A new round of computer attacks disables several business and government Web sites in South Korea, an official says. Seoul's main intelligence agency blames North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces for the attacks, which also affected some U.S. sites -- including those for the White House and the Pentagon -- earlier in the week.

Eleven environmentalists face charges of trespassing and climbing a national monument after a banner encouraging U.S. leaders to fight against global warming is unfurled on Mount Rushmore. Greenpeace claims credit for the stunt. Those arrested plead not guilty.

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee accuse the CIA of repeatedly misleading Congress for years. The charges, spelled out in letters obtained by The Associated Press, come after agency chief Leon Panetta apparently told lawmakers last month that intelligence officials have concealed significant actions since 2001.

Doug Hampton, the husband of Nevada Sen. John Ensign's former mistress, says the Republican lawmaker, left, paid his wife more than $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for him. Hampton also claims to have a letter penned by Ensign to Cindy Hampton that reads in part, "I used you for my own pleasure."
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