Sunday Special: Other, More Interesting Scandals

Scandal, scandal, scandal – that's all anyone can talk about these days. But Obama's not the first to suffer from a no good, very bad week. Today's Sunday Special highlights other people (and puppets) who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, press, or a physics faculty. -The Digg Team The Daily Digg Sunday, May 19, 2013 ZOU BISOU BISOU $40,000-A-Night Escorts: Secrets Of The Cannes Call Girls hollywoodreporter.com A businessman who was convicted in a 2007 prostitution ring bust reveals all the dirty secrets of how models (and even some Hollywood actresses) swarm the hotels and yacht parties during the fest. PSST... YOU WANT TO BUY A DINOSAUR? The Million-Dollar Dinosaur Scandal slate.com Meet the crooks, smugglers, and counterfeiters who run the most brazen fossil scams. WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH PHYSICS FOR A JOKE 5 Of Physics's Greatest Sex Scandals popsci.com Physicists need love, too. Just ask Paul Frampton, the physics professor who was sentenced recently after an alleged scam involving drugs and a bikini model. ANATOMY OF A HOAX How An Anonymous Blogger Tricked The Internet Into Believing He Was A Deaf Paraplegic betabeat.com If there's anything we've learned from the Violentacrez scandal, it's that anonymity on the Internet can be easily unmasked – for better or worse. In the case of paraplegic Internet sensation Dave on Wheels, it was for the worse. HOLLYWOOD WAS ALWAYS ICKY Scandals Of Classic Hollywood: In Like Errol Flynn thehairpin.com Errol Flynn's famous sexual escapades seemed like just a bit of harmless fun. Until they weren't anymore, and Flynn was charged with two counts of statutory rape. After a long, highly publicized trial, he was acquitted, but the details remain murky. Read more on Digg.com → FLIGHT OF SHAME The view of Nixon's departure as seen from the President's helicopter following his resignation. Credit: U.S. Federal Government Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014