Earplugs-Optional Fundraiser

• By Emily Heil and Anna Palmer
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 23, 2008, Midnight

The only thing harder to listen to than an early-in-the- season episode of “American Idol” might be the audition episode for said televised talent contest. Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.), though, is asking folks to cough up as much as a cool grand to watch the “American Idol” auditions that were taped in his district.