By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The father of "Karate Kid" actor Ralph Macchio wants to build a 3,500-foot-long zip line ride from an Adirondack mountaintop to his tourist ranch in upstate New York.
If the holidays still seem a long way off, you clearly haven't done much television channel surfing lately.

It's a long way from running a bar on "Cheers," but Ted Danson this fall will join the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS announced late Tuesday.
Ralph Macchio feels like the judges on "Dancing With the Stars" didn't give him a fair shake.
Kirstie Alley, Ralph Macchio, Chelsea Kane and Hines Ward have cha-cha'd, tangoed, waltzed and jived their way through 10 weeks of competition on "Dancing With the Stars," but one of them will fall short of the finals.
Ralph Macchio has done his last dance, leaving football star Hines Ward and actresses Kirstie Alley and Chelsea Kane to compete for the "Dancing With the Stars" title.
Romeo is saying goodbye to the "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom.
Romeo is saying goodbye to the "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom.

She was praised as a "golden goddess" on Monday, but now Petra Nemcova is a "Dancing With the Stars" reject.

Radio host Mike Catherwood is the first celebrity voted off the new season of "Dancing With the Stars," according to the Associated Press.
Radio host Mike Catherwood is the first celebrity voted off the new season of "Dancing with the Stars."

The 12th season of "Dancing With the Stars" is under way. The hit ABC show began its latest season Monday with performances by its new cast of 11 stars, Associated Press reports. Actor Ralph Macchio was the night's top scorer with 24 points out of 30.
The 12th season of "Dancing With the Stars" is under way.

For Randall Christensen and his wardrobe team at ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," the next 10 weeks are going to be a crystal-encrusted, chiffon-wrapped blur.
The 12th season of "Dancing With the Stars" is under way.
The "Karate Kid" star was kicked off the hit ABC show Tuesday, and after the credits rolled, he told reporters he "felt circled as the one couple that didn't get praise and built up like the others did."
"It's tough to predict because I would not have predicted the comments we got (Monday) night," he said.