Lobbyist denies affair with former Calif. lawmaker

An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging about having sex with her is denying the relationship and has been reinstated to her job.

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Calif. lobbyists targeted in sex-tape scandal

A good-government group filed a complaint Wednesday with California's campaign watchdog agency asking it to investigate two lobbyists caught up in an apparent sex scandal involving a former state assemblyman.

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Calif attorney general nixes sex scandal probe

California's attorney general does not plan to investigate a state lawmaker who resigned after he was caught on videotape boasting to a colleague about his extramarital sexual escapades with two female lobbyists.

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Sex scandal further damages lawmakers' reputation

A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses created an embarrassing distraction for lawmakers Thursday, further diverting attention from California's major policy issues in the crucial final days of their session.

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Montana officer resigns over Facebook comments

A Montana police officer who wrote on his Facebook page that there should be a law allowing police to take people to jail for being "stupid" has resigned.

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Yelp to let businesses comment publicly on reviews

The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques.

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Dallas judge criticized for racially charged quote

The top municipal judge in Dallas faces calls for his resignation over a racially charged column he wrote in a weekly newspaper.

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Utah Dems call for sanctions over anti-gay remarks

Utah Senate Democrats on Tuesday called for the ouster of a GOP lawmaker from two additional key committee posts because of his anti-gay comments.

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Utah lawmaker's gay comments cost him chairmanship

A Utah state senator on Friday was kicked off a judicial committee he chaired after he drew criticism for comparing gay activists to radical Muslims in an interview aired this week.

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Lawmaker Criticized for 9/11 Comments

A conservative Republican congressman says he supports helping victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but did not offer an apology for remarks he made while questioning the need for federal compensation.

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Whole Foods CEO Attacked Rival Online

The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year.

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After more than a decade of incomprehensible and indecipherable comments, Ontario student report cards are in for an overhaul. A memo from the Ontario education ministry says a new assessment policy to be released next year will address report card comments.

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Most of us have blogs, right? How do you react to anonymous vulgar comments? Hit SPAM, right? Yeah, me too. And so did the Director of Social Media for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Kurt Greenbaum. The first time.

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4 Year Old Legally Kidnapped in Tennessee

On Friday a Sullivan County, Tennessee Judge allowed a 4 year old child to be 'legally kidnapped' by her father! Terri McGee, of Kingsport has been fighting in the Sullivan County Court system for several months to gain custody of her 2 grandchildren from her disabled daughter.

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Florida Rep. Alan Grayson called an aide to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a "K Street whore" during a radio interview that aired last month, Roll Call reported.

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Why?

Why do you vine? Are you here to learn, add your two cents, for you own entertainment or all of the above?

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TweetMeme, the quickly-growing site that lists the most popular links on Twitter, is launching an overhauled version today that the startup is calling TweetMeme V2.

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U.S.S.A, United Socialist States of America?

Many people make comments that the U(S)SA is heading towards socialism and is becomeing a socialist state. Is that what you believe and what would that mean?

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It's sad to realize some Americans have lost ....

It's sad to realize some Americans have lost all sense of proportion and propriety, I would be the first to admit I have been appalled by the actions of the Bush Administration in the way the Iraq war was pushed on the public.

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Where are all the Americans?

I'm a new member here, but I think I may be in the wrong place. It's like going to a wedding but not recognizing any of the people.

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Earlier this summer, as part of a master's program at Emerson College, Kerry Skemp began blogging and tweeting about online commentary (i.e., comments left on websites or tweets) and its role in the future of publishing.

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Here's some of the comments from Topix about Obama. They are from all over this country. It's worth a look. My posts are among the many.

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Residents Ceci Sartor and Jeff and Janice Black are still fuming over public comments made by the Barrington Town Council on July 27 during a public meeting at the town hall.

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The U.S. Secret Service confirmed Monday that it has opened an investigation into local radio talk show host Bob Haa following a number of complaints about his Friday morning broadcast.

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Just read a few comments, and then read the story. There's a "back to story link" on the bottom right of the header.

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You know those idiotic commenters on Digg? Sure you do. You know, "FIRST", "LOLZ", "URGAY", etc. Yeah, those guys. Well Digg took a step today that could possibly make them at least 10,000 times more annoying: Email alerts.

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Obama opened mouth and inserted Big foot

This is just another way in which our "President" of the US wants control of our life. He speaks out on something that he knows NOTHING about that happened in a local community.

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What's everyone so upset about? That was President Obama's response Thursday night during an ABC News interview when asked if he regretted his "acted stupidly" comment during Wednesday night's press conference.

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A LEADING member of India's ruling Congress party was arrested and her house set on fire after she suggested a rival politician -- Mayawati, the so-called Dalit Queen -- ought to be raped so that she better understood the trauma faced by victims of sexual assault.

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A popular feature of news-oriented web sites are the talkback threads that accompany news articles and opinion columns.

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Remember when everyone cheered during Jaws as Martin Brody blew the death machine into a million bloody bits?

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Dear Mr. Vice President, If you're so concerned about the health of New Yorkers, do us a favor and cover your mouth before you talk again.

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So why is the left so angry? I don't know (I'm an idiot), so I put the question to the readers in my weekly online chat on Friday.

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I am writing in defense of the anonymous, unmoderated, often appallingly inaccurate, sometimes profane, frequently off point and occasionally racist reader comments that washingtonpost.com allows to be published at the end of articles and blogs.

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DENVER - It's the day every little girl dreams of: their wedding day. But chances are Shannon Emerson never dreamed it would end up happening this way.

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An Indiana State Trooper is under investigation for what some call compromising photos and statements he posted on the Internet.

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