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British actor Hugh Grant arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London, November 21, 2011.

Actor Coogan Says UK Tabloids Operate Like Mafia

Celebrities fear a backlash from the British tabloid press if they speak out at an inquiry into media standards, comedian and actor Steve Coogan said on Tuesday, adding that newspapers were like the Mafia in the way they operated.
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British actor Hugh Grant arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London, November 21, 2011.

British Tabloids out of Control, Inquiry Told

British tabloid journalists competing ferociously to secure front-page news believed themselves untouchable in recent years, losing all sense of right and wrong and making some public figures afraid to leave home, an inquiry has heard.
British actor Hugh Grant (C) arrives at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London, November 21, 2011.

UK Phone-Hacking Victims Condemn Intrusion

The parents of a murdered British schoolgirl pleaded on Monday for the country's newspapers to curb practices such as phone hacking and covert photography as a public inquiry into media standards turned the spotlight on the celebrity obsessed press.

Is Mariah Yeater Lying About Justin Bieber Child? Texts Say So [PHOTOS]

TMZ on Thursday published a text, which was allegedly sent by the young mother on this Wednesday to one of her friends, showed she knows another man named Robbie who may have fathered her son. The San Diego 20-something mother Mariah Yeater withdrew a lawsuit earlier this week, which claims the pop sensation Justin Bieber had fathered her child Tristyn. Even as Bieber is scheduled to take paternity test on Friday to clear the air, there are very strong clues to prove Yeater lied.
People walk past a sign of Olympus Corp outside the company's showroom in Tokyo

More deals in focus as Olympus scandal widens

As attention in the Olympus accounting scandal turns to whether funds used to cover up losses were funneled to criminal groups, scrutiny is set to increase on deals not yet in the spotlight, including an ill-fated $780 million investment in technology firm ITX.

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