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AWOL Atlantic City Mayor Bob Levy.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.

A spokesman issued a 36-word statement saying the mayor was going on indefinite medical leave. That was a week and a half ago. Aides say he is in a hospital, but they won't say where, why or for how long.

The mystery and the gathering scandal over Levy's military record have worried civic leaders in this seaside casino resort, which has a long history of corruption, with four of the last eight mayors busted on graft charges and one-third of last year's nine-member City Council in prison or under house arrest. (H/T - Yahoo!)

This a boner of Philadelphia-esque proportions! We've had politicians arrested before, and we've even had them make a lame attempt at suicide before, but this one takes the cake! And, honestly, I have no idea why Levy went all Houdini on us. John Kerry embellished his Vietnam service record, and he almost won the Presidency!!!