• Kids in the hall: Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night, along with John Mellencamp and Leonard Cohen. The singer had naysayers to thank in particular: "The ones that said I was talentless, that I was chubby, that I couldn't sing, that I was a one-hit wonder, they pushed me to be better, and I am grateful for their resistance."
• The Bill Clinton template: James Carville, former Clinton adviser, speculates that Eliott Spitzer could hold onto his position and weather the storm, a lá the former president following the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
• Shot in the dark: The space shuttle Endeavour launched early this morning in Florida.