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...Three Stories of the Week: 1)The Catholic Church scandal 2)The final Whitewater report 3)Denzel Washington and Halle Berry...
...Last week a report most people will never read provided what will hopefully be the last words on a scandal that many people have already read too much about. The report was titled "Final Report of the Independent Counsel in Re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association." Although the Whitewater scandal was splashed on the front pages of newspapers and the covers magazines for years, the final report received relatively little coverage. Its 2,090 pages spread out over five volumes is the result of a $64 million investigation by the independent counsel's office. The Washington Post editorialized about...
...evidence to convict former President Clinton or former First Lady Hillary Clinton of any crimes related to the failed Whitewater real estate development. A headline in the London Independent labeled it "The most expensive exoneration in history." Obviously different observers have different takes on the significance of the Whitewater scandal. But it is sad to note that after months of media buildup, the final report on the matter has gotten less attention than Paula Jones' recent celebrity boxing match...
...devices. Miniaturization technology and cheaper electronics have enabled thousands of Taiwanese to become amateur Big Brothers, surreptitiously videotaping employees, friends and total strangers without regard for privacy or propriety. Shopowners retailing tiny spy cameras (which cost between $30 and $400) say sales jumped tenfold after the Chu Mei-feng scandal. One of the hottest toys last Christmas was a Winnie the Pooh plush doll with cameras in its eye sockets...
...Soviet Union. Instead, it is an embarrassment, marginalized as smaller neighbors like Poland and Hungary prepare to join the European Union - and most other European leaders try not to think about it. Pretty much the only time Ukraine makes the front pages, in fact, is when another scandal blows up. Like the one involving former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, now in detention in the U.S. but pleading his innocence, who bought a $6.7-million mansion in California, in cash, or the tapes that revealed the voice of President Leonid Kuchma - misleadingly edited, his aides claim - saying that an investigative journalist...