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The local Tampa Bay FOX affiliate, FOX13, is reporting that Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known in the media as the D.C. Madam who was last month convicted of money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes and racketeering, has been found dead in Tarpon Springs, FL, of an apparent suicide.

If the D.C. Madam is convicted and no one cares, does she make a sound? Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam who got every Washington watcher all hot and bothered last year over her impending trial and purported client list, and then proceeded to bore everyone to tears with how mundane the scandal turned out to be, was found guilty today on charges of racketeering, mail fraud and money laundering. Not that you probably cared one way or the other. We know we didn't.

>> Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry feels "disrespected and misled" by Mayor Adrian Fenty regarding the changes the administration made to the development of Poplar Point, where plans for a new stadium for D.C. United have now been abandoned. [WTOP] >> The accused "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jeane Palfrey, is alleging that national security concerns related to the fact that Muslim men used her escort service before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks might...

>> Nearly three-fifths of the District of Columbia's public schools have failed basic federal standards in reading, math and other core areas. [Examiner] >> A chain reaction of collisions Thursday night on I-95 near a Delaware toll plaza killed an Arlington woman and injured 18 people. [WaPo] >> A federal judge has refused to dismiss a racketeering indictment against Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called "D.C. Madam", who argued that she is a victim of...

>> "A public meeting on taxicab meters scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled, apparently because too many people were interested in attending and the D.C. Taxicab Commission couldn't guarantee them parking." [Examiner] >> A former escort linked to embattled Sen. David Vitter is set to testify that alleged D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey's escort service provided illegal prostitution. [WTOP] >> Libertarian billionaire Robert Levy would like to give all D.C. residents a handgun. Or...

After Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) issued a statement of apology for using her escort service Monday night, and with the potential for more high profile names to be revealed from her phone list, so-called D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey is finally making the sort of splash Washington, D.C. had been dreading (or desperately praying for, depending on your point of view). While we all patiently wait for the 46 lb. phone list to live up...

Oh, D.C. Madam. Are you trying to win us back after we broke it off with you for being a terrible tease? If so, this is a pretty good start. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) admitted last night that his telephone number appeared in Deborah Jeane Palfrey's phone records, making him the first member of Congress to be outed as a client of the so-called D.C. Madam. “This was a very serious sin in my past...

Oh, D.C. Madam. You knew we couldn't keep away from you forever, didn't you. Despite you spending so many weeks toying with our delicate emotions, leaving us curled up in the fetal position, sobbing for lack of any kind of clue that you like us as much as we like you, we keep coming back for more. We know, we should try to hold on to any scrap of dignity we have left. But hey, maybe we actually just didn't have any dignity to begin with. Did you ever think of that? Did you?

Deborah Jeane Palfrey is a cruel mistress. Err, madam. For months now we've been patiently waiting for the D.C. Madam story to break wide open with the release of some juicy names from the client phone records of the alleged former prostitution ring run out of the Pamela Martin and Associates escort service. But as you already know by now, the results have been largely disappointing, with former Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias the only casualty of Palfrey's revenge. We've practically been crying ourselves to sleep every night since her 20/20 appearance.

>> Both the Examiner and the WaPo have stories today about the dreary work ahead for D.C.'s deputy mayor for education, Victor Reinoso. A recent report released by the Children’s Advocacy Roundtable which shows that 32 percent of children in the District of Columbia are living below the poverty line -- twice the national average. The report also highlights the high number of youth victims of violent crime and the high obesity rate among...

On Friday, Deborah Jeane Palfrey made her much-hyped prime time television debut on 20/20, chatting with Brian Ross about her D.C. escort business but saying her "gals" didn't engage in illegal activities. Ross was a bit incredulous that she actually believed no sex was taking place, but Palfrey quickly confirmed that said face was indeed straight, pointing to a contract her escorts signed saying they would be fired if any criminal activity took place. While...

With something akin to glee the Post brings us the alternately colorful and shady life story of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley this morning. At times, even DCist has wondered how Sibley, who represents the alleged madam in her civil case, could possibly be giving her responsible counsel. Besides allowing his client to give an interview with ABC news, sell off phone records to the highest bidder, tape a five-hour radio interview and release rambling statements online, Sibley is also becoming a local celebrity in his own right.

It's only 36 hours until Deborah Jeane Palfrey makes her national television debut on ABC's 20/20, and we're once again torn between hope and disappointment. You'll remember our yawns at the leak identifying Harlan "Shock and Awe" Ullman as a former client of Palfrey's escort service, Pamela Martin and Associates. The alleged madam then kicked up her media blitz by releasing a page of phone records and promising that her high profile customer list included "a Bush administration economist, the head of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a handful of military officials." It looked like we had a full-blown sex scandal on our hands. This morning, though, the guys over at Yeas & Nays are calling the story "a bust". Why?

In Deborah Jeane Palfrey's continuing campaign to get the media to stop focusing on the titillating details of her escort business and instead investigate the myriad injustices being brought upon her by the government, she's decided to release a page from her 46 lbs. of phone records. In an announcement today Palfrey, aka Miz Julia, aka Pamela Martin, said she's decided to sell records from her 13-year-long run providing "legal" sexual services to the men...

Yesterday, alleged madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey asked the media to "put aside the titillation of the 'Who's Who' list -- at least in part -- and instead investigate the disturbing genesis, the confounding evolution and the equally alarming continuation of this matter." In response, the entire press corps found a litter of adorable puppies and reported live throughout the night. Well, not exactly. ABC News, which obtained Palfrey's client list and an exclusive interview, discussed...

'D.C. Madam' Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who communicated with employees as 'Miz Julia', appeared in court today, where the judge granted her request for new counsel. Her civil attorney appealed to the Supreme Court last week, saying she was given inadequate criminal representation. U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Monday that Palfrey will get a new court-appointed public defender, but the judge denied Palfrey's request for a $150,000 budget to hire New York lawyer...

Just when we were looing hope in the alleged D.C. Madam's ability to deliver a home-grown sex scandal, two glorious things happened. First, Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias, director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, resigned after admitting he was a client. Then, we tore the ribbon off this gift from the front page of Sunday's Post. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known to clients as Pamela Martin, and...

Alleged john and original author of "shock and awe" Harlan Ullman recently stopped by Nathan's Q & A Cafe to chat about his new book, America's Promise Restored. Of course, Ullman's was the first "high-profile" client name released by 'D.C. Madam' Deborah Jeane Palfrey, former provider of, in her words, legal sexual and erotic services, or in prosecutors' words, prostitutes. In the clip, Ullman says he was distressed by the release of his name,...

We have to admit, our burning desire for a real-life Washington sex scandal probably causes us to pay too much attention to Deborah Jeane Palfrey. She, of course, is the owner of Pamela Martin & Associates, alleged to provide prostitutes to the D.C. area for some 13 years. But even our interest in Madam Palfrey doesn't extend to listening to a five hour radio interview.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the alleged Washington madam, has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that her racketeering and money laundering case be stayed until she gets adequate council counsel. Palfrey's civil attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, says she's asked for a new public defender in her criminal case, but as of yet hasn't been provided with a new lawyer.

Alleged "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey has given an exclusive interview to ABC News' Brian Ross. So, does this mean we have to actually watch 20/20? Yeah. We we guess that's what it means. Via ABC News.com: