By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said.
A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French capital led to 21 arrests and injuries to more than 30 people.
Stephane Hessel of France was a man of many talents.

If France's new Socialist government has its way, mothers and fathers will cease to exist — in legal papers, that is.
The city of Paris is filing legal complaints against a group of fundamentalist Christians who have been protesting a play currently showing at the municipal theater, claiming it is blasphemous, the mayor said Friday.

Paris is formalizing its fascination with "Mad Men" by giving a medal to the hit series' creator and executive producer, Matthew Weiner.
PARIS (Agence France-Presse) — Paris began a charm offensive yesterday after a survey showed that, while the French capital was the most visited city in the world, it was also one of the rudest.
PARIS (Agence France-Presse) — Paris began a charm offensive yesterday after a survey showed that, while the French capital was the most visited city in the world, it was also one of the rudest.
PARIS (AP) — A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said.
"Thugs won't have the last word in Paris," Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe declared.