Another report, another black mark on the Catholic Church in Ireland.

The Irish government is demanding answers from the Vatican, after a report released yesterday revealed that the Diocese of Cloyne -- in County Cork, southern Ireland -- failed to disclose allegations of abuse to police.

The Cloyne Report, prepared by a judge-led commission, examines the church's response to allegations against nineteen priests in the diocese, as far back as 1996. That was the year the church outlined detailed procedures for responding to the sexual abuse of children. Procedures that, according to the report, have not been followed.

Frances Fitzgerald was appointed earlier this year as Ireland's first-ever Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. We reached her on her cell phone in Dublin.

Rupert Murdoch once had the ear of British politicians. Now, it seems, he has their disdain.

Today, the British parliament issued a summons for the media mogul to appear before a select committee next week, to answer questions about his news corporation's phone hacking.

Mr. Murdoch had declined to appear at the committee, but a few hours after the summons was announced, changed his mind.

He'll attend the session with the chairman of his "News Corporation", his son James Murdoch -- and the much-vilified former editor of the News of the World, and current chief executive of Murdoch company News International, Rebekah Brooks.

The Guardian Newspaper has been at the forefront of exposing phone hacking by the Murdoch papers. We reached the Guardian's investigations executive editor, David Leigh, in London, England.

It's being called a slap on the wrist.

Today, Canada's Ethics Commissioner ruled that former Conservative MP Helena Guergis violated Parliament's conflict-of-interest rules in 2009. The investigation specifically focussed on a letter Ms. Guergis wrote to the town council in Simcoe, Ontario. In it, Ms. Guergis suggested that the town consider hiring a company owned by one of her constituents. Her husband, former MP Rahim Jaffer, stood to benefit from the proposed transaction, as did his business partner Patrick Glemaud.

In the spring of 2010, Ms. Guergis was forced to resign from the Conservative caucus because of allegations of illegal activity. She was later cleared by the RCMP.

At the height of the controversy, Helena Guergis spoke with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge about the complaints against her. Here's part of that conversation, from our archives.

Los Angeles drivers are gearing up for the worst fifty-three hours of their lives. It's being called "Carmageddon": the closure of a single freeway -- the four-oh-five -- this weekend. And in a city that's infamous for its freeways, traffic jams and road rage, public officials have been doing their best to head off traffic chaos.

Here's part of a press conference from more than six weeks ago, warning drivers about this weekend's closure.

Well, for our California listeners, who may be in L.A. this weekend, give us a call and tell us how you're preparing for this weekend's freeway closure. We'd love to share your tips. Call Talkback at 1-866-481-5718. Or send us an email to aih@cbc.ca

About five hundred thousand cars use the four-oh-five freeway every day. Already, there are countdown clocks, traffic apps, and "How To Survive the 405" guides.

Ginger Chan will also be steering drivers through the chaos. She's a traffic reporter with KTLA news in Los Angeles.

This morning, residents of Mumbai woke up to the aftermath of yesterday's horrible triple bombing.

The attack killed at least eighteen, and injured many more.

Around the world, commentators are comparing yesterday to the attacks of November 2008, when Pakistan-based terrorists shut down a section of the Indian financial capital with a series of co-ordinated bombings, shootings, and hostage-takings.

For a first-hand account of how Mumbaikers themselves have responded, we've reached Vivek Dehejia. Professor Dehejia was born in Mumbai, teaches economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, and divides his time between India and Canada. We reached him in Mumbai.

The owner of a spa in British Columbia wishes the local health authorities would look for other fish to fry.

Dixie Simpson offers pedicures using live fish -- but the Vancouver Island Health Authority is decidedly pescaphobic about that procedure.

We reached Ms. Simpson at her spa, The Purple Orchid, in Duncan.

Remember when you were a kid and how much you liked colouring books? Well, so does Talisman Energy. Although its colouring book has so many people seeing red, the company has discontinued it.

Two years ago, the Canadian oil and gas company thought it would be a wise move to publish a colouring book. Its central character: Talisman Terry, the friendly "Frackosaurus". The idea was to tell kids in the Two Tiers region, along the Pennsylvania and New York border, all about the world of shale gas, and the process of hydraulic fracturing. From the point of view of a company that heartily endorses hydraulic fracturing.

That process, also known as "fracking", is a controversial drilling technique that involves pumping large quantities of water, sand and chemicals into the ground.

Among other issues, "fracking" has been criticized for the contamination risks it poses to drinking water, and for the transformation of rural landscapes.

None of that criticism appears in the colouring book -- which paints such a rosy picture of shale gas drilling that, recently, it became the object of media mockery. So today, Talisman Energy told Fox News that it would no longer be distributing the colouring book, which has also been pulled off the company website.

And now, in memory of the Frackosaurus, here is a special reading of the colouring book, by Charlotte and Kate Ulster.

It might sound weird, but the more time I spend at "As it Happens", the less I seem to know. Each day I work on this show forces me to cross out -- or at least amend -- one of "Jeff's Life Lessons" -- little reminders I jot down that are supposed to guide me successfully through life.

Well, today, it's "the early bird catches the worm". I've had to rewrite it so that it now reads: "The early bird catches the worm -- as long as the bird is not a sparrow, and there's not a crafty, anole lizard nearby. In which case all bets are off."

I have Dr. Manuel Leal to thank for this latest amendment. He's an assistant professor of Biology at Duke University. We reached him in Durham, North Carolina.

Big news today the worlds of world sports...and crime.

Today, the US federal judge overseeing the trial of Roger Clemens declared it a mistrial.

Now as you can imagine, broadcasters around the world were scrambling to get experts on this story as the news broke. The BBC World News Channel invited Michael Wolff on their show. Now, Mr. Wolff is an expert. Just not on Roger Clemens. Or baseball. Seems the BBC got him mixed up with Ben Walker, who is a baseball expert. And this is what happened, on live television, For The Record.