Indian Editor arrested for 'outraging Muslims'

The editor and publisher of a major Indian newspaper have been arrested for "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims after they reprinted an article from British daily The Independent. Ravindra Kumar and Anand Sinha, the editor and publisher of the Kolkata-based English...

US Politics: Who's the Naughtiest of Them All?

According to a CNN poll, Illinois Governor Blagojevich was the naughtiest politician in 2008.  "Fifty-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday said...

In the World of Politics: Is everyday turkey day?

According to CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider, it is. "Turkeys are foolish creatures -- overstuffed, noisy and self-important. A lot like the politicians on our list of Turkeys of the Year."Schneider's...

Liz Hurley and Hugh Grant get £58,000 damages over photographs

A quite large amount has been awarded in this tabloid case. In the UK such awards can get quite high. Notably, this case went on a very long time."Liz Hurley, the model and actress, her former boyfriend Hugh Grant...

On being an author - without doing any writing

Margaret Truman, Eliot Roosevelt, Steve Allen - mystery writers? Didthey really take the time out of their celebrity-hood to craft, write and rewrite those mystery novels you see on the bookshelf?

Spitzer paid $750 an hour, not $5,000

I was thinking about quitting my day but with the emergence of these most recent details I'm reconsidering. "It's so annoying when inaccurate figures are repeated so often that they become settled data points. A case in point: it's now widely assumed that Eliot Spitzer, the...

Spitzer was caught by simple banking security software

Eliot Spitzer was caught by simple banking security software which tracks accounts for anomalies. If he wasn't smart enough to be sensitive to this, good thing he's gone. "Former New York governor Eliot...

Ashley Dupre Topless? "Girls Gone Wild" Said To Have "Weeks" Of Footage

"""LOS ANGELES — Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for "Girls Gone Wild" as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's...

Report: New NY Governor Admits Affair

The best defense is a good offense..."With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a...

Report: Alleged Spitzer Hooker Dressed as Cheerleader for Charlie Sheen

" Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen allegedly hired the same call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal for a fantasy-themed threesome. Pimp Jason Itzler, 41, claims he sent Ashley Alexander Dupre under the name of Victoria and another girl, Cheryl, to Sheen...

Paterson to Become 55th NY Governor

Paterson gets sworn in as the nation's first blind governor today, we are looking for photos and videos of the event."Lt. Gov. David Paterson prepared to take over Monday for Gov. Eliot Spitzer, whose vow as he took office of "Day One, Everything Changes," was unraveled a...

Rescuers at NY crane crash site

"Rescuers in New York have been searching for survivors in the rubble of the apartment blocks crushed when a construction crane toppled into them. At least four people were killed in the accident and 10 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. He told reporters that three...

Ashley Dupré, Your 15 Seconds Are Up

As though there hadn't been enough ink spilled on this already bloated and overblown story, the vulturous media mob is still scripting, gushing over, blogging about, hating on, madly adoring, and wildly...

Spitzer's Folly - A Look Inside the Emperor's Club VIP

OPINION PIECE:I'm writing this article not to highlight Spitzer - that's been done to death in the news of late and I don't intend to write just another piece on the wayward Governer who has missed his rising...

Photos Of Eliot Spitzer's Hooker

Meet "Kristen," the 22-year-old woman who brought down the governorPHOTOS LINK Meet "Kristen," the high-priced hooker who trysted with Eliot "Client-9" Spitzer last month at that Washington, D.C. hotel. The 22-year-old prostitute's real name is Ashley Alexandra Dupre...

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