Today the FDA voted to approve the vaccine Cervarix, an HPV vaccine created by British drug company GlaxoSmithKline. The vaccine is expected to become available later this year, but Glaxo has not released any information about pricing.•

On Tuesday, we posted a picture of Pennsylvania mom Katy Abram protesting outside a town hall meeting on health care. Today, the question she asked at that meeting has made her an unlikely — and perhaps unlucky — celebrity.

Joe the Plumber doesn't plan to run for public office because, he says, "You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, 'No.'" Man, I had no idea my voice carried all the way to Ohio! [ThinkProgress]

In a move that would just be icky with any other President, Stevie Wonder brings up the Obamas' sex life. But count on Joe The Plumber, Roland Burris and others to ruin the feelgood news.

President Obama's got a brand new stimulus plan that Republicans plan to mess up, Sarah Palin is steamed at Ashley Judd, and everyone - including me - wants everyone else to STFU already.

Tom Daschle's out, Judd Gregg's in, no one pays taxes anymore and someone probably ought to figure out who the fools in Aretha Franklin's chain are.

Lisa Jackson, Obama's EPA nominee, is only the latest woman to take no prisoners in her confirmation hearing but she won't be the last if Janet Napolitano has anything to say. The men, however...

While the Obamas are keeping an eye out for the perfect Presidential puppy, Dick Cheney's got one out for Osama bin Laden and one for his legacy, and Republicans are still eying the New Deal.

Say it ain't so, Kristen! There are rumors floating about that Kristen Wiig hooked up with Republican poster boy Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher after SNL on Saturday. The informant said, "Joe finally got some 'quality' alone time with a certain female cast member…. The skinny brunette, I think it was. Kirsten, maybe?…

Jonah Goldberg is a conservative writer and "thinker" who holds such well-thought out opinions such as racial discrimination is just a paranoid fantasy, opinions that the LA Times lets him publish (he is also an Editor At Large at the National Review). Latoya Peterson and I have a different word for him: racist.…

Unfortunately, it's morning again and that means that there is sunlight and political discussion to deal with, despite what one might generously term my long night. Latoya Peterson, though, has my back and yours and leads me gently through a discussion of voter turnout, voter boredom, Bretton Woods, Nicolas Sarkozy,…

Yesterday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who served under George W. Bush, endorsed Barack Obama for what he said are a number of policy reasons, in addition to a growing disillusionment with the tenor of McCain's campaign. But that's all a big lie, because, according to Limbaugh and Buchanan and legions of…