Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.

Their deployment as a makeshift missile robbed President George Bush of his dignity and landed their owner in jail. But the world's most notorious pair of shoes have yielded an unexpected bonanza for a Turkish shoemaker.

How's that for Drill Baby Drill?

A move so unserious, contemptible and cynical that it's hard to imagine how they even thought of it.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a bracelet to be worn by all airline passengers, that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser.

McCain aide, Charlie Black has had his moment of straight talk ... and chances are he's not going to let it happen again.

Yesterday I spent 4 hours standing on a street corner with a sign that read "Honk if you like "honking"

One of my better days.

Now here is some real news.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney's office acknowledged on Thursday that he was mistaken when he asserted that China, at Cuba's behest, is drilling for oil in waters 60 miles from the Florida coast.