politicalscandalnews.com2011-12-15T02:30:14Z2011-12-15T02:30:14ZLas Vegas Suntag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-12-15:/state-gops-worst-enemy-republicans-4876666a/

<div><p>Political parties, generally, are made up of two sorts of regulars: The half-crazy and the full-on nuts.Anyone who has been to a central committee meeting knows this is indisputable. If you haven't, rent "<span id="one_flew_over_the_cuckoos_nest" class="inform"><a title="One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" href="/topic/One+Flew+Over+the+Cuckoo's+Nest" >One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</a></span>" and you'll get the idea.</p><p>Usually, the parties manage to confine their lunacy to those mont...

2011-12-02T16:30:42ZAFP American Editiontag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-12-02:/condemns-russias-harassment-monitor-group-4868679a/

<div><p><a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" >The White House</a> on Friday condemned <a title="Moscow" href="/topic/Moscow" >Moscow</a>'s "pattern of harassment" against a small observer group that has caused a stir by exposing claims of widespread violations ahead of parliamentary elections.</p><p>On its website, Golos (Voice) has documented nearly 5,000 instances of alleged electoral fraud in the run-up to Sunday's legislative polls.</p><p>Those include attempts by regiona...

2011-11-11T15:30:34ZAFP American Editiontag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-11-11:/watergate-breakin-silly-exus-president-nixon-4854854a/

<div><p>Disgraced <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >US</a> president <a title="Richard Nixon" href="/topic/Richard+Nixon" >Richard Nixon</a> described the <a title="Watergate" href="/topic/Watergate" >Watergate</a> break-in which eventually led to his resignation as "silly" and "incredible," in grand jury testimony released Thursday.</p><p>Nixon, speaking 10 months after being forced out of the <span><a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" >White House</a></s...

2011-11-10T15:00:15ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-11-10:/nixon-blew-stack-watergate-tape-gap-4853954a/

<div><p><span>WASHINGTON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Former President Richard Nixon told a <span>U.S.</span> grand jury "I practically blew my stack" when he learned of the long gap on a <span><a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" >White House</a></span> tape sought in the <a title="Watergate" href="/topic/Watergate" >Watergate</a> scandal investigation, according to transcripts released Thursday.</p><p>In o...

2011-09-17T11:00:13ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-09-17:/senator-charles-percy-liberal-republican-dies-4832960a/

<div><p><span><a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" >CHICAGO</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Former <a title="Charles Percy" href="/topic/Charles+Percy" >Senator Charles Percy</a> of <span><a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" >Illinois</a></span>, a leading moderate Republican voice during the <span><a title="Vietnam" href="/topic/Vietnam" >Vietnam</a></span> and <span id="watergate" class="inform"><a title="Watergate...

2011-08-30T13:00:28ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-08-30:/court-bars-detroit-mayor-pocketing-memoir-profits-4825791a/

<div><p><a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >DETROIT</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Former <span><a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a></span> will be barred from profiting from the sale of his memoirs, a court ruled on Tuesday, until he pays off nearly $900,000 in restitution he still owes under his 2008 conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.</p><p>Kilp...

2011-08-25T08:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-08-25:/asian-football-chief-appeals-lifetime-ban-4823887a/

<div><p>Ousted Asian football chief <a title="Mohammed Bin Hammam" href="/topic/Mohammed+Bin+Hammam" >Mohamed bin Hammam</a> has appealed his lifetime ban from football over accusations he sought to buy votes in this year's <a title="FIFA" href="/topic/FIFA" >FIFA</a> presidential election, he said Thursday.</p><p>Writing on his personal blog, bin Hammam vowed defiantly to fight on in an ugly split with <span>FIFA <a title="Joseph Blatter" href="/topic/Joseph+Blatter" >President Sepp Blatter</a>...

2011-08-02T10:00:11ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-08-02:/detroit-mayor-kilpatrick-released-prison-4814521a/

<div><p><a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >DETROIT</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Former <span><a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a></span> was released from a <span>Michigan</span> state prison on Tuesday after serving about 14 months for violating the terms of his probation on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.</p><p>Kilpatrick, 41, who faces multiple federal...

2011-07-23T10:30:23ZReuters US Online Report Sports Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-07-23:/bin-hammam-banned-life-fifa-4810407a/

<div><p><span>ZURICH</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Asian soccer chief <span><a title="Mohammed Bin Hammam" href="/topic/Mohammed+Bin+Hammam" >Mohamed Bin Hammam</a></span> was banned for life on Saturday after being found guilty by world soccer's ruling body of trying to buy votes ahead of last month's <span><a title="FIFA" href="/topic/FIFA" >FIFA</a></span> presidential election.</p><p>Saturday's decision was announced by FIFA...

2011-06-24T15:00:15ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-06-24:/detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-paroled-4798381a/

<div><p><a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >DETROIT</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Former <a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a> was granted parole on Friday and will be released from state prison in late July, a state prison spokesman said.</p><p>Kilpatrick, 41, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison after he was convicted of obstruction of justice for hiding...

2011-06-16T08:30:14ZReuters US Online Report Top Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-06-16:/factbox-political-sex-scandals-4794565a/

<div><p>(<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Anthony Weiner" href="/topic/Anthony+Weiner" >Representative Anthony Weiner</a></span>, embroiled in a sex scandal for sending lewd photos of himself to women over the Internet, has told <span>House</span> Democratic leader <span><a title="Nancy Pelosi" href="/topic/Nancy+Pelosi" >Nancy Pelosi</a></span> he will resign from Congress, a party source said on Thursday.</p><p>The New Yo...

2011-03-03T13:00:33ZReuters US Online Report Politics Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-03-03:/indiana-secretary-state-white-charged-vote-fraud-4749495a/

<div><p><span><a title="Indianapolis" href="/topic/Indianapolis" >INDIANAPOLIS</a></span>, <span>Indiana</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="Indiana" href="/topic/Indiana" >Indiana</a>'s Republican <span>Secretary of State <a title="Charlie White" href="/topic/Charlie+White" >Charlie White</a></span> was charged with voter fraud, Indiana officials said Thursday.</p><p>Indiana <span><a title="Charlie Brown (Politician)" href=...

2011-01-25T23:30:04ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-01-25:/afghan-parliament-opens-paves-bigger-battle-4734210a/

<div><p><span>KABUL</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <span><a title="Hamid Karzai" href="/topic/Hamid+Karzai" >Afghan President Hamid Karzai</a></span> will open parliament on Wednesday, ending a standoff with lawmakers, but setting the stage for a longer battle against an assembly he has long ignored.</p><p><span><a title="Afghanistan" href="/topic/Afghanistan" >Afghanistan</a></span>'s government was plunged into political crisis...

2011-01-10T14:00:22ZReuters US Online Report Domestic Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2011-01-10:/guilty-pleas-detroit-corruption-case-4727569a/

<div><p><a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >DETROIT</a> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A federal judge on Monday entered not guilty pleas to racketeering, extortion, and a slew of other charges on behalf of imprisoned former <span><a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a></span>, his father and three co-defendants.</p><p>Kilpatrick, a 40-year-old Democrat who was considered a rising sta...

2010-12-16T09:00:33ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-16:/spaceys-star-impressions-highlight-casino-jack-4714230a/

<div id="subtitle">Spacey imitates Reagan, Clinton while playing disgraced lobbyist Abramoff in 'Casino Jack'</div><div><p><span><a title="Kevin Spacey" href="/topic/Kevin+Spacey" >Kevin Spacey</a></span> not only transforms into disgraced lobbyist <span><a title="Jack Abramoff" href="/topic/Jack+Abramoff" >Jack Abramoff</a></span> in "Casino Jack," he gets to imitate former Presidents Clinton and Reagan, <span><a title="Al Pacino" href="/topic/Al+Pacino" >Al Pacino</a></span> and many others.</...

2010-12-15T13:00:51ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-15:/files-new-charges-exdetroit-mayor-dad-4713725a/

<div id="subtitle">US files new corruption charges against ex-<a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a> Mayor Kilpatrick; father indicted, too</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors in Detroit say they've filed new corruption charges against imprisoned ex-<span><a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a></span> and also are charging his father, Bernard Kilpatrick.</p><p><span><a title="Barbara McQuade" href="/topic/Barbara+McQuade" >U.S. Attorney ...

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2010-10-15T07:00:19ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-10-15:/nigeria-court-sacks-state-governor-months-polls-1973178a/

<div><p><span>LAGOS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - A <a title="Nigeria" href="/topic/Nigeria" >Nigerian</a> court on Friday annulled the election of the governor of the southwestern state of Ekiti and installed his rival, nearly four years after the vote was held and just months ahead of fresh polls.</p><p>The opposition <span><a title="Action Congress Party" href="/topic/Action+Congress+Party" >Action Congress</a></span> of Nige...

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2010-10-06T16:00:57ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-10-06:/exdetroit-mayor-strikes-appeals-court-1729398a/

<div id="subtitle">Mich. court rejects appeal from ex-<a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a> mayor Kilpatrick, in prison for violating probation</div><div><p>The <a title="Michigan" href="/topic/Michigan" >Michigan</a> appeals court says it won't review the prison sentence of former <span><a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a></span>, who's in prison for violating probation in a criminal case.</p><p>The decision means Kilpatr...

2010-10-05T09:30:17ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-10-05:/2-plead-guilty-voting-illegally-wis-2008-1621366a/

<div id="subtitle">2 felons plead guilty to voting illegally in <a title="Milwaukee" href="/topic/Milwaukee" >Milwaukee</a> in 2008 presidential election</div><div><p>Wisconsin's <span>Justice Department</span> says two felons have admitted they voted illegally during the 2008 presidential election.</p><p><span><a title="David Lewis" href="/topic/David+Lewis" >David Lewis</a></span> and <span><a title="Ramon Martinez" href="/topic/Ramon+Martinez" >Ramon Martinez</a></span> pleaded guilty to one ...

2010-09-30T10:16:15ZAFP South Asian Editiontag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-09-30:/votes-afghan-election-cancelled-1582863a/

<div><p><span><a title="Afghanistan" href="/topic/Afghanistan" >Afghanistan</a></span>'s election authorities have cancelled votes cast at dozens of polling centres in the recent parliamentary poll after finding evidence of fraud, an electoral official said Thursday.</p><p>Fazil <a title="Ahmad Manawi" href="/topic/Ahmad+Manawi" >Ahmad Manawi</a>, head of the <span>Independent Election Commission</span> (IEC) said any IEC agents found responsible for fraud would be prosecuted.</p><p>"The commiss...

2010-12-23T12:30:35ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-23:/steinbrenner-fbi-file-baseball-2401661p/

FILE - This Dec. 29, 2989, file photo shows <a title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/New+York+Yankees" >New York Yankees</a> owner <a title="George Steinbrenner" href="/topic/George+Steinbrenner" >George Steinbrenner</a>, left, former Yankees slugger <a title="Mickey Mantle" href="/topic/Mickey+Mantle" >Mickey Mantle</a>, center, and former <a title="Richard Nixon" href="/topic/Richard+Nixon" >President Richard Nixon</a> behind the casket containing the late Yankees player and <a title="Billy M...

2010-12-23T12:02:42ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-23:/steinbrenner-fbi-files-baseball-2401659p/

FILE - This April 24, 1991, file photo shows <a title="George Steinbrenner" href="/topic/George+Steinbrenner" >George Steinbrenner</a> leaving Federal Court in New York, after testifying at the extortion trial of gambler <a title="Howard Spira" href="/topic/Howard+Spira" >Howard Spira</a>. Newly released documents show the special prosecutor in the <a title="Watergate" href="/topic/Watergate" >Watergate</a> case expressed "extreme interest" in a 1970s criminal investigation of <a title="New York...

2010-12-21T12:01:50ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-21:/deaths-ye-2400806p/

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2007 file photo, <a title="Elizabeth Edwards" href="/topic/Elizabeth+Edwards" >Elizabeth Edwards</a>, then-wife of Democratic presidential hopeful <a title="John Edwards (Politician)" href="/topic/John+Edwards+(Politician)" >John Edwards</a>, holds a round table conference with local teachers at <a title="Bow Memorial School" href="/topic/Bow+Memorial+School" >Bow Memorial School</a> in Bow N.H. A family friend on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 said Edwards died after a battle wi...

2010-12-15T20:01:52ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-15:/detroit-corruption-2398010p/

FILE -In this Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, former <a title="Kwame Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Kwame+Kilpatrick" >Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick</a>, left, talks with his father Bernard, right, at his sentencing hearing in <a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a>. Federal prosecutors in Detroit said Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 that they have filed new corruption charges against imprisoned ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and also are charging his father, <a title="Bernard Kilpatrick" href="/topic/Be...

2010-12-11T13:30:33ZAP Newstag:politicalscandalnews.com,2010-12-11:/elizabeth-edwards-2395862p/

Former Democratic presidential candidate <a title="John Edwards (Politician)" href="/topic/John+Edwards+(Politician)" >John Edwards</a> and his children, <a title="Emma Claire" href="/topic/Emma+Claire" >Emma Claire</a>, left, Jack and Cate, far right, leave the funeral service for <a title="Elizabeth Edwards" href="/topic/Elizabeth+Edwards" >Elizabeth Edwards</a> at Edenton Street <a title="United Methodist Church" href="/topic/United+Methodist+Church" >United Methodist Church</a> in <a title="...