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The Obamas? Oh, they're just the first family next door
The pundits say the president took a beating at the polls, but Barack Obama won a very different kind of contest last week.
With his BlackBerry, his burger runs and his pickup basketball, 'he and his family have brought dramatic social change to the nation's capital and to the country's collective image of its first family,' USA Today declared.
Barack and Michelle 'have spoken more frankly about marriage than most intact couples, especially those running for office, usually do,' the New York Times Magazine reported, explaining how she was 'seduced by his mind, his charm, his promise of social transformation.' The first lady also dispensed dating advice in a Katie Couric sit-down for Glamour magazine, saying, 'Cute's good, but cute only lasts for so long.'
CBS & NBC Fail to ID Hasan as Muslim; ABC's...
Neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News, in their East coast feeds Thursday night, noted the Muslim religious beliefs of the mass killer at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, but ABC anchor Charles Gibson wasn't cowed by political correctness as he teased World News, 'Fort Hood tragedy: An Army officer, a Muslim convert, is the suspect in ...
Live Facebook Chat With Katie Couric Today At 3 p.m.
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will discuss her recent interviews with former Vice President Al Gore and First Lady Michelle Obama and answer questions during a live Facebook chat Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.
I hope you're all getting into some debauchery tonight. Like I said earlier, it's the one night of the year when you can dress like a slut, a freak, or a creep, and people won't think you're insane or hold you accountable.
Quayle v. Palin: Quayle Pulls Ahead
Remember the period between the 2008 Republican Convention, but before the Katie Couric interview, when Sarah Palin was widely seen as a new politico dynamo who had breathed life into the McCain campaign? I wrote a column pointing out the the reaction to Palin eerily recalled the early reaction to Dan Quayle in 1988: [S]omewhere in the recesses of ...
Ay! Former President George W. Bush is now billing himself as a motivational speaker.
Palin paid $1.25M for book before leaving office
Sept. 29: The publisher of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's new memoir, "Going Rogue," has decided to move up its release date.
Medicare Drug Planners Now Lobbyists, With Billions at Stake
A version of this story was co-produced with the CBS News investigative unit for CBS Evening News With Katie Couric and aired on that program on Tuesday, Oct.
Epilepsy: A Fight For The Cure
Susan and David Axelrod's oldest daughter Lauren had tried 23 different medications and an unsuccessful brain surgery to control her epilepsy by the time she was 18.
Rosalind Wiseman - Complete Interview
KATIE COURIC: Hey, everyone, this is At Katie Couric. Today's episode will be especially useful for anyone out there who, like me, is raising teenage daughters.
CBS Announces Jan Crawford Greenburg's Return
We told you Friday that ABC's Jan Crawford Greenburg would be swapping networks to join her pal Bob Schieffer at CBS News.
Depending on how progressives react, the current intellectual vacuum among conservatives can either legitimize irrationality or finally neutralize a failed set of principles.
Katie Couric & Hugh Jackman Break Down the 'Fourth Wall'
CBS News' Katie Couric sat down with Hugh Jackman and the two discussed the spontaneity of live theater and Hugh's "cell phone incident." Read on for details... Hugh tells Katie about a recent performance of his Broadway show, "A Steady Rain," during which an audience member's cell phone rang twice.
Katie Couric's Notebook: Nobel Prize
It's a prestige pantheon that includes the world's most accomplished political and moral leaders: the Nobel Peace Prize.
CBS news anchor Katie Couric accepted the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media on Thursday even as Al Neuharth himself admitted he once thought she wasn't up for the job.
CBS Skips Any Mention of Massive Deficit Numbers Under Obama
Wednesdaya s CBS Evening News With Katie Couric and Thursdaya s Early show completely ignored any mention of the fact that the deficit has risen to a staggering $1.4 trillion, triple what it was a year ago.
Letter: Government has played important role
Editor: Two to three weeks ago, Time Magazine featured Glen Beck on its cover and last week Katie Couric interviewed him on CBS news because he has a growing number of people who listen to his message that our problem in this country is too much government in our lives, a premise I disagree with strongly.
Seating is free to see Couric at USD on Thursday
Free public seating for Thursday night's speech by CBS News anchor Katie Couric at the University of South Dakota's DakotaDome is on a first-come, first-served basis.
On the Issues: 14th Congressional District - Ethan Hastert, Part 1
This post will be the first of what we hope will be an informative series. One of the most critical races next year will be the 14th Congressional Districtwhichis currently held by Nancy Pelosi's best friend, Bill Foster.
Ocean County Observer - The Times-Beacon
As the likes as Barbara Walters and Katie Couric glittered on the red carpet at the 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, township resident Karin Killian could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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