• Not just an embarrassment anymore: Whittington’s sudden cardiac event caused by pellet lodged in his heart is very bad news for vice president.

• Was reporting the shooting delayed to allow time to spin Cheney’s lady companion?

• Stallone and Schwarzenegger to make film together. Grumpy Old Men 2?

• New pictures from Abu Ghraib just released.

• NBC to launch US version of Eurovision Song Contest to compete with Fox’s American Idol. Good luck with that.

• 325,000 names on US terrorist list may include innocent people. You think?

• Huh? Device with high-pitched sound only teenagers can hear prevents youth gangs from assembling outside British shops.

• Edward Steichen photo sells for record-setting $2.9 million at Sotheby’s yesterday.

• Willie Nelson releases “Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently (Fond of Each Other),” a song that’s “been in the closet” since 1981.

• Charlie Sheen to launch Sheen Kidz, a little girls clothing line.

• Ta, luv, for not smoking. Britain stubs out fags in public.

• HIV slut: Woman intentionally exposes 100 sex partners to virus.

• Cruise not splitting from Holmes after baby is born, says he.