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The Smoking Gun

• Pat Fitzgerald Boots One January 7, 2009
  In a remarkable screw-up, a Department of Justice official today accidentally distributed to the media a document containing the names of nearly 20 confidential witnesses interviewed during a federal probe targeting the operators of a fraudulent investment scheme.
• Skier Suffers Exposure January 6, 2009
  In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Friday morning.
• Mug Shots Of The Week 1/2/08 January 2, 2009
  Presenting TSG's inaugural booking photo collection of the new year.
• Obama And That Other Ponzi Scheme December 31, 2008
  As if being linked to one high-profile criminal case weren't enough, President-elect Barack Obama's name may soon pop up in another federal prosecution, this one involving a massive Ponzi scheme (no, the other massive Ponzi scheme).
• Charles Barkley In DUI Bust December 31, 2008
  Former NBA star Charles Barkley was arrested early today on suspicion of drunk driving after Arizona cops pulled his car over after he ran a stop sign.
• Matt Dillon Speed Bust December 31, 2008
  "Crash" star Matt Dillon was arrested by State Police after being clocked at 106 mph on a Vermont highway.
• NY Times Sued Over McCain Affair Story December 30, 2008
  A Washington lobbyist charges that The New York Times smeared her in a February 2008 story that she claims gave readers the false impression that she engaged in an "Illicit and inappropriate romantic relationship" with Senator John McCain.
• Not That There's Anything Wrong With It December 30, 2008
  Even if she was wrong when reporting that Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead had a sexual encounter, the author of a book about Anna Nicole Smith contends that the claim is not defamatory.
• Mug Shots Of The Week 12/26/08 December 26, 2008
  The year's final end-of-the-week mug shot roundup begins with an arrestee clearly in the holiday spirit.
• Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe December 23, 2008
  President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top advisers were interviewed last week by federal prosecutors probing Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged bid to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat, according to a report issued today by an Obama lawyer.