicans told Mark Sanford to resign today, the State reports. At least 60 of the 73 representatives signed a letter hand-delivered to Sanford’s office that slammed the governor’s scandalous actions as “destructive to our state's image on a worldwide stage,... More »

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Republican • South Carolina • House of Representatives • affair • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

 Rimes Announces Divorce 


Sep 1, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a much-publicized affair that ended the marriage of a co-star, LeAnn Rimes says she, too, is filing for divorce. “After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Dean and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage,” Rimes, 27, writes on her website of Dean Sheremet, whom she... More »

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entertainment • divorce • celebrity divorces • Lifetime • extramarital affair • LeAnn Rimes • Eddie Cibrian • Dean Sheremet • Brandi Glanville

 Madoff Lover Still 
 Talking About Tiny Penis 

Oh, and forget about her being in the clear—Weinstein says she 'had to know'

Aug 27, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sheryl Weinstein is still expounding on Bernie Madoff’s “not very large” penis, most recently to Cindy Adams of the New York Post. “It was narrow,” she says. “Tiny in terms of girth, not length.” Still, he somehow convinced scores of women to sleep... More »

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crime • sex • affair • penis • Ponzi scheme • extramarital affair • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Sheryl Weinstein

(AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • lieutenant governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Andre Bauer • Republican governor


 Ruth Madoff 
 Knew Nothing: 
 Mistress 

Weinstein says Bernie was afraid divorce would reveal scheme

Aug 25, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Madoff was probably thrilled to hear another woman talk about sleeping with her husband this morning. Alleged Madoff mistress Sheryl Weinstein told Good Morning America that the financier was terrified Ruth would find out about their affair, because “divorces or something like that leads to books being... More »

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affair • book • celebrity tell-alls • extramarital affair • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff • Sheryl Weinstein

I Had an Affair With Madoff:
Accountant

Zionist group's CFO, bankrupted by Ponzi schemer, writes tell-all

Aug 13, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - An accountant says Bernie Madoff didn’t just steal her money, he stole the shirt—and various other articles of clothing—right off her back. In her upcoming book Madoff’s Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me, Sheryl Weinstein, former CFO of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization... More »

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sex scandal • book • Ponzi scheme • extramarital affair • Bernard Madoff • book deal • Sheryl Weinstein

 Jenny Sanford, Kids Move Out 


Aug 7, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina's philandering governor is moving out and taking the kids, the State reports. “I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year,” Mark Sanford's wife, Jenny, said in a statement released today. The... More »

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parenting • South Carolina • children • Charleston • infidelity • adultery • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Columbia, SC • Jenny Sanford • Republican governor • moving

(Newser) - Women's "infidelity blogs" have surged in number in recent years and they're attracting a large and loyal following, the Independent reports. The bloggers say they're not trying to flaunt their affairs, but rather to use anonymity to share details of their secret lives and find support among like-minded people.... More »

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Internet • blogging • blog • infidelity • website • extramarital affair

COMMENTARY

Sanford: I Feel Like I Was
at My Own Funeral

'Broken' governor vows to be more 'humble' leader

Jul 19, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A “broken” Mark Sanford says the fallout from his admission of an extramarital affair has been like attending his own funeral, but he’s “thankful for the perspective it has afforded.” In a column for the Greenville News, the disgraced South Carolina governor shares the life lessons... More »

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South Carolina • sex scandal • affair • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair

ANALYSIS

Marital Woes Strike Ensign's Ex-Housemate

'Christian fellowship home' in DC was also Sanford hangout

Jul 17, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add Chip Pickering to the list of Republicans with fidelity issues: The former congressman’s estranged wife is suing his mistress for alienation of affection—in essence, destroying the Pickerings' marriage, TPM Muckracker reports. Oddly enough, Pickering lived in a Capitol Hill home that operates as a sort of boarding... More »

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Congress • GOP • affair • infidelity • Chip Pickering • John Ensign • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • C Street • Leisha Pickering

(Newser) - A trove of emails from Mark Sanford's office contains no discussion of his recent disappearance or the resulting scandal, the State reports. Critics suspect the South Carolina governor is holding something back. “It’s a very legitimate suspicion,” a professor says. “Complex organizations in the 21st century... More »

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email • South Carolina • Argentina • infidelity • adultery • governor • political scandal • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

(Newser) - Mark Sanford's embattled staffers really didn't know where he was when he bolted to Argentina to visit his lover last month, the State reports. Emails and phone records show that Sanford's chief of staff called the governor's cell phones 15 times during the trip without getting an answer. His communications... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Appalachian Trail • María Belén Chapur

Sanford Looked for Real Estate
in Argentina

Governor kept evenings free, shopped around during state trip

Jul 10, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford requested meetings with real estate agents during his state-funded trade mission to Argentina last year and rearranged his itinerary to ensure he had at least one free evening in Buenos Aires, according to emails obtained by the AP. The South Carolina governor has said the trip was when... More »

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South Carolina • Argentina • affair • infidelity • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Maria Belen Shapur • Republican governor

SC Republicans Vote to Slap Sanford's Wrist

Toothless resolution indicates gov is likely
to keep his job

Jul 7, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford last night, but since they didn’t call for his head, he’s likely to keep it, Politico reports. They chided Sanford for failing to adhere to the “core principles and beliefs” of the party, but said that “barring... More »

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South Carolina • affair • censure • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • Republicans

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