AP) LONDON -- Britain's biggest-selling tabloid newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five of its employees were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said the five employees from The Sun tabloid had been detained and that police had searched their homes and the group's London offices, potentially deepening the scandal over British tabloid wrongdoing.
A 39-year-old female employee at Britain's defense ministry, a 36-year-old male member of the armed forces and a 39-year-old serving police officer with Surrey Police, were also arrested, police said. read more
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) is investigating Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, over possible violations of insider-trading laws, sources told the Washington Post. OCE investigators have told Bachus they have probable cause to believe violations have occurred. This is the first time in the history of Congress a member has been investigated for insider trading. read more
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted the first approval to a new nuclear reactor in 33 years. Southern Company of Atlanta has been given the go-ahead to add two nuclear plants to its existing pair of reactors at the Vogtle Plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Unit 3 begins operating in 2016 and Unit 4 in 2017. There are currently 104 nuclear reactors in the U.S.
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, which will make the state to become the seventh in the U.S. to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples. The Washington House passed the bill on a 55-43 vote after the state Senate approved the measure last week. Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) said she's going to sign it.
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