The saga of Rep. Mark Foley dates to at least five years ago. U.S. News has assembled a timeline about Foley, his personal involvement and electronic communications with current and former pages in the House of Representatives, and what other members of Congress knew about the situation:
AP - The House ethics committee approved nearly four dozen subpoenas Thursday as its investigation of a page sex scandal sprang to life with a promise by its leaders to go "wherever the evidence leads us."
AP - Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, a member of Saddam Hussein's defense team, predicted on Thursday that a bloodbath would follow should an Iraqi court trying the former president have him executed.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iraqi leaders on Thursday they have limited time to settle their differences and that the escalating waves of violence are intolerable.
Cabinet minister opens debate - and provokes indignation among broad sections of the Muslim community - with claim that veil is a symbol of separation.
The gunman who slaughtered Amish children in their tiny schoolhouse seemed fine the night before his rampage, a relative said Thursday. "We had no indication there was anything wrong," said Lloyd Welk. He spoke as mourners passed his home en route to nearby funeral services for four of the five girls killed by Charles Carl Roberts IV.
The family of the congressional page at the center of the Mark Foley e-sex scandal issued a statement praising their son as a hero. It says he told them about overly friendly e-mails from Foley at the time, but that they did not know about the more sexually charged instant messages. Foley resigned last week when the online conversations became public.