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Good morning, folks. Sarah has a reality show she wants to tell you about, Reese has a new beau, and Joan Jett has some advice for Lady Gaga. And we have a morning constitutional: President Obama signing the health care reform bill into law today, as Republicans vow to continue doing everything they can to kill it. Sen. Judd Gregg hopes to bring back some of that town hall anger. Tories in Britain struggle with appearances of elitism with election coming up. Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup causes rats to gain more weight, and show...

Good morning, everybody. Borat got married, Rosie wants to come back, and there’s going to be a new Shel Silverstein book. Now, on to your morning constitutional: “We proved that this government—a government of the people and by the people—still works for the people,” President Obama said last night, as the House of Representatives, in a 219-212 vote, passed the Senate health care reform bill. In a separate 220-211 vote, they additionally sent a package of changes to the Senate. The Times has some details on the contents of the bill. Reuters weighs in as well. The...

Happy Friday, everyone. John Stewart is Glenn Beck, upsets apparently abound and if you needed any more, here’s your morning constitutional: Who knew that a move from ‘This Week’ to ‘Good Morning America’ was a promotion? Rep. Steve Cohen with a touching tribute to Alex Chilton. “Oh, I keep the beer in the other fridge.” Tony Judt on Obama, the EU and Transatlanticism. Finally, this is perfect for a beautiful day.

Good morning, folks. Conan might be going to Fox, Tebow’s throwing some balls around, and Jennifer Love Hewitt isn’t that excited about being single. Basketball starts this afternoon, so let’s get on with our morning constitutional: Whoo: Jobs bill passes Senate with 11 Republican votes. Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is mad tall, has an office in the White House but hardly ever uses it, loves fly-fishing and cheap cigars. And he might be the key to solving the world’s financial problems. The Awl with a great piece on life in post-Castro Cuba:...

Good morning, everybody. Beckham’s Achilles’ tendon is really torn, Ovechkin is out for two games, and Spencer Pratt is taking some time off to fight cyber crime. Now, enjoy your morning constitutional: California felt some tremors this morning as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit about a mile away from Pico Rivera. The Los Angeles Fire Department has received no reports of damage so far. The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism has released their State of the News Media 2010 report. It claims to be the most interactive it has ever been. President Obama’s exhaustive plan for...

Good morning, everybody. Alice is still number one, Jennifer and Jamie broke up, and Jack might be heading over to NBC. Now, enjoy your morning constitutional: Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse take number one seeds in NCAA men’s basketball tournament. One of us is officially cheering for a 16-1 upset of UVM over Syracuse. In an op-ed to the Times, Michael Gorbachev defends perestroika and ponders Russia’s future. San Francisco is experimenting with augmented reality with their BART mass transit system. For instance, hold up your iPhone to a BART station and see when the next trains...

Good morning, everyone. Idol’s down to a dirty dozen, Corey’s heart was just too big, and Leno’s back at number one. Now, on to your morning constitutional: From the bad-ass files: In New York state, a 91-year-old pharmacy cashier gets punched fending off a thief, refuses medical attention, says she doesn’t want to just “sit there and be bored.” From the “Science is freaking crazy” files,  NASA says that the Chilean earthquake may have actually shifted Earth’s axis. Yesterday, Sens. Dick Durbin and Jeff Sessions announced they had reached a compromise on eliminating the 200-1 sentencing disparity...

Good morning, everybody. Charlie Sheen says it never happened, and A.C. Slater is having a baby. Now, enjoy your morning constitutional: The Virginia General Assembly has moved to make it illegal for the government to require people to buy health insurance, a move clearly in response to current health reform efforts in Washington. Girl in Mississippi wants to bring her girlfriend to the prom. School’s response: Cancel prom. Chile inaugurates a new president today, conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera. Bank of America stole a parrot from a wrongly-foreclosed house.  In other news, they’ve decided to start denying  transactions...

Good morning, everybody. Nomar’s retiring as a Red Sox, Lindsay Lohan is suing, and De Niro’s going to play Vince Lombardi. Now, enjoy your morning constitutional: Teen star Corey Haim died of an apparent overdose in Los Angeles last night. An Associated Press-GfK poll shows the President is still more popular than Congress. In Wichita, a man paid a crack dealer with Monopoly money. Unsurprisingly, the dealer wasn’t happy about it. The arrest of a Pennsylvania woman in October for trying to recruit Islamic terrorists on sites like YouTube raises questions about homegrown terrorism. Bike directions have...