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Rick Santorum tells Jay Leno why Romney endorsement was 'buried' (+video)

Rick Santorum told 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno, 'This was a letter to my supporters – who were for me.' Not Mitt Romney. The socially liberal Leno also pressed Mr. Santorum on cultural issues.
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Mitt Romney to Jay Leno: Rick Santorum can be my press secretary

OK, Mitt Romney was kidding about that Tuesday during his first appearance of the campaign season on 'The Tonight Show' with Jay Leno. GOP rival Rick Santorum is 'basically a good guy,' Romney said.
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Is Ron Paul a martial arts master? Jay Leno clip shows his moves. (+video)

No, Ron Paul isn't a martial arts master. The Jay Leno clip is a spoof on the fact that Paul won't accept Secret Service protection. But if he did, his code name would be 'Bulldog.'
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Michelle Obama on 'Letterman' tonight. Can she get Dave to work out? (+video)

In recent TV appearances, first lady Michelle Obama competed with Ellen DeGeneres in a push-up contest, and she tried to get Jay Leno to eat something healthy. On Monday's 'Letterman,' maybe she can get her host to take part in a sack race. 
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Is Ron Paul running into money problems?

Ron Paul has about $1.6 million in the bank, according to the FEC, whereas he spent $5 million in January. It’s easy to think that this month he has to raise more, spend less, or dive into the red.
Xi Jinping in California: a glimpse of what China really wants

Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping will spend most of his two-day California trip highlighting the two things that, perhaps, the Chinese people admire most about the US: films and basketball.
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The job-shifters: people who reinvent themselves mid-career

How many professionals are creating second careers in an unforgiving economy? Meet six who did it successfully.
Michelle Obama: Why is she going on Jay Leno?

Michelle Obama visits Los Angeles Tuesday and Wednesday. Besides two TV appearances, she’ll be at a pair of fundraisers and spotlight a program bringing fresh and healthy food to urban places.
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President Obama on 'The Tonight Show': A good move?

President Obama will appear on 'The Tonight Show' Tuesday for the fourth time. The show will give the president a wider audience but might have limited benefits, experts say.
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Conan O'Brien Can't Stop: Blogger movie review

'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' is a fascinating true story of catharsis through comedy and the journey across America of one man trying to overcome his anger.
Conan O'Brien to Dartmouth grads: Failure is freeing

Conan O'Brien recieved an honorary doctorate of arts at Dartmouth. He praised the 1,700 graduates for earning their degrees, then boasted that "Dartmouth is giving me the same degree for interviewing the fourth lead in 'Twilight.'"
Jay Leno: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year? Really?

Jay Leno: The comedian was named to be Harvard University's Hasty Pudding 2011 Man of the Year. Why was he chosen?
A tepid return for Conan O'Brien: Time to rethink late-night talk?

The first two episodes of the highly anticipated Conan O'Brien show on TBS have been called conventional. The late-night talk show genre is in trouble, media-watchers say.
Conan O'Brien returns -- to a changed late-night landscape

To the delight of Team Coco, Conan O'Brien returns to late-night TV after his ouster by Jay Leno. But the competition for young viewers has shifted with the rise of Comedy Central.
Growing Up Laughing

Marlo Thomas remembers her own childhood even as she asks top comics: “How did you become funny?”
Obama on 'The Tonight Show': Six famous presidential TV cameos

Which other sitting presidents have appeared on TV?
Will Donald Trump try to say 'You're fired!' to President Obama?

In the wake of a favorable New Hampshire presidential poll, Donald Trump is the latest celebrity mulling a presidential candidacy in 2012. Trump announced Tuesday he was 'seriously' considering a run for the White House.
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Stephen Colbert on Democrats' apathy: Let them eat cheesecake.

Stephen Colbert says that the 'Democrats' self-loathing has gotten so bad they've changed their symbol ... to Eeyore eating a whole chocolate cheesecake.'
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Recession over because Delaware has elected a witch, David Letterman says

Recession over? Leno, Letterman, Stewart, Colbert line up to give their take on the announcement from the National Bureau of Economic Research
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President mistaken for LeBron, Pelosi as Wicked Witch?

President Obama's missing wedding ring stirs 'dumb' media coverage, triggers Tonight Show jokes. Jay Leno also pokes fun at California campaign ads portraying Nancy Pelosi as Wizard of Oz character.
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Obama on 'The View': ratings blockbuster or presidential epitaph?

Daytime talk show has political observers split over whether Obama on 'The View' will help or hurt his image.
'The View' welcomes President Obama on Thursday

'The View' will have President Obama as its only guest on this Thursday's broadcast. It will be the first time a sitting President has appeared on a daytime talk show.
Conan O'Brien and Steve Martin play rock stars at Bonnaroo

Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, and Steve Martin are living out their rock star dreams at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Conan O'Brien goes from hosting 'The Tonight Show' to making a rockabilly record

'I'm going back in time,' he joked. 'Next week I'll be playing vaudeville and then I'm going to be a steamboat captain.'
TBS touts Conan O'Brien for an Emmy -- for his work on NBC

TBS has started an Emmy campaign for Conan O'Brien in Variety magazine. But the ads are stumping for an NBC show – the defunct 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.'