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Day #1 – National Enquirer publishes a story claiming: “Five Romps That Could Destroy Ted Cruz”. Three “mistresses” identified BACKSTORY HERE Day #2 – (Morning) Senator Cruz mostly denies accusations Blames Donald Trump. Compares Donald Trump to a “Rat”. Day #2 – (Afternoon) The Daily Beast reveals source of story was Marco Rubio campaign operatives. Multiple reports confirm video exists of encounters. Day #3 – Former Cruz Communications Director faces increased social media scrutiny for flirtations and intimate behavior. Today, Roger Stone, the man specifically accused by Senator Ted Cruz of planting the story, speaks out in interview. Denies involvement,...

LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger M. Mahony is scheduled to give testimony this month in a clergy molestation lawsuit that could mark the first in a series of depositions by the leader of the nation's largest archdiocese in sex abuse cases against priests.Mahony will give testimony April 22 in a civil case involving former priest Oliver Francis O'Grady, whom Mahony supervised two decades ago while serving as bishop of Stockton.O'Grady was convicted of child molestation in a separate case 10 years ago and spent six years in state prison.The lawsuit was filed by a man who said he was molested...

<p>WASHINGTON - Marie Ragghianti, a Tennessee corruption fighter whose crusading story spawned a book and a movie, is battling to maintain her reputation amid new revelations in the Roger Clinton pardon scandal. Ragghianti made headlines in the late '70s when she blew the whistle on a cash-for-pardons scheme hatched by top aides to Tennessee governor Roy Blanton.</p>