Obama's Abortion Sellout?
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Nancy Pelosi sacrificed abortion protections to get health care passed. Peter Beinart argues the tradeoff saves the bill and the party, Amy Siskind says Obama let women down again, and Dana Goldstein asks whether this new wedge issue will tear Dems apart.
How Obama Sold Women Out
The heath-care abortion mess is just the latest example of how Barack Obama took women's votes-then let the country's majority constituency down.
Celebrity Homecoming Queens
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Dakota Fanning just earned her high school's crown. From Rosie O'Donnell to Meryl Streep, VIEW OUR GALLERY of teenage royals. Plus, homecoming kings-John Belushi and... Andy Dick?
Dakota Fanning became the latest starlet to wear a high-school tiara. The 15-year-old actress cheerleads for California's Campbell Hall Episcopal S...
Football's Bloodiest Secret
Buzz Bissinger is the author of the New York Times number one bestseller Friday Night Lights. His most recent book, Shooting Stars, was co-authored with LeBron James.
Brain damage, paralysis, testicles amputated. The NFL is investigating concussions and other serious injuries, but Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger says the real horror stories are on the high school field.
October 24: The Week in Viral Videos
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From a news anchor blunder to a hula-hooping first lady and a naked Russian show model, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
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