$20 for an 84-cent ice tray. You paid for it.

When the White House outed Valerie Plame, did it cost another CIA agent his life? The spy shop won't say. But identifying Ms Plame outed a lot of agents in the field. And the CIA added an undisclosed name to their memorial of agents killed in action shortly afterwards.

Highlights of the more unusual politics as usual storie from the week that was.

Two thousand deaths in Iraq is only part of the picture. There are other casualties that don't get as much attention.

Guess where your homeland security money's going. At least the little mermaid should feel safer.

Terror Attacks in the US

Washington is quick to brag about the terrorist attacks they've stopped. But politicians don't often mention the dozens of terror attacks that have happened here in the United States since 9/11.

Theodore Roosevelt Island

Special interests are taking advantage of recent hurricanes to make a land grab. And people in Congress are listening to them.

Members are talking about selling off national park land to raise money -- including a national memorial to one of America's greatest conservationists.

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