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Michelle Obama reads Green Eggs and Ham
Dining@LargeJoined by Education secretary Arne Duncan, Michelle Obama reads the Dr. Seuss "foodie classic" to a gathering at the Library of Congress. Via Obama Foodorama. Right after, in the interest of fairness, Sarah Palin read The Fountainhead from start to......Tags: Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, Dr. Seuss, Barack Obama
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Obama snow days: First lady grounded
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who voiced his wintry discontent the day that his daughters' school in Washington closed "because of what... some ice?'' may have to hold down his objections today. "School is closed,'' the Web-site at Sidwell......Tags: Government, White House, Education, Chicago Public Schools, National Government
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Jeb Bush: Obama 'pushing down' brother
The Swampby Mark Silva Count Jeb Bush, the former president's younger brother, as among those who want to see President Barack Obama "succeed.'' But also count the former Florida governor as among those tired of hearing the new president say that......Tags: Regional Authority, Jeb Bush, George W. Bush, White House, National Government
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Duncan: Not a lot of ball so far
The Swampby John McCormick On the mid-December morning when Arne Duncan was introduced as the nominee for Secretary of Education, he was greeted by Reggie Love, a Duke University basketball and football star who served as a traveling aide to Barack......Tags: Easter, Getty Images Inc., Basketball, Sports, White House
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Ben Affleck, Colin Powell: CBS' ticket
The Swampby Mark Silva The line between network news and the celebrity world in Washington - if there ever was such a line - is looking a little blurry here: The annual White House Correspondents Association dinner, a black-tie affair that......Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wanda Sykes, White House, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Calendars, Days, and Months
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Obama's 'Race to the Top:' $1.35 B more
The Swampby Mark Silva Today, while the balance of power in the U.S. Senate is on the block in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama will travel to a suburban Virginia elementary school to tout additional spending for his signature program of education......Tags: Jeb Bush, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), White House, Academic Progress, Education
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Sharpton, Gingrich, Bloomberg: Odd trio
The Swampby Rebecca Cole An odd power trio descended on the White House today to remind President Barack Obama that, nearly 55 years after the Supreme Court issued landmark desegregation rulings, the country still has a "crisis of inequality" when it......Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, White House
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Kalamazoo and Obama too: 2010
The Swampby Mark Silva The competition for a high school to play host to President Barack Obama's secondary commencement address this year has gone to Kalamazoo Central High School. Is Michigan looking like a battleground state? The Michigan school competed with.....Tags: White House, Colleges and Universities, Barack Obama, University of Michigan
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Obama: School, training for the jobless
The Swampby Christi Parsons Pledging to fight the "sobering toll" of job losses, President Barack Obama announced plans today to help displaced workers get more education and training while still keeping their unemployment benefits. Current rules, including...Tags: Employees, Joe Biden, Hilda Solis, Education, Career and Workplace
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Durbin to AG: help on Chicago violence
The Swampby John McCormick Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to do more to address youth violence in Chicago. "Last school year, more than 500 Chicago school children were shot and at least 36......Tags: Justice System, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Parliament, Barack Obama
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White House rural tour: Battlegrounds
The Swampby Peter Nicholas The White House bills it as a "listening tour," a chance for President Obama's Cabinet to get out of Washington and hear what's on the minds of rural voters around the country. En route, the White House......Tags: North Carolina, National Government, Parliament, Barack Obama, John McCain
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Kathleen Sebelius, Education, Health, Health and Safety at School
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