F000440 1965-03-09 2953 Vito 'vito':1,3,5 'fossella':2,4,6 M 400139 Fossella Vito_Fossella J. Vito Fossella 1287 N00000983 5151 Republican Catholic Vito Fossella 400139 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 22:11:54 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...contender John Edwards, who admitted after he'd gotten out of the campaign that he'd an an extramarital affair. • Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., who saw a drunk driving arrest lead to revelations of an extramarital affair. • Former Detroit mayor Kwame 'd':14,22 'rep':28 'saw':33 'usa':50 '•':27,45 '2008':3 'john':8 'lead':38 'vito':29 'vote':2 'admit':11 'drive':36 'drunk':35 'kwame':49 'mayor':48 'r-n.y':31 'revel':40 'today':51 'affair':26,44 'arrest':37 'edward':9 'former':46 'gotten':15 'biggest':5 'contend':7 'detroit':47 'campaign':19 'fossella':30 'scoundrel':6 'extramarit':25,43 3870720 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-OnPolitics/~3/qXvNoV2kJLA/you-vote-2008s.html 400139 Person congress Mon Dec 29 22:56:11 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Vito Fossella, fallen married New York Congressman, caught driving drunk in Virginia, and living a double life there with a girlfriend and a daughter, ... '10':2 'az':31 'new':10 'top':1 '2008':5 'life':22 'live':19 'vito':6 'york':11 'doubl':21 'drive':14 'drunk':15 'marri':9 'caught':13 'fallen':8 'horndog':3 'daughter':29 'fossella':7 'virginia':17 'girlfriend':26 'congressman':12 'sheknows.com':30 3860860 true true google news SheKnows.com,&nbsp;AZ OK http://sheknows.com/blogs/alytude/2008/12/22/top-10-horndogs-of-2008/ 400139 Person rep\. Sat Dec 20 22:13:21 -0600 2008 Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...THE ISSUE: The tribute given to disgraced Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella. *** I don't understand your hate affair with Rep. Vito Fossella ("Tribute to a Jailbird," Editorial, Dec. 16). His crime, driving while impaired, is, unfortunately, something th '16':39 'th':48 'vs':4 'dec':38 'new':49 'rep':19,30 'fuss':7 'hate':27 'issu':11 'post':51 'vice':5 'vito':1,20,31 'york':50 'crime':41 'drive':42 'given':14 'virtu':3 'affair':28 'impair':44 'island':18 'someth':47 'staten':17 'tribut':13,33 'disgrac':16 'editori':37 'fossella':9,21,32 'jailbird':36 'unfortun':46 'understand':25 3768309 true true daylife New York Post http://www.nypost.com/ OK http://www.nypost.com/seven/12202008/postopinion/letters/vitos_virtues_vs__vice__why_fuss_over_fo_145065.htm 400139 Person rep\. Fri Dec 19 22:15:37 -0600 2008 Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...the influence of alcohol. (CNN) — The House Ethics committee said Friday they are closing their investigation of Rep. Vito Fossella over his arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol, and taking no action. Fossella was convicted in an Alexand 'cnn':13,50 'rep':27 '—':14 'hous':16 'said':19 'take':6,41 'vito':28 'close':3,23 'drive':34 'ethic':1,17 'action':8,43 'arrest':32 'friday':20 'alcohol':12,39 'alexand':49 'convict':46 'committe':2,18 'fossella':4,29,44 'influenc':10,37 'investig':5,25 3756102 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/7nrKdz8ualU/ 400139 Person representative Mon Dec 29 22:56:09 -0600 2008 Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0600 2008 "On May 21, 2008, an investigative subcommittee was established to conduct an inquiry regarding Representative Vito Fossella with respect to his arrest on ... '21':8 'ny':33 'may':7 '2008':9 'punt':3 'vito':21 'ethic':1 'panel':2 'advanc':31 'arrest':27 'island':30 'regard':19 'repres':20 'staten':29 'conduct':16 'inquiri':18 'respect':24 'fossella':5,22 'investig':11 'establish':14 'silive.com':32 'subcommitte':12 3860857 true true google news Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,&nbsp;NY OK http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1229757315143710.xml&coll=1 400139 Person rep\. Mon Dec 29 22:56:10 -0600 2008 Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0600 2008 And don't even bother visiting outgoing Rep. Vito Fossella's site: It hasn't been updated since his arrest on drunken-driving charges. 'ny':35 'pol':1 'rep':13 'web':4 'drag':2 'even':9 'feet':5 'hasn':19 'sinc':23 'site':17 'vito':14 'charg':30 'drive':29 'outgo':12 'updat':22 'visit':11 'advanc':33 'arrest':25 'bother':10 'island':32 'staten':31 'drunken':28 'fossella':15 'silive.com':34 'drunken-driv':27 3860858 true true google news Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,&nbsp;NY OK http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1229756411124640.xml&coll=1 400139 Person democrat Mon Dec 29 22:56:10 -0600 2008 Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ... most of it going to Democrats but with a few prominent Republicans thrown in, such as scandal-tarred Rep. Vito Fossella of Staten Island. ... 'go':8 'rep':24 'tar':23 'fund':3 'hedg':2 'vito':25 'wall':30 'parti':4 'island':29 'promin':15 'staten':28 'street':31 'thrown':17 'journal':32 'scandal':22 'democrat':10 'fossella':26 'republican':16 'scandal-tar':21 3860859 true true google news Wall Street Journal OK http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122963817054719731.html 400139 Person rep\. Mon Dec 29 22:56:11 -0600 2008 Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2008 by Staten Island Advance From left, disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella apologizes to constituents; Rebekah Johnson leaves court after her acquittal, ... 'ny':34 'rep':17 '2008':9 'leav':25 'left':15 'vito':18 'court':26 'stori':7 'advanc':13,32 'apolog':20 'island':4,12,31 'staten':3,11,30 'acquitt':29 'biggest':6 'disgrac':16 'johnson':24 'rebekah':23 'constitu':22 'fossella':19 'silive.com':33 3860861 true true google news Staten Island Advance - SILive.com,&nbsp;NY OK http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/what_was_staten_islands_bigges.html 400139 Person rep\. Wed Dec 17 22:16:29 -0600 2008 Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...legislation next month to allow Staten Island to secede from New York City. Lanza and Bloomberg both attended GOP Rep. Vito Fossella's "thank you" brunch on Sunday, and here's what Lanza told the crowd of 1,000-plus about the mayor: "You know, here on S '1':43 'mr':2 'ya':5 '000':45 'gop':24 'new':16 'rep':25 'see':4 'citi':18 'know':51 'next':7 'plus':46 'told':39 'vito':26 'york':17 'allow':10 'crowd':41 'lanza':19,38 'mayor':3,49 'month':8 'seced':14 'thank':1,29 'attend':23 'brunch':31 'island':12 'legisl':6 'staten':11 'sunday':33 '000-plus':44 'fossella':27 'bloomberg':21 'silive.com':55 3729471 true true daylife SILive.com http://www.silive.com/ OK http://blog.silive.com/politics/2008/12/separatist_lanza_on_bloomberg.html 400139 Person rep\. Tue Dec 16 11:02:59 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ...the state's full delegation missed an average of only 5 percent of House votes. Second to Rangel was disgraced Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella with 13 percent. He missed dozens of votes last May after his arrest for drunken driving and subsequent revel '5':17 '13':33 'may':41 'new':51 'rep':29 'full':10 'hous':4,20 'last':40 'miss':12,36 'post':53 'sick':3 'vito':30 'vote':5,21,39 'york':52 'deleg':11 'dozen':37 'drive':47 'revel':50 'state':8 'arrest':44 'averag':14 'charli':1 'island':28 'rangel':24 'record':6 'second':22 'staten':27 'disgrac':26 'drunken':46 'percent':18,34 'subsequ':49 'fossella':31 3708247 true true daylife New York Post http://www.nypost.com/ OK http://www.nypost.com/seven/12162008/news/nationalnews/charlies_sick_house_vote_record_144435.htm 400139 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 11:27:56 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:29:14 -0600 2008 iSuppli teardown report shows PS3 is much cheaper to build today than - DailyTech Sony’s PS3 game console is popular among many gamers, ... s a look at the Top 5 stories of 2008 as voted by a panel of Advance editors: 1. <strong class="keyword">Rep</str '1':44 '5':32 'x':2 '360':47 'box':3 'ps3':8,18 'rep':45 'top':31 '2008':35 'blog':48 'game':19,49 'guid':51 'look':28 'mani':24 'much':10 'show':7 'vote':37 'xbox':46 'among':23 'build':13 'gamer':25 'panel':40 'stori':33 'today':14 'video':50 'advanc':42 'consol':20 'editor':43 'report':6 'review':52 'cheaper':11 'isuppli':4 'popular':22 'sony’s':17 'teardown':5 'dailytech':16 'microsoft':1 3866355 false true technorati Xbox 360 Blog game Video Guide Review http://xbox.internetdotspot.com OK http://xbox.internetdotspot.com/43/microsoft-x-box/ 0 400139 Person congress Tue Dec 30 11:27:29 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 ... University of Nebraska; October - Rep. Tim Mahoney (D), FL; September - Senator Churck Hagel (R?), NE; August - Senator Ted Stevens (R), Alaska; July - Congressman William Jefferson (D), La. June - Congressman Vito Fossella, ... 'd':14,32 'r':20,26 'fl':15 'la':33 'ne':21 'rep':11 'ted':24 'tim':12 'juli':28 'june':34 'vito':36 'hagel':19 'octob':10 'senat':17,23 'smell':4 'alaska':27 'august':22 'churck':18 'object':1,38 'rangel':6 'steven':25 'conserv':2,39 'mahoney':13 'septemb':16 'univers':7 'william':30 'fossella':37 'nebraska':9 'jefferson':31 'congressman':29,35 3866354 false true google blog Objective Conservative http://objectiveconservative.blogspot.com/ OK http://objectiveconservative.blogspot.com/2008/12/smell-of-rangel.html 400139 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 11:27:27 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 With days to go Michael McMahon takes his seat, outgoing Rep. Vito Fossella has apparently shut his offices. When the Advance repeatedly tried calling his Eltingville office, the phone just kept ringing and ringing. ... 'go':7 'day':5 'rep':14 'tri':26 'call':27 'kept':34 'ring':35,37 'seat':12 'shut':19 'take':10 'vito':15 'appar':18 'first':2,39 'glanc':3,40 'offic':21,30 'outgo':13 'phone':32 'siliv':1,38 'advanc':24 'repeat':25 'mcmahon':9 'michael':8 'fossella':16 'eltingvill':29 3866352 false true google blog SILive: First Glance http://blog.silive.com/firstglance/ OK http://blog.silive.com/firstglance/2008/12/choose_your_shore_for_news_167.html 400139 Person rep\. Tue Dec 30 11:27:28 -0600 2008 Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0600 2008 Rep. Vito Fossella Pays the Price For DWI and Extr... Sunny von Bulow Not Mrs. Clause or Faux Palin Has ... Police Chief Edward Fleury Indicted For Accidental... Was Gabriele Markert's Attempt to Steal Christmas . ... 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'1':12 'end':39 'gop':22 'may':11 'new':29 'rep':13 'set':46 'bail':5 'bowl':27 'even':38 'hous':35 'news':57 'vito':14 'york':30 'break':56 'chain':51 'dizzi':50 'drive':43 'earli':7 'entri':55 'giant':31 'princ':19 'siliv':53 'still':17 'super':26 'white':34 'arrest':44 'celebr':23 'featur':54 'island':2,9 'motion':48 'staten':1,8 'drunken':42 'ceremoni':36 'champion':28 'fossella':4,15 'congressman':3 3860854 false true google blog SILive: Featured Entries - Breaking News http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/ OK http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/staten_island_congressman_foss.html 400139 Person rep\. Mon Dec 29 11:29:58 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 David Paterson last week, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) said his travels brought him to three places: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Depot in Commack. “The Town of Huntingon’s snow plows took out my mailbox,â€* he explained. ... 'd':20 'rep':5,16 'cycl':11,52 'home':34 'iraq':30 'last':14 'lose':6 'plow':9,43 'post':4 'said':22 'snow':42 'spin':10,51 'took':44 'town':39 'week':15 'david':12 'depot':35 'place':29 'steve':17 'three':28 'israel':18 'travel':24 'â€*':48 'brought':25 'commack':37 'explain':50 'mailbox':7,47 'diplomat':1 'out-post':2 'paterson':13 '“the':38 'huntington':21 'afghanistan':31 'd-huntington':19 'huntingon’s':41 3854386 false true google blog Spin Cycle http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/ OK http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2008/12/diplomatic_outpost_rep_loses_m.html 400139 Person rep\. Mon Dec 29 22:55:40 -0600 2008 Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0600 2008 NY13 Blog; Retaking NY-13 from Rep. Vito Fossella · Fossella runs out the clock on House Ethics Committee - In a statement by the House Ethics Committee investigating Fossella's arrest, the committee announced they will not be making ... 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