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France Opens Probe Against Former PM

De Villepin will be grilled over Sarkozy smear campaign

(Newser) - Dominique de Villepin, France's former PM and a longtime rival of president Nicolas Sarkozy, will undergo a formal investigation for his alleged role in improperly smearing Sarkozy. De Villepin denies involvement in the scandal which may also implicate former president Jacques Chirac, but the announcement is seen as a step...

Time To Roll It Up, Tour Critics Charge

Even performance by new leader is called "suspicious"

(Newser) - The Tour de France limped along yesterday under a growing storm of criticism and calls that the event be halted. Three top riders were booted in 30 hours this week in a growing doping scandal. Even the performance by the race's new leader, Spain's Alberto Contador, was called "very...

N-Word Just 'Slipped Out,' Says Former University Chair

He heard it in 'rap music or something'

(Newser) - The chairman of a Rhode Island university who recently resigned after 40 years acknowledged that he used the N-word at a meeting in May, saying it just "slipped out."  Ralph Papitto insisted in a radio interview that his resignation was unrelated to the resulting scandal, and that...

Bonds Rips No. 751; 4 to Go
Bonds Rips No. 751; 4 to Go
Jul 4, 2007 5:06 AM CDT

Bonds Rips No. 751; 4 to Go

Slugger is 4 away from Aaron record; Reds still win 7-3

(Newser) - Slugger Barry Bonds blasted his 751st home run on his third swing of the game against Cincinnati last night, but the Reds rallied to win 7-3 in their first matchup under new manager Pete Mackanin. Bonds ripped his homer in the same city where Hank Aaron hit his 714th run...

White House Stonewalls on Subpoenas
White House Stonewalls
on Subpoenas
Jun 28, 2007 5:35 PM CDT

White House Stonewalls on Subpoenas

Bush invokes executive privilege in Senate probe of US attorney firings

(Newser) - The White House shot down attempts to subpoena internal documents concerning the US attorney firings today by invoking executive privilege. Though not a surprise, the refusal moved the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse the administration of "Nixonian stonewalling." If the committee doesn't back down, the...

World Bank Confirms New Prez
World Bank Confirms New Prez
Jun 26, 2007 5:48 AM CDT

World Bank Confirms New Prez

Robert Zoellick to take over July 1

(Newser) - Declaring that he's looking forward to "encouraging hope, opportunity and dignity," Robert Zoellick was elected yesterday to succeed the embattled Paul Wolfowitz as new chief of the World Bank. The Goldman Sachs investment banker and former US deputy secretary of state will officially step into office July 1....

Gonzogate Trickles Down Into the Courts

Defense teams charge political motivation in broad array of cases

(Newser) - Months after the scandal over eight US Attorney firings first hit, the accusation of politically motivated justice has reached federal courtrooms around the country. Defense attorneys are invoking the controversy to call indictments into question in cases from bank fraud to child pornography, the LA Times reports.

Pension Flub Could Doom Japanese PM
Pension Flub Could Doom Japanese PM
Jun 14, 2007 1:31 PM CDT

Pension Flub Could Doom Japanese PM

Government loses track of 64M checks, enraging voters

(Newser) - A pension scandal rocking Japan threatens to bring down the ruling party, and it could take PM Shinzo Abe with it. Sixty-four million pension payments—in a country of 130 million—have gone missing, and that's riling Japan's growing gray-haired population. The pensioners may pay Abe back with a vote...

US Attorney Firing Probe Spreads to White House

Congress calls Miers, another ex-official

(Newser) - The congressional investigation of the US attorney firings reached the White House today as the judiciary committee in each chamber subpoenaed a different former high-level official. Lawmakers subpoenaed documents from the White House chief of staff, the AP reports, but Karl Rove has not been served because Democrats are...

Italy Acquits Five in "God's Banker" Murder

Judge cites insufficient evidence in 25-year-old mafia hanging

(Newser) - A judge in Rome exonerated five suspects on trial for the 1982 murder of Roberto Calvi, citing a lack of evidence. Calvi—known as "God's banker" for his closeness to the Vatican— was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London in a presumed suicide. Newly discovered forensic evidence led...

Larry Flynt Hustles for Scandal
Larry Flynt Hustles for Scandal
Jun 4, 2007 9:34 AM CDT

Larry Flynt Hustles for Scandal

Offers $1-million for proof of sexual hijinks in high places

(Newser) - The porn king is trolling for scandal again: In an ad in yesterday's Washington Post, Larry Flynt asked: "Have you had a sexual encounter with a current member of the United States Congress or a high-ranking government official?"  If so—and you can prove it —a million...

New York Post Mocks 'Stray-Rod'
New York
Post Mocks 'Stray-Rod'
May 30, 2007 10:09 PM CDT

New York Post Mocks 'Stray-Rod'

Yank slugger snapped entering strip club with blonde non-wife

(Newser) - The New York Post decorated its cover with a photo of Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and an unidentified blonde woman they allege he took out for dinner at a steakhouse; the two then proceeded to a strip club. Rodriguez is married with a child, and his wife appeared with him...

Scandal-Plagued Japanese Minister Dead

Matsuoka's suicide is another blow to Abe government

(Newser) - Facing questioning in an investigation of political contributions, the Japanese agriculture minister hanged himself at his Tokyo home today. Toshikatsu Matsuoka had refused calls to resign or explain reports of financial improprieties, but embattled PM Shinzo Abe had stood by him. Abe faces a serious challenge to his Liberal Democratic...

Elle Woods, Is That You?
Elle Woods,
Is That You?
May 24, 2007 8:49 AM CDT

Elle Woods, Is That You?

Slate 's legal correspondent is tougher on Dems than they were on Goodling

(Newser) - Monica Goodling cleared a very low bar in her Congressional testimony yesterday, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick argues, and she can thank the Democrats who questioned her for making her look good. The majority members of the House Judiciary Committee, "in expecting to question the Great Exploding Idiot Barbie," Lithwick...

Wolfowitz Reportedly Back on the Market

Ex-World Bank president has lost both job and girlfriend

(Newser) - First the World Bank dumped him, and now Paul Wolfowitz is on the outs with girlfriend Shaha Riza, Page Six reports. "She was furious about the embarrassment," a source tells the Post, which says she resented implications she'd slept her way to the top. What's more, Riza didn't...

Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers
Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers
May 23, 2007 1:26 PM CDT

Ex-Justice Aide Points Fingers

Deputy AG was 'not fully candid,' Goodling tells House committee

(Newser) - The deputy attorney general dissembled in his Senate testimony about the US attorney firings, Monica Goodling told a House committee today. Testifying under limited immunity from prosecution, the AG's former White House liaison said Paul McNulty's account was "incomplete or inaccurate" and accused him of "downplaying" the White...

Wolfowitz Torpedoed 2nd Chance
Wolfowitz Torpedoed
2nd Chance
May 18, 2007 11:14 AM CDT

Wolfowitz Torpedoed 2nd Chance

Repeated the same mistakes at the Pentagon, World Bank

(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz clung to his job at the World Bank with characteristic tenacity, but friends and colleagues tell the New York Times that his failure there may have been inevitable. He approached the bank position with the same single-mindedness he displayed at the Pentagon, where he was blind to dissenting...

Dems Crank Up Heat on Gonzales
Dems Crank Up Heat on Gonzales
May 18, 2007 7:34 AM CDT

Dems Crank Up Heat on Gonzales

No-confidence vote on the table; US attorney hit list keeps growing

(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales will face a non-binding motion of no confidence in the Senate as soon as next week, intensifying pressure on the AG to resign. The Washington Post reports today that the list of US attorneys his office considered for dismissal—which Gonzales has testified included just eight names—now...

Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank
Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank
May 17, 2007 5:59 PM CDT

Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank

White House yields; speculation on successor already lively

(Newser) - Paul Wolfowitz will leave the World Bank on June 30, capping a tumultuous two years for the development institution and its beleaguered president. Wolfowitz's tenure was marked by controversy from day one, when he assumed the office under the cloud of the Iraq war, until today, when a drawn-out ethics...

US Attorney Scandal Widens
US Attorney Scandal Widens
May 17, 2007 8:42 AM CDT

US Attorney Scandal Widens

Justice Dept. considered firing 26; documents contradict Gonzales' testimony

(Newser) - The Justice Department considered firing at least 26 US attorneys, the Washington Post reports, including 13 who still have their jobs. Alberto Gonzales' office compiled the previously undisclosed lists, which appear to indicate that the AG targeted far more prosecutors than he has acknowledged. He has testified that the purge...

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