Using money or secrecy to sweep a sex charge under the rug can often lead to bigger problems. Or the accused is denied justice. Institutional biases must not get in the way.

Initiative 26, a Mississippi ballot measure, asserts that 'personhood' begins at conception. The proposed state constitutional amendment, which challenges the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, goes to voters Nov. 8.

One passenger could, theoretically, pay over $300 more for the same flight as another passenger. Is this corporate greed or consumer ignorance?

AP - Speaking in a halting voice, a Chicago-area woman accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted to provide "a face and a voice" to support other accusers who have so far remained anonymous.

AP - Two Penn State officials surrendered Monday on charges that they failed to report suspected child-sexual abuse by a former coach and committed perjury in their related grand jury testimony.

AP - A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict Monday in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor, deliberating for less than nine hours after the six-week trial that included the pop star's own voice but no testimony from the physician accused of causing his death.