President’s half sister speaks on her mixed-race experience
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At L.A.’s Japanese American National Museum, hosting a photo exhibit on multiracial children, Maya Soetoro-Ng talks about her long journey from feeling that she didn’t fit in anywhere to feeling like a citizen of the world.
A 9-year-old B More >>
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OBAMA WITH BABIES: See Who He’s Held Since Becoming President (PHOTOS)
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Back when he was on the campaign trail, Barack Obama held a lot of babies.Since becoming president, he’s held significantly fewer, but the gesture is no less heart-melting. From Prague to Accra to the heated town hall meetings, everyone could use a little adorable right now.
Prague on April 4th
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Controversy surrounds Obama’s faith office
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President Obama’s newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate across the ideological spectrum over whether religious organizations that accept funds from the government should be allowed to discriminate More >>
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Facebook turns 5 — but can it survive?
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A Web site started by a student as a way of staying in touch with friends celebrated its fifth birthday Wednesday as a billion-dollar business and a global phenomenon.
Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he launched Facebook from a Harvard dorm in 2004. Within 24 hours, more than 1,000 More >>
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Barack Obama’s half brother arrested in Kenya
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s half brother was arrested briefly on Sunday in Kenya on suspicion of drugs’ possession. According to the local media, Obama, a mechanic, was found in pos More >>
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Obama to crowds: ‘I love you back’
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Barack Obama’s historic train ride to Washington on Saturday drew large, cheering crowds of people who braved freezing weather and gathered along the tracks in cities and small towns along the way in hopeful anticipation of getting a glimpse More >>
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Nudist camp cashes in on Obama inauguration
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You have to get naked.
Certainly, that’s only to be expected at a nudist club, and, this being the More >>
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Obama’s whistle-stop tour chugs on to Washington
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With just a few days until his historic inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama will travel by train from the birthplace of the nation’s democracy to the city where political power brokers run it.
Obama will begin Saturday at More >>
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White supremacists watched in lead up to Obama administration
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Hate crimes experts and law enforcement officials are closely watching white supremacists across the country as Barack Obama prepares next week to be sworn in as the first black president of the United States.
So far, there is no kno More >>
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Granddaughter of slave: I was ‘afraid’ for Obama
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Mary Dowden smiles when she thinks about this moment in history. At 80 years old, she’s the granddaughter of a slave who was born in a cotton field outside of Como, Mississippi.
It’s difficult to put into words h More >>
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