Controversy Goes Up in Smoke

No one's sure if it flew over the Pentagon on 9/11 or not. But a nylon flag that sold for $25,000 on eBay was burned in Virginia Wednesday -- putting the while debate to rest.

The burning was a "flag retirement" ceremony by the Boy Scouts.

Loudoun County School Board Chairman John A. Andrews II bought the flag. He'd planned to give it to a school named after Chris Newton and D.C. Lee -- passengers who died on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon.

But 9/11 families were outraged that a possible 9/11 artifact was auctioned.

So Mr Andrews figured the best thing to do was to give the flag an honorable retirement. The flag and the controversey both went up in smoke. (WashPost)