Herman Cain is still campaigning for US president. But by most measures, allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year extra-marital affair have all but ended the White House bid by the former pizza company executive.

A FORMER US government space scientist pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted espionage for trying to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli spy.

President George W Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year, after winning re-election and “reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style” – a reference to his cowboy image.