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50 things that changed our lives in the aughts
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: From acupuncture to herbal supplements to alternative ways of treating cancer, alternative medicine became more mainstream than ever.
APPS: There's an app for that! The phrase comes from Apple iPhone advertising, but could apply
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Woman arrested after Obama threat
Kristy Lee Roshia, accused of threatening to kill US first lady Michelle Obama, is in federal custody in Honolulu as the Obama family plans to travel to Hawaii. (US Secret Service, AP)
A highly readable, deeply reported biography of the United States'
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Mental exam ordered in first lady threatening case
Mental exam ordered in first lady threatening case The Associated Press Related: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com No peeking: Obama getting Christmas 'sports stuff' More News A mental competency examination has been ordered for a woman accused of
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Obamas aloha low-key holiday away from Washington
Obamas aloha low-key holiday away from Washington By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer Alex Brandon President Barack Obama, walks with Malia Obama, 11, left, Sasha Obama 8, and Michelle Obama, with Col. Steven Shepro, to Air Force One at Andrews
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The First Family On Christmas Vacation
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia, walk out of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 24,2009, to start their journey to Hawaii for the holidays.
————AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
The First Family is
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Obamas enjoy private, secure Hawaii vacation
HONOLULU - While President Obama has kept a decidedly low profile during his Hawaii vacation, his security detail has made quite a visual impact in the Kailua neighborhood where he is staying.
Would-be paparazzi hoping to get a shot of Obama and the
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Ambulance Rushes To Obama Compound In Hawaii
HONOLULU (CBS) ―
President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a child of a friend was injured while playing on the beach.
Members of the first family were fine, a White
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Reviewing the decade of the foodie
John Bazemore/Associated Press file
A February 2007 file photo shows returned jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter at a supermarket in Atlanta. Food safety issues struck home in the century's first decade.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Want an easy way to sum up how
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Poll: Americans most admire Obama, Clinton, Palin
President Obama is the man Americans admired most in 2009, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are virtually tied as the most-admired woman.
The close finish by Clinton,
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Michelle, Hillary Clinton more popular than Obama
President Barack Obama may be America's most admired man this year according to a new poll, but two women edge him out as the most popular person according to another.
A Gallup poll released Wednesday rated Obama as clearly America's most admired man
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Obamas watch Avatar with family and friends
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): The Obama family have joined the ranks of cinemagoers who've seen James Cameron's latest flick "Avatar."
The Obamas, accompanied by family members and close friends, watched the movie in complete privacy. One complex of the 10
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Cable TV standoffs leave consumers to pay more for programming, risk losing shows
CHICAGO — Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.
The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term:
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Cable TV standoffs threaten viewing costs, choices
"I would have dropped cable entirely if they'd done that," said Genens, 39. "I would have just gone to somebody else to pay more, done whatever I needed to do to get my shows" - including football.
Fox had threatened to force Time Warner Cable and
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Obama ends Hawaiian holiday, returns to Washington
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HONOLULU — President Barack Obama ended a Hawaiian vacation to return Monday to
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New Orleans man charged with threatening Obama
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A New Orleans man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill President Obama.
In a court filing Monday, a Secret Service agent said 47-year-old John Turnpaugh dialed 911 early last Friday and told a police emergency
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President as pitchman: Obama image used in ad
NEW YORK — A larger-than-life President Barack Obama became a presidential pitchman Wednesday on a Times Square billboard that used his photo without permission.
Outerwear company Weatherproof used a recent news photo of the president in front of the
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The male model President: Clothes company Weatherproof uses picture of Obama on Times Square billboard
A giant-sized photograph of Barack Obama is being used without permission as a presidential pull to shoppers on a Times Square billboard.
Outdoor clothes company Weatherproof used a recent news picture of the president in front of the Great Wall of
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Obama billboard ad to be taken down - in 2 weeks
NEW YORK Alison and Claire Egan gazed up at Barack Obama's rugged, windswept image in Manhattan's Times Square on Friday, snapping pictures of the giant billboard atop the Red Lobster restaurant.
The president looked pretty good in his casual
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Outerwear company says it will take down Obama billboard at White House request - in 2 weeks
"I don't think it helps his credibility as a politician," said Claire.
Of course, Obama wasn't moonlighting as a model. The Weatherproof outerwear company had purchased an Associated Press photo of the president at the Great Wall of China, in which, to
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Uh oh, uh oh…
Michelle Obama told me she was happy her girls have someone like me to look up to
IN 2006, Beyoncé Knowles gave an interview to Forbes magazine. "I've worked too hard and sacrificed too much to do something silly," she told the financial publicati
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Obama to attend funeral for Biden's mother
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Delaware Tuesday to attend funeral services for Vice President Joe Biden's mother.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to Delaware Tuesday to attend
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PETA pulls ads featuring Michelle Obama
PETA pulls ads featuring Michelle Obama By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer PETA This image released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shows a new PETA ad that features Carrie Underwood, first lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and
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Obama concedes he hasn't brought country together
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he has not succeeded in bringing the country together, acknowledging an atmosphere of divisiveness that has washed away the lofty national feeling surrounding his inauguration a year ago.
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Gatecrashers only a footnote to phenomenal Manmohan dinner: Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama has described the security breach at White that marred her debut as the nation's hostess as a "footnote" to an otherwise outstanding state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"Given the opportunity, there's
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U.S. Takes Charge In Haiti With Troops, Aid
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President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country
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Gatecrasher Allen wanted to dance with Michelle and Hillary
WASHINGTON: Carlos Allen, the third gatecrasher at Obama's state dinner today claimed that he wanted to shake a leg with first lady Michelle Obama, and maybe secretary of state Hillary Clinton, too.
Allen, who went uninvited to the White House dinner
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Obama Treats Wife to Surprise Birthday Party
President Obama surprised his wife with a 46th birthday party at one of Washington's most well-known restaurants Saturday night.
President Obama surprised his wife with a 46th birthday party at one of Washington's most well-known restaurants Saturday
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Obama to celebrate MLK's life and legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will spend much of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating the civil rights leader's life and legacy.
Following a Monday morning meeting with senior advisers, the president and first lady Michelle Obama will
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Reviving the legacy
ATLANTA — A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon's church, urging the audience not to "sanitize" King's legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty.
Across
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Michelle Obama surprises White House tourists
None other than first lady Michelle Obama showed up as their greeter to mark the end of Barack Obama's first year as president.
Mrs. Obama brought the family dog, Bo, to the Blue Room. She spent 45 minutes greeting and hugging many of the 400 guests as
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Haiti quake poses key test for American Red Cross
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the American Red Cross, a surge of donations to help its relief efforts in Haiti provides a dramatic chance to prove it learned from its flawed responses to Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 terror attacks.
"People are watching what
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Morgan Freeman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tim McGraw, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon Join Ad Council and American Red Cross to Launch PSA to Support Victims of Earthquake in Haiti
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the destruction and devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, The Advertising Council and the American Red Cross today launched a national television public service
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Obama Signs Bill for Haiti Donors
(AP) Taxpayers will be able to write off charitable donations to Haiti earthquake relief efforts when they file their 2009 taxes this spring under a bill President Obama signed Friday.
The measure sped through Congress, receiving final approval
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Obama shoots some hoops with daughters
President Barack Obama is sharing his love of the game of basketball with his children.
The first daughters, 8-year-old Sasha and 11-year-old Malia, spent about an hour and a half shooting hoops with their father Sunday morning at the Interior
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Michelle Obama as traditional as her predecessors, says academician
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): Michelle Obama, the first African-American first lady, may look like one set to usher an era of change but she is as traditional as her predecessors, says an American academic.
Smith, the author of a chapter on Rosalynn Carter
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Obama wax figure unveiled at NYC museum
NEW YORK — Madame Tussauds' in New York has unveiled a wax figure of Michelle Obama in a one-shouldered white gown inspired by the one she wore to the inaugural ball.
The first lady's likeness joined a wax tuxedo-clad President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
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Obama's State of the Union aims to get economy and presidency on surer footing
WASHINGTON
- President Barack Obama will devote most of his first State of the Union address on Wednesday to fixing an economy that has sapped the nation's spirits and eroded his standing, with calls for tax cuts for small businesses and more
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Obama renews health care fight
Washington -- Declaring "I don't quit,'" an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh
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WH Releases 75K New Visitor Records
(AP) The White House has released thousands of new visitor records showing a wide range of guests to President Barack Obama and his aides.
Most of the roughly 75,000 records released Friday cover October. Most visitors were there for White House
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Michelle Obama begins official campaign against childhood obesity
In my eyes I thought my children were perfectI didnt see the changes, Times Online quoted Mrs Obama, as saying at an event organised by the US health officials to check the epidemic of childhood obesity.
Mrs Obama came to the campaign launch outside
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Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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CHICAGO — Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves.
In
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Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she is a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves.
First lady Michelle Obama claps while waiting to speak about childhood
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Obamas bring famous chefs to White House
CHICAGO - Think of it as take-out, but at the presidential level.
Since bringing their well-documented high-end appetites to the White House, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have broken new gourmet ground by inviting in a steady
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Michelle Malkin: SEIU Fat Cats Behind First Lady's Anti-Obesity Campaign
Behind every seemingly good deed in the Obama White House, there's a deep-pocketed, left-wing special interest. Take first lady Michelle Obama's crusade against childhood obesity. Who really benefits from the ostensible push for improved nutrition in
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Obama: Challenge my policies -- not my faith or citizenship - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency
President Obama criticized Washington's cut-throat political culture at today's National Prayer Breakfast -- including apparent blasts at critics who claim he is a Muslim who was not born in the United States.
"Surely you can question my policies
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When Michelle Obama tried to plant a smacker on Presidents lips
US President Barack Obama had a rather awkward moment when wife Michelle Obama tried to plant a smacker on his lips in public but almost missed.
The slip-up occurred following the President's speech at the 58th National Prayer Breakfast at a hotel in
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Capital culture: Obamas invite famous guest chefs
Ladies Library, said that while inviting guest chefs to the White House isn't unheard of, featuring such famous chefs is new. Anthony sees Michelle Obama using the chefs "to bring attention to the issue of nutrition, especially childhood nutrition."
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Focus on the Family Pro-Life Tim Tebow Super Bowl Commercial (Pre-Game)
The Superbowl and local economics
angrybear.blogspot.com 7 hours ago — The Miami Insider has a comment on who makes money today, and who benefits in the longer run. Reprinted with permission from the author.
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CAPITAL CULTURE: First lady tackling child obesity
WASHINGTON - By now, it is abundantly clear that Michelle Obama loves french fries. The first lady talks about this "guilty pleasure" all the time, trying to ward off any notion that she is a nutrition nanny even as she cajoles Americans to eat better.
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First lady Michelle Obama launches campaign against childhood obesity
WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign Tuesday to fight childhood obesity, part of her effort to teach America's children about better nutrition and exercise.
Mrs. Obama said the Let's Move campaign will encourage more
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Gov't fitness efforts haven't stemmed kid obesity
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch.
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Premature death more likely in obese children
This week, first lady Michelle Obama announced a national campaign to combat childhood obesity, and now a new study shows that obese children are more likely to die prematurely than their healthy-weight peers.
The research adds to growing evidence of
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Coaching program fights obesity, school dropouts
BOSTON — Michael Jordan juggled tennis balls in a gym with 29 young adults learning to coach inner-city youngsters.
This Michael Jordan also loves basketball but coaches it at a New York City after-school program and is part of the group being trained
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Healthful eating is goal of Martinez school program
President Barack Obama appointed a task force to work on the issue. The administration also is expected to push this year for federal legislation banning junk food from school vending machines and other campus venues. California already prohibits candy,
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Oregon State ends slide at Arizona, 63-55
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Oregon State took the lead late in the first half and never trailed again on Saturday to stun Arizona 63-55, the Beavers' first victory in Tucson in 27 years.
It was one of the biggest wins yet for second-year Oregon State coach Craig
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Do drink makers have stomach for anti-obesity fight?
Michelle Obama launched ‘Let’s Move’ in the US last week, a campaign she says intends to end childhood obesity within a generation. It’s a bold aim in a country where a third of kids are overweight, but the plan takes a broad-based approach, embracing
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama mother-in-law likes WH life
FILE - In this April 13, 2009 file photo, First lady Michelle Obama, center, and her mother Marian Robinson, right, and daughters Sasha Obama, front row right, and Malia, second from left, watch singer Fergie perform at the White House Easter Egg Roll
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Romanians move to tax their once-beloved fast food
The ministry says that - in marked contrast to the situation under communism - half of Romania's 22 million people are overweight, while instances of obesity have doubled among 10-year-olds.
Officials have refused to say how high the taxes would be.
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Michelle Obama to take childhood obesity drive on Mike Huckabees TV show
Michelle Obama is set to voice her concerns about childhood obesity with an appearance on Mike Huckabee's Fox News program.
The US First Lady will discuss the pitfalls of the condition with Huckabee, the potential future Republican presidential
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Man charged with threatening Obama in Web poem
A Kentucky man has been charged with posting a poem threatening President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist Web site. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A Kentucky man has been charged with posting a poem
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First lady urges governors to address child obesity
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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama appealed to governors on Saturday for help in reducing child obesity and said they had a moral and financial imperative to act.
First
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Obamas to host governors at White House ball
WASHINGTON The first family will welcome some out-of-town guests to the White House on Sunday: a gathering of the nation's governors.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are hosting the National Governors Association for the
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Getting a move on
The Obama administration has taken lumps for its handling of health care reform. But one thing that the administration can be proud of is the anti-obesity campaign aimed at U.S. children and launched this month by first lady Michelle Obama.
If
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Obama turns to closest friends for good times
Nesbitt and Whitaker are part of a long tradition of those who serve as first friends to the man in the Oval Office. Being a friend to the president is an important job description.
"You need somebody to talk to -- or not talk to -- about what's going
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Organic advocates optimistic about new USDA rules
WASHINGTON — New federal rules that define what makes milk and meat organic have natural food advocates optimistic that the government is committed to ensuring the label means something.
U.S. consumers bought $24 billion worth of organic products in 200
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Obama's popularity rising in S.C.?
"I like the way (Obama) handles himself," said Jerald Bailey, a retired real estate appraiser in North Augusta. "I like his speeches. I like his family. I'm proud of how he represents the United States when he travels. I think he's doing a really
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Mexico's first lady meets with Michelle Obama
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, for the 2009 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Obama's social secretary resigns
In this April 13,2009 file photo, President Barack Obama walks with White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers at the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP)
For the first time, an African American was
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Obama names new social secretary to replace 'gatecrashed' aide
A day after Rogers, a close friend of the Obamas from their Chicago days, stepped down three months after the embarrassing security breach at the Nov 24 event, Julianna Smoot was appointed deputy assistant to the president and social secretary Saturday.
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Obama's Physical: 'Fit for Duty' But Still a Smoker
(March 1) -- President Obama gave a thumbs-up to reporters on Sunday after completing his first physical exam since taking office, and, for the most part, his doctors agree. Except for that cigarette habit.
Obama underwent a 90-minute series of
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Michelle Obama Celebrates Dr. Seuss's Birthday
WASHINGTON — (AP) First lady Michelle Obama celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday Tuesday by reading "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of children wearing red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats like the book's main character.
Mrs. Obama helped kick off the
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SNL 'presidents' gather for Web video summit
SNL 'presidents' gather for Web video summit By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer FunnyorDie.com In this online video image released by FunnyorDie.com, from left, Dana Carvey as President George H.W. Bush, Maya Rudolph as first lady Michelle Obama, Dan
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TV 'presidents' hold summit
New York - The comedians who played presidents on Saturday Night Live have gathered for a comedic summit in a new Web video on FunnyOrDie.com.
The video, posted on Wednesday, stars Fred Armisen as President Barack Obama. During the night he is visited
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Mrs. Obama to donate inaugural gown to Smithsonian
Michelle Obama to donate inaugural gown to Smithsonian's first ladies collection Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The one-shoulder, white chiffon gown first lady Michelle Obama wore to the inaugural balls is going on display.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Obama plans to
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E-mail compares first lady to Tarzan's Cheeta
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First Lady Michelle Obama joins kids at a free soccer clinic as part of her campaign to improve fitness and combat obesity in children, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Washington.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The CEO of Tennessee's hospitality
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Artistic licence... and a new take on leaders' wives
• Waiting for Gordon by Laetitia Guilbaud
The canvases of Sarah Brown and Samantha Cameron have been painted by artist Laetitia Gilbaud, who caused a stir last year with her depiction of Scottish health minister Nicola Sturgeon in a racy red outfit,
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Obama hails contributions of 'daring' women
President Barack Obama is honoring the accomplishments of what he called "daring, indomitable" women in the United States, saying they have helped make the American story one of hope and progress.
The president on Monday joined first lady Michelle
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Michelle Obama donates ball gown to Smithsonian
WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama said Tuesday that she'll always cherish the moment she slipped into her inaugural ball gown, a one-shouldered, white chiffon design she wore for her first Cinderella-like spins on the dance floor as first lady.
She'll
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista
WASHINGTON Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
Speaking Wednesday at a ceremony where Mrs. Obama and
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Obama 'more stylish' than Woods
US First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton present the 2010 International Women of Courage Award to Sister Marie Claude Naddaf of Syria. (Gerald Herbert, AP)
Playboy is a potent portfolio of celebrity nudes.
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Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April
Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.
The White House says she'll will visit Mexico City April 13-15. The focus is on education and economic advancement. The visit will build on her recent
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White House courts devs to make healthy eating games
In a video presentation at the Game Developers Choice Awards, White House chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra discussed the Apps for Healthy Kids project, a plan to encourage game developers to collaborate with government to work against childhood
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Get ready to put your arms around obesity
It's no secret that Americans are getting fatter, with alarming spikes in obesity among our children.
All that ends this week, when Minnesotans will transform magically into the fittest, healthiest populace in the United States.
All right, I'm lying,
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Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy
Obama's Asia trip more about influence than policy By JULIE PACE Associated Press Writer More News President Barack Obama's second trip to Asia since taking office is unlikely to result in tangible accomplishments, but the two-country sojourn could be
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Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is urging America's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children.
Mrs. Obama asked the companies, gathered at a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers
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Obama to Host Irish Prime Minister on St. Patrick's Day
Green dye flowed from the White House fountain on Wednesday as President Obama prepared to celebrate St. Patrick's Day by hosting Irish Prime minister Brian Cowen.
Green dye flowed from the White House fountain on Wednesday as President Obama prepared
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Designer favored by Obama closes
CHICAGO (AP) - The signs of Maria Pinto's rise were clear when Michelle Obama entered the world stage wearing her designs, also favored by Oprah Winfrey.
Today the signs on Pinto's Chicago shop say something different: "Closeout." ''Final Sale."
Pinto
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The Capital Culture column looks at the Obama effect in Washington and beyond.
The signs of Maria Pinto's rise were clear when Michelle Obama entered the world stage wearing her designs, also favored by Oprah Winfrey.
Today the signs on Pinto's Chicago shop say something different: "Closeout." "Final Sale."
Pinto is closing
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Feds pushing food industry to make their products healthier
NBC -- The federal government wants more power over what your kids eat at school and not just in the cafeteria.
There's a preliminary vote scheduled on the issue in Congress next week. The government is also pushing the food industry to do more to
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Mrs Clegg backs her husband – in a middling sort of way
Spanish-born Miriam Clegg, pictured with her husband, works as a lawyer. Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty Images
First came Sarah Brown, then Samantha Cameron, both out to persuade the public that their husband was the right man for the job of prime
