April 8, 1999 | Wooden you just know it? Al Gore, who raked in the ridicule last month when he claimed that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was the last of the 12 presidential hopefuls (and counting) to hang out his online shingle. (Flat-tax-loving Steve Forbes beat hot-wired Al and the other would-be Oval Office denizens to the cyber-punch, launching www.Forbes2000.com, March 16.)

On Tuesday, the very earnest veep finally flipped the switch on his campaign Web site, www.AlGore2000.com, but not before making a few last-minute adjustments -- for the sake of the kiddies. According to the Associated Press, Gore's campaign manager, Craig Smith, ordered that questions asking children for their names, e-mail addresses and ZIP codes be removed from the site's "Just for Kids" section after, having been given an advance peek, the AP questioned their inclusion. Turns out wheedling such info from the wee ones without getting their parents' consent may not jibe with an Internet privacy law signed by President Clinton last year and slated to take effect in 2001.

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While Gore's office maintains that the questions didn't violate the law, the mere hint that they might have is likely enough to make the vice POTUS break out in a high-tech sweat. After all, in a speech last spring, he called kids "the most vulnerable and sometimes the most willing to innocently disclose information when they are online." Does Tipper know about this?

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Carmen and Dennis: Singled out

Here's a shocker: MTV marvel Carmen Electra and her hair-dyin', hoop-shootin' hubby, Dennis Rodman, are taking a another trip to Splitsville. But this time, it's the former "Baywatch" babe and Playboy pinup who's sounded the final buzzer on their bizarre five-month marriage. (Rodman, you'll recall, filed for an annulment just nine days after their quickie Vegas nuptials, saying he was of "unsound mind" at the time. It was widely reported that they were drunk out of their gourds when they tied the knot. He later rescinded his annulment, declared undying love for his wife and got on with the game.)

A spokesperson for the cross-dressing NBA bad boy and his erstwhile beloved bride has issued a statement saying the peculiar pair have "mutually" and "amicably" agreed to divorce and that they "are, and will remain, friends." Electra is blaming the break on irreconcilable differences. But our guess is she was just sick of him borrowing her clothes.

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