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'Sad Thoughts Trouble My Sleep': S. Korean Leader Apologizes

S. Korean
Leader Accepts
Responsibility for
Strange Scandal

Nov 4, 2016 10:02 AM CDT

S. Korean Leader Accepts Responsibility for Strange Scandal

Park Geun-hye says 'sad thoughts trouble my sleep'

(Newser) - South Korea's president bowed as she arrived at the podium and shook as she spoke. For nine minutes, she apologized, she expressed remorse, and she reached out for sympathy. In the face of nearly universal outrage among South Koreans, Park Geun-hye accepted full responsibility for an increasingly bizarre political...

Woman at Center
of Korea Scandal:
'I Deserve Death'

Oct 31, 2016 3:05 AM CDT

Woman at Center of Korea Scandal: 'I Deserve Death'

Cult leader's daughter mobbed outside Seoul court

(Newser) - Telling reporters Monday that she "deserves death," the woman at the center of a scandal roiling South Korea met prosecutors examining whether she used her close ties to President Park Geun-hye to pull government strings from the shadows and amass an illicit fortune, the AP reports. "Please,...

2 Nobel Judges Fired as
'Biggest Scandal' Roils Sweden

Sep 7, 2016 11:45 AM CDT

2 Nobel Judges Fired as 'Biggest Scandal' Roils Sweden

Entire board at Karolinska Institute dismissed over disgraced surgeon

(Newser) - The medical university that awards the Nobel Prize for Medicine was rocked this week after an investigation presented Monday showed negligence in the hiring and handling of a now-disgraced stem-cell surgeon, Reuters and the Independent report. Dr. Paolo Macchiarini was fired from the Karolinska Institute in March after it emerged...

Patriots' Belichick:
I'm 'Shocked'
by DeflateGate

Jan 22, 2015 10:13 AM CST

Patriots' Belichick: I'm 'Shocked' by DeflateGate

'I have no explanation for what happened,' Pats coach says about deflated footballs

(Newser) - The hands-on head coach who scrutinizes obscure rules in the NFL handbook to come up with controversial plays said today at a news conference that he never fully knew the process behind inflating footballs and that he is "shocked" and has "no explanation" for how 11 out of...

Miss America
Later Caught
in Scandals
Dead at 90

Jan 5, 2015 4:35 PM CST

Miss America Later Caught in Scandals Dead at 90

Bess Myerson was Jewish, popular, and political

(Newser) - Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the "Bess Mess" forced her into obscurity, has died. She was 90. Myerson died Dec. 14 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif, officials say. The Bronx-born Myerson was hailed...

Woman Says
She's Tipster
Who Destroyed
Gary Hart

Sep 22, 2014 12:14 PM CDT

Woman Says She's Tipster Who Destroyed Gary Hart

Dana Weems says she clued in newspaper about presidential candidate's dalliances

(Newser) - More than 25 years ago, Gary Hart's presidential campaign came to a screeching halt after a Miami Herald article investigating his supposed extramarital affairs and a photo of Hart with 29-year-old model Donna Rice sitting on his lap were published. Now, after years of speculation—and refusal by the...

Veteran Ignored for 8 Years
in Psych Facility

new report

Jun 23, 2014 12:41 PM CDT

Veteran Ignored for 8 Years in Psych Facility

Scathing letter reveals VA gets 25% of government's whistleblower complaints

(Newser) - The VA's Office of the Medical Inspector routinely dismisses the agency's deficiencies as harmless to patients' health—even though that is patently and obviously untrue, according to a new report from the Office of Special Counsel that turned up a host of disturbing new allegations against the VA....

Worker Video: Golden Corral Hides Food by Dumpster

Jul 8, 2013 11:16 AM CDT

Worker Video: Golden Corral Hides Food by Dumpster

Scandal explodes on Reddit

(Newser) - Food chains around the country must rue the day someone decided to add cameras to phones. Golden Corral is the latest to have its dirty ground beef aired online, as Reddit exploded this morning in reaction to a video from one employee showing all manner of meat camped out near...

Rutgers Knew All
About Coach Rice's
Abusive Tactics

Apr 7, 2013 1:57 PM CDT

Rutgers Knew All About Coach Rice's Abusive Tactics

An internal report chronicled complaints by players

(Newser) - Rutgers officials knew about Mike Rice's bad behavior well before seeing it on video last year—but may have kept quiet so as not to tarnish the university's image, the New York Times reports. The school even commissioned a report by outside lawyers that chronicled complaints by Rutgers...

Soccer Infiltrated by
Organized Crime

Match-Fixing Probe

Feb 4, 2013 10:36 AM CST

Soccer Infiltrated by Organized Crime

Investigation casts doubt on 680 matches

(Newser) - Is soccer completely rigged? You'd be forgiven for thinking that, in light of a Europol investigation released today that identifies 680 matches authorities suspect were fixed for gambling purposes. The alleged culprit: an Asia-based organized crime syndicate. Authorities suspect at least 425 people, including players and both match and...

BBC Chief Quits
in Child Sex
Abuse Row

Nov 10, 2012 3:57 PM CST

BBC Chief Quits in Child Sex Abuse Row

George Entwistle admits show should never have aired

(Newser) - George Entwistle, the director general of the BBC, resigned today over a TV program the network had aired that wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal. In a brief statement outside BBC headquarters, Entwistle said he decided to do the "honorable thing" and step down after...

Panetta Calls
Karzai Over
Marines'
Video

UPDATED

Jan 12, 2012 2:47 PM CST

Panetta Calls Karzai Over Marines' Video

Two of the four servicemen have been identified

(Newser) - The US went into full damage control mode today over a video that surfaced yesterday that appeared to show four Marines urinating on Taliban fighters' corpses . Leon Panetta called Hamid Karzai to decry the video, and he issued a statement calling the actions "entirely inappropriate," the Wall Street ...

See Ya,
Herman:
It 'Was Fun
While It Lasted'

Maureen Dowd

Nov 2, 2011 12:21 PM CDT

See Ya, Herman: It 'Was Fun While It Lasted'

Cain was just a 'passing fancy' anyway: Maureen Dowd

(Newser) - Herman Cain seems to have gotten lost in a "verbal corn maze" trying to talk his way out of these sex-harassment allegations, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times . (What's the real-world distinction between an "agreement" and a "settlement" again?) Sorry, Cain believers, he's...

NYPD Cops Turn Selves In
on Ticket-Fixing Charges

Oct 28, 2011 10:09 AM CDT

NYPD Cops Turn Selves In on Ticket-Fixing Charges

Crowd of fellow officers show up to support them

(Newser) - Fifteen NYPD cops turned themselves in to face corruption charges at around midnight today, as a crowd of around 100 fellow officers gathered to scream their support for them—and heap abuse on the Internal Affairs detectives bringing them down, the New York Post reports. A 16th cop was arrested...

Catholics Stole
300K Babies
From Mothers

documentary says

Oct 16, 2011 3:09 PM CDT

Catholics Stole 300K Babies From Mothers

Secret network sold kids to more devout couples

(Newser) - A secret network of priests, nuns, and doctors have stolen up to 300,000 babies from mothers in Spain and sold them to other parents, a BBC documentary shows. Their scheme: Tell the mother her baby died in childbirth, and sell the newborn to a more devout and wealthy couple....

Obama's 'Scandal-Free' Streak Sets Record

study says

Oct 7, 2011 8:43 AM CDT

Obama's 'Scandal-Free' Streak Sets Record

Because Solyndra doesn't count ... yet

(Newser) - Yesterday Barack Obama officially broke George W. Bush’s record for the longest scandal-free streak by a president in the post-Watergate era—at least by one political scientist’s criteria. Dartmouth professor Brendan Nyhan ran a study earlier this year on presidential scandals, which he defines as "widespread elite...

Weiner's Bathroom
Grosses Out New Lawmaker

Sep 16, 2011 2:22 PM CDT

Weiner's Bathroom Grosses Out New Lawmaker

Leftover toothbrush sparks thorough cleaning

(Newser) - The office of scandalous sexter Anthony Weiner needs to be sanitized—literally. Newly elected congressman Rob Turner's family was horrified to find the former House member's toothbrush in his old office bathroom, and ordered a thorough cleaning. “Weiner left his toothbrush behind! It literally says ‘Anthony’...

Dear Weiners
Everywhere:
It Gets Better

OPINION

Jun 2, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

Dear Weiners Everywhere: It Gets Better

Someone else with the last name Weiner tries to cheer Anthony up

(Newser) - It ain’t easy having the last name Weiner. That’s a point Anthony Weiner has made repeatedly in recent days, saying his name had obviously inspired the prankster who sent that infamous twitter photo . “I don’t know whether that photo has anything to do with your genitals—...

Tom DeLay Gets 3 Years in Money Laundering Scheme

Jan 10, 2011 3:58 PM CST

Tom DeLay Gets 3 Years in Money Laundering Scheme

10 years of additional probation for former House majority leader

(Newser) - A judge today ordered former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, lately of DWTS fame, to serve three years in prison for his role in a 2002 scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates. The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering...

Glee Pics
Pathetic, Not
Pedophilic

Opinion

Oct 22, 2010 6:18 AM CDT

Glee Pics Pathetic, Not Pedophilic

The girls look blank-eyed and childish - is that sexy?

(Newser) - The parents group that blasted the Glee GQ cover shoot missed the point: The provocative pictorial isn't pedophilic ... it's "depressing" and "disheartening," writes Linda Holmes for NPR . Lea Michele and Dianna Argon are adult woman, and they don't magically morph into children, even if they play high...