ABC's Ross: DC Madam's List Includes White House & Pentagon Officials, Prominent Lawyers  —  ABC News' Brian Ross revealed tonight that the list of customers of an alleged Washington-based prostitution service includes White House and Pentagon officials as well as prominent attorneys.

Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed  —  As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide.  —  Titled "Echo-Chamber Message" — a public relations term …

For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail  —  Anyone convicted of a crime knows a debt to society often must be paid in jail.  But a slice of Californians willing to supplement that debt with cash (no personal checks, please) are finding that the time can be almost bearable.

9 U.S. troops die in Iraq battle, blasts  —  BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded Saturday in the Shiite holy city of Karbala as the streets were packed with people heading for evening prayers, killing at least 58 and wounding scores near some of the country's most sacred shrines.

Slaughter: Horror at Sony's depraved promotion stunt with decapitated goat  —  Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game.  —  The corpse of the decapitated animal …

Light bulbs that don't signify ideas  —  Everything's difficult, isn't it?  In the Democratic presidential candidates' debate, Sen. Barack Obama was asked what he personally was doing to save the environment, and replied that his family was "working on" changing their light bulbs.

Letter to George Tenet  —  The following was sent to George Tenet today in care of his publisher.  The letter, written by a group of former intelligence officers, reflects disgust with George Tenet's effort to burnish his image with his new "tell" all book.  —  28 April 2007  —  Mr. George Tenet

Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green?  —  THE rush to go on a carbon diet, even if by proxy, is in overdrive.  —  In addition to the celebrities — Leo, Brad, George — politicians like John Edwards and Hillary Clinton are now running, at least part of the time, carbon-neutral campaigns.

The other day, an editor of The Washington Post's outlook section sent out an email soliciting opinions from a variety of experts on the question of whether Harry Reid was right in saying that the Iraq War was "lost."  They promised to publish replies on the Op-ed page today.

An Open Letter to Mayor Giuliani  —  Dear Mayor Giuliani:  —  Since you have based your presidential campaign almost exclusively on your reaction to terrorist attacks on New York City, and since you have recently accused Democrats of being on the defense against terrorism and therefore guilty …

Gillespie's Bulls**t! on Immigration (Streaming Edition)  —  The episode of Penn & Teller's Bulls**t! on immigration in which I appear as the pro-foreigner advocate is available at YouTube in three easy-to-watch chunks:  —  Part 1:  —  Part 2  —  Part 3:  —  Anyone know where I can find the Walmart episode?

African Independence  —  It isn't all that it's cracked up to be.  —  BECAUSE OF AND in spite of Hollywood films like The African Queen and television shows like Tarzan, tropical Africa south of the Sahara and north of the Zambezi is terra incognito for most Americans.

A Third Way?  —  Fred Thompson isn't the only 'Law and Order' character eyeing the 2008 presidential campaign.  Inside Sam Waterston's efforts to help promote a third-party ticket.  —  A WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY  —  The actor Sam Waterston, who plays the hard-hitting assistant D.A. in "Law and Order," has a confession to make.