A federal worker was on the take. He didn't get rich, but he didn't go hungry. The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles said immigration official Mai Nhu Nguyen solicited and took bribes from illegal immigrants seeking citizenship from 2011 to 2013. In one instance he accepted $1,000 and 200 egg rolls for gtting an immigrant  green card.

During his career, Mitt Romney's political opponents have given a lot of people the wrong idea about the successful businessman and former governor. But a masseuse in a San Francisco hotel came up with a whopper. Romney said after he received a massage for a kink in his back, the woman asked his aide, "is he a dancer?" Why? "Strong legs," he supposed. "That was the best compliment I have ever had."

How Not to Win Reelection
The Hill newspaper passes along a story from a Honolulu newspaper saying Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, missed a hearing on veterans issues in August because she was surfing with a reporter who was producing a video profile of the freshman member. She later used the video as part of a fundraising appeal.