Just a Thought . . .

WASHINGTON, April 7, (AP)—Investigators searching the Rancho Santa Fe mansion in which 39 cult followers died were startled to find the name of a former top White House official in the computer files of Heaven’s Gate founder Marshall Herff Applewhite.

Police say e-mails from former White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes, along with faxes discovered in a suitcase at the foot of Applewhite’s bed, appear to be related to Democratic National Committee fundraising efforts.