http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:52:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35915/mich-gov-oks-ouster-hearing-on-kilpatrick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMichigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will hold hearings next week on allegations that Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick misled City Council for personal gain, the Detroit News reports. The proceedings, which could remove Kilpatrick from public office for 3 years, are above and beyond criminal perjury and assault charges the beleaguered mayor faces.http://www.newser.com/story/35915/mich-gov-oks-ouster-hearing-on-kilpatrick.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Aug 2008 9:08:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35816/dems-shun-elizabeth-on-affair-cover-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs the Democratic stars are shining over Denver, Elizabeth Edwards barely glimmers in seclusion in North Carolina, reports the AP. Cancer-stricken Edwards was expected to lead the convention charge toward health care reform, but sympathy is running short for her by Dems who believe that her failure to lift the lid on the couple's explosive secret could have seriously damaged the party.http://www.newser.com/story/35816/dems-shun-elizabeth-on-affair-cover-up.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 3:37:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35754/madam-pleads-guilty-in-spitzer-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA woman accused of helping arrange trysts between pricey escorts and their customers has pleaded guilty in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York. Thirty-six-year-old Tanya Hollander pleaded today to a charge of conspiracy to violate the travel act. It's against the law to cross state lines while furthering an illegal business.http://www.newser.com/story/35754/madam-pleads-guilty-in-spitzer-case.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 12:08:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35591/enquirer-editor-details-edwards-stakeouts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe National Enquirer scored big this month by accusing John Edwards of an extramarital affair—but it worked hard for the news, the New Republic reports. The tabloid's reporters staked out Rielle Hunter for days and spent hours waiting for Edwards in a Los Angeles hotel. When the hopeful snuck in via a stairwell, a reporter leaped out and asked about his "love child."http://www.newser.com/story/35591/enquirer-editor-details-edwards-stakeouts.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34957/lawyers-who-quashed-affair-rumors-had-edwards-ties.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo lawyers who acted seemingly independently in December to defuse rumors of John Edwards' affair had links to a key backer, the New York Times reports—lawyer Fred Baron, whose wife donated to Edwards' nearly defunct political action committee just as it paid Rielle Hunter $14,000 4 months after her contract ended. The cover-up, made by lawyers for Hunter and Andrew Young, the Edwards aide who claims to have fathered her child, suggests the affair may have gone on longer than the former candidate admits.http://www.newser.com/story/34957/lawyers-who-quashed-affair-rumors-had-edwards-ties.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 14 Aug 2008 23:44:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34510/mcgreevey-to-pay-no-alimony-in-angry-split.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFormer New Jersey governor and “gay American” Jim McGreevey will pay no alimony to ex-wife Dina Matos, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The Episcopal preacher-in-training was ordered to pay about $1,000 per month in child support, and more than $100,000 to Matos. Matos sought $1 million from McGreevey, who claims he makes less than $50,000 a year.http://www.newser.com/story/34510/mcgreevey-to-pay-no-alimony-in-angry-split.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 08 Aug 2008 19:13:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34364/malaysian-opposition-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-sodomy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMalaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim pleaded not guilty today to a charge that he sodomized a male aide, dismissing it as a "treacherous" accusation aimed at undermining democracy, AP reports. Anwar, 60, was charged under massive police security, underscoring the controversy surrounding the case, and was freed on bail to campaign for a key election to Parliament. Anwar served time on a similar charge 10 years ago. Consensual sex between men is a crime in Malaysiahttp://www.newser.com/story/34364/malaysian-opposition-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-sodomy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 07 Aug 2008 6:05:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34301/detroit-mayors-mom-survives-primary-scare.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt looks like the mother of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will survive the scandal that has engulfed her son and keep her seat in Congress, the Detroit Free Press reports. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick barely held off two challengers in the Democratic primary yesterday, making her the heavy favorite in the November election. Her mayoral son is enmeshed in a City Hall sex scandal, which became the focus of the congressional race.http://www.newser.com/story/34301/detroit-mayors-mom-survives-primary-scare.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Aug 2008 15:55:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34320/pics-surface-of-edwards-with-love-child.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe National Enquirer , continuing its coverage of a child it claims former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards fathered during an extramarital affair, today published photos of Edwards holding the baby while visiting the child’s mother last month in Los Angeles. “His elaborate cover-up is unraveling at the seams,” a source tells the tabloid of Edwards and his relationship with filmmaker Rielle Hunter.http://www.newser.com/story/34320/pics-surface-of-edwards-with-love-child.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:57 CDT