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Roland Burris is calling himself ‘the junior senator from Illinois,’ but there’s no guarantee he’ll be let through the Senate door; relenting Reid?

Comedienne Kathy Griffin, hosting a live CNN New Year’s Eve show with Anderson Cooper, unleashed vulgar remarks at spectators … as Cooper’s head spun 360°

Telecom lobbyist Vicky Iseman sues The Gray Lady for defamation, wants $27 million for story full of ‘gossip and innuendo’

Even facing impeachment, Illinois gov names Roland Burris to Obama’s Senate seat; Dems vow to prevent him from taking office, Obama agrees

Eartha Kitt died on Christmas Day of colon cancer. Watch the stylish star perform in all her elegance

Some columnists and politicians question Kennedy’s résumé, wonder why she’s not receiving the scrutiny Palin did; Geraldine Ferraro recommends other women for Clinton’s Senate seat

Katharine Jefferts Schori talks about conservative branches breaking away from church over consecration of openly gay bishop, ordaining women

Father sold off daughter to solve family’s financial woes; brave young girl sued her own dad and husband to free herself from abuse

The man who helped Washington Post reporters topple President Nixon dies three years after telling the world he was the infamous Watergate leaker

Controversial Carla Bruni-Sarkozy talks about barely having enough time to find a wedding dress, the curtsy seen around the world and hoping she’s a good enough first lady

Hilda Solis, a multilingual, earth-friendly Democrat from California may be named Friday as Obama’s labor secretary, an unnamed source tells AP

Her job isn’t always easy, but Condoleezza Rice makes sure to have a good time

wOw’s Grande Dame dishes the December dirt, from Hugh Jackman to Viola Davis … and everything in between

We see Bush’s quick reflexes; thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr call for release of now-jailed journalist, saying he is their ‘hero’ for hurling greatest insult at president

Former White House hopeful refuses to endorse Palin for any future job, despite saying during the campaign she was a star who could run the U.S. if needed