Prosecutors say it would be next to impossible to get one teen to testify in court that another had slipped him or her a copied disc at lunchtime. And besides, isn't sharing music a time-honored part of teen friendship?

Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.

I cannot permit him to testify in this court of inquiry.

When the mortgage giant Fannie Mae recruited Daniel H. Mudd, he told a friend he wanted to work for an altruistic business. Already a decorated marine and a successful executive, he wanted to be a role model to his four children - just as his father, the television journalist Roger Mudd, had been to him.

In surveys, many borrowers say reverse mortgages have improved their lives and provided money they needed for retirement.

People say I've had brushes with the law. That's not true. I've had brushes with overzealous prosecutors.