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Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: 'Hot Pocket' Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.08.2012

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Jim Gaffigan recently spoke with me about why he's reaching out to military families, why becoming famous has been both a blessing and a curse, and why his stand-up doesn't need swear words to hit home.

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WATCH: Jim Gaffigan Is Tired Of Phone Photos

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 04.13.2012

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Jim Gaffigan stopped by "Conan" on Thursday to promote his new special, "Mr. Universe," and told Conan about a particular pet peeve of his: Americans ...

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Comedian Supports Veterans Through Woodruff Foundation

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 04.12.2012

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NEW YORK -- Comedian Jim Gaffigan isn't hoping a few laughs will help returning war veterans, he's banking on it. His new 75-minute stand-up specia...

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Why Gabby Giffords' Recovery Is Not a Miracle

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 01.16.2012

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I do not begrudge Gabby Giffords or Bob Woodruff their access to first class healthcare. I just wish that we as a nation could figure out a way to share healthcare a little better.

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SLIDESHOW: Wounded Veterans And Caregivers Get Well-Deserved Makeovers

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Heinz | Posted 01.11.2012

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Laughing has a tendency to be therapeutic. Laughing combined with glamour might be the trick to actual healing. That's where celebrity stylist Mary...

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In Honor of Mother's Day: Four Amazing Moms You Should Know

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 11.17.2011

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Here are some moms doing important things we can all learn from.

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Nuclear Journalists: Assessing The Risks in Japan

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalists are used to following the news no matter what but Japan's ever-widening nuclear crisis is creating a pause in business as usual for a prof...

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Unions: Sunday Shows Are Shutting Us Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: NBC just sent out its line-up for Sunday's "Meet the Press" and it does now include AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka, who will be part of a roundta...

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Lee Woodruff on the Giffords Family's Privacy and Road to Recovery

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Woodruff -- wife of ABC's Bob Woodruff, who also suffered a traumatic brain injury -- has movingly detailed the complexities of a very public injury and how the attending anger, grief and critical need for privacy impact the family.

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Five Ways to Give Back For the Holidays

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

When I was a kid, Christmas was a magical time of receiving and giving gifts. But now I'm an adult and half the people I gift don't need anything; so ...

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Helping Your Child Find The Hero Within

Cristina Carlino | Posted 11.17.2011

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I always say to my daughter that for me, heroes aren't just the people we read about in history books or gaze at as they wave from a shiny convertible in the New Year's parade.

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Stand up for Heroes (veterans supported by Bob Woodruff Foundation)

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hey, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, at ReMIND.org, gets stuff done for veterans: The vision of the Bob Woodruff Foundation...

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ReMind.org: another small effort to help Veterans on the Fourth of July

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hey, folks check out ReMind.org, and considering sending just $10 to help wounded warriors and honor those who have fallen. We've been enjoying o...

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Bob Woodruff: Never Heard Of Him? A Shame, He's Saturday Night, Foot-Stompin' Music

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the early '90s, Bob Woodruff came to Nashville, a New York kid hopped up on country music with a bushel of songs in his pocket. He may have been great, but he never made it.

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Christmas Gifts That Give Back

Posted 05.25.2011

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'Tis the season to spend, spend, spend! But, while you're letting go of all your hard-earned cash, think about gifts you can buy that give back to a w...

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ABC Lands Andrew Young: Interview With Ex-John Edwards Aide

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John E...

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Bob Woodruff's Iraq Return Trip Spoiled By Sandstorm

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABC News' Bob Woodruff's long-awaited return to Iraq has been spoiled by sandstorms. Woodruff, who was injured in Iraq in 2006, and was returning to ...

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Bob Woodruff Back In Iraq

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq on Monday for the first time since he was nearly killed there by a roadside bomb...

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A Tweet To Remind, In Case You Forgot What Memorial Day Was Really About

Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob and Lee Woodruff have been just tireless in promoting their cause, and this latest iteration reflects a super-savvy harnessing of new media.

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Caring for the Caregiver this Memorial Day

Lee Woodruff | Posted 11.17.2011

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For the one in four people in this country who are caregivers, people parenting their parents or dealing with a sick, injured or disabled loved one, Memorial Day may not be any break at all.

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A Shock to the Brain

Lee Woodruff | Posted 11.17.2011

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The odd juxtaposition between Bob's near-death blast from a roadside bomb and his subsequent recovery against a Mom's simple fall on a bunny slope resulting in death is the very thing that makes brain injury so hard to comprehend.

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ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sometimes Bob tells me he is not the person I married. And then, as I mention in the book, I laugh and reply "I am not either. I'm older, wiser and more wrinkled."

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My Conversation with Bob Woodruff

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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I spoke with Woodruff on the new documentary China Inside Out airing tonight on ABC.

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Bob Woodruff Reports On "China Inside Out"

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- The reporting for "China Inside Out: Bob Woodruff Reports" took the ABC News correspondent to three continents for work on a one-hour docu...

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ABC News' Bob Woodruff on The Stephanie Miller Show

Stephanie Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's show features ABC News' Bob Woodruff, who, after nearly being killed by an IED in Iraq, recovered and is now instrumental in making sure wounded veterans get all the care they need.

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