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...first few seconds of Nurse Jackie (Showtime, Mondays, 10:30 p.m. E.T.), you might believe you are staring into heaven. Everything is white - the glaring light, the ceiling, the walls. Then the camera pans down to a figure on the floor, dressed to match in blinding hospital whites. The only colors in the scene are a pink blotch of gum on the worn sole of her shoe and an amber prescription bottle - holding the Vicodin capsules that, we learn, she cracks open to snort the brilliant orange grains inside, medicating a bad back and her emotional state...
...Michelle Obama, the great-great-granddaughter of slaves, up close is to finally see America up close. Until her arrival, most Americans did not know the White House and Capitol were built by slaves. For those who contributed so much to our nation, the time has arrived for their progeny, the Michelles and Baracks, to receive their just due. Helen H. Gentry, DETROIT...
...blindfolded justice.' JEFF SESSIONS, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticizing Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, for her 2001 remark that a "wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences," would be better equipped to make certain decisions than a white man would...
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...costs are proportionate with other Presidents.' White House press secretary ROBERT GIBBS, defending the use of taxpayer money for a private social outing...