McCain Pitches In To Make Sure You're Wiretapped

TAP DANCE McCain (Photo: Getty Images) • They can hear you now: Hillary Clinton was too busy campaigning to vote in the Senate's telecom immunity hearing today, but John McCain wasn't—the eavesdropping supporter's vote helped ensure that phone companies can continue to tap your phone and violate your privacy without a warrant. Legally.

• Down with the tax-man: The lawyer responsible for Blade star Wesley Snipes' averted tax charges spills the beans. Are you not paying attention? Free tax advice!

• La Bomba?: A pair of Pakistani atomic energy workers were kidnapped at gunpoint near the Afghan border today. Is Jack Bauer sober enough for deployment?

• Spaced out: The Hubble Space Telescope took pictures of what is possibly the most distant galaxy ever seen! On closer inspection, it looks just about the same as every other galaxy to us.

• Jail bait: Tough-talking rapper The Game will be showing off his new tattoo in prison. His reasons for covering up his old facial ink—a butterfly on his cheek—is suddenly very clear.

• A radical concept(ion): "New York girl" Gwyneth Paltrow is actually considering adopting a baby from her own country, saying, charmingly, "We might get one from Brooklyn."