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Tuesday's Late Night Round-Up: Rosie's Break-Up, Jim Webb's Rescue, And More! (VIDEO)

Aug. 19, 2009
It's August and nothing seems to be funny, maybe because it's too hot to laugh. Luckily, we have the folks of late night television to force us, and between VH1's new reality show, gun-toting health care protesters, and David Letterman's laundry list of regrets, we'll never be sad again. WATCH:...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler