Rants

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, who was seen as a news commentator on MSNBC during the summer discussing subjects like North Korea and President Barack Obama, has now moved on to CNN Money Gang. This marks a big departure from his original job as a commentator on ESPN.

According to The Associated Press, participants who took part in a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona were pushed too far by the guide, causing them to vomit and pass out on the floor.

Raves

According to The Associated Press, Melody Barnes, President Barack Obama’s chief domestic policy adviser, became the first woman ever to play in the president’s golf foursome.

You can eat cookies and lose weight, too. According to The New York Times, Christina Kane went on Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet and lost 40 pounds in three months, eating nothing but six packaged cookies and one “real” meal a day.