Noted & quoted.

• Position: Soundbites

'In order to avoid making it a tourist attraction or a shrine, we believe the best course of action is to eliminate it.'

--Robert Cargie of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in Iraq, after the unit sought permission to destroy the hole in which Saddam Hussein was found. (Reuters, Jan. 23)

'... it's fine to wear your comfortable throwback jersey in the studio, but when you go out ... you want to look clean-cut and mature.'

--Wyclef Jean, on why older hip-hop artists are giving up the tracksuit took and wearing designer suits. (The New York Times...