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, July 12, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
U.S. Weighs Rescue of Mortgage Giants
Senior government officials prepared emergency steps yesterday to rescue troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but stopped short after a campaign of public statements eased immediate concerns about the stability of the institutions.
(By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Stolen Shakespeare Folio Retrieved
(By David Montgomery and Mary Jordan, The Washington Post)

'Generation Kill' Captures War's Lulls and Horrors
(By Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post)

Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot
It Was Agency's Most Aggressive Air Measure
(By Del Quentin Wilber and Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
U.S. Weighs Rescue of Mortgage Giants
Senior government officials prepared emergency steps yesterday to rescue troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but stopped short after a campaign of public statements eased immediate concerns about the stability of the institutions.
(By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot
It Was Agency's Most Aggressive Air Measure
(By Del Quentin Wilber and Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post)

Germany Denies Being Pressured on Obama
Reports Say White House Objected to Speech Site
(By Craig Whitlock and Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

The Trail
(The Washington Post)

EPA Seeks Comment on Emissions Rules, Then Discredits Effort
(By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot
A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a major component of the Bush administration's effort to reduce unhealthy levels of soot and smog in Eastern and Midwestern states, a decision that environmental groups worry will delay action on air pollution well into the next administration.
(By Del Quentin Wilber and Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post)

Pentagon Identifies Two Soldiers Whose Bodies Were Found in Iraq
(By Ann Scott Tyson and Vickie Elmer, The Washington Post)

Army Secretary Asks for Probe of Firing
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(By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post)

A Blind Eye to Guantanamo?
Book Says White House Ignored CIA on Detainees' Innocence
(By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post)

Ex-Diplomat Sentenced for Anti-Arab Threats
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
A Baghdad Bookseller, Bound to His Country
BAGHDAD Upstairs, the blue bedroom door of Nabil al-Hayawi's only son was locked, sealing in the artifacts of his short life. Downstairs, the frail bookseller's voice quivered as he recalled the car bombing that killed his son and his brother and razed his family's bookshop on Baghdad's storied...
(By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)

U.N. Zimbabwe Measure Vetoed by Russia, China
(By Colum Lynch, The Washington Post)

Germany Denies Being Pressured on Obama
Reports Say White House Objected to Speech Site
(By Craig Whitlock and Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

As Beijing Olympics Near, Homes and Hope Crumble
Spruce-Up Leaves Residents Few Ways to Save Property
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

Olmert Suspected Of Bilking Charities
Investigation of Israeli Premier Expanded Based on New Evidence
(By Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

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METRO
1 Killed, 1 Hurt on Open-Top Bus After Hitting Heads on SE Bridge
One man was killed and another was critically injured last night on the top deck of a bus headed to the Washington Nationals baseball game when their heads struck a freeway overpass, D.C. police said.
(By Clarence Williams and Martin Weil, The Washington Post)

Making Up for Lost 'Street Time'
D.C. Bill Would Count Years on Parole Toward Sentence
(By Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post)

Taking a Bite Out of Summer Fun
(By Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post)

Ex-Senator Felt Pressure From Currie, Husband Says
Amendment to Bill Was to Benefit Store
(By Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post)

Hope for The Best, Expect The Worst
N.Va. Transportation Nightmare Continues
(By Eric M. Weiss And Michael Laris, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
U.S. Weighs Rescue of Mortgage Giants
Senior government officials prepared emergency steps yesterday to rescue troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but stopped short after a campaign of public statements eased immediate concerns about the stability of the institutions.
(By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Struggling Mortgage Lender Taken Over by Regulators
IndyMac to Reopen Monday Under Federal Control
(By Dina ElBoghdady and Renae Merle, The Washington Post)

Feeling Airlines' Pain, Airports Seek Help in D.C.
(By Sholnn Freeman, The Washington Post)

When the Phone Goes With You, Everyone Else Can Tag Along
(By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post)

Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot
It Was Agency's Most Aggressive Air Measure
(By Del Quentin Wilber and Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
When the Phone Goes With You, Everyone Else Can Tag Along
John Arispe cruised slowly along in his car, one eye on the road, one eye on a glowing blue dot on a digital map of the Springfield Mall neighborhood in Northern Virginia, displayed on the screen of his sleek new Apple iPhone 3G. As he moved north on Frontier Drive, the dot moved with him. He turned...
(By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post)

States Probe Advertising Deal Between Google and Yahoo
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(By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post)

Faster iPhone Gets Off to a False Start
1st-Day Snag Locks Some New Devices
(By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post)

FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing
(By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
For a Night, Nats a Perfect 10
For 93 games, this never happened. The Washington Nationals, battered from all angles, pounded by irregular misfortunes, never once received the one-game reprieve that is even a lousy team's inexorable right: the laugher.
(By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post)

Goaltending Prospects Have Capitals Excited
(By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post)

Thompson Hopes to Make It Count Against Klitschko
(By Zach Berman, The Washington Post)

Course of Recovery
One Year After a Tragic BMX Accident, Murray Is Learning to Cope With His Paralysis
(By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post)

In Outfield, Bernadina Out, Langerhans In
(By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
NAMES & FACES
For the first time since his wife, Cynthia , filed for divorce Monday, Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez spent time with their 3-year-old daughter, Natasha , in Toronto yesterday.
(The Washington Post)

In Source's One-Acts, Playwrights Plumb Unconventional Wisdom
(By Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post)

Root Causes and The Seeds of a Cure
Richard Mabey Battled Depression. Then He Did a Most Un-English Thing: He Told the World About It.
(By Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post)

'Kung Fu Panda' Hits A Sore Spot in China
Why a Quintessentially Chinese Movie Was Made in Hollywood
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

'Generation Kill' Captures War's Lulls and Horrors
(By Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post)

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Emitters Protection Agency
CARBON DIOXIDE and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change are a danger to public health and welfare. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson could have come to that conclusion. The science certainly would have been on his side. But Mr. Johnson opted to i...
(The Washington Post)

The Easy Money
To get it in Prince George's, it helps to be an FOJ.
(The Washington Post)

Oversight for Big Tobacco
It's time for Congress to make regulation a reality.
(The Washington Post)

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