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VA Atty. Gen. on healthcare: "What we need is more citizen control"
A federal judge on Monday upheld a constitutional challenge to the health care law brought by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled Congress had placed an unconstitutional requirement on Americans to get health insurance. Cuccinelli sites the health care law as an extension of unwarranted government control and maintains this choice should be left up to citizens.
This strikes a serious legal blow to the law thus far and moves the case toward an expected battle in the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps in 2012. Republicans using the ruling as a victory to set in motion steps to repealing the reform once they have a House majority in January. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli spoke to CNN's John Roberts about the case.
"He embodied the fine principles of this country"
(CNN) - Richard C. Holbrooke, the high-octane diplomat who spearheaded the end of the Bosnian war and most recently served as the Obama administration's point man in the volatile Afghan-Pakistani war zone, died Monday at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. James Rubin, former assistant secretary of state and adjunct professor at Columbia University, discusses how his passing impacts the diplomatic community and the world at large.
Big Stars, Big Giving: Halle Berry on helping victims of domestic violence
Editor's Note: In an American Morning original series, "Big Stars, Big Giving," CNN National Correspondent Alina Cho looks at celebrity philanthropy and how these big stars can make a big impact. Through one-on-one interviews with Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Edward Norton, Julianne Moore and Justin Bieber, she shares what causes have become their passions, and how you can get involved. The one-hour special debuts December 24th and airs again on December 25th.
Halle Berry may be best known for her work in "Monster's Ball" and "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge," but did you know she's also been working to help victims of domestic violence?
Berry has been a volunteer at the Jenesse Center, a shelter for domestic violence victims, for more than a decade. She chose the Jenesse Center, in part because she grew up with domestic violence.
“I think I’ve spent my adult life dealing with the sense of low self esteem that that sort-of implanted in me," Berry says. "When I see the woman that I aspire to be like, being my mother, be beaten and treated like the gum on the bottom of your shoe, in some ways, that’s how I started to feel about myself.”
Berry is currently donating her time and money toward rebuilding rundown apartments at the shelter so women who flee their abusive partners have a clean and happy place of refuge.
To find out more about the Jenesse Center or to make a donation, visit Jenesse.org If you live in the Los Angeles area and need help from an abusive situation, call the Jenesse Center at 1800-479-7328. For help outside the L.A. area, call the National Domestic Violence hotline at 1800-799-7233.
To learn more on giving, and ways you can make a difference this holiday season, visit Impact Your World.
Big Stars, Big Giving: Photos from the Halle Berry shoot
Editor's Note: In an American Morning original series, "Big Stars, Big Giving," CNN National Correspondent Alina Cho looks at celebrity philanthropy and how these big stars can make a big impact.
Here are some behind-the-scenes photos of Alina Cho's interview with Halle Berry. To find out more about the Jenesse Center or to make a donation, visit Jenesse.org If you live in the Los Angeles area and need help for an abusive situation, call the Jenesse Center at 1800-479-7328. For help outside the L.A. area, call the National Domestic Violence hotline at 1800-799-7233.
Photos by Ethel Bass, CNN Producer.
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Why all the buzz over “Angry Birds” game?
Aptly called the craze of the year, “Angry Birds” has been downloaded over 50 million times this year. It has become such a pop-culture phenomenon, that it even made into this weekend’s “Saturday Night Life”. Nick Thompson, senior editor at The New Yorker, discusses why the game has become so popular on Monday’s American Morning.
Shipping giant Fed Ex expects 16 million packages today
Free shipping offers are leading to quite a boom at some of the nation’s biggest shipping companies this holiday season. Fed Ex says it expects to handle close to 16 million packages today. Chuck Vookles, senior station manager at a Fed Ex Facility in Marietta, Georgia, joined us on Monday’s American Morning to talk about the holiday rush.
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