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.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
A Third of Patients On Transplant List Are Not Eligible
The list of patients waiting for organ transplants, which is widely used to promote organ donations, includes thousands who are ineligible for the operations, according to statistics kept by the national network that manages the allocation of organs.
(By Rob Stein, The Washington Post)

'My House. My Dream. It Was All an Illusion.'
Latina's Loss in Va. Epitomizes Mortgage Crisis
(By Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post)

In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
(By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post)

Colombia's Rebels Face Possibility of Implosion
Chief Threat Not Deaths, but Desertion
(By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)

Rice Apologizes For Breach of Passport Data
Employees Looked at Files On Obama, Clinton, McCain
(By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
NEW YORK -- Not long after Sept. 11, 2001, as New York City began to build a counterterrorism effort to rival those of most nations, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly decided to put an end to the department's reliance on the FBI for classified data coming in from Washington.
(By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post)

Highest Lawman Prepares to Meet Highest Court
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

Richardson Throws Support to Obama
(By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

Sniper Fire, and Holes In Clinton's Recollection
(The Washington Post)

Obama Finds Pulpit in Center of Racial Divide
(By Adelle M. Banks, The Washington Post)

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NATION
In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
NEW YORK -- Not long after Sept. 11, 2001, as New York City began to build a counterterrorism effort to rival those of most nations, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly decided to put an end to the department's reliance on the FBI for classified data coming in from Washington.
(By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post)

A Third of Patients On Transplant List Are Not Eligible
(By Rob Stein, The Washington Post)

Quality Time Seems Stacked In Favor of Firstborns
(By Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

U.S. Tweaks Proposal On Illegal Workers
Employers Could Get Warnings in June
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

Highest Lawman Prepares to Meet Highest Court
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
Colombia's Rebels Face Possibility of Implosion
PEREIRA, Colombia -- Hungry, desperate and afraid for his life, Pedro Pablo Montoya shot the commander he was supposed to protect. He then severed the commander's right hand -- as proof he'd killed one of Colombia's most wanted men -- and deserted the once-powerful rebel group to which he had ple...
(By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)

Sarkozy Announces Cuts in Nuclear Arsenal
(By Molly Moore, The Washington Post)

Chinese Patrol Restive Areas Bordering Tibet
Pelosi Meets With Dalai Lama in India
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

Iraqi Shiites Given Grim Warning
Leaders Predict More Attacks as Violence Tests Sadr Cease-Fire
(By Sholnn Freeman, The Washington Post)

Reprieve for a Russian College
Prestigious Grad School to Reopen After Controversial Closure
(By Peter Finn, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Police Car Camera Plan Stalls in Union Dispute
After a Montgomery County detective fatally shot an unarmed man in Silver Spring in 1999, county officials agreed to install cameras in police cruisers as part of a settlement with the man's family.
(By Ernesto Londoño, The Washington Post)

Va. Court-Appointed Lawyers Shun Fund, Jeopardizing Future
(By Tom Jackman, The Washington Post)

Flying in the Face of Controversy
In Md. Town, Confederate Flag Is a Symbol of Pride for Some, Terror for Others
(By Mary Otto, The Washington Post)

Police Charge Man In 3 Bank Holdups
(By Martin Weil, The Washington Post)

Quality Time Seems Stacked In Favor of Firstborns
(By Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Fannie, Freddie Shares Soar After Restraints Loosened
For years, federal regulators have cast Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a potential threat to the financial system -- dangerously large, lacking in regulatory restraints and consumed with enriching themselves.
(By David S. Hilzenrath, The Washington Post)

For Shoppers, Price of Gold Not Worth Its Weight
(By Ylan Q. Mui and David Cho, The Washington Post)

Career or Family? Yes.
Work-Life Gurus, Part-Time Opportunities Help Mothers Get Back on the Job
(By Annys Shin, The Washington Post)

Rice Apologizes For Breach of Passport Data
Employees Looked at Files On Obama, Clinton, McCain
(By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post)

'My House. My Dream. It Was All an Illusion.'
Latina's Loss in Va. Epitomizes Mortgage Crisis
(By Brigid Schulte, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Moving in a Wired World
If Thomas Edison wired your digs for electricity and Alexander Graham Bell installed your phones, consider upgrading to newer technologies when you move.
(By Gabe Goldberg, The Washington Post)

Rice Apologizes For Breach of Passport Data
Employees Looked at Files On Obama, Clinton, McCain
(By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post)

Mid-Atlantic Grid Monitors to Be Independent
(By Dan Caterinicchia, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
Coach K, Huggins Party Like It's 1992 as Other Titans Fall
Thank goodness for Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Huggins, as it's been an altogether depressing year for college basketball's marquee coaches.
(By Mike Wise, The Washington Post)

Saints Upend Commodores in a Shocker
Midwest Region: Siena 83, Vanderbilt 62
(By TIM REYNOLDS, AP)

Caps' Late Rally Stokes Playoff Hope
Capitals 5, Thrashers 3
(By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post)

Hoyas' Defense Locks Up Retrievers
UMBC Is Held Scoreless For a 7-Minute Stretch: Georgetown 66, UMBC 47
(By Camille Powell, The Washington Post)

Michigan St. and Pitt Take a Tough Approach
(By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Moving Beyond Beauty
NEW YORK Of all the jaw-dropping paintings in "Gustave Courbet," the landmark survey of the great French artist now at the Metropolitan Museum, the jaw drops farthest for one that was painted in 1866, for a Turkish diplomat in Paris. It is called "The Origin of the World." Even now, 142 years later,...
(By Blake Gopnik, The Washington Post)

NAMES & FACES
(The Washington Post)

Averse to War
Split the Rock's Army of Poets Marches Into Town and Raises the Anti
(By David Montgomery, The Washington Post)

A Lighter, Brighter 'Night Music'
(By Peter Marks, The Washington Post)

'Meet the Browns': Slapstick That Resonates
(By Desson Thomson, The Washington Post)

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Those Who Can't, Study
WHEN THE Chesapeake Bay Program started in 1983, the goal was to clean up that massive waterway by 2000. That deadline was blown. So the governors of the seven states on the 64,000-square-mile watershed and the federal government came up with a new deadline: 2010, which was pronounced almost impo...
(The Washington Post)

Futile Diplomacy
Burma scorns a U.N. envoy.
(The Washington Post)

Better Monitors
New Justice Department rules should improve the system of appointing overseers for settlements with the government.
(The Washington Post)

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