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, June 22, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias
As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
(By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta, The Washington Post)

New Crisis Threatens Healthy Banks
Late Loan Payments Hurt Smaller Lenders That Dodged Subprime Mess
(By David Cho, The Washington Post)

A British Diplomat's Mission Of Rescue
Forced Marriages in Pakistan Prevented
(By Mary Jordan, The Washington Post)

Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude
Students Lead Drive Reshaping Curricula
(By Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post)

French Region Saves Iconic White Storks From Brink
Population Hits 270 Pairs After Dwindling to Nine
(By Molly Moore, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
McCain Driving Debate, But Some Fear Swerving
In the two weeks since Barack Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, John McCain has demonstrated a knack for driving the daily political debate, forcing his opponent to respond to a challenge to meet in town hall debates, accusing him of being "delusional" about terrorism and saying he...
(By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)

3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias
Survey Shows Age, Too, May Affect Election Views
(By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta, The Washington Post)

Hate Groups' Newest Target
White Supremacists Report an Increase in Visits to Their Web Sites
(By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post)

The Talk Shows
(The Washington Post)

Plan to Fingerprint Foreigners Exiting U.S. Is Opposed
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Plan to Fingerprint Foreigners Exiting U.S. Is Opposed
The airline industry and embassies of 34 countries, including the members of the European Union, are urging the U.S. government to withdraw a plan that would require airlines and cruise lines to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners before they depart the United States, starting in August...
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

Line Blurs Between Play, Gunplay
Popularity of Replicas Among Adults and Kids Alarms Police
(By Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

Flooding Strains Home and Heart
Water Rising Again in Some Areas as Residents Face Devastation
(By Peter Slevin and Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post)

Governor Focuses on Fiscal Health of N.J.
Making Steep and Unpopular Budget Cuts, Corzine Knows He Risks Losing Reelection
(By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
A British Diplomat's Mission Of Rescue
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Helen Rawlins climbed into her Toyota Land Cruiser at 7:30 in the morning, off to rescue another woman.
(By Mary Jordan, The Washington Post)

Saudi Arabian Oil Summit Hopes to Isolate Cause of Price Rise
(By Faiza Saleh Ambah, The Washington Post)

Heavily Guarded Olympic Torch Is Conveyed Through Tibetan Capital
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

French Region Saves Iconic White Storks From Brink
Population Hits 270 Pairs After Dwindling to Nine
(By Molly Moore, The Washington Post)

Mexico City Mayor Cites 'Grave Errors' in Fatal Raid
(By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Corporate Espionage Detailed in Documents
They scavenged through trash and tailed people for hours. They used undercover operatives to infiltrate private meetings. The targets were not agents of foreign powers but advocacy groups that had been critical of corporations.
(By Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post)

Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude
Students Lead Drive Reshaping Curricula
(By Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post)

Line Blurs Between Play, Gunplay
Popularity of Replicas Among Adults and Kids Alarms Police
(By Donna St. George, The Washington Post)

Barry Begins Run With a Celebratory Tribute
(By Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post)

Two DMV Offices Open Hours Late After Outage
(By David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
New Crisis Threatens Healthy Banks
Increasing struggles by consumers and businesses to make payments on a variety of loans, not just mortgages, are setting off a new wave of trouble in the financial sector that is battering even institutions that had steered clear of the subprime-home-loan debacle.
(By David Cho, The Washington Post)

After College, A Crash Course In Finance
(By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post)

Putting Prices Into Focus
Why We Have No Clue How Much Stuff Should Cost
(By Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post)

Governor Focuses on Fiscal Health of N.J.
Making Steep and Unpopular Budget Cuts, Corzine Knows He Risks Losing Reelection
(By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)

Higher Learning Adapts To a Greening Attitude
Students Lead Drive Reshaping Curricula
(By Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Help File
Q Are there any laptops made for use outdoors? My screen keeps washing out in sunlight.
(By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post)

Not the Usual Game Application
(By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post)

Hate Groups' Newest Target
White Supremacists Report an Increase in Visits to Their Web Sites
(By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post)

Putting Prices Into Focus
Why We Have No Clue How Much Stuff Should Cost
(By Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post)

Editor's Query
Tell us about a time when someone's Web page brought a real surprise
(The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
Nats' Try At Sequel Ends in A Bomb
The Rangers light up the Nats' bullpen for seven runs in the seventh inning to turn a close game into a rout as Texas struts to a 13-3 victory Saturday.
(By Steve Yanda, The Washington Post)

Amid Uncertainty, Horton Secures a Spot
(By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post)

Their Styles Clash, but Top Skaters Refuse To
(By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post)

A Mother's Tortured Journey Toward the Truth
Searching for Answers To a Painful Question
(The Washington Post)

Summer Doldrums Shakes Spring Funk and Wins the Colonial Turf Cup
(By John Scheinman, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
The Heartbeat Of a Hospital
As if neurosurgery weren't dramatic enough. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is in the middle of removing a tumor from his patient's brain. Someone bumps into a piece of equipment. For a moment, it's unclear whether the sudden movement has harmed the man on the operating table. And it's all caught on ta...
(By Becky Krystal, The Washington Post)

The Short, Cool Summer On 14th Street
Source Festival Has Little Plays & Big Names
(By Peter Marks, The Washington Post)

The Special-Effects Guru Who Animated Our Most Nightmarish Failings
(Robin Givhan, The Washington Post)

Towering Ambition
Of All China's Stories, None May Be More Telling Than The Ones Architects Are Creating in Concrete and Steel
(By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post)

"People [won't] go for jokes about midgets having sex in wheelchairs."
Dan Nainan Cleans Up (and Greens Up) His Act For Washington's Suburban Comedy Crowd
(The Washington Post)

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The Saudi Spigot
WHEN PRESIDENT Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia in mid-May to plead for an increase in oil production, his friend King Abdullah resisted him. U.S. consumers might be straining to afford gasoline, the Saudi monarch said, but the best he could do would be an additional 300,000 barrels a day, raising...
(The Washington Post)

Drill Deeper
Could this be the long-awaited start of a real debate on energy security in the United States?
(The Washington Post)

A Top Rating for Pr. George's
Wall Street's seal of approval means a sound future for the county.
(The Washington Post)

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