Former News International Executive Charged in Hacking Case

   Rebekah Brooks 43, who oversaw News of The World and the Sun tabloids has been charged with three counts of trying to obstruct justice. The ongoing telephone hacking and media corruption scandal, has been under investigation in Britain.  The long-running saga has produced dozens of arrests and somewhat shaken up Rupert Murdoch's global media empire.  The charges are the most serious allegations of wrong-doing to emerge so far from the police investigation of news gathering practices at the News of The World and the Sun tabloids; charges that have so far included , illegally accessing private voice-mail and paying public officials for information.  Rebekah Brooks' husband, Charlie Brooks 49, along with four of her former colleagues, was also charged with two counts each of "conspiracy to pervert the course of justice."  See also, http://www.nytimes.com/.