Wednesday, December 21, 2011

scandal



jul 16

  • He 's having a splendid time with the phone-hacking scandal. Slate
  • In the same way that today 's scandals are given the suffix -gate in memory of the Watergate affair, today 's football bowls are named after the granddaddy of college football stadiums, the Rose Bowl (which in turn was inspired by the Yale Bowl, so named because its shape resembled a bowl). Slate
  • The Ministry of Rail had already come under fire for a massive corruption scandal this year over alleged safety flaws and high-priced tickets. LA Times World News
  • Les Hinton forced out as scandal threatens Rupert Murdoch 's empire Guardian World
  • Scandal claims first US News Corp casualty, while former News of the World editor also resigns Guardian World
  • The twin steps were designed to quell an escalating scandal that has forced Murdoch to close the News of the World newspaper and drop a $ 12 billion plan to buy full control of pay TV operator BSkyB. Reuters Top News
  • The phone-hacking scandal 's fallout continues to dominate the newspapers. BBC Top Stories
  • Paterson, who succeeded Spitzer in 2008 after his resignation amid a prostitution scandal, spent much of his remaining $ 218,166 to pay off campaign bills. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • News International has placed adverts in a series of British newspapers to apologise for the phone-hacking scandal. BBC Top Stories
  • Two key lieutenants in Rupert Murdoch 's media empire resigned Friday as a widening scandal involving illegal phone hacking by Murdoch 's British newspaper journalists continued to engulf his company. Seattle Times full feed
  • Rupert Murdoch accepted the resignations of The Wall Street Journal 's publisher and the chief of his British operations as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal, offering apologies to the public and the family of a murdered schoolgirl. Washington Times


  • nov 12

  • His last term was marred by sex scandals, " bunga bunga " parties and criminal charges he paid a 17-year-old girl to have sex — accusations he denies. USA Today
  • Penn State scandal: Assistant coach wo n't be at Saturday 's game Christian Science Monitor All
  • In the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, another university, The Citadel military college in South Carolina, revealed on Saturday that it had investigated accusations against a camp counselor but took no action. Reuters Top News
  • It was an extraordinary backdrop for a man on the eve of re-emergence from one of the most spectacular scandals in recent political history; but then, Mr. Abramoff is an extraordinary man. NYTimes Front Page
  • "We apologize for any confusion about today’s 'To the Point,' which dealt with both the Penn State child-sex scandal and the issue of same-sex couples as foster or adoptive parents, " Olney wrote, noting he planned to clarify the error on Monday 's show. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Sandusky, 67, was charged last weekend with molesting eight boys over a 15-year period in a scandal that rocked the Penn State campus and brought down the university 's beloved football coach, Joe Paterno. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Economist Mario Monti is expected to replace the 75-year-old media mogul, whose reign was filled with scandal and financial woes. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Saturday 's game was a combination of pep rally, cleansing and tribute for a Penn State community rocked by the child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky that cost Joe Paterno his job. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • A conviction would mean Berlusconi would be permanently barred from public office - but he has already pledged not to run again and his hopes of one day becoming Italian president were dashed by the sex scandal. Seattle Times full feed
  • News of the scandal elicited threats to McQueary, the school said, and brought heightened security. Sports Illustrated


  • dec 21

  • I was so taken by the color, style and pattern choices of each president ( or most likely their First Ladies ) that when I read the names of whom each piece belonged to, I was not at all reminded of their scandals, their failings or their successes. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Or the multimillionaire who used a fortune inherited from her art dealer grandfather to post her husband 's original $ 6m bail and then defended his character during numerous sex scandals ? Guardian World
  • Federal authorities are separately investigating other aspects of the Fiesta Bowl scandal, including an alleged scheme to reimburse employees for political contributions. CNN Sports
  • Dozens of black-suited investigators, marching double-file, raided the office building of three small Olympus Corp subsidiaries on Wednesday, one of 20 sites searched in a probe of a $ 1.7 billion accounting scandal that threatens the once-proud Japanese medical device maker 's survival. MSNBC Business
  • Morgan, now a CNN talk-show host in the United States, edited the Rupert Murdoch tabloid at the heart of the phone-hacking scandal, the News of the World, from 1994 to 1995 before going on to edit the Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004. Reuters Media
  • Along with the Penn State scandal, the sports world has also been rocked by accusations that Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine ( who has since been dismissed ) abused at least two young boys in the mid-1980s. NPR News Headlines
  • Morgan, formerly the top editor at two tabloids, appeared as a witness at the public inquiry into ethics and culture of the British press that was established by Prime Minister David Cameron following the phone hacking scandal earlier this year. Daily Beast Blogs and Stories
  • The scandal has raised serious questions about corporate governance in Japan, and whether major companies are complying adequately with global standards. Huffington Post Full Feed
  • Earlier this year the pair caused a scandal with their touchy feely beach display. Fox News Top Headlines