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US President Barack Obama high-fives tel
By staff On Monday, April 30th, 2012
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President Obama, Kimmel Keep White House Correspondents Dinner Full of Laughs

Hollywood celebrities are not usually seen mingling with Washington’s elite, but Saturday night was an exception that comes once a year. Hollywood celebrities, journalists and government officials came together More...

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By staff On Friday, April 27th, 2012
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President Obama Makes Cover Of Rolling Stone

Preparing to launch his 2012 re-election campaign, President Obama has landed the cover of Rolling Stones magazines latest issue. Offering riffs on Mick Jagger and reflections on race, President Barack Obama is More...

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By staff On Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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President Obama Slow Jams The News on ‘Jimmy Fallon’ (Video)

President Obama dropped by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday night and joined the estimable list of guests who have slow jammed the news on the show. “I want to slow jam the news, and I’m More...

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By staff On Thursday, April 19th, 2012
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Obama Boards The Rosa Parks Bus, Reflects

When President Obama went to the Henry Ford Museum near Detroit yesterday, he got to visit one of the shrines of the civil rights movement that helped lead to the nation’s first African-American president. More...

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By staff On Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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President Obama to Introduce “To Kill a Mockingbird” on USA Network

Boo Radley and Atticus Finch will soon be returning to a television near you, but this time they’ll come with a presidential introduction. On Tuesday, USA Network announced that it will be premiering a “digitally More...

Nickelodeon's 25th Annual Kids' Choice Awards - Show
By staff On Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Michelle Obama Slimed At Kids’ Choice Awards 2012

Michelle Obama got slimed last night at the Kids’ Choice Awards 2012. It is Hollywood’s craziest awards show of the year. So perhaps the First Lady should not have been too surprised when the green goo flew More...

President Obama Announces The Nomination Of Jim Yong Kim To Head World Bank
By staff On Saturday, March 24th, 2012
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Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’

President Barack Obama said Friday that “every aspect” of the death of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot in Florida last month, must be investigated. “My main message is to the parents of More...

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By staff On Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
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Obama Raises $45 Million In February

Picking up the pace, President Barack Obama raised $45 million for his re-election bid in February, bringing his total to about $300 million for this election cycle, his campaign said Monday. Obama stepped up fundraising More...

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By staff On Thursday, March 8th, 2012
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Reggie Love Stars in Obama Campaign Web Ad for African-Americans

Former White House aide and Duke Blue Devils forward Reggie Love stars in a new Obama campaign video aimed at courting the president’s African-American supporters. “Since 2006, I’ve spent a lot of time with More...

US President Barack Obama and First Lady
By staff On Thursday, December 15th, 2011
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Candid: The Obama’s: A Happy Relationship

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to the White House in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2011 upon returing from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where they met US troops. Obama on December 14, More...

Obama Speaks At African American Policy in Action Leadership Conference
By staff On Thursday, November 10th, 2011
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First African American Policy Conference Held At White House

While President Obama has enjoyed relatively strong support from the African American community, grievances have been palpable over the disproportionate affect the weak economy has had on the black community. Today More...

President Obama Announces New Rules For Student Loan Payback
By staff On Thursday, October 27th, 2011
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Obama Unveils New Student Loan Measures

President Barack Obama recalled his struggles with student loan debt as he unveiled a plan Wednesday that could give millions of young people some relief on their payments. Speaking at the University of Colorado More...

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By staff On Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
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Obama Says Country Needs to Listen Again to MLK’s Teachings

Martin Luther King’s teachings are as relevant as ever, in this day when politics in America have become sharply polarized and people appear to be losing faith in our institutions, President Obama said today at More...

President Barack Obama Speaks At Annual Phoenix Awards
By staff On Monday, September 26th, 2011
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Obama to Congressional Black Caucus: ‘March With Me’

Likening the struggles of the unemployed to the civil-rights movement, President Obama called on the Congressional Black Caucus to put aside differences and fall in line behind his jobs proposal during a speech More...

Obama Addresses Joint Session Of Congress On Jobs And The Economy
By staff On Friday, September 9th, 2011
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President Obama’s Stimulus Plan

President Barack Obama on Thursday laid out his $447 billion economic plan before a joint session of Congress, saying that lawmakers should put the interests of the American people before politics. “There More...