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Andy pal is state ethics panel chief 

ALBANY — The state’s new ethics watchdog panel picked a former prosecutor with close ties to Gov. Cuomo as its executive director. The Joint Commission On Public Ethics voted secretly Tuesday to hire Cuomo Inspector General Ellen Biben, but didn’t announce it until Thursday.

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Pelosi calls for ethics probe into Wu sex report (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Congressman David Wu, D-Ore., speaks during an interview in Portland, Ore. Wu is calling a published report about an alleged unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman 'very serious' but has not yet said whether the accusation is true. The Oregonian reports that a young woman from California has accused the Democrat of an unwanted sexual encounter last November. The newspaper said the information came from sources who wanted to remain anonymous. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)AP – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Sunday called for an ethics panel investigation of Rep. David Wu following a published allegation that a young woman reported he’d engaged in “aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior.”


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Pelosi formally requests Weiner ethics probe (AP)

U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-NY, addresses a news conference in New York,  Monday, June 6, 2011. After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman and admitted to 'inappropriate' exchanges with six women before and after getting married. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has formally requested a House ethics panel probe of New York Rep. Anthony Weiner. Pelosi on Tuesday sent a brief letter to the leaders of the committee noting that Weiner had “disclosed conduct that he described as inappropriate.”


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Ethics Committee refers Ensign case to Justice (AP)

Senate Ethics Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, after speaking on the Senate floor about former Nevada Sen. John Ensign.  Ensign made false statements to the Federal Election Commission and obstructed a Senate Ethics Committee's investigation into his conduct, the panel said Thursday in a scathing report that sent the matter to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Former Sen. John Ensign of Nevada broke federal law, made false statements to the Federal Election Commission and obstructed a Senate Ethics Committee’s investigation into his conduct, the panel said Thursday in a scathing report that sent the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution.


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Bernard Madoff claims business schools want him to help ‘work on ethics courses’

Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff claims academia is calling him – for help with ethics.

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House GOP to keep controversial ethics office (AP)

AP – House Republicans, who take control of the House next month, pledged Thursday to retain a controversial ethics office, post legislation on the Internet prior to votes and require that bills requiring an increase in spending be balanced with cuts elsewhere.

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Censure almost certain as Rangel ethics case ends (AP)

In this Nov. 30, 2010, photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D- N.Y.,walks to his office on Capitol Hill office in Washington. The House is expected to vote on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, and is expected to censure him. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Rep. Charles Rangel faces an almost certain censure by the House, a devastating defeat for a 40-year veteran who insisted to the end that he never meant to violate House rules.


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