Church covered up to avoid scandal and save good name and assets Source: IrishExaminer.com
CATHOLIC Church authorities in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over many years in order to avoid scandal and to protect the good name and assets of the institution, the Murphy Commission has concluded.
Here we go again ...Source: msnbc.com
The Michael Jackson trial is only the latest installment in the long history of the good old-fashioned Hollywood sex scandal. It all started with a man almost nobody remembers now. MSNBC.com's Alex Johnson reports.
Berlusconi's wife: Lies brought divorceSource: msnbc.com
The estranged wife of Premier Silvio Berlusconi says in a book published Wednesday that it was her husband's alleged lies that pushed her to file for divorce at the outset of the sex scandal involving the Italian conservative leader.
Omar Abdullah threatens to quitSource: Times of India
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday threatened to resign after allegations against him by the opposition PDP.
'Silvio's sex life: why Italians don't care'Source: Independent.co.uk
First of all, one might reply, the majority of Italians know nothing about the scrapes their leader has got himself into in the past few days. I think the English know more about his troubles than the Italians, for example, and come to mention it the Spanish and Germans too.
C Street's WaterlooSource: Firedoglake
"If we're able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him. And we will show that we can--along with the American people--begin to push those freedom solutions at work in every area of our society."
New Details Emerge in Ensign Sex ScandalSource: AOL
U.S. Sen. John Ensign's parents gave the Nevada Republican's mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," an attorney for the senator said Thursday.

It doesn't matter how apologetic Governor Sanford is, or how many tears he sheds. The American public has heard it all before.
Italian PM Berlusconi denies he paid for sexSource: msnbc.com
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has said he never paid a woman for sex, as he continues to be dogged by suspicions stemming from his purported fondness for young models and starlets.

When Senator Ensign (R), Nevada, announced on June 16, that he had had an affair with a campaign staffer, he told the Associated Press and other news agencies that the reason he had decided to speak out was that he was being "extorted" for money by the woman he had the liaison wi …