Bush

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Only good thing about Foley scandal is it keeps spotlight off Iraq fiasco. Gulp.

Hastert

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Won’t resign over page scandal–but will get fired as House speaker if Dems take over in Nov.

C. Rice

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Condi’s candor gap: during awful week in Iraq, flies in for Pollyanna pap. Paging Baghdad Bob.

Warner

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GOP biggie returns from Iraq pondering “change of course.” Hey, Karl, is he a “cut and runner” too?

YouTube

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Old: Copyright probs will prevent Napster-of-video from cashing in. New: Google reportedly offers $1.6 bil.

‘Jackass’

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Scatological pranks, unusual torture and frat-boy guffaws. Is it a movie or the Oval Office?

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