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, April 06, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Many Superdelegates in No Hurry to Pick a Candidate
Former Montana senator John Melcher said he hadn't felt any urgency to take sides in the race between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama until late last month, when Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean called on superdelegates to make up their minds by July 1.
(By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)

From Ruins To Rebirth
Condos and Cafes Have Replaced Gutted Shops, But Who's Profiting?
(By Paul Schwartzman and Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post)

Kansas Streaks Past N. Carolina Into Final
Kansas 84, N. Carolina 66
(By Camille Powell, The Washington Post)

Coming All the Way Back
Capitals Beat Florida, Clinch Division Title, Reach Playoffs for First Time in Five Years : Capitals 3, Panthers 1
(By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Bush Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq
For months, a debate raged at the top levels of the Bush administration over how quickly to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. But the discussion shut down soon after President Bush flew to Camp Arifjan, a dusty Army base near the Iraqi border in Kuwait, in January for a face-to-face meeting...
(By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

Slow Going for N.Y. Traffic Plan
Proposed 'Congestion Pricing' Fees Hit Political Gridlock in Capitol
(By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)

The Talk Shows
(The Washington Post)

McCain Campaign Returns to Its Stopgap Model
(The Washington Post)

Many Superdelegates in No Hurry to Pick a Candidate
(By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Flood Season Begins Unusually Early Across Heartland
CHICAGO -- The flood season in the nation's midsection started early this year, and there's no letup in sight, spurring federal, state and local officials to brace for what looks likely to be an unusually watery spring.
(By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post)

New Focus on Coal's Part in Warming
Greater Advances In Technology Are Seen as Critical
(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)

Bush Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq
In White House Deliberations on War, Gen. Petraeus Has a Privileged Voice
(By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

Slow Going for N.Y. Traffic Plan
Proposed 'Congestion Pricing' Fees Hit Political Gridlock in Capitol
(By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)

Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail
Drugging Detainees Is Among Techniques
(By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
In Tibetan Monasteries, the Heavy Hand of the Party
BEIJING, April 5 -- Arjia Rinpoche was 47 years old and a senior Tibetan abbot when he first signed a document denouncing the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader.
(By Jill Drew, The Washington Post)

Afghans Battle Drug Addiction
Treatment Centers for Women Reflect Increasing Opium Use
(By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post)

American Freed by N. Korea Relishes Celebrity in Japan
(By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post)

Bush Listens Closely To His Man in Iraq
In White House Deliberations on War, Gen. Petraeus Has a Privileged Voice
(By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

Go, Teams! Learning The Drill In China
Official Cheerleading Squads Taught Etiquette for Olympics
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Deaths of 3 Children Test Md. Legal System
One thing seemed clear to Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason: The man in front of him had trouble controlling his anger.
(By Dan Morse and Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post)

Captivating an Audience
In Break With Staid Look, Cash-Strapped Metro Sets Sights on Placing High-Tech Ads in Stations
(By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post)

From Ruin to Rebirth in D.C.
Condos and Cafes Have Replaced Gutted Shops, but Who's Profiting?
(By Paul Schwartzman and Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post)

In Time of Grief, a Family Struggles With Crime, Police
Father: 'I Need Some Justice for My Son'
(By Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post)

Bowie Man, 54, Shot and Killed By Police After 20-Minute Chase
(By Steve Vogel, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
On Medicare And Scorned By the Docs
When Pamela Baldwin moved from the Washington area, she never thought she would have trouble finding a doctor who would accept her as a new Medicare patient.
(By Martha M. Hamilton, The Washington Post)

All Too Personal Finances
(By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post)

Housing's Bright Spot: Stocks
Despite the Sector's Spiraling Crisis, Builders' Shares Are Gaining Fast
(By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post)

Housing Crisis Hits Its Own
Mortgage Bankers Group Faced With Tougher Terms
(By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post)

From Ruin to Rebirth in D.C.
Condos and Cafes Have Replaced Gutted Shops, but Who's Profiting?
(By Paul Schwartzman and Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post)

More Business

TECHNOLOGY
Short Waves of Activity in the Satellite Universe
Just as the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal became the ultimate water-cooler conversation topic -- if only for a few days -- Sirius Satellite Radio launched Client 9 Radio, a 24/7 all-Spitzer channel, but just for a few days.
(By Marc Fisher, The Washington Post)

Captivating an Audience
In Break With Staid Look, Cash-Strapped Metro Sets Sights on Placing High-Tech Ads in Stations
(By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post)

Legislature Backs 'Tech Tax' Repeal, Hospital Takeover
(By John Wagner and Philip Rucker, The Washington Post)

Ouch, That Hurt
Mutual Funds Took a Beating Last Quarter, and Experts Disagree on When Healing Will Begin
(By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post)

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

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SPORTS
Dialed In for the Long Stretch
The Capitals cashed in on a dream that would have seemed quite absurd a month ago with a playoff-clinching win in the pandemonium of Verizon Center.
(By Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post)

Kansas Streaks Past N. Carolina Into Final
Kansas 84, N. Carolina 66
(By Camille Powell, The Washington Post)

Memphis Guards Deliver a 1-2 Punch
Memphis 78, UCLA 63
(By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post)

Coming All the Way Back
Capitals Beat Florida, Clinch Division Title, Reach Playoffs for First Time in Five Years : Capitals 3, Panthers 1
(By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post)

Bullpen Helps Produce 3rd Win in Row for O's
Orioles 6, Mariners 4
(By Marc Carig, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Ambassador of Cool
Early in the spring of 1958, Dave Brubeck was driven past the final gate separating the Communist world from the West and dropped off on a street corner in East Berlin. Brubeck was already one of the best-known jazz musicians in the world, but he felt alone and conspicuous in the grim Cold War city...
(By Matt Schudel, The Washington Post)

At Sparkly Newseum, The Glory Of the Story Goes Above the Fold
(By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)

Behold the Immaterial Girl
(By ROBIN GIVHAN, The Washington Post)

"Simple curiosity goes incredibly far."
Ira Glass Offers Some Insight Into His American Life
(The Washington Post)

CAROLYN HAX
(By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post)

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Second-Class Citizens
NO ONE bats an eye when Maryland officials prepare to spend as much as $2 million on a special election to fill out the term of departing Rep. Albert R. Wynn (D). The prospect of 685,000 people going without a voice in Congress -- even for a few months -- is that intolerable. Yet it's a condition...
(The Washington Post)

NATO's Fudges
Compromises on Afghanistan and expansion of the alliance avoid a rupture but won't win any wars.
(The Washington Post)

The Future of Entitlements
A novel idea for an old problem: Force politicians to stop ducking.
(The Washington Post)

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