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Stephen Colbert took on the Supreme Court case that outraged environmentalists everywhere--you know, the one that ruled that toxic waste from a gold mine could be dumped in a lake , subsequently eradicating all life within.

Stephen Colbert gave "a tip of his hat" to Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis on Wednesday night for her opposition to funding children's lunches during the summer holidays.

Who can trust a court's ruling so soon after the death of Michael Jackson? No one's thinking clearly right now.

Southeastern Emmys governor's award recipient Andrew Young got an unexpected video tribute from a certain high-profile TV friend during the awards ceremony over the weekend in Atlanta.

Carol Burdick's attorney, John Pineau, said producers from the Comedy Central called this week to request an interview on an upcoming episode of the satirical half-hour show.

Amid all the tragedy last Thursday with Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett dying, rumors were flying that a third horrible death had struck Hollywood: Jeff Goldblum .

When former Vermont Gov. and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was invited to talk about his new book on health care reform on Stephen Colbert's television show, he had a small problem when dealing with a visual medium: No book.

Gov. Mark Sanford's mysterious vacation has put South Carolina in the late night talk show spotlight.

It has been 40 years since gay clientele revolted against a police raid at a bar called Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.

In some ways, the routine delivered by comedian John Hodgman at Friday night's Radio & Television Correspondents' Association dinner was like that of fellow Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner: You either loved it or you hated it.

Before Jon Stewart took the title as the most trusted fake newsman in America and Stephen Colbert submitted to a military style head-shaving on the president's orders at Camp Victory in Iraq, Bill Maher was breaking new ground on his 1993 Comedy Central show Politically Incorrect .

Were the ratings for Jon & Kate Plus 8 really slipping prior to last night's "big announcement?" Is Conan O'Brien gaining on David Letterman - or vice versa? Which surprise drama hit outdrew the hard-to-watch Jon & Kate, the impossible-not-to-watch Real Housewives of New Jersey and even The Closer ? The answers - and more questions - in this week's ...

Due to the fact that the past is "full of mistakes," Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert isn't very fond of history.

He may have looked comfortable on stage, but comedian John Hodgman was decidedly nervous as the feature entertainment at Friday's Radio & Television Correspondents' Association dinner.

"This house resolves: The entertaining hypocrite is more useful than the honest bore." Such was the resolution that three teachers, including me, and three students were set to debate.

Good evening. Today's Video Fixin's include: Shatner showing Conan something other than Vulcan peace, Seattle's newest food-mobile and Stephen Colbert crying murder in the White House.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned from an elite women's-only group Friday under pressure from Republican senators who suggested her membership could violate judicial codes barring judges from belonging to discriminatory groups.

When President Obama swatted a fly during an interview this week, he was hit by animal rights group PETA for not showing sympathy to even the least sympathetic of creatures.

Colbert, PETA react to fly 'murder in the White House' Share on Facebook One day after the President of the United States exacted capital punishment on a "persistent" fly during a CNBC interview in the White House, Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert applauded the "impressive" strike.

Irony died again, or so the experts said at the time, with last year's election of U.S. President Barack Obama.