WOMAN SAYS SHE HAD SEX WITH SEN. VITTER
A former New Orleans prostitute who will be featured in Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine appeared at his office Tuesday to accuse Sen. David Vitter of having a sexual relationship with her in 1999.
(Associated Press)

PROPOSED DISASTER-RESPONSE PLAN FAULTED
The Bush administration's new federal disaster-response plan drew harsh criticism yesterday from state and local officials only a day after it was unveiled, prompting fresh calls by House Democrats to make the Federal Emergency Management Agency a stand-alone Cabinet-level agency.
(Washington Post)

EX-CHIQUITA EXECS WON'T FACE BRIBE CHARGES
The Justice Department notified Chiquita Brands International yesterday that it will not seek to criminally charge its former top executive and other former high-ranking officers over the company's payment of bribes to a Colombian organization on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.
(Washington Post)

WAXMAN TO PROBE CLINTON FILES
In a concession to Republicans, House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) has promised to ask the National Archives for documents relating to President Bill Clinton’s Office of Political Affairs.
(The Politico)

DEPARTING FAA CHIEF COMES UNDER FIRE
The nation's top aviation regulator is under criticism for accepting a job as head of a trade group that frequently lobbies for the aviation industry on government spending and policy.
(USA TODAY)