Former Rep. Mark Foley opens Florida consignment shop

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Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is opening a consignment store in West Palm Beach, Fla., about four years after he resigned from Congress following a lurid scandal.

Foley said Celebrity Consignment sells items from furniture to chandeliers to paintings. Much of the shop is filled with Foley’s belongings from his former Washington home.

Foley resigned in 2006 after sending salacious Internet messages to male teens who had worked on Capitol Hill as congressional pages. Criminal investigations ended without charges.

The former Florida Republican lawmaker says he hasn’t completely ruled out another run for public office.

He also has his own radio talk show.

-- Associated Press