Murdochs to appear before parliament

FBI will review allegations that 9/11 victims were targeted

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch and his son James first refused, then agreed to appear before UK lawmakers investigating phone hacking and police bribery, while in the US, the FBI opened a review into allegations the Murdoch media empire sought to hack into the phones of Sept 11 victims.

Those two developments on Thursday - and the arrest of another former editor of a Murdoch tabloid - deepened the crisis for News Corp, which has seen its stock price sink as investors ask whether the scandal could drag down the whole company.