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Obesity: Americans 4.6 billion lbs. over
The Swampby Kristina Sherry There's good and bad news when it comes to American obesity, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said today at an event to address the nation's increasingly costly and deadly weight problem. The inaugural conference...Tags: Social Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Organizations, Kathleen Sebelius, Google Inc.
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Odd trio: Gingrich, Sharpton, Duncan
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's an unlikely trio for a road tour: Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to take the Obama administration's vision of educational improvements, innovation and the "challenges facing America's school systems'' on a multi-city tour....Tags: Civil Rights, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Schools, Crime, Law and Justice, Charter Schools
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9/11 eight years on: Raw nerves remain
The Swampby Mark Silva Eight years after the nation suffered its worst domestic assault, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President Barack Obama has maintained a national emergency alert and pledged to "do everything in our power to keep America......Tags: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Military, Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Kathleen Sebelius
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Obama: 9/11 'renews our resolve'
The Swampby Mark Silva On a rainy morning eight years after airline-hijacking terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and struck the Pentagon outside of Washington, President Barack Obama took part today in a somber wreath-laying at........Tags: Hillary Clinton, Taliban, Finance, Kathleen Sebelius, Osama bin Laden
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Obama's back-to-school lesson plans
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 230 pm EDT The suggested lesson plans accompanying President Barack Obama's planned address to schoolchildren next week have been modified, but this hasn't mollified critics of the president's back-to-school speech.: The...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Cato Corporation, Back to School, Tim Pawlenty, Parties and Movements
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Obama's back-to-school 'Socialist' agenda
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, whose two young daughters return to school next week, has some back-to-school plans of his own: An unprecedented presidential address to public schoolchildren at noon EDT on Tuesday. Arne Duncan, the president's...Tags: Social Issues, Children, Back to School, State Budgets, Politics
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Obama: Copenhagen-bound for IOC
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 4:10 pm EDT Let the games begin: President Barack Obama, who initially planned to let First Lady Michelle Obama represent the United States in Copenhagen this week, when the International Olympic Committee......Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Richard M. Daley, International Olympic Committee, Politics, Heads of State
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Obama's 'got game,' and competition
The Swampby Mark Silva For all the war councils lately at the White House -- and that "beer summit'' on the South Lawn -- the big fall basketball game on the first court promises some real stretches. President Barack Obama, who......Tags: White House, Ken Salazar, Alcoholic Beverages, National Government, John Boccieri
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Chicago violence (and guns?): Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva At least 47 school-age children in Chicago have died in homicides -- mostly victims of gun violence - since January, when President Barack Obama, of Chicago, took office, our Chicago-based friend, John McCormick, notes at Bloomberg News........Tags: White House, Crimes, Social Issues, Personal Weapon Control, National Government
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Afghanistan troop surge: WWRD
The Swampby Mark Silva What would the Republicans do? One viewed as a potential prospect for his party's presidential nomination has gone to Afghanistan a couple of times. Another is headed there soon. A number of Republicans whom the party is......Tags: U.S. Military, CNN (tv network), Arizona, Massachusetts, Sarah Palin
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Obama's New Orleans tour: 3 hrs, 45 min.
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Former President George W. Bush started his day in California, the morning he made his first, albeit aerial inspection of the damage done by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. President Barack Obama will end his......Tags: Janet Napolitano, Defense, San Francisco, Meteorological Disasters, Academic Progress
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Race to the Top: Teachers left behind?
The Swampby Mark Silva In "the race to the top,'' no child will be left behind, we're assured, but a lot of low-performing teachers - as measured by the poor performance of their students - may be The government has set......Tags: Social Issues, American Federation of Teachers, Standards, Science and Technology, Jeb Bush
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