The Washington Capitals signed Alex Ovechkin to a 13-year, $124 million deal. I haven't checked all the online reactions yet, but HOLY SHIT! There's nothing like flipping out over the news as the entire team stands 30 feet away and watches you. Hey, guys ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone!It's been a good Christmas Day - my family liked all their gifts; Dad just came down and raved about the signed first edition book I got for him. So, yay for that ( Read more... )

Oh my god.

Seriously? No, seriously. Is that the Capitol in DC?

From Slate.com: Apparently I find Obama's supporters' cockblocking of Colbert to be rather unfunny.

Colbert gets Obama'd: Stephen Colbert's bid for the White House ended this week when South Carolina refused to add him to their primary ballot. According to reports, phone calls to prominent South Carolina Democratic Party officials from Obama ( Read more... )

Tell me this isn't the scariest freaking photo to grace CNN's homepage.

( Boo! )

Jon on the pre-Daily-Show Newsbreak:

"What did The Daily Show miss during its two weeks off? In a word, YOU. We missed you. You complete us."

Aww! Two loooooong weeks and they're back! I can't wait.

By now I assume you Colbert fans have seen the Vanity Fair magazine scans we broke on the web today?
No? Run over to NoFactZone.Net (direct link to the post) and check them out. It is a wonderful, wonderful ( Read more... )

Christopher Walken chases the post-Labor Day humdrums away.

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Will update with weekend stories later. But I just got home, and Rick Sanchez is lumbering through the late-night news, and he just described this missing 9-month-pregnant woman from Canton, Ohio.

The details: a two-year-old son left alone in the house, her mattress half off its frame, bedspread missing, bleach poured all over the bedroom floor. ( Read more... )

Many more important things to talk about, but one burning question for now:

Is Anderson Cooper actually on vacation this week? Or is he in New Orleans for another report to be aired later? I don't think I've seen him on AC360 all week. Maybe Monday. But still ( Read more... )