Hello, everybody. There's been a lot happening, so let's get right with it!

First up...the week's biggest story was former President Bill Clinton's successful plan to release journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling from North Korea. The two were sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the communist country, but Clinton knew the circumstances and decided to fly out to North Korea in an attempt to work things out with Kim Jong-Il and grant them a full pardon.

All over the country, the other big story was turmoil at community health care reform town hall meetings. One of them in Tampa, Florida got way out of hand, police were dispatched to restore civility. It's the Republicans to blame for all this, saying that President Obama's plan would crash and burn like Clinton's 15 years ago as his approval ratings have slid a bit. The Democrats need to step in and defend this like never before; otherwise, the United States will never have universal health care.

Paula Abdul...OUT! On her Twitter page Wednesday, Paula Abdul announced to the world that after seven years, she won't be returning to "American Idol." Now this comes weeks after Ryan Seacrest got a hefty pay raise though ratings and viewership for the show have slipped in the last couple of years (CBS' "NCIS" has posed a serious threat).

What does it mean? I think "Idol" should remain a three-judge show with Kara DioGuardi recently on board. But I don't even care about nor even watch the show, so let's just leave it at that; whatever Paula's next move is, we'll be following it.

And last but not least...Vanessa Hudgens' new movie "Bandslam" comes out next week, but the "High School Musical" alum is back in the news once again. No, she's not calling it quits with Zac Efron, but she's been caught naked yet again!

This week, a new batch of cell phone pics of a nude Hudgens were all over the Internet, and the legal eagles have cracked down on them because they were taken a few years ago when she was underage. And we thought we were done with the Erin Andrews peephole video/911 call on the paparazzi mess!

But like I said a while back, Hudgens is one of the people who wants to move beyone Disney as they're getting older, and I don't blame her. I can't think of anything witty to end this blog with, so so long and stay strong!