Two mainstream news organizations are receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from Obamacare’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) — a $5 billion grant program that’s doling out cash to companies, states and labor unions in what the Obama administration considers an effort to pay for health insurance for early retirees. The Washington Post Company raked in $573,217 in taxpayer subsidies and CBS Corporation secured $722,388 worth of Americans’ money. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Consider two parallel universes: Charlie Sheen is destined to hit rock bottom after being fired from the best job he’ll ever have; Charlie Sheen has been freed to blaze a new path to dazzling fame and riches. (more)
First, there was the news that Charlie Sheen was on yet another cocaine binge, this time with a porn star locked in hotel room closet. Then, there was Sheen’s in-home rehab. Next was the news that CBS was canceling the final eight episodes of “Two and a Half Men,” followed by Sheen’s bizarre media tour where he blamed everyone but himself, and spoke of reports about his behavior as “the gibberish of fools.” He did, however, admit to being under the influence of one drug: “Charlie Sheen.” (more)
Six days after being released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Charlie Sheen is ready to face his demons. (more)
Stephen King’s grand opus “The Stand” is finally getting the big-screen treatment. (more)
As everyone knows, Charlie Sheen had a wild night earlier this week (though really, it was just Charlie being Charlie) and had to go to the hospital as a result. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cord and Jet McCoy are saddling up for another season of “The Amazing Race.” (more)
Author David Sedaris is a writer whose success story is one of the most unlikely you could imagine. CBS’ Serena Altschul reports:
David Sedaris, playing to a standing room only crowd at New York’s fabled Apollo Theater, is not a rock star, but don’t tell that to his fans. (more)
Every year, it seems a new, high-profile Federal Communications Commission case ends up in court. (more)
It was a 30-foot fall that could have ended in death. (more)
It was with great fanfare and a measure of controversy that ABC News named Christiane Amanpour to anchor its Sunday morning show “This Week” after George Stephanopoulos moved on to host “Good Morning America.” (more)
Katie Couric has signed a deal to be on “Glee.” The “CBS Evening News” anchor will make a guest appearance as herself on the hit Fox musical comedy series, a source told the NY Post, adding, “The deal is done, and Katie will make a cameo as herself. It will be filmed very soon.” (more)
MIAMI — Sometimes after a loss or a bad performance, Dwyane Wade will stay up until 6 in the morning after the game to watch it over again and dissect every moment. (more)
On Oct. 29, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent was going about his business when a middle-aged Jewish man in spectacles walked through his checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington International airport. Unlike most passengers, the Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg wasn’t in a hurry. In fact, he was a little hard to get rid of. He wanted to talk to the TSA agent and his colleagues about the new x-ray machines they were using to screen passengers, as well as the alternative: A physical search that requires agents to grope passengers’ thighs until they meet resistance. (more)
Tea Party leaders in both the House and Senate have come out strong after Mitch McConnell’s call to ban all earmarks with Sen. Jim DeMint calling it the beginning a cultural change in Washington. (more)
This Cameron Newton story has legs, lots and lots of legs — and it’s sprouting more every day. With any luck, it will run off and lead everyone on a merry chase that ends badly. (more)
This YouTube video reminded me that I was the person who introduced Keith Olbermann to America. (more)
She may be a successful singer and actress, but Fergie hasn’t always had it so easy. (more)
A week after media reports that Charlie Sheen was found half-naked in his trashed New York hotel suite, the actor is back at work on “Two and a Half Men,” a source close to the show has confirmed. Which means his network and studio bosses must be feeling a little jiggy inside. (more)
