Hit Parade: Iraq, Sarin, Budget Edition

The Hit Parade ranks stories other people tuned into. Chart placement is determined by Drudge bulletins, Slate columns, and our whim. Arrows indicate movement since last week.

↑ 1. Washington Postrolls out fresh details of detainee abuse, NBC reports the Delta Force is under similar investigations, U.S. denies attack of wedding in Iraq.

↓ 2.Sarin found in Iraq. Conservatives grasp at WMD straw, but the chemical agent is dust in the wind. 

↓ 3.Predicting defeat, Republicans postpone budget vote. You probably weren't paying attention anyway.

↓ 4.At 9/11 hearings ,Giuliani's  hecklers drowned out by lavish praise. Commissioners who love too much ?

↑ 5. Blairstands tall after protesters take a powder . Where were you the day the purple condoms fell?

↑ 6.Record oil prices get political coverage as Americans feel the pain at the pump. Didn't we go to war to stop this?

↓ 7.GAO rules Medicare video releases are illegal. Fake reporters lose credibility.

↑ 8. Hastert  says  McCainisn't Republican enough. Liberal press wets self.

↑ 9. Dowdto publish  Bushworld. Release timed for convention coverage: Prom queen goes to summer camp.

↓ 10. Russert  pulls aPowell, yet whines for days about interviewing a palm tree .