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President Obama Has Quit Smoking; Twitter Exhales

She should know. According to first lady Michelle Obama, the president is no longer sneaking a drag here and there. Speaking at a White House luncheon to mark the anniversary of her "Let's Move" initiative to combat childhood obesity, Mrs. Obama said it has been about a year since the president last lit up. "It's been...

Reactions to the State of the Union: The Joke About Spending Cuts

President Obama made claims of making future cuts while also outlining more spending, which he kept calling "investing." How is it reducing the deficit and cutting spending when more spending is in the works? All of the spending he was talking about was the same spending he talked about two years ago with the purpose of...

Wanna See Obama Working on His State of the Union Speech? [PHOTO]

President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech at 9 p.m. EST today, and we've got proof that the commander in chief himself is taking a hands-on approach to the big address. Check out this image of Obama and one of his speechwriters, Jon Favreau, working on it. Pete Souza, The White...

Michael Vick Makes Most of Second Chance, Thanks to Eagles

One morning last spring, I sat in a National Press Club audience that was riveted to the testimony of a clean-shaven, light-skinned, middle-aged, college-educated, black man who told us how he was trying to re-establish his life after drugs cost him his livelihood and eventually his freedom. He spoke before a breakfast...

Little-Known 2010 Win: Progress Against Animal Cruelty

Editor's note: Everyone knows about health care reform, the tax cut deal, the end of "don't ask, don't tell." But in a contentious election year, Washington also managed to do much that, while it got little attention, will nevertheless make a difference in the lives of millions. So we asked our network of contributors on...