By Kristi L. Gustafson, Albany Times Union, N.Y. Mar. 18--People love a scandal. It's the reason Britney's Spears' screw ups continue to lead entertainment news programs and make magazine covers and why Sen.

By Amy Westfeldt and Michael Gormley Associated Press NEW YORK -- Eliot Spitzer finally had to tell someone his secret. It was last Sunday morning, and he had just spent five hours driving through a fierce storm to his family and his Fifth Avenue apartment.

By Christina Hernandez, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar. 13--During both of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's public appearances this week -- his apology Monday and his resignation yesterday -- he was accompanied by his wife, Silda Wall, who frowned and occasionally glanced at her embattled husband.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, once a rising national star in the Democratic Party, announced this morning that he will resign as of Monday, a week after the stunning revelation that he had patronized prostitutes.

It's the new "American Gothic": A husband and wife stand behind splayed microphones, the politician apologizing for a sexual scandal and his wife standing stoically beside him.