PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Families who claim the corpses of more than 1,000 relatives were dismembered and sold in an illegal body-parts scandal sued funeral directors and others on Tuesday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Congressional sex scandal that has left Republican leaders reeling. picked by afeldman 3 years ago

Max Mosley, F1's President, is facing intense pressure to resign from his post after being implicated in a Nazi role-playing orgy. The report detailed a five-hour orgy between Mosley and five prostitutes at a house in Chelsea. picked by tdiggity 2 years ago

A porn star draping boobs over an employee's head. Lapdances on the company dime. $50 million in back taxes. These are just some of the charges Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks is facing from an ex-employee. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The island of Jersey is renowned for keeping people's business private. Gordon Rayner asks if this culture contributed to a decades-long child abuse scandal picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

The Argentinean government believes a criminal investigation in the United States into the "suitcase scandal" could have come as a Washington reaction to Buenos Aires' role in the negotiations seeking the release of the hostages held by the FARC. picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

Just weird stuff. Don't buy anything from them unless you think that this is real.(I don't) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A Roman Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir about his decades serving the church. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Still dazed after being anaesthetised for three hours, a pedigree pet is hauled upright to show off its new tattoo.

The controversial “body enhancement” was carried out on Mickey – a rare Canadian Hairless breed also known as a Sphynx cat. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The investment fund run by disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff may not have made even a single trade, a new twist in the scandal around an alleged $50 billion fraud that has engulfed thousands of investors and financial institutions worldwide. picked by equinox 10 months ago

As Greek scandals go, it started as a trivial but titillating tale -- a ministry official jumps from his balcony after being blackmailed by an angry lover. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical. picked by equinox 1 day ago

Ms Pelosi in an attempt to show that the Democrats are pure proposes rules that would among other things ban House members from accepting any gift from lobbyists. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

An opinion piece I found interesting. Although I'm not sure I agree with everything but some interesting points were made picked by Dork 1 year ago

NYT has a report on McCain. Among other things is the rumor that McCain has been having an illicit relationship with a lobbyist. McCain's response is denial. More info here and here picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago

China has punished more than 17,500 officials in the first eight months of this year on corruption charges, according to state news agency Xinhua. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Ah yes, another beauty queen with racy pictures in her past. She's french, I'm sure they're tasteful.

There's a link to the photos in the first comment. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Following last Friday's fatal accident, CBS affiliate WOIO-TV reported that Connell, who had recently been subpoenaed to testify in relation to a lawsuit alleging vote rigging in the 2004 Ohio election, was warned at least twice about flying his plane because his plane might be sabotaged. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

The inquiry focuses on lobbying contracts worth $1 million that Weldon's daughter, Karen Weldon, obtained from foreign clients and whether the congressman helped steer them, they said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of the criminal investigation. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago