Paris Joins The Race
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
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• We'll always have her: Paris Hilton responds to John McCain's celebrity ad with a campaign spot of her very own. McCain's campaign responds by taking a jab at Obama, saying, "Perhaps the reality is that Paris has a more substantive energy plan than Barack Obama."
• Banner moment: Four students, two Americans and two Brits, from Students for a Free Tibet were arrested and are being held after they unfurled a protest banner near the Olympic stadium in Beijing.
• Not exactly penny candy: Daily Candy, the advertorial e-mail that tells the ladies where to shop, has been sold to Comcast for around $125 million.
• To catch 11 thieves: In one of the largest, most sophisticated identity-theft rings ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice, 11 people were charged Monday with the theft and sale of some 40 million credit and debit card numbers from U.S. retailers, including Barnes & Noble and T.J. Maxx.