[Txsleuth]

LOTT taking on Bush now.

[Howlin]

Dropping in because I didn't know where else to put this, and it's juicy!

Cops, some in protective white jumpsuits, searched 218 Lafayette St. yesterday, shutting the first-floor bar where the vivacious John Jay College of Criminal Justice grad student was last seen. They meticulously gathered bags of hair and fiber evidence as they examined the basement, roof and second-floor offices - which have an inner door and stairway leading to the bar, said former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, whose family owns the building.

Ex-con eyed

Off to PT; back later.