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Drudge and Palin’s Afghanistan Messages: A Right-Wing Sybil Moment?

The Pentagon and “patriotic” hawks for years supported a prohibition on publishing pictures of slain soldiers’ caskets. Then President Obama lifted the ban, thus giving Matt Drudge an opportunity to create this lovely collage commemorating the Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary.

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SNL Obama Skit Takes Rare Shots at the Prez

On Saturday Night Live over the weekend, Lady Gaga and Madonna went at it in a cat fight for the ages. But it was a sketch about President Obama that got some of his supporters on the left of the political spectrum fired up. SNL Obama skits are typically mixed bags, since: Fred Armisen is funny, but looks and acts nothing like Barack Obama He inspires strong opinions, but B.O

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David Letterman Apologizes To Wife For Affairs With Staff

On Monday night’s ‘Late Show,’ host says wife Regina has been ‘horribly hurt.’ By Gil Kaufman David Letterman on “The Late Show” on Monday Photo: CBS When David Letterman revealed last week that he had testified before a grand jury about a $2 million extortion scheme tied to his affairs with staffers, the typically self-deprecating late-night icon said that was probably the last he would speak of the scandal. But on Monday night, Letterman dove back into the topic to apologize to his wife, Regina Lasko, who he said had been “horribly hurt” by the news that he had slept with women on his staff in the years leading up to their marriage in March. “Now the other thing is my wife, Regina,” Letterman said on Monday’s show, after apologizing to his staff for the unwanted attention focused on the show in the wake of the scandal.

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Glenn Beck Was Just Joking About The Muse Brush-Off

Conservative talker’s publicist says Muse never asked him to retract his on-air endorsement. By Gil Kaufman Glen Beck Photo: Jason Kempin/WireImage Though Glenn Beck fervently proclaimed his affinity for Muse’s apocalyptic glam stylings last month, it was hard to figure out where the worlds of the conservative talker and the British prog rockers could meet.

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Drake Soars Into The Hottest MCs In The Game At #3

So Far Gone brings young MC unprecedented support from hip-hop community. By Shaheem Reid Drake Photo: MTV News The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout is now complete! As in 2007 and 2008, the list, determined by the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust, is based on an MC’s achievements right now, rather than an entire career.

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Lil Wayne Rocks The Hottest MCs In The Game At #2!

Huge sales, huge tours, huge label take Weezy to ‘A Milli’ and beyond! By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez Lil Wayne Photo: Universal/MTV News The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout is now complete! As in 2007 and 2008, the list, determined by the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust, is based on an MC’s achievements right now, rather than an entire career.

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Jay-Z Is The Hottest MC In The Game!

Hov’s new music, business acumen and vast influence lift him above all others in 2009. By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z Photo: Roc Nation/MTV News The 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game rollout is now complete! As in 2007 and 2008, the list, determined by the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust, is based on an MC’s achievements right now, rather than an entire career. The criteria is based on a combination of rhyme skill, flow and how those things are implemented musically as the main factors

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Letterman Haunted by the Ghosts of Monica Lewinsky Jokes Past

Since David Letterman went public about having sex with members on his staff, one of his myriad humiliations is having all those millions of “sex with interns” jokes he made about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky turned back at him. The late ’90s were a heady time for the late-night monologist, with all the easy jokes about stained blue dresses, cigars, crawling under the desk, and blow jobs in the Oval Office that the protracted Lewinsky/Clinton scandal delivered them on a silver platter with the White House seal emblazoned on it. Letterman made such a franchise out of it, he had a hard time letting the convention die.

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Shocker! Chicago, Tokyo eliminated in 2016 voting – Olympic Sports

COPENHAGEN – In a stunning development, Chicago was the first city eliminated on Friday in IOC voting to be host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid made final pitches to the International Olympic Committee to be selected later Friday as host of the 2016 Olympics, with President Barack Obama and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pitting their star power against each other in emotional pushes for their cities. Rio and Chicago’s presentations were particularly impassioned.

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Obama stumps for Chicago’s bid

COPENHAGEN — Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago’s bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the line as well

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