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, June 28, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate
The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis.
(By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post)

Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06
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(By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate
The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis.
(By Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post)

U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases
Hatfill Was Called 'Person of Interest'
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

Medicare Pricing Frozen As Congress Leaves Town
Upon Thaw, Program's Payments to Doctors May Be Cut Almost 11 Percent
(By Paul Kane, The Washington Post)

U.S. Looked Into Kidnapping of Woman Related to Lawmaker
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

In Campaign, One Man's Pragmatism Is Another's Flip-Flopping
(By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

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NATION
U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases
The Justice Department agreed yesterday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven J. Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06
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(By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post)

Levee Break Forces Hand of Those Who Held Out
Residents of Missouri Farm Community Awake to Urgent Shouts to Leave Their Homes
(By William Branigin, The Washington Post)

Pentagon Report Anticipates Rising Violence in Afghanistan
(By Josh White, The Washington Post)

Bad Tomatoes May Still Be on Shelves
FDA to Look at Other Produce, Too
(By Annys Shin, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
Fuel Prices Boost Cause of S. Asia's Maligned Rickshaw
NEW DELHI -- The bicycle rickshaws that weave through New Delhi's narrow lanes have long been scorned by authorities here for congesting the city's already fierce traffic. The creaking carriages crawl alongside luxury sedans, book hawkers, horse-drawn carts, hulking buses and cows.
(By Emily Wax, The Washington Post)

Prodded by Fear and Duress, Zimbabweans Go to the Polls
(The Washington Post)

On the Menu In Baghdad, Fresh Hopes
Restaurant Shattered by Bombing Reemerges as Symbol of Normalcy
(By Saad al-Izzi, The Washington Post)

Anti-Drug Assistance Approved For Mexico
U.S. Lawmakers Responded To Counterparts' Objections
(By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post)

Colombia's President Seeks Referendum on Disputed '06 Reelection
(By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Serious Problems Found in Recruits' Past
One was arrested as a teenager for armed robbery. Another was allegedly involved in an arson. A third admitted having sold marijuana.
(By Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)

Corporal Laid to Rest After 2007 Suicide
(By Mark Berman, The Washington Post)

Dominion Rates to Rise 18%
Fuel Costs Blamed For Tuesday's Hike
(By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

Against Backdrop of Gun Ruling, A Sad, Familiar Scene Plays Out
Young Shooting Victim's Funeral Puts Politics Aside
(By Robert E. Pierre and Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post)

Council Considering Gun Law Changes
City Responds to High Court Ruling
(By Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Latest Losses Put Stocks Close to Bear Territory
A week of spiraling oil prices, pessimistic corporate news and renewed fears over the direction of the national economy ended yesterday with U.S. stocks again slipping after the dramatic fall of a day earlier.
(By Alejandro Lazo, The Washington Post)

Olsson's Braces For Chapter 11 Filing
(By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post)

Fed Releases Details Of Bear Stearns Rescue
Action Taken to Prevent Systemic Failures
(By Jeannine Aversa, The Washington Post)

Beer Buyout Battle Spills To the Hill
Lobbyists Defend, Denounce the Idea of Belgian Bud
(By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, The Washington Post)

Fuel Prices Boost Cause of S. Asia's Maligned Rickshaw
(By Emily Wax, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in '06
The cost to put a new kind of radiation monitor in place at borders and ports across the country would be far more than the Department of Homeland Security initially told Congress, according to budget documents and interviews with officials.
(By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post)

Court Upholds FCC Rule on Video Service
Agency Made It Easier for Phone Firms to Compete With Cable Operators
(By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)

As Gates Steps Away, Let Us Ponder His Legacy
(By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
This Year, There's No Clear Favorite In Women's 100
Rarely has women's track and field been cloaked in such a competitive haze in the U.S., particularly with the Olympics a mere six weeks away.
(By Amy Shipley, The Washington Post)

After Sizing Up His Potential, Wizards Went With 7-Footer
(By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post)

Nationals Double Up on Visiting Orioles
Casto's Pinch-Hit Double Snaps a Tie in the Seventh: Nationals 4, Orioles 2
(By Steve Yanda, The Washington Post)

Albers Has Tear in His Shoulder
(By Zach Berman, The Washington Post)

Park Leads a Diverse Leader Board
11 of the Field's Top 14 Players Hail From Abroad
(By Leonard Shapiro, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
An Attack That Came Out of the Ether
PRINCETON, N.J. The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: "THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO." Laid out before Allen...
(By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post)

NAMES & FACES
(The Washington Post)

'Factory': Blue-Collar Comedy That Works
(By Tom Shales, The Washington Post)

A Milestone Of Freedom for Nelson Mandela
As His 90th Birthday Nears, London Parties in His Honor
(By Kevin Sullivan, The Washington Post)

A Family Discovers Its History of Shackles and Shame
(By Ellen Maguire, The Washington Post)

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A Cooling Tower Crumbles
THE 60-FOOT-HIGH cooling tower at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor came tumbling down in a cloud of dust yesterday, producing a television picture that U.S. officials have been seeking for more than two years. The dramatic image was meant to convey the tangible results of a protracted and t...
(The Washington Post)

Punishing an Enormity
Child rape is an unforgivable offense, but not a capital crime.
(The Washington Post)

Something Up the Sleeve?
The D.C. Council's curious stalling over a lottery proposal
(The Washington Post)

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