Telemundo suspends Salinas

Television newscaster Mirthala Salinas, who was having an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when she broadcast news of his separation from his wife, received a two-month suspension from the Telemundo network for violating the station's conflict-of-interest rules, the network said Thursday. Beth Barrett in the Daily News.

Salinas, 35, whose romantic relationship with the mayor was disclosed by the Daily News on July 3, was among four NBC-Telemundo (Channel 52) employees disciplined after a three-week investigation by Telemundo executives with involvement of its parent company NBC Universal.

The findings were broadcast on the network's national newscast Thursday night.