Tabloids
LONDON - British legislators authorized a sweeping inquiry Thursday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, as one lawmaker called for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify over allegations one of his newspapers illegally hacked into cell phones.
LONDON - Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg urged police Thursday to quickly investigate new claims that one of Britain's biggest tabloids, the News of the World, illegally eavesdropped on politicians and celebrities.
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director, a former tabloid editor, offered Monday to meet with police as they consider reopening an investigation into claims his newspaper's reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities.
LONDON - Britain's former deputy prime minister pressed Friday for police to reveal more about what is alleged to have been a pattern of illegal eavesdropping at a major tabloid newspaper.
PORTLAND, Ore. - The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed.
