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The Hollywood Gossip Week in Review: September 5-11, 2009

Welcome, celebrity gossip readers across this great nation and world, to The Hollywood Gossip’s Week in Review, in which we take a look back at what made this maybe the most exciting week of celeb news since … last week

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The Hollywood Gossip Week in Review: September 5-11, 2009

Happy First Post-9/11 9/11!

On this day eight years ago, four commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into buildings and a field. Thousands died.

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Happy First Post-9/11 9/11!

Big food vs. big insurance by Michael Pollan

TO listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health care in America is the system itself — perverse incentives, inefficiencies, unnecessary tests and procedures, lack of competition, and greed. No one disputes that the $2.3 trillion we devote to the health care industry is often spent unwisely, but the fact that the United States spends twice as much per person as most European countries on health care can be substantially explained, as a study released last month says, by our being fatter

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Big food vs. big insurance by Michael Pollan

Ling — My 1st Night Back was Totally Cheesy

Filed under: Politix , Exclusives After nearly 5 months in North Korean captivity, journalist Laura Ling — Lisa Ling’s sister — wasn’t just hungry for freedom … she was jonesin’ for some pizza!!!Lisa also told our photog that President Bill Clinton — the man who played a huge … Permalink

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President Obama Calls For An End To ‘Bickering’ Over Health Care

South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson heckles president during nationally televised address to Congress

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President Obama Calls For An End To ‘Bickering’ Over Health Care

An Illustrated Guide to Obama’s Heckler: Joe Wilson

Chuck Boustany must be pissed ! He gave the official GOP rebuttal of Obama’s speech , but it’s mad heckler, Rep. Joe Wilson , who’s getting all the attention. Oh well.

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Lawmaker apologizes for heckling Obama

A Republican lawmaker shouted “You lie” at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress on Wednesday. The congressman later apologized for his “lack of civility.” In his speech in the House chamber, Obama was telling lawmakers that the Democratic plans for health care overhaul do not cover illegal immigrants

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Obama Schools GOP in Health Care Speech

So, the President just wrapped up his health care speech . How did it go? Well, despite his efforts to teach the GOP a thing or two, he likely wasted his breath on a group who can’t comprehend his reforms

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Obama Schools GOP in Health Care Speech

An Illustrated Guide to Obama-Heckling Joe Wilson

Chuck Boustany must be pissed ! He gave the official GOP rebuttal of Obama’s speech , but it’s mad heckler, Rep. Joe Wilson , who’s getting all the attention.

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Obama Vows to ‘Deliver on Health Care’

President Barack Obama (D) gave a powerful speech to a joint session of the United States Congress on health care reform. He defined precisely what health care legislation should look like.

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Obama Vows to ‘Deliver on Health Care’