Reports: Italian businessman involved in Berlusconi’s sex scandal granted house arrestROME — Italian news reports say a businessman involved in Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal has been placed under house arrest as part of a drug probe. ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schoolsWASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade’s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president. Oh yeah — and it’s the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp. Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila visits US, hopes to return to Cuba despite criticism of CastrosMIAMI — Cuban dissident punk rocker Gorki Aguila is in the U.S. for 15 days to promote his new CD, but he’s not sure if he’ll be able to return home because of his sharp criticism of the Cuban government. Child porn found in Wash. sex offender center; 7 residents indicted on federal chargesSEATTLE — Seven residents of a treatment center for sex offenders were indicted on child pornography charges after apparently obtaining illicit images while at the heavily secured facility. Child porn found in Washingon state sex offender center; 7 residents indictedSEATTLE — Seven residents of a heavily secured center for sex predators have been indicted on federal child porn charges. Dutch police hunt fugitive human trafficker who fled while out of prison on family visitTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch police were hunting Thursday for one of the country’s most notorious human traffickers after he fled while on a temporarily release from prison to visit his wife and newborn baby. UN expert says number of Web sites containing child pornography increasesGENEVA — The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said Wednesday. Model who starred in gay porn movies with twin brother pleads guilty to Pa. rooftop burglaryPHILADELPHIA — A porn star has pleaded guilty to acting as a lookout while his twin brother and sometime co-star cut holes through the roofs of Philadelphia businesses to break inside. Census records of Jack the Ripper victims cast light on lives of women who fell prey to killerLONDON — The world is endlessly fascinated with Jack the Ripper — but what about his victims? Albuquerque deals with fallout from volunteer officer who arrested prostitutesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A volunteer officer who went undercover to nab suspected prostitutes has put the Albuquerque Police Department on the defensive about its practices and raised questions about the cases he helped prosecute. Men arrested on allegation of playing porn DVD on Wal-Mart display televisions in ArkansasFORT SMITH, Ark. — Two Oklahoma men have been arrested for allegedly playing a pornographic DVD on display televisions at a Fort Smith Wal-Mart. Sebastian County jail records show 20-year-olds Cody Allen Sexton and Kenny Dean Andrews were arrested on a felony obscenity complaint. Former stepfather of slain Vermont girl sentenced to more than 16 years on child porn chargesSAN ANTONIO — The former stepfather of a slain 12-year-old Vermont girl was sentenced Friday to nearly 17 years in prison on child pornography charges that surfaced while authorities investigated her disappearance last summer. Calif. lawmaker caught talking about affairs tarnishes Legislature’s damaged reputationSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses created an embarrassing distraction for lawmakers Thursday, further diverting attention from California’s major policy issues in the crucial final days of their session. California lawmaker who participated in lurid sex conversation removed from ethics panelSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker who listened and asked questions as a fellow assemblyman boasted about extramarital affairs has been removed from the panel investigating the conversation. Former managers says ArmorGroup lowballed bid, cut corners on embassy security in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — Former managers for the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said Thursday the company lowballed its bid for the work and then outfitted a badly understaffed guard corps with second-rate gear. Former California lawmaker denies affairs, despite being caught on tape bragging about themSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A pro-family values California lawmaker who resigned after being caught on tape boasting about his sexual conquests denied Thursday that he had extramarital affairs, saying “my offense was engaging in inappropriate storytelling.” Berlusconi dismisses idea of resigning over sex scandal, calls himself Italy’s best premierROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi brushed off questions about any possible resignation over his sex scandal Thursday, saying he has been Italy’s best premier ever. Little-known California lawmaker resigns after sexually explicit recordings become publicSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mike Duvall’s second term as a member of the California Assembly was progressing pretty much like his first — in relative obscurity, with few notable legislative accomplishments. Pa. day care provider gets 25 years in child-porn case, cites fear of chief culpritPHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-area woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for letting a sexual predator abuse and film children in her home day care. ‘Image Girls’: papers offer purported details from probe of man linked to Berlusconi scandalROME — Thirty women. Eighteen parties. Guests willing to supply sex “if the need arises.” NYC man charged in Ponzi scheme that diverted millions to bad real estate deals, porn companyNEW YORK — A small-time money manager who did business out of a shabby storefront in Brooklyn was charged Tuesday with running a $40 million Ponzi scheme that secretly diverted client money to unauthorized ventures, including a mail-order pornography business. Kidnap suspect’s teenage shift to music scene, drug use preceded alleged predatory behaviorSAN FRANCISCO — Attending high school in a rural suburb east of San Francisco, Phillip Garrido stood apart from the crowd that studied hard, played sports, basked in popularity and set sights on college. I’m popular because Italians want to be like me, Berlusconi says of sex scandal
Bravado, mental illness or both? Garrido’s recent actions factored into arrestSAN FRANCISCO — In the days before his arrest, cracks showed in the elaborate facade authorities say Phillip Garrido built to conceal the girl he kidnapped, raped and imprisoned — and those cracks were of Garrido’s own making. Editor of Italy bishops’ newspaper resigns; Had demanded Berlusconi respond to sex allegationsROME — The editor of a prominent Catholic newspaper that demanded Premier Silvio Berlusconi answer questions about a sex scandal resigned Thursday after being caught up in scandal himself. Fla. domestic battery case dropped against La. porn star and potential Senate contenderTAMPA, Fla. — A domestic battery case against porn star and potential Louisiana U.S. Senate contender Stormy Daniels has been dropped after the alleged victim chose not to prosecute. Pope backs Italian bishops amid row with Premier Berlusconi’s family newspaperROME — Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday gave his full support to the Italian Catholic Church after it was dragged into a media row linked to Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal. Berlusconi allies work to patch up ties with Catholic church after latest sex scandal salvosROME — Allies of the Italian government have pledged to patch up ties with the Catholic church, after a newspaper in Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s media family attacked a Catholic editor who had demanded he answer allegations in a sex scandal over young women. Berlusconi cancels visit for remission of sins; Vatican says move avoids exploitationROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal for months, canceled his planned participation in a Catholic religious service for the remission of sins Friday after his presence was deemed problematic. Australia debates Aboriginal policy after UN expert called it a human rights violationSYDNEY — A U.N. expert’s harsh criticism of Australia’s Aboriginal policy reopened a national debate Friday on a decades-old issue: how best to help the country’s original settlers and most disadvantaged minority. |
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ROME — Defiant in the face of a sex scandal, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that he is still popular because Italians secretly want to be like him.
