Latest-Rupert Murdoch attacked with shaving-cream pie over hacking scandal; Rebekah Brooks testifies
British lawmakers ready to humble Rupert Murdoch ended up apologizing to him Tuesday after a protester smacked the aging media titan in the face with a shaving cream pie.Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng, leapt to her husband's defense, slappin at the pie-thrower with elan.Then she picked up the pie plate and tried to hit the attacker with it.Police arrested Jonathan May-Bowles, aka Jonnie Marbles, a comedian and activist with UK Uncut, which protests corporate bigwigs who avoid paying taxes."You are a greedy billionaire," witnesses quoted him as saying. Twenty minutes before he pied Murdoch, May-Bowles Tweeted: "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before. #splat." Murdoch was unhurt. After a five-minute pause, the hearing resumed with the 80-year-old mogul appearing coatless but otherwise unaffected. "Mr. Murdoch, your wife has a very good left hook," Labour Party MP Tom Watson told him. Tory MP John Whittingdale, ...