FBI Deciding Whether to Investigate Mayor of Spokane, Wash.

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBCLMTEL8E.html

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Federal agents are looking into accusations that Spokane's mayor offered municipal jobs to men he met in gay online chat rooms in exchange for sex - the latest in a series of allegations lobbied against the Republican official.

Mayor James West, who took a leave of absence on Tuesday, has been under fire since The Spokesman-Review reported allegations that he abused two boys while he was a sheriff's deputy and Boy Scout leader in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

City officials also have launched an independent investigation into whether West offered internships in exchange for sex, and whether his office computer was used improperly.

West, a 54-year-old former state Senate leader and opponent of gay rights, has denied the molestation allegations but acknowledged he visited a gay online chat room and had relations with adult men.

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1. "West, a... former state Senate leader and opponent of gay rights..."

"... acknowledged he visited a gay online chat room and had relations with adult men."

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2. The FBI!

Whoa! Now his goose is cooked. They're bringing in the FBI!