Epithet hurled at eBay by Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof this week, after giveaway tickets to the charity shows appeared on the site for £1000 a pair. eBay later banned Live 8 ticket sales.

15

Number of US senators who refused to co-sponsor the Senate’s anti-lynching resolution, S. Res. 39, which passed Monday.

15

Number of them who are Republicans.

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$2500

Amount paid by porn star and aspiring politician Mary Carey to attend a GOP fundraiser Tuesday night with President Bush.

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"Look at the drug methadone. That was originally called Adolophine. It was named after Adolf Hitler."

— Tom Cruise, offering a pharmaceutical-history lesson in Entertainment Weekly. The magazine noted that he was incorrect.