Milly Dowler

Rebekah Brooks, who was cleared of all charges Tuesday after the landmark phone-hacking trial Tuesday, combined magnetic personal charm with ruthless ambition to become one of the most powerful women in Britain.

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper unit, arrived in court on Wednesday as she prepared to take the stand in the phone-hacking trial.

A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened today with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson in the dock.

"Someone took charge of a cover-up, which we were victim to and I regret," he said.

Here is a look at major events in a phone-hacking scandal at News Corporation's News of the World newspaper.

A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal: A lawyer for the family of a murdered British schoolgirl has accused The News of the World tabloid newspaper of hacking into her mobile phone after she went missing. The new claims add to a widening scandal surrounding the tabloid, which is under police investigation and battling lawsuits into its alleged phone...

Rebekah Brooks, who was cleared of all charges Tuesday after the landmark phone-hacking trial Tuesday, combined magnetic personal charm with ruthless ambition to become one of the most powerful women in Britain.

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper unit, arrived in court on Wednesday as she prepared to take the stand in the phone-hacking trial.

A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened today with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson in the dock.

"Someone took charge of a cover-up, which we were victim to and I regret," he said.

Here is a look at major events in a phone-hacking scandal at News Corporation's News of the World newspaper.

A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal: A lawyer for the family of a murdered British schoolgirl has accused The News of the World tabloid newspaper of hacking into her mobile phone after she went missing. The new claims add to a widening scandal surrounding the tabloid, which is under police investigation and battling lawsuits into its alleged phone...