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Who can turn down $5M+ put in an offshore bank account is someone else’s name to lie about sexual advancements made by Herman Cain? Sharon Bialek, a Chicago Liberal and possible agent of the Obama campaign, has been accused of making false accusations against Herman Cain for sexual harassment. But Sharon Cain’s case may begin becoming unglued when a private investigator, who has requested to remain anonymous until such a time when she will present empirical evidence proving that Bialek is a paid liar set up by Democrat operatives to destroy Cain campaign. The source also confirms that agents of...

<p>PINE BLUFF — As part of an agreement allowing her to avoid the possibility of a felony conviction and prison time, former gubernatorial aide Betsey Wright pleaded no contest Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of attempting to smuggle contraband into a prison and was fined $2,000.</p>

If Gov. Paterson thinks his withdrawal yesterday from this year's gubernato rial race is a proper substitute for out right resignation, he'd do well to think again. As The Post reports today, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is now exploring, among other things, just how the woman at the center of this sordid scandal last month suddenly acquired a spanking-new 2010 RX350 Lexus -- a $40,000 ride. And then, less than two weeks later, skipped a hearing in her domestic-abuse case against top Paterson aide David Johnson, ending the matter. Except, obviously, it didn't end.

John Edwards, as described by former aide Andrew Young in Young's book The Politician: "Since she was 'a crazy slut' and they had an 'open' relationship, he thought there was only a 'one-in-three chance' that he could be the father of her baby." Elizabeth Edwards, wife of John Edwards, in her book Resilience: "I have come to understand his liaison with this woman … Those with any fame or notoriety or power attract people for good reasons and bad … They flatter and entreat, and it is engaging, even addictive. They look at our lives, which from the outside in...

New York — Two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was so cavalier about his illicit relationship with a campaign staffer that he allowed her to make a videotape of a sexual encounter and never ensured it was destroyed, a former top aide said Monday. In a one-on-one interview with WRAL News two days after the release of his tell-all book about Edwards' campaign and affair, Andrew Young said he thinks John and Elizabeth Edwards became so power-hungry that they lost their moral compasses as they chased a bid for the White House.

An interesting PR strategy from the former presidential candidate: Now that I've finally been forced to admit everything, I'm going to be honest with you. So forgive me already. By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 3 mins ago RALEIGH, N.C. – Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards finally admitted Thursday he fathered a child during an affair before his second White House bid, dropping long-standing denials just ahead of a book by a former campaign aide who initially took the fall. Edwards released a statement admitting paternity of the girl, Frances Quinn...

Dave Paterson's Latina lovely By MATTHEW NESTEL, FREDRIC U. DICKER and DAN MANGAN Last Updated: 6:22 AM, January 17, 2010 Posted: 3:51 AM, January 17, 2010 Gov. Paterson was spotted nuzzling, neck-kissing and cooing like a smitten schoolboy with a pretty young woman -- not his wife -- in a New Jersey steakhouse yesterday afternoon, The Post has learned. "I saw him kissing her neck," said Sharon Farrell, a lawyer sitting two tables away from Paterson and his mystery gal pal at the River Palm Terrace in Edgewater. "He was right on her neck, nudging, like back and forth." Paterson's...

ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Cheating killed his political career, destroyed his reputation and left his marriage hanging by a thread - but John Edwards has done IT again! The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that the philandering ex-senator embarked on a "sex-and-booze bender" after what appeared to be a marriage-ending blowout fight with his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth. While still publicly not admitting paternity of his love child - who turns 2 in February - the disgraced former presidential candidate shocked eyewitnesses by recently spending several consecutive nights trawling bars in search of women. Before booting her shameless husband from their home after...

Huffington Post reporter Mayhill Fowler reveals today that she intentionally ignored reporting former President Bill Clinton's adulterous relationship with an unnamed mistress during his wife Hillary's campaign for the 2008 Democratic party presidential nomonation.Fowler writes she knew the state of the Clintons' marriage had national security implications as she notes that Democratic voters were falsely comforted thinking the former two-term president would be by Hillary's side in bed at the White House when the "3 a.m." phone call came. But that was not enough for her to report the truth so the voters could decide for themselves. Huffington Post, the...

Vanity Fair stands by a controversial story that reported rumors of an affair between Bill Clinton and actress Gina Gershon, according to TMZ.com. In a statement to the celebrity Web site, Beth Kseniak, a spokeswoman for the magazine, said: "Todd Purdum's article does not indicate that former President Bill Clinton had an improper relationship with Gina Gershon. The story merely examines the concerns of some of Clinton's aides about reports of his behavior. We don't believe that any correction is warranted." The Vanity Fair article released this week suggests Clinton is out of control and “seeing a lot of women...

One of Tiger's many mistresses, Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, is penning a tell-all book about the golf ace and claims that she witnessed him in gay encounters RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Loredana has claimed she saw Tiger having sexual relationships with other men. That shocking twist is something no other mistress has claimed and there has been no proof. But Loredana recently attempted to sell her story for $1 million and graphically described group sex that included incidents of Tiger with other men, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively. Loredana says she is planning to spill all about how she and Tiger...

Obama's Budget Chief Has Child With Ex-Girlfriend January 7, 2010 WASHINGTON — Modern relationships can be complex. Just ask White House budget director Peter Orszag, whose ex-girlfriend gave birth to his daughter a few weeks before he got engaged to a different woman. Orszag and his ex-girlfriend, Claire Milonas of New York, released a joint statement on the birth of their daughter this week after The New York Post reported the story. “In November, Claire gave birth to a beautiful baby girl,” they said. “Although we are no longer together, we are both thrilled she is happy and healthy, and...

Peter Orszag -- the mind reels! Seriously. The New York Post is reporting that Obama's budget director, a very unlikely heartthrob, ditched his then-pregnant girlfriend Claire Milanos, when he hooked up with ABC News hottie Bianna Golodryga, lately his fiancee -- and now Milanos has given birth to his daughter!

Rielle Hunter wants John Edwards to pay $17,910 a month in child support for her daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, according to the National Enquirer. Private financial negotiations between Hunter and Edwards reportedly broke down last week when her demands for the 22-month-old child were more than the former senator and presidential candidate was willing to pay. Edwards has never publicly acknowledged that he is the girl's father, but did admit to an affair with Hunter at a time when his wife, Elizabeth, was battling cancer. Now, legal documents obtained by Radaronline.com appear to show communication between Hunter and her attorney,...

A son in Putin's Yule stocking Last Updated: 1:33 PM, December 16, 2009 Posted: 11:50 PM, December 15, 2009 Vladimir Putin has a lot to celebrate this Christmas. Not only has the Russian strongman consolidated his control over the proletariat -- and all their oil and gas -- he's also been given his first son, sources say. Alina Kabaeva, the gorgeous, 26-year-old rhythmic gymnastics champion, recently gave birth to a boy in Moscow and named the baby Dimitry, a moniker he'll share with Putin's handpicked president, Dimitry Medvedev.

Rumors have been circulating for several days through Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood that former U.S. Sen. John Edwards bought a home here for his admitted former mistress, Rielle Hunter. And now the National Enquirer is reporting in its Dec. 21 issue that Edwards has, in fact, bought a house here that the Charlotte Business Journal has identified as a residence on Providence Road. Edwards, the vice presidential nominee on the 2004 Democratic ticket and a presidential candidate last year, saw his political career derail after details of the affair emerged. In late 2007, the Enquirer first reported claims from an...

Jamie Jungers is capitalizing on her piece of the Tiger Woods pie. RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that the 26-year-old Las Vegas cocktail waitress will tell her story to The Today Show and will reveal the intimate details of their affair to the network morning show on FRIDAY. Several reports have claimed Jungers—who says she dated Woods for two years between 2005 and 2007--- used money given to her by the golfer to pay for liposuction. But a rep for Jungers says not so.

Carrie Prejean has canceled public appearances designed to promote her new book after two major developments in the conservative starlet’s public image. First, it was reported that a controversial video tape of Prejean had surfaced during settlement negotiations with her former Miss America pageant bosses. Prejean was 17 when she made the tape, which she said was meant for her boyfriend’s eyes only. TMZ, the media outlet that had obtained the tape, said they did not publish it on their website because it was “so racy.” Because of it, they claimed, Prejean received nothing from her back-and-forth lawsuits with Miss...

Ex-Clinton aide pleads not guilty in prison case(AP) – 8 hours ago LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former top aide to Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas has pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to smuggle contraband into a prison. Betsey Wright is accused of trying to smuggle tattoo needles, a box cutter, a knife and tweezers into the Varner Supermax Unit while visiting a death row inmate in May. The 66-year-old Wright entered the plea Wednesday in a court filing in Lincoln County Circuit Court. The filing by defense attorney Jeff Rosenzweig also waives her arraignment,...

UPDATE: KMJ News has learned that Republican Assemblyman Mike Duvall has been stripped of his position as vice-chair of the Utilities and Commerce Committee. GOP Assemblyman Mike Duvall didn't realize he was sitting near an open microphone earlier this summer when he decided to divulge dirty details about his sexual escapades to a colleague before the start of a committee hearing. "KCAL-9" reporter Dave Lopez broke the story Tuesday after obtaining the video of Duvall discussing his sexual affairs. Duvall can be heard telling the man that one woman "...showed up in her underwear...", one day after he and...

CA Assemblyman Caught on Hot Mic Offering Lewd Details of Affair with Lobbyist SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A Republican state lawmaker from Southern California was ousted Wednesday from two legislative committees after he was caught on tape bragging about having sex with female lobbyists. Assemblyman Mike Duvall of Yorba Linda made the comments to another man during a break in a committee meeting at the Capitol over the summer, and they were caught on a microphone at his desk.

Ex-Hadassah CFO claims in new book she and Madoff got up-close-and-personalFirst Bernie Madoff had an affair with ex-Hadassah CFO Sheryl Weinstein. And then he took her house. Madoff, a former Nasdaq chairman, is currently serving a 150-year prison term for masterminding the $65 billion Ponzi scheme that cost thousands of people, including Weinstein and her family, their life savings, homes and sense of security. Perhaps the accountant is trying to recoup some of her money by publishing a tell-all book – "Madoff's Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me." Or maybe she's trying to get back at Bernie by revealing...

As Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the leader of Libya, hosted an African Union summit last week, his name was romantically linked in a court case with the queen mother of an ancestral Ugandan kingdom. Two editors of a Ugandan daily newspaper are being prosecuted for alleging that he is having an affair with her. The Libyan ambassador, who initially brought the case seeking £245m in damages, said in his affidavit that the editors had launched an almost daily campaign to defame Gadaffi. The Ugandan director of public prosecutions, which has taken over the case, accused the editors of defaming a foreign...

Andrew Young found the purported sex tape while he and his family were unpacking at their California home, the Daily News reported John Edwards and his former mistress Rielle Hunter once made a sex tape, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. The tape was discovered by former Edwards' aide Andrew Young, claims a Daily News source who saw Young's book proposal. [snip] Young reportedly found the purported sex tape while he and his family were unpacking at their California home, the Daily News reported.

THERE'S a huge difference between what South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did, and what ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer did. "I didn't fall in love with any of them," Spitzer was overheard telling LMDC executive director Avi Schick the other day at Solo in the Sony Building on Madi son, where they had the $24 prix-fixe lunch. And Spitzer didn't use any taxpayer money on his trysts, while Sanford is reimbursing the state about $12,000 for travel expenses to Buenos Aires. Schick had Vietnamese beef spring rolls and a grilled chicken salad.

A 41-year-old Argentine woman has acknowledged having a relationship with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. SNIP She denies the hacker was a friend of hers. Chapur says she suspects she knows who the hacker is but will not identify him, because she lacks proof and for legal reasons. She says Sunday's 200-word statement will be her only comment on the matter.

Sanford Press Conference: Live Thread Video feed at link

The man who once claimed to be the father of Rielle Hunter's baby, Andrew Young, is shopping an explosive tell-all which will rock John Edwards' cover-up, confirming previous ENQUIRER investigations, according to reports.

The son of the couple at the center of the sex scandal that has engulfed Sen. John Ensign was being paid by National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2008 at the same time his mother was having an affair with the Nevada Republican. Both Doug and Cynthia Hampton were already working in senior positions for Ensign when their son Brandon Hampton was hired to do “research policy consulting” for the NRSC in March 2008. The younger Hampton, 19, was paid $5,400 before he left the Ensign office in August last year, Federal Election Commission records show. That means during March and...

Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign has told colleagues that he plans to admit an extramarital affair, a senior Republican official tells POLITICO. Political insiders in the Senate and in Nevada told POLITICO that Ensign began an affair with a staffer several months after he separated from his wife. When Ensign reconciled with his wife, the sources said, he gave the aide a severance package and parted ways. Sometime later, a Nevada source said, Ensign met with the husband of the woman involved and had what this source described as a positive encounter. Sources said that the man subsequently asked Ensign...

UPDATE, 5:55 p.m.: Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has acknowledged an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer in a statement released by his office. "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions," said Ensign....

<p>Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) has acknowledged an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer in a statement released by his office. "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions," said Ensign. He is expected to announce the affair at a press conference at 6:30 pm tonight. The affair, which was with a woman who worked for both Ensign's re-election campaign and his Battle Born leadership political action committee, began in December 2007 and ended in August 2008. Ensign's wife, Darlene, said that the couple's "marriage has become stronger" and added: "I love my husband."</p>

A Los Angeles television reporter is dating Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, about two years after his extramarital affair with another local newscaster led to the breakup of his 20-year marriage. KTLA-TV Channel 5 reporter Lu Parker, a former Miss U.S.A., has been dating Villaraigosa since March, station officials confirmed Monday. On Sunday, while working as a weekend anchor, Parker announced a story about the likelihood of Villaraigosa running for governor in 2010. "Now that we're aware of the relationship, she will no longer be covering local politics," said KTLA-TV news director Jason Ball, who defended the journalist's ethics but declined to...

Mimi Beardsley Alford may get a seven-figure sum for her story, Philip Sherwell reports from New York. A FORMER White House intern who had a 17-month affair with president John Kennedy is to tell her story for the first time. Mimi Beardsley Alford, now 66, a retired New York church administrator, will receive an advance believed to be worth nearly $US1 million ($A1.3 million) from publisher Random House for her memoir. Mrs Alford, who is breaking her silence after more than 45 years, maintained the secret about her relationship with the womanising president until a new Kennedy biography was published...

Mimi Beardsley Alford, a retired New York church administrator who had an affair with John F. Kennedy while she was an intern in the White House, is breaking a silence of more than 40 years to tell her story in a memoir to be published by Random House. Ms. Alford’s secret was initially divulged six years ago when a biography of Kennedy was published with portions from a 1964 oral history that described the president’s 18-month sexual affair with a young intern named Mimi Beardsley. The Daily News tracked her down and discovered that she was Marion Fahnestock, who was...

It's no secret that Citigroup board Chairman Richard Parsons has been working for months to repair the financial giant. But, until now, even his closest associates didn't know he also was wrestling with a personal crisis - how to tell his wife and three children he has fathered a child with another woman. Parsons and model-philanthropist MacDella Cooper are the parents of a baby girl named Ella.

We've learned Mel Gibson's girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant with his child. Our sources say Gibson has already told his estranged wife, Robyn, and their children about the news. We're told Oksana is in her second trimester. Robyn filed for divorce on April 13. By the way, Oksana is living in a house Mel got for her. And guess what else? Until recently, Oksana was living in a house purchased by songwriter/producer David Foster, with whom she also had a relationship.

New York—Not to be outdone by Elizabeth Edwards, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has decided to publish a series of books on her husband’s trysts. The book will detail affair after affair, and all of the excrement she had to eat during her time in Arkansas and Washington. Reportedly, the first two volumes are complete. However, the White House years—a lengthy series of books—won’t be finished until late 2010. Hillary has grown weary of the attention the media paid to Elizabeth Edwards for just one affair, and feels it’s time she got her dues.

And you thought the John Edwards sex scandal couldn't get seamier. The ex-senator's former lover - furious at being portrayed as a stalker in his wife's media tour - reportedly is taking revenge and will allow a paternity test for her baby after all. Rielle Hunter previously refused to allow DNA testing on baby Frances, born in February 2008. Edwards, even after the admitted affair, insisted he wasn't the father. Her friends said then she hoped they still had a future together and hoped to protect the philandering pol from further ruin. But on the eve of Elizabeth Edwards' appearance...

John Edwards' furious mistress is demanding he submit to a DNA test, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively! Rielle Hunter - the longtime secret lover of the disgraced 2-time presidential candidate - wants definitive proof that Edwards is the father of her 14-month-old love child Frances and is working with a lawyer to take legal action, say sources. The blonde divorcee - who gave birth in February 2008 - was slammed in the explosive new book Resilience written by the ex-senator's cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth.

The Elizabeth Edwards Pity Party By Kurt Schlichter Created 2009-05-06 18:14 Elizabeth Edwards has hit the chat show circuit to hawk her new memoir “Resilience.” Her interview with Oprah airs Thursday. Elizabeth has some important lessons to teach the young women of today. The most important of these lessons is to be nothing like her, though I’m pretty sure that’s not the message she is trying to send. Typically, when someone whines about his or her circumstances, I take a common sense approach and start by blaming the victim. The fact is that bad things tend to happen to people...

John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter is "ready for her close-up" with her first national TV interview since the cheating scandal wrecked his career, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. In a startling change of heart, Rielle Hunter has decided to face the cameras and has narrowed her choice of interviewer to either "ABC News" correspondents Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters, say sources. "Rielle had previously assured John she wasn't going to spill the beans," said a close source. "But she's changed her tune after thinking Elizabeth Edwards might disparage her in the upcoming interview she's already taped with Oprah Winfrey. "The...

Here is a picture of Frances Quinn Hunter, whose last name should be Edwards, according to sources. It’s from her first birthday, on Feb. 27, just one week ago. With her is her mother, Rielle Hunter, the filmmaker and ex-lover of former Sen. John Edwards. Edwards has admitted the affair, but denied that the baby is his. There is no father’s name on Frances Quinn’s birth certificate.

John Edwards’ ex-lover, Rielle Hunter, is not writing a book or giving interviews. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, however, is doing just the opposite. Here is a picture of Frances Quinn Hunter, whose last name should be Edwards, according to sources. It’s from her first birthday, on Feb. 27, just one week ago. With her is her mother, Rielle Hunter, the filmmaker and ex-lover of former Sen. John Edwards. Edwards has admitted the affair, but denied that the baby is his. There is no father’s name on Frances Quinn’s birth certificate. Hunter is said to be upset about a story in...

I'm sure this will be the headline on Olbermann tonight.

...Asked about the claim that Mrs Obama accused her of having a close friendship with the Senator, she said: ‘I have no comment on anything. ‘I switched careers. That’s it. I’m a Democrat and I support Senator Obama ... I don’t have anything to say.’ She added that she emigrated to the Caribbean from the US after falling in love with the man with whom she now lives. Senator Obama’s team did not respond to our request for comment. But one day after we contacted Obama’s team, a London law firm informed The Mail on Sunday that it had been...

Washington lobbyist Vicki L. Iseman has filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times for a February article about Iseman and her relationship with Sen. John McCain.

Jeremiah Wright is the the 'Reverend' best known for making headlines as president elect Barack Obama's controversial former pastor. Well, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is making headlines again yet again. It would seem that Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a hypocrite. A Texas woman has come forward claiming to have had an illicit affair with the cleryman.

Blackfive, a popular conservative blog, interviewed a person with, he and Blackfive say, knowledge about Barack Obama’s professional and possibly private relationship with one of his (former) staffers, most likely named Vera Baker, according to the source. You can listen to the interview below, in which the source explains how he found out about it. Fascinating is that the source, Wolf, says that the dirt on this story was dug up by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. They planned to put the story out there before the Democratic Convention, but failed to find enough hard evidence. ‘Wolf’ says that they have found...