An expose on Republican State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Kevin Coughlin was killed by Scene magazine in response to threats from Coughlin's lawyer, and resulted in the firing of the reporter today, James Renner. Full story at my blog [1].
Links:
[1] http://bloggerinterrupted.com/2009/04/kevin-coughlin-threatens-suit-on-scene-magazine-over-sex-story-scene-fires-reporter