The Paris Hilton ad is working

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Like it or not, the Paris Hilton ad John McCain is running seems to be working. Not only is he controlling the news cycle for the first time in weeks, but whatever lead Obama had is now gone. The new Gallup poll shows the candidates tied at 44 percent. Does that mean that negative campaigning still works? ABC News' Political Consultant Steve Roberts talked with Grant and Amanda. Click here to hear the interview.

**Four days and counting**This morning was our first day to have a live report from KSL's Tim Hughes in Beijing. Tim reported on where the Olympic pin trading is taking place, how the city has come to life, what security is like and how the weather has the organizers so concerned. Join us Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the games for our conversations with Tim at 6:40. [**Click here**](http://real.ksl.com/video/slc/2/248/24810.mp3) to hear this morning's discussion.

**Age-old teen prank**Amanda got toilet papered this weekend. She woke to a loud noise in the wee hours of Sunday morning and discovered a thorough toilet paper job on the front of her house. Listeners shared their tips with her through texting and the chat room. "Spray water on the TP and it dissolves." Or one chatter offered this: "You may want to consider using that toilet paper since prices are so high. When I was a kid, my mom would love it when we got toilet papered. She would help clean it up and we ended up using that TP for many days to come. Can you imagine going to someone's house and finding a paper sack full of toilet paper next to the toilet? That was us 35 years ago."