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"An empty can of gourmet dog food taken from Paris Hilton's trash fetched $305 in an eBay auction. The sellers were from the Web site HollywoodStarTrash.com, which also listed several other Hilton items for sale on eBay."

-- The Associated Press, reporting today on the latest developments in the ongoing saga of America's most beloved former jailbird.

"She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left."

-- Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, as the world's most famous inmate departed jail today.

“The G8 have been meeting in Germany and the United States is throwing a monkey wrench in the efforts to get a consensus. The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?”

-- Global warming guru, and one-time Vice President, Al Gore, bemoaning the inconvenient truth that Paris Hilton is getting more attention than he is.

"I used to act dumb ... That act is no longer cute...Now, I would like to make a difference. God has given me this new chance."

-- America's most famous inmate, in an prison phone chat with Barbara Walters over the weekend.

"When prisoners whose names aren't Hilton get sick in jail, they don't go home. They go to a state or county hospital, where they can be treated, under lockdown. Staph is rampant at that jail, and I haven't seen them letting out the other prisoners to protect them. And believe me, if Paris had a staph infection, they'd tell us. But Paris is different. Paris had high-priced lawyers and high-priced doctors making high-priced arguments on her behalf. And they worked. What a disgrace."

-- Syndicated columnist and lawyer Susan Estrich, on a certain someone who was freed from jail yesterday.

Lawyer Andrew Cohen analyzes legal affairs for CBS News and CBSNews.com.

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Let’s get one thing clear. I cannot stand Paris Hilton. I despise everything she stands for and, to be quite honest, I don’t find her attractive or intriguing in the least. But I am not going to add my voice to the chorus singing meanly today about the unfair, unjust “sweetheart” deal she received today when she was released early from prison due to some sort of medical condition. Why? Because the truth is that if she were you or I she never in a million years would have been sentenced to such a long prison term to begin with...

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"Crying works! Who knew?"

-- Los Angeles Times blogger Elizabeth Snead, on the absolutely fabulous news that Paris Hilton is now going home after five days in the slammer. She reportedly spent much of her time behind bars in tears. Paris will be under house arrest with an adorable little electronic ankle bracelet.