Pa. congressman apologizes for affair
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Rep. Don Sherwood, a Republican fighting for his congressional seat, said he "made a mistake" and asked voters Wednesday night to focus on his record and look past the five-year extramarital affair he acknowledged last year.
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Shaun Alexander issued a public apology Monday for questioning coach Mike Holmgren's quarterback sneak call in a big win over Atlanta &#151; a play that Alexander initially claimed cost him the NFL rushing title.
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Sen. David Vitter apologized to anyone he disappointed after telephone records linked him to an escort service operated by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, aka the "D.C. Madam."
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Bernard Kerik, who abruptly withdrew from consideration to lead the Homeland Security Department over the tax and immigration status of a nanny he employed, apologized yesterday for making
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John McCain's presidential campaign has apologized to Republican rival Mitt Romney for comments about the Mormon church allegedly made by a volunteer earlier this year.
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In a Dec. 14 story about congressional ethics reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported the party of Delaware Rep. Mike Castle. He is a Republican, not a Democrat.
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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Fox News Channel issued a second on-air apology Wednesday for mistakenly running tape of a different congressman while reporting on the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson on bribery charges.
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House Republican leaders mounted an effort to explain their own conduct after the resignation of Rep. Mark Foley and suggested there should be a criminal investigation of Foley's contacts with congressional pages. The scandal comes just weeks before the November 7 midterm elections, and Republicans were hurriedly trying to find someone to replace Foley.
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The top Republican in the US House of Representatives said he had been &quot;duped&quot; by disgraced ex-lawmaker Mark Foley, whose sexual solicitations of teenage aides in Congress he decried as &quot;vile,&quot; and &quot;repugnant.&quot;
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Dan Rather offered an apology for a report on President Bush's service, but not a personal accounting.
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Robby Gordon apologized Monday for intentionally causing an accident Sunday that involved championship contenders Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield.
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In his first words about his inclusion in the Mitchell report, Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca apologized Saturday for his âmistakes in judgment.â
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A Louisiana senator publicly apologises for "a serious sin" after his name is linked to an alleged Washington prostitution ring.
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Allegedly scamming a Virginia businesswoman could prove to be a major mistake for a Democratic congressman from New Orleans.
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Colombian authorities apologise for demanding a tax return from a politician held by rebels for almost three years.
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Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said he told Speaker Dennis Hastert after learning a fellow GOP lawmaker sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy.