• Al Franken may have a "face for radio," but that won't preclude him from joining fellow uglies in a run for the U.S. Senate!

• Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame's identity to a Time reporter, then said, "I've already said too much" before disappearing with a loud cry of "go, Gadget, go!"

• Although the NYT lost nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars last quarter, Google's earnings are up 67%.

• Chandler family prolongs the whole boring Tribune buyout saga.

• The WSJ hopes to attract more women with new advertisers. Related: Scott Storch hopes to attract more women by buying them crazy bling to compensate for his heinous appearance.

• WaPo debates whether to dump its style section, given that its readers are more of the "dowdy politician" persuasion.

• Liberal columnist Molly Ivins dies of breast cancer at the senseless age of 62.