Stephanie birkitt

NEW YORK - The hard-driving newsman accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman recently produced a piece on crime boss John Gotti and his family.

NEW YORK - Late-night hosts didn't waste a moment poking fun at the troubles of one of their own, after a CBS newsman was charged with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late-night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.