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Dems Finish Frustrating Year in DC
Dems Finish Frustrating
Year in DC
Dec 20, 2007 5:45 PM CST

Dems Finish Frustrating Year in DC

Despite control of Congress, cherished initiatives elude them

(Newser) - Democrats are leaving Washington with a decidedly unsatisfactory taste in their mouths after their first year back in charge of Congress in more than a decade, the LA Times reports. Though they can count successes with the energy bill, the minimum wage, and ethics reforms, they failed to put a...

Docs on Ethics: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

Colleagues' lapses often go unreported, MDs acknowledge

(Newser) - Doctors often don't practice what they preach, reports a groundbreaking new study. Ethical standards under scrutiny in a survey of 1,600 physicians were almost universally supported but were often overlooked, researchers say. For example, 96% of respondents said doctors should report colleagues' incompetence or impairment, but 45% said they...

Huckabee Foes Put Spotlight on Ethics

As he surges ahead in polls, opponents uncover past problems

(Newser) - As former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee moves to the front of the Republican field, rivals have been digging up ethics complaints from his time in office, reports Politico. Critics of Huckabee, who now trails only Mitt Romney in Iowa, have uncovered a host of  complaints against him involving his management...

One Who Just Won't Love Huck
One Who
Just Won't
Love Huck
Nov 13, 2007 7:38 PM CST

One Who Just Won't Love Huck

National media ignoring hokey hopeful's dirty past, says old nemesis

(Newser) - GOP longshot Mike Huckabee has a national rep for being funny and lovable, but one newspaper editor’s got a bone to pick. The Huckabee that governed Arkansas opposed the arts and evolution, pillaged government coffers, and destroyed all hard drives when he left office, writes Max Brantley in Salon....

Product Safety Honchos Get Free Ride

Regulated companies pick up travel tabs for federal agency heads

(Newser) - Leaders of the US agency that regulates product safety have accepted free trips from reps of the industries they oversee, a move critics call a flagrant breach of ethics, the Washington Post reports. Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord and predecessor Hal Stratton have taken 30 trips since 2002,...

Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite
Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite
Oct 1, 2007 2:29 PM CDT

Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite

Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein raised in different families as part of scientific study

(Newser) - Three decades into a bizarre nature-versus-nurture experiment, Elyse Schein abruptly discovered she and a twin sister had been separated at birth and adopted into separate homes—all in the name of science. They eventually found each other in 2004, and now talked with CBS about their new memoir, Identical Strangers....

‘Bundlers’ Rake In Cash, Harbor Ethics Gaps

Candidates’ biggest spenders launder money and break laws

(Newser) - "Bundlers"—political fundraisers who solicit other donors to give—are a standard feature of the presidential race, and many remain favored by major campaigns despite unethical and even illegal conduct. The Post spotlights questionable rainmakers in the Norman Hsu scandal aftermath, including one Hillary donor who gave $160,...

Craig Will Leave Senate After All: Aide

Disgraced Republican will focus on repairing image in courts, Senate

(Newser) - Larry Craig has reversed course and will resign his Senate seat, his spokesman told the AP today. “The most likely scenario, by far, is that by October there will be a new senator from Idaho,” the spokesman said, after reports surfaced that the conservative Republican was reconsidering plans...

Craig May Not Resign After All
Craig May Not Resign After All
Sep 5, 2007 4:43 AM CDT

Craig May Not Resign After All

Idaho senator could stick if he clears his name in court

(Newser) - Embattled Sen. Larry Craig, arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly soliciting sex in an airport men's room, is now flip-flopping on his decision to resign from the Senate Sept. 30. Craig is fighting the charges to which he pleaded guilty three months ago and will consider staying in the Senate...

Republican Scandal Level Approaches Self-Parody

GOP insider: 'You can’t make this stuff up'

(Newser) - Sen. Larry Craig's bathroom toe tap is only the latest in a seemingly endless string of scandal that has Republicans at wit's end, the NY Times reports. Such episodes are fueling voter suspicion of a party already tied to an unpopular president and the Iraq war. "We are approaching...

In China, Yahoo Names Names
In China, Yahoo
Names Names
Aug 28, 2007 1:05 PM CDT

In China, Yahoo Names Names

Lawsuit accuses net giant of complicity in torture, human rights abuses

(Newser) - Yahoo asked a US federal court yesterday to dismiss a human rights lawsuit accusing the company of abetting the Chinese government. Two imprisoned Chinese journalists accuse the Web giant of passing along information about users that led to the arrest, imprisonment, and sometimes torture of writers and dissidents, the San ...

Party Conventions Peddle Pricey Face Time With Pols

As Congress tightens rules, conventions flout them

(Newser) - Organizers of the 2008 Republican and Democratic conventions are openly soliciting seven-figure payments from corporations and lobbyists in return for valuable access to lawmakers, the Washington Post reports. The access peddling comes at precisely the moment  Congress is trying to limit the influence of lobbyists at conventions with tighter ethics...

Ethics Reform Bill Sails Through Senate

Some Republicans unsatisfied with scope; Bush may not sign

(Newser) - The ethics reform bill, which tightens restrictions on congressional pet projects and lobbyist dealings, easily cleared the Senate today. The final vote was 83-14, with all of those opposed Republicans. Critics say the bill won't go far enough to curb earmark spending, the AP reports, but Dianne Feinstein praised the...

Fed Raid on Stevens Casts Pall on Senate

Scandal-plagued colleague attracts tepid support, challenges ethics bill

(Newser) - Already shell-shocked Senate Republicans are lending only tepid support to Ted Stevens, the Politico reports. Both parties are withholding judgment on the Alaskan elder statesman until the federal corruption probe that came to light this week is complete, and they won't pressure the 83-year-old to quit his committee posts unless...

Ethics Bill Clears House
Ethics Bill Clears House
Jul 31, 2007 4:10 PM CDT

Ethics Bill Clears House

Senate expected to pass reforms

(Newser) - The House passed a bill today that would impose sweeping new ethics rules and restrictions on lobbying, the Washington Post reports. The bill, which passed by an overwhelming 411-8 vote, takes particular aim at earmarks for legislators' personal projects. It also curbs campaign contributions and lobbyist wining and dining and...

Unethical Donor Phoner Is Latest McCain Slip-Up

Illegal or not, it's a stumble for last-legs campaign

(Newser) - Facing the wrong end of presidential hopes after two senior staffers deserted his campaign, John McCain stepped into the Senate cloakroom Tuesday and made a call to some big spenders. Trouble is that it's unethical—potentially illegal—to solicit  funds while in the Capitol. The Times reports that the phoner’...

'Eco-Kosher' Eating Joins Religion, Ethics

New rabbinical food certification will reflect expanding values

(Newser) - Ancient Jewish dietary laws meet contemporary concerns about how food is produced in what the Washington Post calls the "eco-kosher" movement. American Jews are increasingly concerned about  labor standards, treatment of animals, and ecological impact of what goes on their table, even if they don't keep kosher, and religious...

Brokers Faulted in Subprime Mortgage Mess

Key sellers are poorly supervised, often unethical

(Newser) - With the mortgage industry in full scandal mode, the Wall Street Journal takes a look at the role of brokers. Contractors for the large lenders, brokers stand accused of issuing loans that borrowers “didn’t understand, couldn’t afford or were otherwise ill-suited for.” They issue about three-quarters...

Duke Prosecutor to Resign
Duke Prosecutor to Resign
Jun 16, 2007 9:57 AM CDT

Duke Prosecutor to Resign

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong breaks down at his own ethics trial

(Newser) - Mike Nifong broke down in tears on the stand at his ethics trial yesterday as he announced his intention to resign as Durham DA. Admitting that he got "carried away" in the case against the three "innocent" Duke University lacrosse players he prosecuted for rape, Nifong apologized to...

Defense Lawyer: Duke Prosecutor Hid Crucial DNA

Explosive testimony rocks prosecutor's misconduct trial

(Newser) - Mike Nifong withheld key DNA evidence from defense attorneys, a lawyer for one of the accused Duke lacrosse players testified yesterday in the disgraced DA's misconduct hearing. Bradley Bannon told the State Bar panel he was "bewildered" to find lab results favorable to his clients after Nifong had repeatedly...

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