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The Butler Did it: Police Say They've Found the Vatican Leaker

It's like the Vatican's own real-life version of Clue: the mystery of who leaked Vatican documents, including papal letters, has been a scandal for months, but on Friday Vatican police made an arrest, and it turns out they think the butler did it.

By Adam Martin

May 25, 2012

Naturally, Jerry Sandusky's Charity Is Shutting Down

Shockingly, the allegations that former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky raped kids have hurt donations to his charity, and it's now making plans to close.

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By Adam Martin

May 23, 2012

Fired Secret Service Agents Will Not Go Quietly

Just when you thought the Secret Service prostitution scandal would fade away, director Mark Sullivan will get to talk to a Senate committee today about his fired agents' new claims that they didn't do anything unusual for the "secret circus."

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By Connor Simpson

May 13, 2012

Scott Thompson to Resign from Yahoo

A little over four months since starting the job, a fudged resume is forcing Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's to announce will step down from his position for "personal reasons" on Monday.

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By Adam Martin

May 11, 2012

Do You Really Need a Gun to Police the SEC?

It's the SEC's job to police Wall Street, but who will police the SEC? One serious-sounding dude who wants to bring a gun to work would have been your answer until this week, but he's just been banned from the SEC office.

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By Adam Martin

May 8, 2012

Yahoo Board Member Is the First to Fall in CEO's Resume Scandal

Someone had to take a fall in the scandal over Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's faked company bio, and the first to go is Patti Hart, the Yahoo director who led the search that got Thompson hired in the first place.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 26, 2012

Wiretapping the Chinese President May Have Hurt Bo Xilai a Little

The latest piece to fall into place in the Bo Xilai scandal is a big one: The former Chongqing Communist Party secretary apparently wiretapped Chinese President Hu Jintao, which goes a long way toward explaining why the party came down so hard on Bo.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 25, 2012

John Edwards' Trial Reminds Us of the Man He Wasn't

The trial of disgraced former Senator John Edwards is well underway, and there are nuggets both titillating and shameful coming forward. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him, after everything we've been through?

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By Adam Martin

Apr 20, 2012

China Just Told Us Which Bo Xilai Rumors To Believe

China's worried enough about the information going out on the U.S.-based Chinese language site Boxun.com that it apparently took the trouble to knock the site offline, so now we're going to add Boxun to our list of sites worth reading about the Bo Xilai scandal.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 18, 2012

It's Almost Like We Know What Happened in the Bo Xilai Scandal

If you've been following the Bo Xilai scandal, you've probably noticed some remarkably vague language surrounding key parts of the narrative, but this week much of it is becoming more specific, including what happened at the U.S. consulate where Bo Xilai's chief of police fled in February.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 16, 2012

Following Colombia Scandal, Secret Service Agents Stripped of Security Clearance

It looks like the 11 Secret Service agents and officers currently on leave in the Colombian sex scandal have been stripped of their security clearances in addition to being suspended from work, at least according to a CBS report sourced to an unnamed "law enforcement official."

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2012

Even Hilary Rosen is Sick of Hearing From Hilary Rosen

If your'e among those who are sick and tired of hearing about Hilary Rosen and her CNN remarks about Ann Romney, you have company in Rosen herself, who announced on Friday she didn't want to go on Meet the Press because she had "said enough."

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2012

Chinese Press Comes Dangerously Close to Journalism in Bo Scandal

As the official Chinese press rushes to condemn disgraced Communist Party official Bo Xilai, the official party newspaper sounds like it's coming perilously close to doing actual investigative work into political corruption -- a potentially dangerous pursuit.

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By Adam Martin

Feb 17, 2012

'Favors and Freebies' Brought Down German President

German President Christian Wulff, who resigned on Friday hasn't been prosecuted for any kind of corruption, but he already fell short of being what the BBC calls "a moral authority for the nation" just by opening himself up to messy allegations of back-room favors.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 19, 2012

How Paula Deen Can Save Her Career

Paula Deen is in a legitimate scandal with this whole diabetes thing, and her clumsiness in handling it is getting her in trouble not just with the foodie set, but with groups that, with a little bit of courting, could have been her allies.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 11, 2011

Robert Crumb's Invented Gay New Yorker Cover Scandal

Robert Crumb has revealed the politically charged New Yorker cover over which he quit over a year and a half ago, making The New Yorker look cowardly for rejecting his controversial image.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Oct 31, 2011

Accusations of 'Inappropriate Behavior' Resurface for Herman Cain

Politico reported late on Sunday that Herman Cain was twice accused of "inappropriate behavior" by women who worked with him when he ran the National Restaurant Association in late 1990s.

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 16, 2011