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After the Ancient Mariner slew the albatross which had brought the ship luck, he was blamed for the following disasters and forced to wear the dead bird around his neck...
Posted on April 26, 2008 2:26 AM
The Drudge Report is headlining a leaked New York Times story alleging Senator John McCain gave "special treatment" to a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry at some unspecified point in...
Posted on December 20, 2007 5:45 PM
When a candidate for President "breaks out" from obscurity to viability, he often finds the accompanying spotlight to be double-edged. While he now enjoys media attention which often amounts to...
Posted on December 15, 2007 5:48 PM
UPDATE: The Clinton Campaign is NOT returning Senate campaign money from the questionable donors. (They say they can't tell which are Hsu-related because "bundler" records weren't kept). When the Hillary...
Posted on October 17, 2007 2:20 AM
She's written a book and given nearly 200 speeches around the world for as much as $13,000 each, based on being an "Enron whistle-blower." Turns out she was a low-level...
Posted on October 12, 2007 3:06 PM
Just when you thought it was safe to start a new pyramid scheme . . . another reputed con artist is raising money for Senator Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign, as...
Posted on October 1, 2007 1:34 PM
The more answers we find about furtive fundraiser/con artist Norman Hsu, the more questions arise. It has now been discovered that Hsu's contributions almost mirror - in many cases in...
Posted on September 21, 2007 3:18 PM
Fugitive fundraiser Norman Hsu apparently ran a shell company which may have existed to illegally reimburse campaign donors, Mike McIntire reports for the New York Times: A review of financial...
Posted on September 9, 2007 2:03 PM
Where politicians are implicated in scandal or corruption, an interesting phenomenon has been noticed by many observers. It the offender is a Republican, it is mentioned in the lead paragraph....
Posted on September 8, 2007 4:06 AM
Just in time for your toe-tappin' restroom pleasure, The Unsinkable Larry Craig hints he may reconsider his resignation from the Senate, contest his guilty plea in appellate court, and bring...
Posted on September 4, 2007 11:25 PM
Fugitive Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has surrendered to authorities, reports Paul Elias for the Associated Press: A top Democratic fundraiser whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential...
Posted on August 31, 2007 3:39 PM
I have expressed doubts that Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick would face state criminal charges after he makes his plea deal with federal prosecutors. I was wrong, as Larry O'Dell...
Posted on August 22, 2007 3:20 PM
Suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick will plead guilty next week, reports AFP: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a dogfighting ring, according to...
Posted on August 20, 2007 2:48 PM
A former NBA official who pleaded guilty to gambling charges will implicate other refs, the Seattle Times is reporting: Former official Tim Donaghy reportedly will give information that will implicate...
Posted on August 18, 2007 11:46 PM
Say, remember when younger brother Marcus screwed up - I think it was fourth time, but maybe the third - and Mom sent him to Atlanta to live with Michael to "straighten him out" at last? No wonder it didn't work . . .
Posted on August 18, 2007 1:11 PM
Pamela Rogers, previously featured in this Wizbang contest/story, was looking at some serious time (up to 16 years) for having an affair with a 13-year-old student. Instead she got...
Posted on August 12, 2005 1:52 AM
Who is this woman, and why is she facing 100 years in prison? The first correct answer wins a fabulous prize ($25)... Update: Apparently it was easier than I thought....
Posted on February 8, 2005 2:25 PM
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Britney Spears is on vacation in Costa Rica with Mel Gibson and his wife. Of course the paparazzi weren't far behind. These bikini photos do beg the question, "is...
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"They're trying to fool you. They're trying to scare you and they're not telling the truth," a fired-up Obama declared while campaigning in South Dakota. "But it's not going to work. Both Bush and McCain represent the failed foreign policy and fear mongering of the past," Obama said. "I believe the American people are ready to reject this approach and to choose the future."
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A few years ago, I had the privilege of speaking to a gentleman who worked for the Gallup Organization. We had a substantive discussion about the business and standards of...
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Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, public records show.
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Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter known as the fastest man on no legs, will be allowed to compete at the Beijing Olympics after a ban on his prosthetic limbs...
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A spy in the audience of this Thursdays taping of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" tells us that after Ellen mentioned the California Supreme Court ruling striking down the state's...
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Forget the engagement buzz. Not only are Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson not getting married, they're not even an item anymore. After reuniting less than two months ago, the...
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Thou shalt find the Ten Commandments up for bid this summer. A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in the 1956 biblical epic "The Ten Commandments"...
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Actress Anne Heche has blamed the cancellation of TV series Men In Trees for her inability to pay child support. The star was granted a reprieve in the monthly...
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More secret details of Angelina Jolie's pregnancy have been exposed by a Kung Fu Panda co-star - Dustin Hoffman has revealed the actress is due to give birth to...
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