Scandals
French minister clings to job after 'sex with boys' row
PARIS - France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand appeared to have saved his job Friday after an emotional television appearance in which he admitted paying for sex with men but angrily rejected paedophilia charges.
French minister who demanded Roman Polanski be freed paid for sex with 'young boys' in Thailand
The French government minister who led calls to free Roman Polanski was under pressure to resign today after it emerged he paid for sex with ‘young boys’.
U.S. embassy in Kabul fires guards for lewd acts [PHOTOS]
The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan said on Friday it had fired security guards who were photographed engaging in lewd acts at alcohol-fuelled parties.
Israeli troops are accused in a newspaper article of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians, and Israel wants Sweden's government to condemn the Swedish paper that published it.
Kashmir leader quits over sex scandal claims
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said.
Intern, Boyfriend Tangle Tennessee Senator Paul Stanley in Sex Scandal
What began as a government internship for a one-time honors student with a questionable past has become a full-blown sex scandal that ensnared a married Tennessee state senator and led him to resign.
Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina acknowledged Thursday that he visited his mistress in Argentina on a taxpayer-financed trade mission to South America early last summer, an admission adding another layer to a scandal that produced increasing ca...
Berlusconi party video released
The sex scandal plaguing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi took a fresh turn yesterday with the release of a video of one of his parties.
Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina, a rumored 2012 presidential contender, tearfully confessed to having an affair with a woman in Argentina, dealing the latest blow to a struggling Republican Party.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has refuted allegations that he paid prostitutes to attend parties he hosted at his various homes.
Silvio Berlusconi: the parties, the trinkets, the cash
He has made no secret of his love of women but the sex scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi is now threatening to topple him, as more claims emerge of the systematic recruitment of young women paid to attend private parties at his homes in Rome a...
Lawyers for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have announced that they will sue the Spanish newspaper El Pais for publishing explicit photos they described as violating the premier's privacy.
Third love-child claim hits Paraguayan president
(CNN) -- A third woman has come forward claiming that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo fathered a child with her out of wedlock.
Fla. Realtor uses boat to display foreclosed homes
Here at the epicenter of the nation's housing crisis, an ebullient Marc Joseph bounces off a pontoon boat onto a dock behind a lovely waterfront home — it was recently vacated when its former inhabitants couldn't pay the mortgage
US Vice-President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley filmed snorting lines of cocaine
The White House was rocked yesterday by claims that the daughter of Joe Biden, the Vice-President, was shown on video snorting cocaine.
Alaska Democrats aim to block Palin's state Senate pick
Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed legislative aide Tim Grussendorf to the state Senate seat that opened when Juneau Democrat Kim Elton resigned. It's a controversial pick that Grussendorf's own party says it will try to block.
New Data Confirm Depth of Spain’s Real Estate Slump
MADRID – The number of housing starts in 2008 fell 41.5 percent compared to 2007, while 43.5 percent fewer mortgages were created in January than in the same month the year before, figures that confirm the depth of the real estate crisis in Spain.
Madam Kristin Davis dated Alex Rodriguez and provided him hookers, sources claim
A former Manhattan madam who supplied Eliot Spitzer with hookers also counted Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez as a customer - and found him so charming she dated him herself for free, former employees of the call-girl agency tell the Daily News.
White House Information Officer Committed Petty Theft 12 Years Ago
Vivek Kundra, the now-suspended White House aide responsible for directing policy and planning for federal IT spending, pleaded guilty to a petty theft charge 12 years ago.
Merkin Intimidated Co-Op Board While Building Funds Madoff Lost
Over four weeks, J. Ezra Merkin lost more than $2 billion with Bernard Madoff, board positions with at least three institutions and his flagship fund, which is liquidating. He also lost his anonymity.