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July 2008
- B-Schools Use Palm Scans to Catch Cheats
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 08 1:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In an effort to foil cheaters, top American business schools will require a high-tech identity check of applicants taking the standardized admissions test, reports the Wall Street Journal . The crackdown on the use of paid impostors will require GMAT takers to undergo a "palm vein" scan, which is unique to each individual. More »
March 2008
- New NY Gov Admits Affair
  
  New York Daily News | Mar 18, 08 5:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - David Paterson, who succeeded Eliot Spitzer as governor of New York yesterday, has his own history of extramarital relations. He and his wife Michelle admitted in a joint interview with the New York Daily News that they were unfaithful during a rocky period in their 15-year marriage. But both denied the "sporadic rumor in Albany" that Paterson had fathered a love child. More »
February 2008
- Congress Asks Justice Dept. for Clemens Probe
  
  Associated Press | Feb 27, 08 1:56 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A congressional committee today asked the Justice Department to examine Roger Clemens’ denials under oath that he used performance-enhancing drugs and determine if they constitute perjury, the AP reports. In the letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis cite the pitcher's statements contradicting those of his former trainer and a teammate. More »
- Pettitte Sorry for Taking HGH
  
  Associated Press | Feb 18, 08 6:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Andy Pettitte apologized to fans and teammates today for using human growth hormone, the AP reports. Pettitte said he had not spoken to Roger Clemens, whom he implicated in HGH use in a congressional deposition, in more than a month. “I can't even describe how uncomfortable” the Clemens situation is, said Pettitte. More »
January 2008
- MLB Expanding Anti-Drug Push
  
  Associated Press | Jan 11, 08 10:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Taking its cue from the Mitchell Report's findings, Major League Baseball today announced it has established a permanent investigations unit to check allegations of drug use by players in the grand old game. An ex-NYC cop and former FBI agent will lead the department - whose goal is "protecting the integrity of our sport," said baseball commissioner Bud Selig. More »
- Hingis Nets 2-Year Ban for Coke
  
  BBC | Jan 4, 08 3:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Martina Hingis received a 2-year ban from competitive tennis today after testing positive for cocaine at last year's Wimbledon tournament, the BBC reports. The former world No. 1 had already announced her retirement, so the ban may not mean much, but she also has to return about $130,000 in prize money from her third-place Wimbledon finish and from subsequent events, the AP reports. More »
December 2007
- Essay Liar Loses Hannah Montana Tickets
  
  Dallas Morning News | Dec 31, 07 5:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A 6-year-old Texas girl's heart-wrenching essay that began "my daddy died this year in Iraq" won a trip and tickets for four to the upcoming sold-out Hannah Montana concert. But the essay was a lie, and the prize has been withdrawn, reports the Dallas Morning News . The girl's father wasn't killed in Iraq. More »
- Jones Further Scrubbed From Olympics Books
  
  Associated Press | Dec 12, 07 5:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Marion Jones had already returned the five medals—three gold, two bronze—she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics; today, the International Olympic Committee made that disgrace official, formally stripping the admitted drug cheat of the hardware. "She is disqualified and scrapped from the results,” said the IOC president, who banned Jones from attending 2008's Beijing Olympics in any capacity. More »
- Accomplished Women Aren't Sold on Clinton
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 8, 07 2:42 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Blue-collar women are crazy for Hillary Clinton; so why are the candidate’s college-educated peers less thrilled? The LA Times looks at a demographic that’s cold on the Democratic frontrunner. Many don’t like her politics, some feel she handled her husband's infidelity poorly, and others just don’t trust her. More »
- ID Theft Funded Philly Couple's Jaunts to Paris, Hawaii
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Dec 7, 07 9:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Philadelphia couple dubbed the Bonnie and Clyde of identity theft left jail yesterday after their parents posted a hefty bail. Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, and Edward Anderton, 25, went on a shopping, dining, and vacationing spree—documented in countless photographs—with more than $100,000 they netted by stealing their neighbors' identities, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. More »
November 2007
- Jeter a Cheater: New York State
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 16, 07 4:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Derek Jeter is spending the off-season denying he’s a Bronx Bomber. New York officials seeking back taxes from the Yankee—who files in Florida—have answered a judge’s demands to show the ballplayer is “immersed in the community.” If they can prove Jeter’s more a creature of Trump Tower than of Tampa, the Daily News reports, the shortstop may owe the Empire State millions. More »
- Stripper Sues de la Hoya for Coercion
  
  Reuters | Nov 16, 07 9:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Russian stripper is suing Oscar de la Hoya for $100 million, claiming he coerced her to say embarrassing photos of the married boxer cavorting with her in drag were fakes. Milana Dravnel, who said she met the Golden Boy at Scores and saw him a couple of times a month for a year, had sold photos she said showed de la Hoya in women’s fishnet stockings and panties for $70,000. More »
- MLB Stars Bought 'Roids From Fla. Clinic
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Nov 6, 07 2:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Three more baseball players, including outfielder Jose Guillen and retired third baseman Matt Williams, have been named as buying steroids from a Florida anti-aging clinic that has since been raided for suspected illegal drug sales, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, citing records. Prescriptions at the clinic were written by a local dentist whose license was eventually revoked, but the athletes have not admitted wrongdoing. More »
October 2007
- New Drugs Will Heal Muscles, Abet Cheating
  
  MIT Technology Review | Oct 26, 07 8:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scientists are currently testing two new classes of drugs designed to combat muscle-wasting diseases, but one organization isn't too excited: the World Anti-Doping Agency. Even though the treatments aren't yet commercially available, the Swiss-based organization that combats cheating in sports has banned them and is developing new detection methods, reports the MIT Technology Review . More »
- Would-Be Mexican Prez Exposed as Marathon Cheat
  
  Associated Press | Oct 9, 07 4:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mexican politician Roberto Madrazo, who placed a distant third in last year's presidential election, was stripped of his victory in the Berlin Marathon yesterday, the AP reports. Madrazo, dressed in suspiciously warm pants and a jacket, won the men's age-55 category last week in 2:41:12, but a review of electronic checkpoints revealed that he took a shortcut. More »
August 2007
- Documents Link QB Couch to Steroids
  
  Yahoo! | Aug 29, 07 3:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former Jaguar Tim Couch ingested human growth hormone and anabolic steroids to recover from a shoulder injury and help him bounce back from a three-year hiatus with the NFL, charges a source close to the quarterback's former nutritionist . Documents outlining Couch's drug regimen were obtained by Yahoo Sports. More »
- Macho Men Seen as Cheaters, Poor Dads
  
  Reuters | Aug 8, 07 8:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Macho-looking men are perceived as poor parenting material and more likely to cheat on their mates, according to recent study on sex and masculinity. "When people look at masculine faces they see dominance, which is a good thing in evolution but less good in a long-term partner," said the lead researcher. More »
March 2007
- Gingrich: 'I Cheat, but Don't Lie'
  
  Associated Press | Mar 9, 07 10:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Newt Gingrich, the former "family values" congressman from Georgia, was cheating on his wife even while hounding Bill Clinton for doing the same. In an interview that airs tonight, Gingrich confessed the 1998 affair to Focus on the Family's James Dobson. But he's no hypocrite, he reasons, because he never lied about it "in front of a sitting federal judge." More »