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"I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work," Spitzer said, his weary-looking wife, Silda, standing at his side.

Spitzer resigns in disgrace

In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow image and left him facing the prospect of criminal charges and perhaps disbarment.

Spitzer call girl reportedly identified

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[Dirk Shadd | Times]

Some sweetness costs class Vice Prez his gig

Eighth-grader Michael Sheridan of New Haven, Conn. needed a sugar rush, so he bought a bag of Skittles. Now he is stripped of his class vice presidency.

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