Foley acquaintances question alcoholism
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When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious.
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The FBI is assessing whether former Rep. Mark Foley broke any laws when he sent sexually explicit e-mails to a male teen-age congressional page and leaders of both parties demanded full-scale investigations into another untimely scandal for the Republicans.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - One of America's favorite  television actors has turned to drinking to show off both his  acting skills and that he is not just a "Friend."
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Disgraced lawmaker Mark Foley's behavior was affected by alcoholism and childhood molestation but he "never attempted to have sexual contact with a minor," his attorney said yesterday in the first extensive defense of the Florida Republican's actions, which have rocked Congress and the GOP.
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Former Rep. Mark Foley's refusal to identify the clergyman he says molested him as a boy is reckless and could put other children at risk, say victims' advocates and a former priest who knows the ex-congressman.
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Mike Timlin doesn't have the answers. He laughs, in fact, when the question is posed to him. If he knew what could help him, he would be doing it.
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Members of the House ethics committee who are on the investigative panel looking into the handling of complaints about former Rep. Mark Foley's conduct toward teenage House pages and Internet messages to former pages:
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Britons are in denial about the effect of drinking excess alcohol on their health, a survey suggests.
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My friend talks rapidly on the phone. Her husband has just been diagnosed with a rare skin cancer. It is a second marriage for both, a good marriage. But suddenly they've started to bicker. This is not like them. The change is scary. What is happening here?
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 12 : An article published in the October 11 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, has revealed that alcohol consumption may slightly increase the risk for developing a certain type
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The ongoing scandal concerning resigned Florida Rep. Mark Foley's correspondence with congressional pages is not the first time the House's page program has been at the center of controversy. In what year were two congressmen reprimanded for engaging in improper relationships with House pages?  1968 1983 1991 1973
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Faced with fending off the backlash from the Mark Foley scandal, House Republicans took the offensive Friday, asking Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other rivals to testify about whether they engaged in partisan trickery by releasing Foley's messages weeks before the midterm elections.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida  - For Florida voters like Lynn Braun, Mark Foley's fall from grace has left them feeling queasy and facing a dilemma over how and whether to vote in the November congressional election.
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Q: I recently started a new job. While I like the work, I'm faced with one particular situation that's detracting from my enjoyment of the job. I sit in a cube adjacent to a gentleman who makes a painful snorting noise every few minutes, wherein he loudly sucks phlegm to the back of his throat and quickly coughs it out. ...
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A graphic study of sex and drug addiction, âRock Bottomâ goes beyond the pieties of the recovery movements to confront deeper questions about the pursuit of sensation.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked the Justice Department to investigate how lawmakers handled allegations that Rep. Mark Foley exchanged sexually explicit messages with teenage congressional pages. The move comes after Democrats questioned whether the House's GOP leadership had squelched concerns about Foley, a Republican who now has resigned.
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (IPS) - Russian authorities are searching for new solutions  to tackle alcoholism after reports started to emerge last month  that thousands of people may have died from consumption of the  popular home-made alcohol Samogon. Low-grade industrially  manufactured alcohol may have gone into the drink, according to  some reports.