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Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World Hacking Scandal’s Appalling Turn

Did an investigator working for News of the World hack into the phone of a teenage murder victim?

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch can be a loyal boss to favored lieutenants. And few have been more favored than Rebekah Brooks. The 43-year-old has risen at dazzling speed through the Murdoch editorial hierarchy, editing two of his national papers before her appointment in 2009 as chief executive of his U.K....

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