Partial Christmas Gift for Duke Lacrosse Players

WHO'S YOUR BABY DADDY? Smith • Charges dropped: Prosecutors have dropped the rape charges against three Duke students accused of raping an exotic dancer at a lacrosse team party. The three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges and Fox News still leaked the name of their accuser a week ago.

• Except for body armor and armored Hummers: The president visited with injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and said, "We owe them all we can give them, not only for when they're in harm's way, but when they come home to help them adjust if they have wounds, or help them adjust after their time in service."

• Is it an IQ test?: The paternity of Anna Nicole Smith's miracle baby, Dannielynn Hope, may be determined by a court-mandated DNA test. So, who's the lucky father: freelance photographer Larry Birkhead or lawyer Howard K. Stern? Tune in to next week's episode of The Anna Nicole Mysteries to find out.

• Drive, he said: New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has resigned after pleading guilty to defrauding the government. Hevesi asked state employees to act as chauffeurs for his wife and actress Peggy Lipton, whose daughter plays the girl coming between Jim and Pam on The Office.

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