Headlines @ 12:59 p.m.

*Bush denounces outside ads: Calls commercials attacking candidates 'bad for the system' (My Way): Better late than never, right? The Swift Boaters caused a lot of damage to Flipflop before Dubya weighed in. In politics, as in telling a good joke, timing is everything.

*Janet Jackson: Bush White House used my boob to distract from Iraq (The Drudge Report): It was a very small distraction.

*Kerry stands by '71 atrocities claim: Campaign official insists Democrat was right about war (WorldNetDaily): Whether or not Flipflop was lying when he testified about "atrocities" in 1971 is more of an issue for me than what he did or didn't do in Vietnam War combat.

*Reservist to plead guilty to some charges: Sergeant says he's accepting responsibility for his actions at Abu Ghraib (AP): Accepting responsibility? Or taking the fall?

*29 million work days lost to drink in United Kingdom (Mirror.co.uk): Long liz zah queen, hic.