Jul 31st, 2009
Last month we covered the risque antics of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who allegedly partied with minors and hosted lavish parties with escorts. Now one of the escorts has announced that the PM offered her a seat in the European Parliament. The plans were moving forward until Berlusconi’s now-divorced wife got angry and stepped [...]
Professional airhead singer Jessica Simpson is getting her own TV show again. This time, instead of talking about buffalo wings and chicken of the sea, she’s going to jet around the world collecting beauty tips. And hopefully, she’ll be able to find some inexpensive styles, because her current beauty regimen is breaking the bank!
Baseball players Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz of Boston Red Sox fame have been outed for steroid use. According to reports by the New York Times, the athletes tested positive back in 2003, just a few years before they helped break their team’s unlucky streak and captured the World Series title. That bone-headed mistake may [...]
Another resignation coming out of New Jersey today, following news of that rabbi corruption scandal last week. The latest person to step down from office is Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, who was arrested after allegedly accepting $25,000 in bribes. Tuesday, it was Secaucus Mayor Elwell who stepped down. Pretty soon, New Jersey’s not going to [...]
Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker’s name hit the headlines this week, not for her manolo blahniks but for her connection to a burglary. No, she wasn’t the criminal mastermind. That dubious distinction goes to two hapless Ohio police chiefs, who allegedly organized a break-in on the home of SJP’s surrogate mother in [...]
Jul 30th, 2009
Astonishing news coming from the AP today, which reported the findings from NY Attorney General’s investigations into the 2008 bonus compensation reports of bailed-out banks like Citigroup and Bank of America. And the results aren’t pretty.
This summer, over 1,000 workers in China have fallen violently ill after a chemical plant opened across the street from their factory in Jilin City. The awful symptoms- vomiting, temporary paralysis, and convulsions- should have convinced the authorities to launch investigations into the mysterious causes of the illness, right?
Not so in China, where health officials [...]
The news coming out the New Jersey corruption scandal keeps getting grimmer. Now, we have the first resignation: Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, who allegedly accepted $10,000 of illegal funds. The jerk was scheduled for reelection this November.
A Kashmir politician embroiled in a sex scandal tried to go into damage-control mode, but his governor wouldn’t let him.
Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was hit with waves of criticism this week following allegations of his involvement in a prostitution ring involving underage girls. When he tried to step down from his position though, Governor [...]
Jul 29th, 2009
Politics is all about appearances, and right now, the Social Democrats of Germany are looking pretty bad following a Mercedes-sized gaffe by one of their top ministers. Health Minister Ulla Schmidt hopped over to Spain for a quick vacation this month. Things got hairy when Schmidt decided that she needed her official car with her.