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Anderson Cooper mocks Wolf Blitzer and Jezebel's outcry over First Lady bake-offs

Michelle Obama has made healthy eating her main focus as First Lady.  Photo Courtesy of the FLOTUS' Facebook page
Michelle Obama
Anderson Cooper has a regular show on CNN but also moonlights on a number of other networks.  Photo Courtesy of Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Jimmy Fallon is known for many things, but slow jamming the news is arguably his most popular bit.  Photo Courtesy of Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon

Editor's note: There's so much that's beautiful, funny, smart and informative on the Internet. Problem is, there's also a bunch of garbage. Here's the best of the web right now.

1. Debate bingo cards from Mother Jones. Yeah, yeah, I know. Mother Jones isn't exactly the most bipartisian of choices for debate night, but you've got to hand it to them for coming up with a debate drinking game that Republicans and Democrats alike can enjoy. 

2. Anderson Cooper mocks Wolf Blitzer on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. I was pretty much sold on the face value of Anderson Cooper and Jimmy Fallon in the same photo frame, but the Silver Fox has a few impressions up his sleeve that will make viewing all the more enjoyable. 

3. Princeton-educated Michelle Obama makes a mean cookie. Erin Gloria Ryan wonders why, oh why, are we still holding First Lady bake-offs? 

4. West Memphis Three member gives insight to life on death row. Admittedly, I'm a sucker for prisons. The whole subculture facinates me. Damien Echols, who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1994, shares an excerpt from his book Life After Death. For the non-prison-loving crowd, it also contains a story of a contraband kitten. 

5. Morning news anchor in Wisconsin fights back after viewer's mean-spirited email. Media protocol is to brush off angry letters, not respond in kind. However, Jennifer Livingston had other ideas when a viewer told her she was obese and a bad role model for children. See it to believe it, but Livingston is one smart, articulate woman — facts far more important than her dress size. 

6. Local link shout-out: In the latest edition of FD Luxe, Christopher Wynn has a fantastic piece about the early life of architect Russell Buchanan, who was wrongly suspected in the 1984 stabbing death of an SMU student.  

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