Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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.

Morning Edition SEC Regulators Watched Porn While Economy Tanked A new report conducted by the SEC's internal watchdog found that many high-level regulators with the group, which is charged with overseeing the financial industry, spent many of their working hours surfing the Internet for porn. Read original story in ABC News | Friday, April 23, 2010 CDC Calls For Nationwide Anti-Smoking Plan A tobacco control plan that is uniform from state to state is the best way to cut back on the 400,000 annual tobacco-related deaths in the United States, the CDC said in a new report. Read original story in CNN | Friday, April 23, 2010 Newt Gingrich: Tea Party Will Be GOP's "Militant Wing" At a packed event in Pennsylvania, former Speaker of the House Gingrich (R-GA) said that the Tea Party Movement is a "natural expression of frustration with Republicans and anger at Democrats." Read original story in The York Dispatch | Friday, April 23, 2010 Obama, Dalai Lama Voted Most Popular in Six Country Poll A new poll of adults in six countries found Barack Obama is the most popular leader in the world, giving him a higher approval rating than he enjoys at home in the United States. Read original story in AFP | Friday, April 23, 2010 Rams Choose Bradford Over Suh, McCoy in 2010 NFL Draft Deciding to go with a quarterback for the draft's first pick, the St. Louis Rams chose Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, leaving defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh for the Detroit Lions. Read original story in The Washington Post | Friday, April 23, 2010 Glamour Wins Magazine of the Year Award New York, National Geographic and The New Yorker all won several awards at this year's National Magazine Awards (Ellies), the industry's most prestigious prize. Read original story in American Society of Magazine Editors | Friday, April 23, 2010 Another Reason to Nap Researchers found that sleeping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory, especially if you dream about whatever it is you just learned. Read original story in BBC | Friday, April 23, 2010 30 Gunmen Kidnap At Least Six in Mexico Reports have the gunmen kidnapping individuals from a Holiday Inn and then entering another hotel but, curiously, officials there refused to report any crime to authorities. Read original story in CNN | Friday, April 23, 2010 Rescue Efforts Persist After Oil Rig Goes Under Search teams continue to scour the Gulf of Mexico for the 11 people missing since Tuesday's explosion. A family of one of the missing workers has already filed suit against the rig's parent company, and analysts debate the explosion's environmental consequences. Read original story in Houston Chronicle | Thursday, April 22, 2010 Blagojevich Attempts To Subpoena Obama In a motion filed on Thursday, lawyers for the former Illinois governor moved to haul Obama into court to testify in Blago's corruption trial. Read original story in Chicago Sun-Times | Thursday, April 22, 2010 Steele Acknowledges Republican "Southern Strategy" The RNC chairman shot his mouth off once again during a speech on Tuesday by announcing that "for the last 40-plus years we had a 'Southern strategy' that alienated many minority voters." Read original story in The Plum Line | Thursday, April 22, 2010 Man Arrested for Craigslist "Party Sex" Hoax A Connecticut man has been released on $75,000 bail after posting a fake ad for group sex on behalf of his next-door neighbor. But that's not even the weirdest part of the story. Read original story in The Smoking Gun | Thursday, April 22, 2010 Advertisement

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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.

Morning Edition White House Announces Major Foreclosure Overhaul Fifty billion dollars will be used to encourage lenders to help stressed homeowners to meet their mortgage payments. Read original story in The Washington Post | Friday, March 26, 2010 U.S., Mexico Officers Team Up To Tackle Border Problems As the drug wars continue to claim unprecedented numbers in the border towns, U.S. and Mexican officers have started to share intelligence and conduct parallel patrols in select areas. Read original story in The New York Times | Friday, March 26, 2010 Prom-Canceling School District Has a History of LGBT Intolerance A transgender student showed up in feminine clothing and was suspended on the second day of school. When he returned, school administrators suspended him again. Read original story in The Stranger | Friday, March 26, 2010 Tea Partiers Want a Smaller Government That Creates More Jobs There is very little that those who identify as Tea Party supporters agree on, a new poll shows, except that they "want the federal government out of their lives except when it comes to creating jobs." Read original story in Bloomberg | Friday, March 26, 2010 China Moves Ahead of U.S. in Clean Energy Investments China invested more in clean energy and created more wind turbines and solar cells than any other country in the world, but its demand for fossil fuels continues to grow as well. Read original story in BBC | Friday, March 26, 2010 White House State Dinner Crashers Land TV Deal Michaele Salahi has been cast as the next Real Housewife of D.C. and a tell-all book is in the works. Read original story in The Daily Beast | Friday, March 26, 2010 'Heroin King' Arrested in Mexico Jose Antonio Medina, known as "Don Pepe," was allegedly responsible for smuggling thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California every year. Read original story in The Associated Press | Friday, March 26, 2010 Rep. Eric Cantor: A Bullet Was Fired at My Office After imploring Democrats to stop "fanning the flames" of violence by discussing anti-government threats, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor revealed that somebody had shot at the window of his Richmond campaign office earlier this week. Read original story in CBS News | Thursday, March 25, 2010 Netanyahu Humiliated After U.S. Trip Goes Awry A trip to the United States didn't go as well as planned after Obama left the Israeli prime minister to have dinner by himself. Read original story in Times of London | Thursday, March 25, 2010 Guantanamo's "Odd Couple" Pose Problems for Authorities They're the "odd couple" of Guantanamo--a veteran pair of inmates who are considered among the most important informants ever held in U.S. custody. But now that they've outlived their usefulness, the government is divided over what exactly it should do with them. Read original story in The Washington Post | Thursday, March 25, 2010 Twitter's "Kind Pirate" Arrested in France A 23-year-old hacker has been nabbed by authorities after breaking into the Twitter accounts of Britney Spears and Barack Obama. Read original story in Agence France Presse | Thursday, March 25, 2010 Jobless Recoveries Are Here To Stay A new report finds that a drop in hiring has been the trend over the past several recessions, and it's looking like things are getting worse. Read original story in The Atlantic | Thursday, March 25, 2010 Advertisement

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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.

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