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Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty in June to lewd conduct in a restroom.

By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the August 31, 2007 edition
Perhaps the most relieved Republican in the country this week is Alberto Gonzales. On the day the much-maligned attorney general announced his resignation, spurring renewed [...]

By Mark Shenk Bloomberg News
 

U.S. crude oil prices rose to a three-week high above $73 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed a larger-than-expected drop in oil and gasoline inventories.
The Energy Department reported that crude oil stockpiles fell 3.49 million barrels to 333.6 million in the week ended Aug. 24. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg [...]

Assume it is true what an undercover officer claims about his encounter with Senator Larry Craig in an airport men’s room: Craig was asking for sex.
What we would have is an adult propositioning another adult. If that is a crime, then an entire industry of singles bars across the nation should be raided. [...]

The Republican senator was held in June by a policeman investigating complaints of lewd behaviour at airport toilets. Speaking to reporters, Mr Craig said: “I am not gay. I never have been gay.” He had done “nothing wrong”, he added.
Republican leaders and a watchdog group have asked the Senate ethics committee to investigate Mr [...]