Berlusconi cancels L’Aquila visit for religious service, wants to avoid exploiting situation

VATICAN CITY — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi who is embroiled in a sex scandal has canceled a visit to L’Aquila for a religious service for the remission of sins.

Berlusconi, embroiled in sex scandal, to participate in religious service to absolve sins

ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has been embroiled in a sex scandal for months, is planning to attend a religious service Friday for the remission of sins alongside the Vatican No. 2.

Nixon sought Secret Service informer and other means to catch Ted Kennedy cheating on wife

WASHINGTON — President Richard Nixon considered Ted Kennedy such a threat that he tried to catch Kennedy cheating on his wife, even ordering aides to recruit Secret Service agents to spill secrets on the senator’s behavior.

Berlusconi’s estranged wife opens up about their relation and divorce

Berlusconi’s wife: Lies brought divorce

ROME — 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.

Busted by an SMS: Cell phone text messages now okay as divorce evidence in France

PARIS — Unfaithful spouses in France beware: Passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against you in a divorce.

Ensign trying to move past affair, but comparison to Clinton makes it difficult

FERNLEY, Nev. — Two months after a weary looking John Ensign hastily confessed to having an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide who was his best friend’s wife, the Nevada senator set out to reconstruct his image before a forgiving crowd in the Fernley Community Center.

AIDS group files complaints against LA porn companies that don’t require condom use in films

LOS ANGELES — An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies.

Naked signed picture of Jackie Kennedy, old wedding cake, what is this? Andy Warhol’s junk

PITTSBURGH — A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it? A piece of crusty wedding cake. Whose? Another box: $17,000 in cash. Yet another: An autographed picture of a naked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Mo. woman accused of cyberbullying after allegedly putting teen’s e-mail in suggestive post

ST. PETERS, Mo. — A Missouri woman is accused of cyberbullying for allegedly posting photos and personal information of a teenage girl on the “Casual Encounters” section of Craigslist after an Internet argument.

Prosecutors to make case in killing of Kan. college student who led secret life as porn model

EL DORADO, Kan. — Prosecutors are to give the first public glimpse into the case against the man accused of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model.

Recently fired NY man convicted of killing couple in Valentine’s Day rampage that left 4 dead

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — A nursing supervisor enraged at two co-workers who accused him of sexual harassment and got him fired from successive jobs was convicted Thursday of killing a couple during a Valentine’s Day rampage that left four people dead.

Pa. man gets 120 years for using day-care infants, friend’s children to make pornography

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for making a huge cache of child pornography that shows him sexually assaulting a dozen children, including infants at a girlfriend’s in-home day care.

London couple convicted of child death unmasked in UK press _ and could gain new identities

LONDON — He collected Nazi memorabilia and used his rottweiler to frighten her baby. She spent endless hours on the Internet and ignored the abuse heaped upon her child — until paramedics collected him from a blood-spattered crib.

Wait for sex … and marriage? Evangelicals dubious of abstinence promote marrying earlier

When Margie and Stephen Zumbrun were battling the urge to have premarital sex, a pastor counseled them to control themselves. The couple signed a purity covenant.

FIA chief Mosley settles lawsuit with German publisher over sex scandal

BERLIN — FIA president Max Mosley has settled a lawsuit with the publisher of Germany’s largest newspaper over reports that he played sex games involving a Nazi theme with prostitutes.

Gov says he supports 1st lady’s decision to move out of residence, asks for privacy

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he supports his wife’s decision to move out of the governor’s mansion, just weeks after he admitted to an affair with another woman.

Deputies say Fla. man blames cat for downloading child porn by jumping on computer keyboard

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — Florida investigators say a man accused of downloading child pornography is blaming his cat.

Appeals court: US govt can withhold Spitzer documents sought by NY Times

NEW YORK — An appeals court says the federal government does not have to release information about wiretaps from the investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Report: daughter of scandal-plagued Berlusconi says politicians are called to high morality

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian premier engulfed in a sex scandal over alleged encounters with young women, has been taken to task by his daughter, who is quoted as saying in an interview that public officials should enhance moral values.

Tenn. state senator opposed to sex outside marriage has affair with intern, resigns

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee state senator said he was opposed to sex outside marriage, but his private life told a different story: He was having an affair with his 22-year-old intern.

Brazil dismantles gang that allegedly sent prostitutes to US, France, Dominican Republic

SAO PAULO — Brazilian police say they have busted a ring that allegedly sent some 200 women in the last year to the United States, Europe and elsewhere to work as prostitutes.

Longtime NH sports writer accused of running prostitution ring, advertising services online

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A veteran newspaper sports reporter has been accused of running a prostitution ring in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and possibly into Canada.

Porn actress considering La. Senate race has a tough week with Fla. arrest, car explosion

NEW ORLEANS — It’s been a tough week for porn actress Stormy Daniels — complete with a domestic violence charge and a car explosion — as she continues to mull a U.S. Senate bid that could make life uncomfortable for incumbent first-term Louisiana Republican David Vitter, still recovering from a sex scandal.

Tenn. senator who had extramarital affair with 22-year-old intern resigns from Legislature

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case.

Ensign defends silence over affair with former campaign aide

LAS VEGAS — Republican Sen. John Ensign is apologizing for the pain his extramarital affair has caused but is withholding detailed comment on the issue.

Porn mogul’s son pleads not guilty to murder charge in death of ex-girlfriend

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul has pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered his ex-girlfriend and kidnapped their 1-year-old daughter.

Craigslist still selling sex despite dropping ‘erotic services’ classifieds, officials say

CHICAGO — Two months after Craigslist promised to rid itself of advertisements placed by prostitutes, law enforcement officials say the classified ad site is still in the business of selling sex.

Florida town’s mayor defends firing of manager after learning his wife is a porn actress

The mayor of a small southwest Florida town on Thursday defended the town council’s decision to fire its city manager after officials learned his wife is an adult film actress.

New tapes released in Italian PM Berlusconi’s sex scandal

ROME — An Italian magazine released more tapes Thursday of purported conversations between Silvio Berlusconi and a high-class prostitute, keeping up the pressure in the sex scandal engulfing the Italian premier.

South Florida town council fires manager after learning he married porn star

MIAMI — A South Florida town manager who married a porn star last year was fired at an emergency meeting after the mayor and council members learned about it.