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Sanford Emails Apologies to Constituents

Rambling missive says new 'humility' could make him better gov

(Newser) - In an online apology to South Carolinians, Mark Sanford asks for forgiveness and explains his decision to keep his post in an effort to become “a better person,” WLTX reports. “Close friends” suggested he’d be “of more service in whatever doors God opened next in...

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away
Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away
glossies
Jun 28, 2009 6:49 PM CDT

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

Extramarital affair site releases program to help cheaters

(Newser) - Mark Sanford emulators, take heed: A company that hooks up adulterous sex-seekers has released iPhone and BlackBerry apps to make extramarital flings even easier, Jeremy Caplan writes in Time. Unlike its website, AshleyMadison.com, which leaves an electronic trail spouses can track, the company's apps hide safely on cheaters'...

Sanford to Wife: Let Me Have This Affair

SC's first lady told him 'in no uncertain terms' to stop seeing her

(Newser) - Gov. Mark Sanford not only had an affair, he asked his wife to condone it, she says. In an interview that ended in tears, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford told the AP that he had asked permission to visit his mistress after Jenny discovered the affair. "I said...

Sanford Meltdown Mortifying&mdash;but Real
 Sanford Meltdown 
 Mortifying—but Real 
OPINION
Jun 25, 2009 9:40 AM CDT

Sanford Meltdown Mortifying—but Real

(Newser) - Mark Sanford went before the cameras to confess and apologize yesterday, a ritual that is typically “a schtick, a plastic act of absolution performed by men who are just as plastic,” writes Gary Kamiya of Salon. But not this time. Sanford “got all weird and human on...

UK Woman Faces Jail for Adultery in UAE

Angry hubby reports illegal affair; wife might get up to a year

(Newser) - A British woman's cheating heart might land her in the Dubai clink after her husband told on her, the Times of London reports. Adultery is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, where Sally Antia, 43, and her husband have lived for a decade. Antia confessed in a Dubai court and...

Stand By Your Man (So You Can Drag Him Through Mud)

Elizabeth Edwards exacted an 'exquisite' form of revenge against her cheating hubby

(Newser) - Veronica Lario, the scorned wife of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, has much to learn from Elizabeth Edwards about revenge American style, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times. When Lario filed for divorce and publicly griped about his caddish ways, Berlusconi just turned the tables by demanding a public...

Taliban Are Filmed Killing Pakistani Lovers

Film captured on cell phone in mountain village

(Newser) - Taliban enforcers in Pakistan have been filmed in a chilling video shooting down two lovers charged with committing adultery, reports the BBC. The man and woman are seen talking to members of the Taliban, and then move away as they appear to sense the danger they're in. Both are shot...

Beat Goes On for Bruce, Wife
 Beat Goes On for Bruce, Wife 
Apr 12, 2009 9:21 AM CDT

Beat Goes On for Bruce, Wife

Duo perform in Denver, shrug off scandal

(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen’s wife proved she’s tougher than the rest Friday night, playing alongside him at a concert in Denver and ignoring reports the Boss has been stepping out with a married woman, the New York Post reports. While Patti Scialfa sang back up for the E-Street Band, the...

NJ Woman Denies Springsteen Affair

Husband accused of groundlessly dragging Boss into bitter divorce battle

(Newser) - A New Jersey woman is fiercely denying rumors that she was dancing in the dark with Bruce Springsteen, reports the Star-Ledger. The woman says the affair accusation—made in her husband's divorce filing—is groundless and the two just happen to be members of the same gym. She plans to...

Enquirer: Joel's Wife Is Wandering

(Newser) - This must be the week for reports of legendary singers' marriage trouble. A day after BruceSpringsteen is accused of infidelity, Billy Joel is in the spotlight. The National Enquirer has set gossip blogs buzzing with word that the singer's 27-year-old wife has struck up a suspicious relationship with Israeli fashion...

Boss Cheatin' With Another Jersey Girl: Jilted Hubby

Divorce papers allege Springsteen is the other man

(Newser) - Bruce Springsteen needs a little of that human touch, according to divorce papers filed in New Jersey last month, the Star Ledger reports. A businessman claims his wife of 17 years “committed adultery with one Bruce Springsteen, who resides in Rumson, NJ, and Colts Neck, NJ, at various times...

Upcoming Novel Portrays JFK as Sex Maniac

Book paints prez as sex fiend

(Newser) - John F. Kennedy: beloved president, tragic hero, and…sex fiend? That’s how he’ll be painted when American Adulterer is published in July, the New York Post reports. The novel by British writer Jed Mercurio portrays JFK as a “compulsive philanderer” with an “uncontrollable and unrelenting appetite...

Radio Spots Put the 'Ad' in Adultery

Campaign for online dating service for marrieds makes ripples in Boston

(Newser) - The Ashley Madison Agency, a Web site matching would-be adulterers and home of the catchphrase “Life is short, have an affair,” has launched an ad blitz on Boston radio stations, reports the Herald. “The era of the scarlet letter is long over,” the company’s CEO...

Infidelity's Up, as Women Lead Charge

Older men, younger women appear to stray outside of marriage more often

(Newser) - Studies show infidelity rates rising across the board, the New York Times reports, with women closing the cheating gap on men. Lifetime infidelity rates for men over 60 jumped from 20% to 28% between 1991 and 2006, while women leaped from 5% to 15%. The trend affects young and old—...

Is Pornography Adultery? Time to Sharpen the Debate

Smut may be losing its stigma, but at what price to marriage and our own decency?

(Newser) - Does looking at pornography constitute cheating? If so, a lot of men are in trouble in today's age of instant access. Ross Douthat explores the issue in the Atlantic and finds the extremes of the argument unhelpful. No, digital smut won't bring about the end of civilization, but don't be...

Edwards Told Rielle They'd Be Together After Wife Died: Tab

Enquirer offers details of affair, financial deal

(Newser) - The National Enquirer is on the John Edwards case again this week, with a story offering salacious details of the affair with Rielle Hunter (offered by "friends") and a photo of the baby the tab says is his. Edwards not only promised Hunter they’d be together after...

Affair Could Topple Edwards
 Affair Could
 Topple Edwards
ANALYSIS
Aug 10, 2008 3:22 PM CDT

Affair Could Topple Edwards

Strategists differ on affect affair will have on career

(Newser) - Although opinions are mixed on the future of John Edwards' political career, most analyists take a dim view, CNN reports. Clintonite James Carville believes that "his political career is in shambles," and Gloria Borger thinks his "lies are "going to put an end, probably, to his...

Edwards Backer Paid Mistress to Move

Prominent donor said he acted on his own to banish Hunter

(Newser) - A former Democratic Party official said yesterday that he paid John Edwards' ex-mistress to leave North Carolina, the Dallas Morning News reports. Fred Baron, a Dallas lawyer who led the party finance committee for 4 years, said he was trying to keep Rielle Hunter from tabloid reporters. “I made...

Rielle Hunter: High Profile, Then Out of Sight

Former John Edwards mistress led varied, mysterious life

(Newser) - John Edwards' former mistress has been a part of high-profile social circles in New York, and Los Angeles, but finding old friends willing to talk about the Rielle Hunter they knew is a tough task, the News & Observer reports. Hunter started out partying with a literary crowd in New...

What Edwards Was Trying to Tell Us—and Not Tell Us

Jack Flack reads between the lines of scandal-speak

(Newser) - John Edwards employed classic damage control methods in finally confessing his affair yesterday—ie, announcing it late on a Friday so it would fade over the weekend, and giving an exclusive interview to ensure a sympathetic questioner and avoid a feeding frenzy. Jack Flack, writing in Portfolio, parses Edwards’ statement...

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