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By Tracy Quan

Tuesday, August 17

April's been on the front page of the New York Post two days in a row. Yesterday, Jasmine brought me two copies -- and showed me the photo of April exiting a courthouse in a wide- brimmed hat. "Missing Link to Web-site Madam," read the headline.

"Who's this Web-site Madam?" I asked Jasmine.

"Anabel Weston! She's been in the news for three months!" Jasmine exploded. "Don't you remember when that Web site on the West Coast was shut down by cops? And then the madam's mom was quoted in the Times? She had some Hollywood johns ... and she's being charged with wire fraud -- and money laundering!"

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"That was months ago! A small item in the Times ... You know I don't follow these New York Post stories."

"I can't believe you're so out of the loop," Jasmine said. "You really have to get that genteel head of yours out of your --"

"All right, already," I snapped. "So how come you didn't make the connection, if you've been following this news story? You never mentioned a word of this before."

"Well," Jasmine admitted, putting her vulgar rampage on hold, "I never thought someone like that would end up in bed with us. I figured it was just one of those crazy things that sometimes happens with those West Coast types -- like the Heidi Fleiss fiasco. And this is the first time April was mentioned in the news."

That was yesterday ... This morning, Jasmine actually got up at 7 a.m. -- to buy the newspaper. I guess a good Post scandal will do that to some people. Then, she called me and left some snide but chatty voice mail: "Check it out. They're using April's picture from the Web site. Was she walking around with that huge-looking hair in New York? I hope not. She looks like a porn star! Well, I guess everyone in L.A. does, so she blends right in." The Post headline promised to take readers "behind the screens of eBabez.com." April was featured, in a tiny bathing suit -- underneath the hair -- kneeling in a Florida postcard pose. Not exactly on her hands and knees but almost.

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