• The Associated Press reports that Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) has publicly blamed his early Thursday morning car crash on a combination of prescription drugs (Phenergan and Ambien) that his doctor prescribed him. He has said that no alcohol was involved in the crash. Note to Congressmen: Don’t drive on Ambien, it’s a sleeping pill!
• According to the Wall Street Journal, authorites are investigating "whether a senior Navy official tried to steer business to" Custer Battles, a defense contractor that has already been ordered to pay $10 million in fines for defrauding the U.S. government. The Navy official is Douglas Combs, who served as "special assistant to then-acting Secretary of the Navy Hansford Johnson in 2003".
• Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (R) has imposed a ban on administration employees from receiving any lobbyist gifts amidst an FBI probe of his administration, according to the Kansas City Star.
• The Associated Press reports on the ongoing fight between the defense and prosecution in the David Safavian case over the prosecution’s release of emails between Safavian and ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
• Alternet provides a one-stop round-up of all the information regarding the Duke Cunningham-Brent Wilkes-Prostitution scandal.

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• The Washington Post covered the "play-for-pay" allegations that have surfaced in the corruption scandal of jailed former Rep. Duke Cunningham.
• According to the Associated Press, the FBI has opened an investigation into the administration of Missouri Governor Matt Blunt (R), the son of House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO).
• A grand jury has opened an investigation into the former head of the FDA Lester Crawford for selling "more than $50,000 in shares in a company regulated by the agency" before he resigned.

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