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Sanford Says He Won't Resign, Cites Bible

Compares himself to David, who 'fell mightily,' in apology

Jun 26, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Mark Sanford apologized today to his South Carolina cabinet, the State reports, but said he wouldn’t resign and compared himself to the Biblical David. David “fell mightily, he fell in very significant ways, but was able to pick up the pieces,” said the Republican, adding that... More »

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Cabinet • Argentina • affair • Bible • governor • Mark Sanford • extramarital affair • David

Rush: Blame Obama for AWOL Sanford

Gov bolted because country's 'going to hell in a handbasket'

Jun 26, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn!... More »

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(Newser) - Mark Sanford acknowledged today that he met with his Argentine mistress while on a state-funded trip last year and promised to reimburse South Carolina's coffers, the State reports. The state paid $8,000 for the governor to travel on business to Brazil and Argentina last June, and he met with... More »

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(Newser) - Mark Sanford went before the cameras to confess and apologize yesterday, a ritual that is typically “a schtick, a plastic act of absolution performed by men who are just as plastic,” writes Gary Kamiya of Salon. But not this time. Sanford “got all weird and human on... More »

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 Jackie, Bobby Had Affair: Book 

Neighbors claim to have seen frisking; experts decry

Jun 25, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jackie Kennedy turned to the arms of brother-in-law Bobby after John F. Kennedy’s assassination—or so a Kennedy biographer claims in Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story, out July 14. C. David Heymann alluded to such claims in two previous books, the New York Daily News reports, but Kennedy... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • affair • biography • Robert F. Kennedy • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • lover • Marlon Brando

(Newser) - Mark Sanford's hometown paper in South Carolina is revealing cringe-worthy emails between the governor and the woman identified only as Maria in Argentina. In one obtained by the State, Sanford writes in July 2008, "I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses,... More »

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(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says she asked him to leave the house two weeks ago when she learned of his affair. Jenny Sanford says she still loves her husband and is willing to welcome him home if he works on their marriage with "humility and... More »

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South Carolina • affair • governor • Buenos Aires • Mark Sanford • Jenny Sanford

 Blake's Alleged 
 Babymama Evicted 

House was being used to deal drugs, say locals

Jun 22, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Blake Fielder-Civil, estranged hubby of troubled Amy Winehouse, can add one more thing to his growing list of problems: Gilleen Morris, who says she’s carrying his baby, has been evicted, the Sun reports. Neighbors complained her house was being used as a drug den, and police made arrests during... More »

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entertainment • drugs • celebrity • affair • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • love child • Gilleen Morris

Ensign Helped Aide's Hubby Get Pair of Jobs

Mistress' spouse worked for two firms with tight ties to senator

Jun 19, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doug Hampton stopped working for Sen. John Ensign—who was having an affair with Hampton’s wife—in April of last year; he then took jobs with two firms with very tight ties to his former boss, Politico reports. Said an Ensign rep: “Just as he has done for... More »

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(Newser) - John Ensign says he revealed his affair with a former staffer earlier this week because of an extortion attempt by the woman and her husband, but no blackmail investigation is under way, law-enforcement officials tell the Las Vegas Sun. The conservative senator's surprise confession also revives earlier speculation that his... More »

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Ensign Quits Senate GOP Leadership Post

Resigns as chair of Policy Committee
after admitting affair

Jun 17, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(AP) - Sen. John Ensign has stepped down from his leadership post a day after admitting an affair with a woman who was on his campaign staff. He conveyed his decision in a phone call with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said he had accepted the resignation. Ensign was chairman of... More »

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analysis

 Why This Affair 
 Won't  Be the 
 End of Ensign 

Resignation would endanger GOP seat

Jun 17, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - News of his affair with a campaign staffer won't force Nevada's GOP Sen. John Ensign out of office, predicts Nate Silver in FiveThirtyEight.com, even though he has frequently preached about the ethical lapses of others. A resignation by Ensign would prompt a special election in 2010, and Ensign's party... More »

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Harry Reid • resignation • affair • John Ensign • special election

 Jon & Kate Plus...a New Galpal 

She's also, amazingly enough, 23 years old

Jun 11, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Latest in the Jon & Kate Plus 8 cheating drama: Jon Gosselin is secretly dating a 23-year-old! No, not that 23-year-old. A new 23-year-old. This time, it’s Hailey Glassman, the daughter of the plastic surgeon who performed wife Kate’s tummy tuck, Radar reports. The two were recently photographed... More »

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 Kate's Birthday Gift: 
 A Cheating Spouse 

Spent wife's 34th 'curled up' at bar with mistress

Jun 10, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - As anyone who watched the June 1 episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 knows, Kate Gosselin spent her 34th birthday alone while hubby Jon was on vacation. Now Us reveals the scandalous details of that vacation—he didn’t buy Kate a present! He was spotted having a “... More »

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 LeAnn Takes 
 High Road 
 on Rumors 

Rep calls 'stalker' comment defamatory

Jun 4, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - LeAnn Rimes responded to accusations that she's stalking her co-star and rumored lover—by not really responding. The singer tells People, “I’m a classy woman, I’m never going to battle anything out in the press.” Earlier yesterday, Rimes’ rep called the stalker comment, leveled by Eddie... More »

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 Jon's Affair Bed May Hit eBay 

Also, reality star cries "just friends" yet again

Jun 1, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought the Jon and Kate Plus 8 cheating scandal couldn’t get grosser, the brother of Jon Gosselin’s alleged mistress tells the New York Post he wants to sell his sister’s bed and mattress on eBay. “I want to see how much some crazy... More »

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Berlusconi Blocks Release
of Topless Photos

Images from New Year's party violate privacy, PM says

May 30, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi can rest easy: Racy photos allegedly showing young, bikini-clad and topless women frolicking at his villa will be sealed, BBC reports. The Italian prime minister said the 700 images, furtively snapped by a photographer on the island of Sardinia, violated his guests’ privacy. Meanwhile pressure is mounting on... More »

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 Fla. Teacher Cops 
 to Sex With Boy, 15; 
 Mom Approves 

15-year-old boy's mother approved of affair

May 27, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A teacher at a Florida private school has resigned and been charged with sexual battery of a child for allegedly carrying on an affair with a 15-year-old student, the Miami Herald reports. Maria Hernandez, 32, was arrested upon the pair's return from Disney World and admitted to sleeping with the... More »

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Citigroup Chair, Model Have Love Child

Parsons struggled
with breaking news to wife of 31 years

May 22, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The credit crisis isn’t the only problem that's been on Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons’ mind in recent months—there’s also the love child he fathered with a Ralph Lauren model, the New York Daily News reports, and how to tell his wife of 31 years about it. The... More »

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GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Jon & Kate Surface, Play Nice 

Plus, LeAnn Rimes caught with costar again (sorta), and more

May 18, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beleaguered reality couple Jon and Kate Gosselin celebrated their sextuplets’ fifth birthday yesterday, their first public appearance together in 2 weeks, Us Weekly reports. Their bodyguard—Kate’s alleged lover—joined in the festivities, held a week late because Kate reportedly spent their actual birthday, on Mother's Day, at a... More »

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