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Where does the word ‘blackmail’ come from, anyway?
Etymology notes on a scandal (via The Christian Science Monitor) Inquiring minds want to know, perhaps because they’ve been reading about the Petraeus scandal: What’s the origin of the word “blackmail”? The idea of a public official having to resign because moral missteps may have left him vulnerable to blackmail…
Sex scandal engulfs Waffle House: CEO claims rape accuser trying to blackmail him
Joe W. Rogers, the CEO of Waffle House, claimed Tuesday that he did not rape his former housekeeper, insisting that she participated in consensual sexual encounters and is now trying to blackmail him. The woman, who has not been identified, reportedly told the Atlanta police that she was forced to…
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