Gov. Linda Lingle and the Legislature picked up the slack for our "flASHback" on the week's news that amused and confused.

Accused murderer Rodney Joseph Jr. "went show his true colors" when he shot underworld rivals in January 2004, Joseph's co-defendant Ethan Motta told an undercover FBI informant on a four-year-old tape recording that was made public yesterday.

Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in unpaid taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press.