There’s a “happy ending” to this story after all! Ashley Alexandra Dupre has the No. 1 song on Amie Street, which is the digital-download thing where she posts her songs, for sale. And today, Ashley/Kristen has the No. 1 and No. 7 top songs on the weekly chart. Help Ashely/Kristen make more money than she could ever make with that creep Spitzer! The music is pretty horrific, but who knows, maybe it’s the kind of thing you like, if you’re 12. Plus, it’s for kind of a good cause. And maybe it will teach the kids about politics! [Portfolio/Amie Street]

The New York Times has a profile up of “Kristen.” Her name is actually Ashley Alexandra Dupré, and her story is imaginably depressing. But then if you go to her MySpace page, it plays a pretty blah hip-hop song (”amateurish, hip-hop inflected rhythm and blues tune that asks, ‘Can you handle me, boy?’ and uses some dated slang, calling someone her ‘boo,’” says the mean New York Times). That’s when we lost sympathy, and also why she’ll probably get a record deal within hours. [NYT]