Barack Obama

Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Women, Latinos Propel Clinton To First Place
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won Nevada's Democratic caucuses on Saturday, handing Sen. Barack Obama a second consecutive setback in a volatile nominating contest that is now poised to become a coast-to-coast battle.
(By Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

McCain Beats Huckabee in S. Carolina; Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada
Florida Now Looms as Key GOP Primary
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

One Man Takes Aim At Prejudice With Storybook
(By Emily Wax, The Washington Post)

Region's Home Prices Continue To Fall; Some Pockets Thrive
(By Renae Merle, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
This Time, McCain Defused Conservative Attacks
CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 19 -- From Rush Limbaugh to Tom DeLay, voices that once held sway over the Republican rank and file unloaded on John McCain over the last week, trying to use a conservative electorate in South Carolina to derail the Arizona senator's quest for the Republican nomination.
(By Juliet Eilperin and Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

Women, Latinos Propel Clinton To First Place
(By Shailagh Murray and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

McCain Beats Huckabee in S. Carolina; Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada
Florida Now Looms as Key GOP Primary
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

COUNTDOWN
(By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post)

Administration Rankles Some With Stance in Handgun Case
(By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Labels Weighed for Food From Clones
With the Food and Drug Administration having declared that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe, opponents of food from clones are shifting their fight to how such fare is labeled.
(By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)

NASA Says New Rocket Might Shake Violently
Potential Problem May Destroy Spacecraft
(By Seth Borenstein, The Washington Post)

Most Diversity Training Ineffective, Study Finds
(By Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post)

Disaster Plan Is Set for Release
New Blueprint Will Restore Power to FEMA
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

NATION IN BRIEF
(The Washington Post)

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WORLD
Overcoming Caste
LAKSHMAN JHULA, India N ot so long ago, in the back of a tin-roofed restaurant, Ramu, a teenage dishwasher, spent his nights chained to a radiator. That's how his employer kept him from running away.
(By Emily Wax, The Washington Post)

Rotating Power Outages An Equalizer in S. Africa
Pain of Cutbacks Felt Across Post-Apartheid Society
(By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post)

President Making A Final Push On Foreign Policy
Bush, World Leaders Anticipating 2009
(By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

McCain Beats Huckabee in S. Carolina; Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada
Florida Now Looms as Key GOP Primary
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

A Conservative Answer to MoveOn
Political Advocacy Group Formed by Former Bush Aides Plans a Broad Agenda
(By Paul Kane and Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Fenty Seeks To Inspire, But Instead Infuriates
It was a raw moment during a trying week for D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, and a rare glimpse of the man rather than the politician.
(By David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

Virginia Tightens Bills on Residency
Legislature Debates Illegal Immigration
(By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

The Battle to Remold the Mall
Preservation Proposals Spark Debate Over Limits on Free Speech
(By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post)

Relief From the Cold
(The Washington Post)

Democrats Choose Convention Delegates
(By Allison Klein, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Region's Home Prices Continue To Fall; Some Pockets Thrive
The slump in home prices in the Washington region is deepening and spreading, according to data compiled for The Washington Post that shows that for the first time, every local county saw a decrease in prices for a significant period of last year.
(By Renae Merle, The Washington Post)

Power Switch
The New Energy Law Will Change Light Bulbs, Appliances and How We Save Electricity in the Home
(By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)

One Candidate and the Economy
(By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post)

Weighing Magellan's Magic Touch
(The Washington Post)

For 'Dharma Indexes,' Firms' Conduct Matters
(By Daniel Burke, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Power Switch
From light bulbs to clothes washers, the energy law passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in December will change many of the appliances in the average American home.
(By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)

Fast Forward's Help File
(By Reb Pegoraro, The Washington Post)

Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: Who Cares?
(By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post)

Labels Weighed for Food From Clones
Consumer Groups Doubt FDA's Risk Management Plan Will Keep Pace With Industry
(By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)

New Backers for Summer Music Fest
2 Local Companies Replace AOL as Sponsors of Annual Concert Series
(By Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
Toned-Down Coughlin Helped Giants Turn It Up
New York's Tom Coughlin still isn't warm and cuddly but the curmudgeonly coach has softened his edges and the Giants have responded.
(By Mark Maske, The Washington Post)

Caps Get Even With Win
Coach Boudreau: 'We've Officially Reached Mediocrity' : Capitals 5, Panthers 3
(By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post)

Language Was Hurtful, But Actions Were Profane
(By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post)

No. 1 Gets Bumped
Maryland Forward Gist Leads a Stunning Upset of Top-Ranked North Carolina
(By Marc Carig, The Washington Post)

Harbaugh Wowed Ravens Despite His Inexperience
(By Matthew Stanmyre, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
A Pipe Dream That's a Hit
Opium, psychedelic of centuries past, the original antidepressant, bringer of bliss! If it held untold numbers in the clutch of addiction, it also midwifed countless artistic creations. We owe one of the most enchanting scenes in all of ballet to the drug: the "Kingdom of the Shades" act from "La...
(By Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post)

Sacking the Decks: How Parking Garages Got Ugly
(By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post)

On the Subject Of Race, Words Get in the Way
(By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post)

"There is an escape in dance."
MC Hammer Declares Himself Rust-Free and Ready to Help
(The Washington Post)

Katie Holmes, With the Cruise Control Set
(The Washington Post)

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EDITORIALS
A Forgotten Crisis
WAS IT only four months ago that the world was pledging to stand by the brave thousands who were marching peacefully for democracy in Burma? Was it so recently that the United Nations Security Council was proclaiming its readiness to promote reconciliation after those same thousands were swept off...
(The Washington Post)

Mr. O'Malley's Act II
An achievable agenda for cramped economic times
(The Washington Post)

College Discount
Elite Ivy League students can expect a break on tuition. What about everybody else?
(The Washington Post)

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