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Radar - David Letterman's self-confessed bad behavior has reinforced the credo - controversy creates cash: Nielsen reported a 4.2 rating for Monday's edition of The Late Show, a rating so high it beat out anything NBC broadcast in prime time. Last Thursday's episode was a huge ratings winner, as Nielsen reported more than 5.8 million viewers tuned in to see Letterman tell his audience he was the target of a $2 million extortion plot and that he had "sex with women who work for me."

Watch out for the proposed tax credit for companies that create new jobs. There are some ways to get the credit without hiring a single new person, such as turning a subconstrator into an employee.

NY Times - China began its swine flu vaccinations on Sept. 21, the first country to do so. Of the first 39,000 Chinese to get shots, only four had side effects, muscle cramps and headaches, a World Health Organization spokesman said.

House whip count on public option