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'C.J. Cregg' Briefs White House Press Corps

Television's favorite White House press secretary, C.J. Cregg, made a surprise guest appearance at the daily press briefing on Friday replacing the current and actual press secretary Josh Earnest.

C.J., aka Allison Janney, began the address explaining Earnest's absence. "Josh is out today, I believe it's a root canal," she said. "But let's be honest, I'm better at this than he is anyway." >>> Read more.

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Those Cute Newborn Eagles? They've Gotten Really, Really Ugly

We all "cooed" and "awed" as cracks in little eggs on the National Arboretum's "Eagle Cam" were replaced with little beaks poking out, followed by furry little gray heads.

Those cute days are over and we have entered the awkward, frankly unattractive phase of eaglets that look nothing like their adult counterparts or their own adorable just-hatched eaglet phase weeks ago. >>> Read more.

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