Al Gore sexual harassment charges dropped

Portland authorities, according to a major international news site, have dropped their case against Al Gore and have signaled that they will no longer investigate 2006 charges that allege the former Vice President groped a licensed masseuse.

According to a local Portland television station:

The complaining witness, Molly Hagerty, stated that she was sexually abused during a massage session at the Hotel Lucia when Gore was in Portland.Hagerty failed a polygraph test during the course of the investigation, and there was no DNA evidence on the pants she claimed she wore during the alleged incident, according to investigators.

Gore, despite adamant denial of having ever committed such a crime, has not been entirely open with such denials, choosing to keep the case as quiet as possible. 

The National Enquirer, using old police filings, broke the story last month. 

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High-profile lawyer Chris Comeskey pleads guilty to disgraceful conduct

High profile lawyer Chris Comeskey has pleaded guilty to disgraceful conduct, after an equally public investigation was launched into his behavior with regard to billing out his junior staff at senior rates, according to a major New Zealand newspaper company.

Comeskey is the high-profile lawyer who represented the father of the girl nicknamed 'Pumpkin' by the press - who was abandoned at a Melbourne train station.

He faced nine charges relating to several thousand dollars of incorrect billing, incurred by the Legal Services Agency.

Comeskey has also been charged with making 'disparaging' comments about the judges and courts and faces penalties as severe as being suspended or struck off.

This is a developing story.

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Did Supreme Court nominee, Kagan, compare the NRA with the Ku Klux Klan?

Elena Kagan, the latest nominee to the Supreme Court by President Obama has come under fire from a conservative website, known as the National Review, which questions the possibility of the nominee comparing the National Rifle Association with the Ku Klux Klan.

"It has become clear", writes the website's Robert VerBruggen, "that Elena Kagan is no friend of gun rights, to say the least". Yes sir, and you're a nut job...to say the least.

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