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Gaga teamed up with Vice President Joe Biden to raise awareness for rape victims.Read Full Story

(Twitter) A few buzzworthy tidbits from around the web to distract you from your work day.Rihanna photobombed some famous faces this morning. On Wednesday's Good Morning America, there was a good reason John Stamos answered every quiz question with "Rihanna." Apparently, RiRi had hilariously photobombed Uncle Jesse and his Full House co-stars before the segment. Want to see more GIFs of Taylor Swift dancing? There's a Tumblr for that. During Sunday night's Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift put her...Read Full Story

Here's a breakdown of the number of electoral college votes by state. Alabama - 9, unchanged. The state's population increased by 332,636 or 7.5 percent to 4,779,736 in 2010. Alaska - 3, unchanged. The state's population increased by 83,299 or 13.3 percent to 710,231 in 2010. Arizona - 11, an increase of 1 electoral vote. The state's population increased by 1,261,385 or 24.6 percent to 6,392,017 in 2010. Arkansas - 6, unchanged. The state's population increased by 242,518 or 9.1...Read Full Story

Joe Biden: not afraid to go blue. During today's historic signing ceremony for the Affordable Health Care for America Act, he congratulated Barack Obama using some colorful language that is already making its way across the Internet. "This is a big fucking deal," said Biden, in comments that were apparently not meant to be picked up by microphones. Obama smiled gamely after the comment, before delivering his prepared remarks.Reponse to Biden's gaffe has been quick to appear on Twitter...Read Full Story

Joe Biden may only be vice president, but he's rapidly establishing himself as king of the candid comment. During today's historic signing ceremony for the Affordable Health Care for America Act, he congratulated Barack Obama using some colorful language that is already making its way across the Internet. "This is a big fucking deal," said Biden, in comments that were apparently not meant to be picked up by microphones. Obama smiled gamely after the comment, before delivering his prepared...Read Full Story

Vice President Joe Biden is Catholic, so he's taking this Lent season seriously. The politician appeared with ashes on his forehead after attending a church service this morning, in recognition of Ash Wednesday. According to ABCNews.com, Biden was introducing President Obama at an event to mark the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act, where he showed the ashes. He's the first Catholic VP in US history, and he regularly attends mass. He said back in 2007, "I get comfort from carrying...Read Full Story

(Getty Images)While visiting the Ukraine Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden again proved his capacity to embarrass America by ignoring the many virtues of Ukrainian life and honing right in on the ladies."I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something and didn't say he discovered the most beautiful women in the world. That's my observation," he told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko through a translator."It's certain you have...Read Full Story

(Getty Images)Does Joe Biden seriously not think at all about what comes out of his mouth, or did he just wake up this morning with a hankering for panic?The Vice President has been forced to backtrack off statements he made during a Today show interview with Matt Lauer where the two were discussing the big scary apocalyptic topic of the day -- swine flu. When asked by Lauer whether he would freak out over a family member flying to Mexico and back, Biden did his best to scare people away from...Read Full Story

Vice President Joe BIden is known for his friendly, colloquial manner. Maybe sometimes a little too colloquial.The Veep made blogger headlines over the weekend for a Friday appearance where he forgot that people love to write about every time he puts his foot in his mouth. When a former senate colleague referred to him as "Mr. Vice President," Biden jokingly replied "Give me a f***ing break!"No one would even know about it if Biden hadn't mistakenly said it into a live mic. Check out the...Read Full Story

Vice-President elect Joe Biden watches as the New York Giants take on the Philadelphia Eagles November 9, 2008 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images North America)It turns out the Democratic-leaning city of Philadelphia doesn't just hate Sarah Palin, who was booed at a Flyers game. Maybe they just don't like politicians at their sporting events.Vice-President elect Joe Biden was booed at the Eagles vs. Giants game in Philadelphia Sunday. He was attending the game with his wife...Read Full Story