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Mar 11, 2008 7:43 AM CDT

Spitzer's Fall Shocks Biographer

Friends call him a 'Boy Scout,' but governor kept secrets well hidden

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's biographer was as shocked as anyone to discover his involvement with a prostitution ring yesterday. The New York governor was regarded as a devoted and faithful husband, and his college girlfriends still spoke fondly of him. The whole debacle, writes Brooke Masters in the Financial Times, "serves...

Routine IRS Checks
Exposed Spitzer

Mar 11, 2008 5:09 AM CDT

Routine IRS Checks Exposed Spitzer

Bank transactions made investigators suspicious

(Newser) - The inquiry that uncovered New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's alleged assignations with high-priced hookers began in a decidedly unglamorous IRS office in Long Island, reports the New York Times. There, investigators were poring over suspicious bank transactions when they noticed the governor was apparently trying to conceal the transfer of...

What's Next for Spitzer?

OPINION

Mar 10, 2008 3:35 PM CDT

What's Next for Spitzer?

Writers speculate on how we got here—and where we go

(Newser) - Amid reports that Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a wiretap in a prostitution investigation, stunned political bloggers are speculating on whether the New York governor will resign, parsing how we got here—and where we go:

Politicians have outlived sex scandals in the past, writes Mark Silva, but “

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Spitzer Apologizes;
Caught on Wiretap in Prostitution Probe

Mar 10, 2008 2:37 PM CDT

Spitzer Apologizes; Caught on Wiretap in Prostitution Probe

(Newser) - In a brief press conference, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer this afternoon apologized to his family and to the public, "whom I've promised better" for failing "to live up to the standards I set for myself." The former attorney general is reportedly identified as Client 9...

Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring

Mar 10, 2008 1:35 PM CDT

Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring

NY gov ID'd as client of international operation: source

(Newser) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York has informed his senior staff that he was involved with a prostitution ring, the New York Times reports. Spitzer has canceled scheduled events for the day and is set to make an announcement this afternoon from his office in Manhattan. Spitzer, who rose to...

Craigslist
Sex Ad Was Carjack Lure

Feb 27, 2008 3:36 PM CST

Craigslist Sex Ad Was Carjack Lure

John responds to prostitute's pitch, gets held up at gunpoint

(Newser) - A California man who responded to a Craigslist ad for a prostitute got hit over the head and carjacked instead. The 23-year-old went to a house listed in the ad and started to return to his truck when no one answered the door. Two armed men then took his money...

'Video Vigilante' Boasts
Tar and Feathering 2.0

Feb 23, 2008 11:29 AM CST

'Video Vigilante' Boasts Tar and Feathering 2.0

Crusader catches men consorting with prostitutes, posts videos online

(Newser) - Brian Bates captures unsuspecting people on candid camera, but his subjects don’t have reason to smile: He’s the self-proclaimed Video Vigilante of Oklahoma City, capturing men consorting with prostitutes and then posting the videos online. “If you get caught by the cops, you pay a fine,”...

Sex Slaves Win Cash Damages

Dec 16, 2007 12:46 PM CST

Sex Slaves Win Cash Damages

Ruling could open floodgates of compensation for thousands of others

(Newser) - In a groundbreaking decision, Britain has awarded four women smuggled from eastern Europe to the UK and subjected by their captors to "forced prostitution, multiple rapes and beatings" more than £140,000. The decision, the first to consider false imprisonment and forced prostitution as categories for awarding damages,...

Pervy Billionaire
or 21st-Century
Hugh Hefner?

Dec 11, 2007 9:06 PM CST

Pervy Billionaire or 21st-Century Hugh Hefner?

Oops: Epstein 'playmates' turned out to be underaged

(Newser) - He owns the largest residence in Manhattan, several planes, and a private island. A superstar financial adviser to seriously wealthy clients, Jeffrey Epstein is also a patron of cutting-edge scientists and an FOB. But, New York magazine writes, he inhabits a sexual dream world populated by young girls giving "...

Chilean Hooker Donates Time
to Telethon

Nov 30, 2007 11:41 AM CST

Chilean Hooker Donates Time to Telethon

Prostitute's 27-hour marathon for charity leads to instant celebrity

(Newser) - A 27-hour telethon this weekend In Chile will raise money for disabled children, and one woman has devised a special way to contribute, reports the Telegraph. A prostitute has auctioned off 27 hours of her services and is giving all the proceeds to charity. "I am going to contribute...

Brothel Owner Backs Paul

Nov 26, 2007 5:16 PM CST

Brothel Owner Backs Paul

GOP hopeful gets some X-rated support

(Newser) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,...

Sweden Law Rids Streets
of 'Johns'

Nov 8, 2007 7:50 PM CST

Sweden Law Rids Streets of 'Johns'

Crackdown on men soliciting prostitutes hailed as success

(Newser) - A Swedish law that penalizes men who solicit sex with prostitutes rather than the women themselves has been a huge success in cleaning up the streets and reducing human trafficking, proponents say. But Swedish sex workers see the ban as an undue burden on an already burdensome job and argue...

Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

Oct 25, 2007 6:09 PM CDT

Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

Young prostitutes took mystic vows

(Newser) - Dutch police have broken a child prostitution ring that used voodoo to control its young charges, authorities announced today. Authorities found missing Nigerian children prostituting themselves in France, Italy, and Spain, apparently obeying mystic vows given them by their kidnappers and voodoo shamans. Police have so far arrested dozens accused...

At Old School, New Tricks

Oct 10, 2007 2:35 PM CDT

At Old School, New Tricks

Undergrads moonlight as hookers, strippers, and essay writers to foot tuition

(Newser) - Cambridge University students who turn tricks, strip, and sell essays to pay their rising tuition costs have Britain atwitter, following a student newspaper's exposé. One undergrad slept with 40 to 50 men in a space of two months, counting other students among her clients, reports Varsity, duly noting that hundreds...

Craig Won't Resign After All

Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM CDT

Craig Won't Resign After All

A judge ruled the senator could not withdraw his admission

(Newser) - Despite a Minnesota judge's ruling that he can't withdraw his guilty plea in the bathroom sex sting last spring, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced this afternoon that he would not, after all, resign his Senate seat. Craig said he had concluded, in the three weeks he's been back on the...

World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

Sep 5, 2007 3:38 PM CDT

World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

Prostitutes use Craigslist to meet clients from across the country

(Newser) - The women of the night have taken to the virtual streets of Craigslist.org, the Times reports, sometimes flying across the country to meet clients and trade money for sex. On Long Island, Nassau County authorities have made over 70 arrests since last year, part of a nationwide crackdown using...

Site Sells Shares in Boob Jobs

Aug 17, 2007 2:51 PM CDT

Site Sells Shares in Boob Jobs

"Benefactors" pay to view naked photos and chat with women wanting implants

(Newser) - Web entrepreneur Jason Grunstra says his site is just a service connecting people with similar interests. The interest happens to be breasts, and the site connects those who like to look at them with those who'd like to have theirs enlarged. Women upload pictures of themselves, hoping to attract “...

Spin Control:
A Scandal Survival Guide

Aug 13, 2007 12:57 PM CDT

Spin Control: A Scandal Survival Guide

A high-profile madam (you know the one) has your number. What do you do?

(Newser) - You thought you were safe by confining your philandering to professionals, but now the cat's out of the bag. Portfolio offers tips for controlling the damage:

Tell your spouse
If you know you'll be ratted out, fess up first
Go directly to the press
Act quickly, then move on

Top 10 DC Hotels for Hookers

Jul 14, 2007 7:05 AM CDT

Top 10 DC Hotels for Hookers

Ananysis of DC Madam's phone records generates a mini-travel guide

(Newser) - Direct from the phone records of the so-called DC Madam, Deborah Palfrey, here are the most-dialed local lodgings—or what the Consumerist calls the "Top 10 Most 'Ho-Friendly' DC Hotels."

Marriott: 489 (18 numbers)
Hyatt: 168 (6 numbers)
Hilton: 151 (5 numbers)
Holiday Inn: 132 (5 numbers)
Ritz-Carlton:

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La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Jul 10, 2007 1:33 PM CDT

La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

(Newser) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week.