Netted in Vice Probe, Spitzer Tries to Lessen Sting

Snared in a federal prosecutor's net and fighting to cut the best deal before his widely expected resignation as governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, having prepared a draft notice of resignation, held on to it and to his office Tuesday. As he did, members of his staff and that of the state's lieutenant governor prepared for what they hoped would be an orderly transition following disclosures alleging the liberal Democrat paid high-class hookers for sex, multiple sources said. According to...Full Story