A Ph.D. thesis is heart of German scandal

The widespread expectation now is that Guttenberg, whose popularity has not dimmed but increased, according to the latest polls, will retreat for a while, and, like Clinton, after an obligatory period of remorse, come back. First he will have to contend with prosecutors, who the other day announced they had opened an investigation. Plagiarism entails breach of copyright crimes here. Meanwhile, Guttenberg formally transferred power to a new defense minister on Thursday evening in a slightly weird torch-lit military ceremony in which the outgoing minister traditionally chooses the music.

Guttenberg picked AC/DC.

The head conductor of the military band said that request "just totally breaks the mold of our music styles," and substituted Deep Purple instead.