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De Niro, Brooks, Springsteen Honored at Kennedy Center Honors

Mel Brooks, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen partied Washington D.C.-style this weekend with President Barack Obama.

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GOP ‘dividing apples by oranges’ to create bogus stimulus figures, AP says

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Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams Up With President Obama

When you’re sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, you kind of have to wear clothes.  And that was the unlikely matchup as the 44th president of the United States…

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Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams Up With President Obama

Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams with President Obama

When you’re sharing the stage with President Barack Obama, you kind of have to wear clothes.  And that was the unlikely match-up as the 44th President of the United States…

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Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams with President Obama

Michelle Obama may have white slave-owner ancestor

Geneologist traces first lady's family back to unknown white patriarch, who have fathered child with black slave girl. Michelle Obama had a great-great-great grandfather who was white and may have been the master of a black slave known as Melvinia, living in South Carolina. The discovery of the first lady's slave ancestor on her mother's side rounds off a picture of her family tree that until now has remained elusive in crucial parts

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In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. added by: Maryleaf 13 responses

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Obama: America "determined to act" on climate

President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared that the United States is a serious partner in combating global warming, telling world peers “we are determined to act.'' added by: ebindelglass 1 response

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Encouraging speech from president not forced upon teachers, kids (Stevens Point Journal)

Ben Franklin Junior High School seventh-graders Noel Winch and D.J. Drohner described President Barack Obamas speech to students across the country Tuesday as inspirational and motivating.

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Pulaski kids take in Obama speech (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

More than 1,300 Pulaski School District students saw President Barack Obamas back-to-school speech live Tuesday, while several other districts archived the message for optional use in the future.

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Some Inland students inspired by President Obamas speech, but not all allowed to watch (The Press-Enterprise)

Inland students watching President Barack Obama’s nationwide speech to school children Tuesday morning say they heard a message that they considered inspiring, while lacking the controversy that built leading up to the address.

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Some Inland students inspired by President Obamas speech, but not all allowed to watch (The Press-Enterprise)