NATION : Risque Business Gets Panned

DALLAS — Seven employees of a federal minerals office have been disciplined for holding private parties with prostitutes, a newspaper reported today.

The group of auditors from the U.S. Minerals Management Service’s Dallas office socialized with prostitutes and topless dancers for six years and documented their exploits with nude photos, the Dallas Morning News said.

An investigative report obtained by the newspaper said the group’s members admitted paying for dancers to attend parties and acknowledged financing an abortion for a prostitute who became pregnant. The parties were held in motels and private homes in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, investigators said.