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 01, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Fla., Mich. Delegates Each Get Half a Vote
After hours of emotional testimony and sometimes contentious debate, Democratic Party officials agreed yesterday on a pair of compromises to seat Florida's and Michigan's delegations to their national convention. But a part of the deal drew an angry reaction and the threat of a subsequent challenge...
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
Nations Loath to Host Force; Aid Groups Resisted Military Plan to Take On Relief Work
(By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

U.S. Campaign to Promote Abstinence Begins
Groups Are Enlisting Parents in Effort to Lobby for Changes in Sex Education
(By Rob Stein, The Washington Post)

Nine Lives, With the Bills to Match
As medicine enables pets to live longer, costs add up.
(By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post)

Gilmore Beats Marshall In Nomination Nail-Biter
About 70 Votes Decide Virginia GOP's Choice for U.S. Senate
(By Tim Craig and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Fla., Mich. Delegates Each Get Half a Vote
After hours of emotional testimony and sometimes contentious debate, Democratic Party officials agreed yesterday on a pair of compromises to seat Florida's and Michigan's delegations to their national convention. But a part of the deal drew an angry reaction and the threat of a subsequent challenge...
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

A Different State of Race Relations
With Few Blacks Living There, Utah Is Feeling Its Way
(By Karl Vick, The Washington Post)

The Talk Shows
(The Washington Post)

Obama Quits Longtime Church Over Inflammatory Comments
(By Derek Kravitz and Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post)

Clinton Counts on Victory in Puerto Rico
Big Margin Could Bolster Her Argument
(By Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post)

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NATION
A Different State of Race Relations
SALT LAKE CITY -- Earlier this year, a state senator stood on the statehouse floor here and spoke disparagingly of a pending bill. "This baby is black," said Sen. Chris Buttars, a Republican, adding, "It's a dark, ugly thing."
(By Karl Vick, The Washington Post)

U.S. Campaign to Promote Abstinence Begins
Groups Are Enlisting Parents in Effort to Lobby for Changes in Sex Education
(By Rob Stein, The Washington Post)

U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
Nations Loath to Host Force; Aid Groups Resisted Military Plan to Take On Relief Work
(By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

Shuttle Loses Debris on Launch, But NASA Predicts No Problem
(By Marcia Dunn, The Washington Post)

Bush Talks to Graduates About Redemption
(By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
Blotto Bye-Bye to Booze on the Tube
LONDON, May 31 -- Pete Duffell stood on the subway platform late Saturday, swigging a cold beer and ready to party.
(By Kevin Sullivan and Karla Adam, The Washington Post)

Indian Protesters Let Dead Decay
Caste's Aim Is to Win Government Aid
(By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)

Basra's Wary Rebirth
Before, Religious Hard-Liners Enforced a Harsh Rule; Now, Freedoms Have Returned -- but for How Long?
(By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)

U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
Nations Loath to Host Force; Aid Groups Resisted Military Plan to Take On Relief Work
(By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

An Abandoned Oasis Of American Comfort In Tiny Guinea-Bissau
(By Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)

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METRO
D.C. Slayings Bring '08 Toll to 72
An overnight spasm of violence in the District ended near dawn yesterday with seven men dead and three wounded, including a triple slaying after a street argument, a drive-by shooting near an elementary school, a deadly domestic dispute and a crap game that ended in a fusillade of bullets, police...
(By Allison Klein and David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

Gilmore Beats Marshall In Nomination Nail-Biter
About 70 Votes Decide Virginia GOP's Choice for U.S. Senate
(By Tim Craig and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

Making Their Move
For Brookland Manor's Toga Boyz, A Mentor Offers Positive Potential For an Alternative Way of Life
(By Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post)

This May One of Wettest on Record
(By Martin Weil and Aaron C. Davis, The Washington Post)

Capital Crescent Trail Puts in Speed Limits to Slow Cyclists
(By Lori Aratani, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Unwelcome Change, Or a Chance
As the economy continues to slide, many people will face unwelcome changes in their lives. Already people have lost jobs, homes, cars and, in some cases, hope.
(By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post)

A Billionaire's Brand Strategy
Even Warren Buffett Puts Stock in Household Names
(By Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post)

Nine Lives, With the Bills to Match
As medicine enables pets to live longer, costs add up.
(By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post)

As Disputes Escalate, So Can the Legal Bills
(By Elizabeth Razzi, The Washington Post)

Climate Bill Underlines Obstacles to Capping Greenhouse Gases
(By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Fast Forward's Help File
Q My anti-virus option, AVG Free 7.5, has been pestering me to upgrade to the 8.0 release -- which doesn't seem to be free anymore. Am I missing something?
(By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post)

Tech That Makes Telecommuting Work
(By Gabe Goldberg, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
Bolt, Out Of the Blue, Sets Record
Jamaican runner Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100 meters on Saturday night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York.
(By Eddie Pells, The Washington Post)

Webb Blanks Nationals On Six Hits
Diamondbacks 4, Nationals 0
(By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post)

Ramírez's 500th Keeps O's Below .500
Baltimore Begins to Resemble Troubled Team of Last Year: Red Sox 6, Orioles 3
(By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post)

Red Wings Push Penguins to Brink, Head Home
Team Can Win 11th Cup With a Victory in Detroit: Red Wings 2, Penguins 1
(The Washington Post)

Goggin Takes 3-Shot Lead at Memorial
(The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Girls, Meet Gotham
The scene: Manhattan, where in a corner cafe a group of chic young women finish a lunch spent talking about their lives: their choices, their men, their dissatisfactions. The tone is jaunty, frank, but it plays out in a minor key, shot through with an undercurrent of longing and nagging self-doubt....
(By Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post)

His Songs? Bleak. His Future? Bright.
(By J. Freedom du Lac, The Washington Post)

Tuning In to A Realm of Reality Where It Never Sinks In
(By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post)

"I would like to see . . . when we have a theory of everything."
If Time Were Really on His Side, Michio Kaku Would Go From the Big Bang to the Big Picture
(The Washington Post)

Just When You Thought She Was One of a Kind
(The Washington Post)

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The Iraqi Upturn
THERE'S BEEN a relative lull in news coverage and debate about Iraq in recent weeks -- which is odd, because May could turn out to have been one of the most important months of the war. While Washington's attention has been fixed elsewhere, military analysts have watched with astonishment as the...
(The Washington Post)

Senate Roadblock
Partisan concerns and side issues must not stop a key U.S. HIV-AIDS initiative.
(The Washington Post)

No Walk in the Park
False alarm over arsenic raises other concerns.
(The Washington Post)

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